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but the quality control of their products and the fact that they release about 15 versions of the same chipset is what puts me off them.
Your perceptive That's the reason my last 2 boards have been Gigabyte & Abit. I was ready for a change, and didn't like the 15 variant idea.

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means that they need to be doing things bigger and better,
Exactly which is where both DFI & Abit have made a niche for themselves on occasion with a good board. Prior to this Abit have had 2 in a row. Think many , including myself were hoping for 3. My experience is that the board ain't bad but the package leaves a sour taste.

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Side question, hows this board respond to 4x1gb mem sticks?
Personally not a clue, but X38 in general seems to run quiet well. But even at £65 I don't feel the urge to try . i'll save that to my ddr3 fund You should be able to do 334x9 easy.
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Side question, hows this board respond to 4x1gb mem sticks? Remember I'm only aiming for 334FSBx9 24/7 (will try and bench higher for fun )
I ran 9x412 stable with 4x 1GB Ballistix Tracer PC2 8500. Had a problem with lower multis so I couldn't test any higher. My board's being RMA'd though, so maybe I'll have better luck with the replacement.

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Hi AMDfreak,
Welcome to this side of the St , your RMA was around your PWMs wasn't it?? Hope you get a better board this time round.
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Hi AMDfreak,

Thanks for the info, thats the exact same memory i'll be running.

Sorry to hear about your RMA though, let us know how you get on with the replacment

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And mee too - once the postman decides I've waited long enough!
Seems ages ago since I ordered them... last year in fact.
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your RMA was around your PWMs wasn't it??
Yeah, My PWM's started doing this very loud electronic noise. It's on the way back to Newegg now, so hopefully weekend after this one I'll be back up and running.
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Old 02-01-2008, 15:21
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Lets's hope so it's a pita waiting.
Clunk had a commando that he reckoned sounded like a canary, a coil or something whistled.

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Check out the NB cooler on the IX48-MAX

www dot fudzilla dot com (I can't do URL's just yet) /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4933

Wish they had done this for the 38....

Edit: abit promises comback in 2008

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Added link in, yep lets hope they do. PWM cooler looks the same as the quad , hope they include the retension clips this time.
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Johnny Bravo sent me a new bios this AM M704B_12.B08
Don't know what the changes are. No change for sure on 1:1.25 >400 doesn't run.


M704B_12.B08 - Initial Feedback looks fairly decent.

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