EarthDog - CPUs, Motherboards, RAM & GPUs

[EarthDog]

Just MIAH's article. Brollocks was pushed back due to the sub par bios or w/e issues he was having.

In the mean time, I can bring the S1156 article off the back burner...

[EarthDog]

TTT.

Perused through the Intel CPU and mobo section.. about the only things I can come up with are i7 980x (which brollocks will come up with) and the new(er) H55/H57 chipsets. I havent really seen anyone with that chipset to write an article about it...

If you know of anyone in high places to procure us one, I can or would like to see someone test it out from the performance angle compared to P55...

LMK.

[MattNo5ss]

I was seriously debating getting a H55/H57 board for my i3 530 b/c I have an i5 680 on the way. When it arrives I'll have the spare i3 530, and I dunno if the i3 will sell since it's low-end. Then, it could be part of a HTPC for my parents or something...

H55/57 vs P55 would be a good read.

[hokiealumnus]

Agreed, it definitely would. I'll try to stir something up, but definitely can't promise anything. If you end up getting one, let us know Matt!

[MattNo5ss]

I'll put my chip in the Classies for a week to see if it sells before I decide to pull the trigger on a H55/57 mobo. I've been looking at GA-H55M-USB3 and GA-H57M-USB3 for the mATX form factor and USB3.0 for external movie storage.

[sno.lcn]

MSI X-Power X58 board is on the way to me, they even sent some nice hard mod instructions. I have to finish 890FXA-GD70 review first, then on to this beast :D

[hokiealumnus]

Sweet!

[EarthDog]

Nice..! Updated..

Also, still looking for H55/57 peole (or board) for a review. That i3 was sold above so Mattno5ss will not be needing that board...

Also sent out a PM to MIAH on the UD7. I didnt see that published...and forgot about it.

[sno.lcn]

TTT.

Perused through the Intel CPU and mobo section.. about the only things I can come up with are i7 980x (which brollocks will come up with) and the new(er) H55/H57 chipsets. I havent really seen anyone with that chipset to write an article about it...

If you know of anyone in high places to procure us one, I can or would like to see someone test it out from the performance angle compared to P55...

LMK.

I reviewed an H55 board a couple months ago :)

[EarthDog]

Need MOAR?!!

[hokiealumnus]

Want MOAR?!??!? How about Intel is sending a 655K to review? :)

[EarthDog]

Nice hokie, enjoy! I will update in a bit!!!

[sno.lcn]

MSI Xpower is here, just gotta finish the AMD board review and this'll be next.

[I.M.O.G.]

MSI Xpower is here, just gotta finish the AMD board review and this'll be next.

Sweet! Been missing the board reviews from you, been a few months. :)

[sno.lcn]

The XPower is dead and going back to MSI for repair (they could have just mailed me a new BIOS chip) but Gigabyte sent me an X58A-UD3 I'll start testing when it arrives in a day or two.

[EarthDog]

Noted. Updated. Thanks!

[hokiealumnus]

Sorry to hear about the Xpower, but great news on the Gigabyte! :)

[MIAHALLEN]

Joe....my Gigabyte H55N-USB3 review should be done by Tuesday.

It'll be a single article combining three reviews in one, so you'll be in with Matt on this one ;)

[EarthDog]

Just got back from out of town to catch this. Thanks MIAH!

Updated.

I sent some PM's to others to see where they are at as well...

EDITED: Removed Brolloks RIIIE review and Sno's Xpower review.. Everything except for MIAH's one review is up to date as far as status..

[MIAHALLEN]

Joe, the SFF build article is finished, please give it a look and pass it on to the proofreaders/editors, thanks!

edit - oops...sorry, I hit the "submit for review" button, I think that screws it up huh? :(

[EarthDog]

Nope, you are OK... CE's can still save there too. ;)

EDIT: You are still editing the post so I cant make any changes...

[MIAHALLEN]

I'm not now....sorry :p

[sno.lcn]

Update:

XPpower review isn't going to happen. I may post a picture thread about it though, but MSI is sending me an AMD 870 Fuzion board instead.

X58A-UD3R review will be done this week. All testing is finished, I just need to resize the photos and write the article.

[EarthDog]

Cool! Thanks for the update!

[MIAHALLEN]

I'll be working on a re-build (yes, already) of the mini-ITX system I just finished. I'll be modding the case a bit to squeeze in a 5870, relocate the storage devices, and the Corsair H70 water cooling system.

It'll be including a review of the Corsair H70, the Corsair Dominator GTX3 memory, and the Silverstone 450W SFX PSU. It'll also have a review of the H55N-USB3 motherboard in this case, running a quad core CPU :D Should be finished within the next month.

[EarthDog]

Noted... :)

[sno.lcn]

X58A-UD3R review is ready to go :thup:

[EarthDog]

Awesome, I will look it over shortly (must eat....)! :)

[EarthDog]

Sno's article is ready to rock and roll guys. :)

[EarthDog]

Updated. I dont have anything brewing as far as articles...sorry. Anyone seen anything out there I missed?

