Well, it's almost summer again, my time of the year to clean the sleep from my hardware-modding eyes and get down to business...but alas, I've fallen behind the times and have no clue where the industry stands!
So, for any kind soul willing to give me a quick run down of the latest and greatest (and soon to be released uber technologies) a million thanks!
Here's some of my biggest questions:
What's C1 stepping? Why's it good? Is it on both intel and AMD?
Dual channel? What is it? Why's it good?
What are the best AMD mobo's on the market right now...which are the best overclockers?
Is the barton good? how good? Amazingly good?
I know nforce has been around for awhile, but i just missed the boat on it last upgrade...what's it's claim to fame?
Is it possible to (fairly easily) do water cooling on the CPU and the northbridge? I've read nice things about water cooling/bong coolers + peltiers...so I was wondering how high I could get a system performance wise with that kind of heat solution?
Thanks!
So, for any kind soul willing to give me a quick run down of the latest and greatest (and soon to be released uber technologies) a million thanks!
Here's some of my biggest questions:
What's C1 stepping? Why's it good? Is it on both intel and AMD?
Dual channel? What is it? Why's it good?
What are the best AMD mobo's on the market right now...which are the best overclockers?
Is the barton good? how good? Amazingly good?
I know nforce has been around for awhile, but i just missed the boat on it last upgrade...what's it's claim to fame?
Is it possible to (fairly easily) do water cooling on the CPU and the northbridge? I've read nice things about water cooling/bong coolers + peltiers...so I was wondering how high I could get a system performance wise with that kind of heat solution?
Thanks!