Hey Skimerister,
Gigabyte's D.E.S is always running/active in the background, even if you do not use the software.
We call this Always On, Stealth Mode.
The reason for this is because our DES is hardware driven, not software, like most other brands.
So even if you O/C your system, Gigabyte's DES is the only Energy saving product that will NOT conflict with your O/C’ed system.


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It didn't want to boot after that and I had to pull the battery out then it reset and was fine. Luckily, no problem since then. My point is... I'm a little scared of doing it now that I did it wrong once. At least it's not brand new at this point, though. And if it gives stability to an OC, I'm up for it.

I guess we'll see what I get out of it. The idea for the upgrade is just of the second part of my "plan" in building this last year. (ps. I've put my specs in the profile now) At that time 45nm wasn't quite out or at least wasn't at a good price point, so I went with the cheap 65nm, figuring that the money will go toward a 45nm this year after the prices slide a bit. The E8400 is not out of my budget, so I will think about that, too. 6MB cache on those, too 