[sno.lcn]

X58A-UD9 review coming in a couple of weeks.

[EarthDog]

I will f/u with Sno on the UD9 (my bad!!!)

Also 2 mobo reviews coming up from me...

ASRock X58 EXTREME6 - ETA, within 1 week of receipt of product.
Evga FTW3 - ETA, within two weeks after the ASRock review is completed.

[hokiealumnus]

Awesome on all counts, great stuff coming from over here!

[I.M.O.G.]

Dude, your first post looks awesome. :)

[EarthDog]

How did I unsubcribe to my own thread?!! Added update from Sno (which was 10/14 BTW)

Still waiting on the Extreme6 for review, sent PM to Mdcomp for an ETA (been two weeks since he sent an email to the rep).

Anyway, thanks! But its the writers that are do the hardwork here (not that CE's dont, but lets be honst here!) and this section is just abundant with material since this endeavor started. It should ramp up again come 1Q next year too with Sandybridge coming. ;)

[Ross]

Posted this on the new Giga P67A boards (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=658947), should've submitted it for the front page now I'm thinking :beer: Feel free to copy/paste or I can submit on .doc if it's newsworthy. I think I still have front page access, just not comfortable posting it up on my own ;)

[EarthDog]

Ross, you should still have a sign in. If you dont remember the PW, let IMOG know and he can hook you up. You can drop it in Wordpress (the words) and send me the pics and I can take care of that formatting if that is what you are uncomfortable with.

[EarthDog]

Changed ETA on the FTW3 review... that will be delayed so other things can get out in a more timely manner.

Ross - I saw your article in WP. LMK when you want me to take a look at it or any help you may need with it.

[I.M.O.G.]

I need help with it earthdog, ross had emailed me and I have been meaning to get to it - RL hasn't agreed however. I'll get you up to speed in email since thats where Ross's communication was.

[EarthDog]

Pics entered!!! Email sent to you IMOG.

[Ross]

I have another article pending (X58A-UD7) whenever someone had a chance to take a look at it :thup:

[I.M.O.G.]

Looks good.

I can't tell where the onboard switches are exactly, they are hard to make out in the picture: http://www.overclockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/x58a-ud7_4.jpg

The power is the big one, is that a reset right above it and smaller? What about the CMOS? It's on the backplane, but is there another on the PCB?

Otherwise, there are some formatting things we may want to tweak to bring in line with our typical structure, but the layout you have worked up looks great.

My only real criticism to offer (in the interest of improving your writing and article quality) is that at times the article comes off as a bit of a sales promotion as much as it does a critical review. Rev2 scales back to 16 phase VRM instead of 24 - is the 24 overkill for everyone but the most extreme? Covering that may help ensure we are helping to match the product with the right prospective buyers; A metric ton of gamers buy expensive fancy motherboards then overclock them to a point where any $100-150 board would do fine and we could do the readership a service by emphasizing who exactly this board is best services. Does the 24 phase design offer any smart power features like the 16 does with scaling back to partially active status when full power is not drawn? How does its power plane compare to that of the crosshair iV we reviewed recently?

We'd also want to work in a link to the previous coverage of this board, with a little sprinkle of LN2 from sno.lcn - if you have any suggestions or a certain point where you'd like to link that, feel free:
http://www.overclockers.com/gigabyte-x58aud7-review-overclocking-results/

Great work. Maybe something above may be useful, if you want to tweak it a bit more to fine tune.

Here's a couple more links to compare against also, to see where you've done better, and anything we may have included previously that you may want to add (I think the article is good as is):
http://www.overclockers.com/asus-crosshair-iv-extreme-review/
http://www.overclockers.com/asus-p7f7e-ws-supercomputer-review/
http://www.overclockers.com/reviews/motherboards

Take this with a grain of salt, trying to offer some useful editorial feedback, and I only had a couple small grammatical things to correct. Let me know if you see anything you may want to tweak before we look at it harder in the days to come.

[Ross]

Yeah, I realized that pic of the buttons wasn't the best, I'll see if I have another that shows them better or will take another and upload. The big is the power and small is reset. The rear I/O mounted CLR CMOS is the only button on the board.

I asked the reason for the VRM change between the Rev's better than 2 weeks ago and have not received a response on it. It is important change between the Rev's and needs to be noted, but unless they decide to tell me their reasoning, I cannot say why it was done, just that it was done. Rev1 does not have the dual power switching.

As for how it compares to the Crosshair IV VRM, that might be a bit out of the scope, don't you think? I've never even looked at an AMD board :p

I was actually thinking of using a link to sno's LN2 review near my BIOS pics because he has a lot more images of it. That would be a good place to mention it and then maybe again in the conclusion for LN2 results.

LMK where you think sounds a bit too much promotional in the text and I will try to tone that down.

Thanks for the feedback...

[Ross]

I updated the pic of the buttons and am making some changes to the text, but see no way to save the changes in WP. Do I need to submit for review again or something?

[I.M.O.G.]

Yes, submit for review equals save, once you've already submitted it for review.

[Ross]

Thanks Matt. Sent you an email...

