The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

Thanks for pointing that out Sammy.

Zalman 850

Antec 850

On the surface they are good units but the Zalman stands out to me with the extra 28A rails. Looks like a true 850W continuous or more could be obtained out of this unit. This doesn't make the Antec a bad unit, it just might fall short of the Zalman. Both are the same price and if it was my money I'd put it on the Zalman. Again thanks for the response Sammy.

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I say this because I'm pretty sure Antec are one of the manufacturers who failed the genuine 1KW rig test, whereas I think Zalman and Corsair passed it.

 

spamual,

You might want to keep in mind that it's a Transcoder and not an Encoder. Transcoders are faster than Encoders, but can't match the quality output of a good Encoder like CCE!

Russ

 

Sorry russ I didn't know that, cheers for the heads up. My q9550 got returned by ebuyer, well they sent a new one to me and on the box it says SLB8V. If I'm not mistaken...... E0?

 

Yes, SLB8V is E0, SLAWQ is C1. Looks like the RMA paid dividends... Try not to break this one eh?

 

I just installed my new RAM (Corsair Dominator PC28500) and cpu-z has it listed and single channel. Have I set something wrong or is cpu-z wrong?

Thanks,

Parker

 

You need to use alternate slots, i.e. 1&3, or 2&4. The sticks can't be directly next to each other (i.e. 1&2, 2&3, 3&4)

 

If you installed your RAM side by side then try installing it in slots 1 and 3. Memory slots are color coded so if the first module to the left as you look down is yellow then install the other module in a slot of the same color.

 

haha thanks Sophocles. When I read your post I realized what I'd done, it also occurred to me that I've had my RAM put in like that since I first built this system.

 

Some of the new 780 and 790 chipset MBs are side by side http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128373 , while others are odd and even http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136 That ought to confuse everyone! LOL!!

Russ

 

Wow, that's odd, never seen that before...

 

I am aware of that and I posted to reflect that which is why I said "IF it is installed side by side THEN try installing in slots 1 and 3", and then to further clarify my statement I also said install them in like colored slots. So what was not clear about that?

 

Corsair Dominators are one of the most reliable 1066mhz RAM you can get. They are not that expensive either.

Crucial ram is horrible these days. So what you get back from the RMA might not be that great.

EDIT: Also for best reliability get 2x2GB.

 

creaky

It doesn't get any less expensive than this. If you're not running a 64 bit system then 4 gigabytes of RAM is only netting you about 3.2 gb of actual RAM. I don't know which operating system that you're using but if it's WinXP then just two of those sticks is more than enough, because XP can only allocate a maximum of .8 Gb for a single application. That should allow you more than enough time with no detectable loss of performance just using two sticks, and since Crucial RAM has a lifetime guarantee you should get a replacement.

 

I haven't had any memory go bad on me except cheap nasty Nanya stuff a few years back. All the Corsair sticks I've used have performed admirably. The 2x2GB PC8500 Dominator set I use now will set you back £80 from Scan. As far as needing 4GB goes, if you are only ever using one application perhaps you will only need 2GB, but one main app and the rest of windows humming idle has often peaked me over 2 gigs, so I see no reason not to get 4GB these days, it's pretty much mandatory for big apps.

 

I have those same modules in my main rig because I intended to go 64bit, but in my most recent build I went to the 2X-1Gb modules because there was no evident boost from the extra RAM in the other 32bit system. I've found that with 32bit systems after 2 Gbs RAM bandwidth nets far more performance gains than going jts from 2 Gb to 4Gb.

 

For solely video encoding, I'd expect that to be the case. When using the PC as an actual workstation as well though, particularly if you open several web tabs at once, it's nice to have the extra memory.