[I.M.O.G.]

Damn, just lost my reply due to my internet dropping out. Let me try again. Sorry that took so long.

I think the paragraph that quotes gigabytes "revolutionary" word choice, then you use the word "genius" may come off more PR-ish/marketing-ish than you may have intended. That also follows on the heels of the previous paragraphs including the marketing imagery for the 333 and ud3 logos, which may make it appear as more of a promotional vote than an unbiased user opinion which just happens to genuinely be happy with the Gigabyte x58a-UD7. See what I'm getting at if you look back at that section?

Also, the UD3 logo states 90K hours while the text states 50K hours - do we know for sure which one is right? Could you also fit a sentence in about the 3x USB power? Typically the USB port can deliver X amount, but these gigabyte boards offer X amount - I forget the exact numbers, but its definitely a notable difference... Is there anything that extra power availability is good for? Maybe an example would help there too if you can come up with one, not sure myself - but I think certain devices would benefit rather than requiring a dual USB connection right?

Overall, I don't want you to really tone it down - if you are really happy with the board and think its great, then thats what should come across in the article. Ideally though, I want it to come across as your genuine perspective and not be mistaken as a sales promotion because it comes off as too friendly with Gigabyte or because it has some marketing imagery that makes it look like an ad.

Glad you asked about the VRM thing, if there's no answer then there isn't much we can do. Could mention we asked for more detail regarding the change and haven't heard back at the time of publishing, but will update if we get clarification. If you want to, otherwise its not critical.

I agree about the crosshair comparison. What does the power delivery look like on other x58a boards in the same class as the UD7, or on lower class boards? While it looks hefty on this board, making sure a reader is aware of what other boards look like in this area may give a better frame of reference. Many readers are into the hardware in general, but not as familiar as you are with other offerings to know how big of a deal 24 phase power may be - comparing to what more expensive and less expensive boards typically do may help this resound well with a reader.

[Ross]

Thanks Matt.

I think the paragraph that quotes gigabytes "revolutionary" word choice, then you use the word "genius" may come off more PR-ish/marketing-ish than you may have intended. That also follows on the heels of the previous paragraphs including the marketing imagery for the 333 and ud3 logos, which may make it appear as more of a promotional vote than an unbiased user opinion which just happens to genuinely be happy with the Gigabyte x58a-UD7. See what I'm getting at if you look back at that section?Gotcha. The "revolutionary..." is quoted, that's from GBT's site. I'll find a more middle of the road way to reword the rest.

Also, the UD3 logo states 90K hours while the text states 50K hours - do we know for sure which one is right? Could you also fit a sentence in about the 3x USB power? Typically the USB port can deliver X amount, but these gigabyte boards offer X amount - I forget the exact numbers, but its definitely a notable difference... Is there anything that extra power availability is good for? Maybe an example would help there too if you can come up with one, not sure myself - but I think certain devices would benefit rather than requiring a dual USB connection right?It is 50K and the image does say 50K, it's a somewhat unfortunate visual alteration from image resizing if it looks like 90K. I'll see if I can do something about that and will add more about the USB power.

Overall, I don't want you to really tone it down - if you are really happy with the board and think its great, then thats what should come across in the article. Ideally though, I want it to come across as your genuine perspective and not be mistaken as a sales promotion because it comes off as too friendly with Gigabyte or because it has some marketing imagery that makes it look like an ad.I am and think it is, but was trying to be very cautious of coming off like a sales ad regardless. Sometimes that's difficult when just talking features and why they are (or are supposed to be) a good thing.

Glad you asked about the VRM thing, if there's no answer then there isn't much we can do. Could mention we asked for more detail regarding the change and haven't heard back at the time of publishing, but will update if we get clarification. If you want to, otherwise its not critical.Yeah, there was no way I couldn't address it and wanted something from the horse's mouth, but the horse isn't talking. I have a least one or two ideas as to why the change was made, but don't want to speculate at all.

I agree about the crosshair comparison. What does the power delivery look like on other x58a boards in the same class as the UD7, or on lower class boards? While it looks hefty on this board, making sure a reader is aware of what other boards look like in this area may give a better frame of reference. Many readers are into the hardware in general, but not as familiar as you are with other offerings to know how big of a deal 24 phase power may be - comparing to what more expensive and less expensive boards typically do may help this resound well with a reader.Will do, can sum that up easily.

[EarthDog]

Damn... Sorry guys. Apparently I was aslepp at my post. i will check out WP and give this think a lookover if its not already published.

[EarthDog]

Incredibly well written article...

The only changes I would make to this is with the formatting of the sections. it simply doesnt match anything else we have done with those large blue sections dividers.

under the specs, you have a sentence regarding what version of the bios used. Its a really wordy and therefore a bit confusing statement that can be trimmed for clarity.

I didnt proofread it, but the content, as expected, is top notch. The angle taken on this review was certainly fresh. :)

[Ross]

Thanks, David and Matt have been on it :thup:

The big dividers can obviously go, I was just sticking something in there to set the sections apart. I probably didn't even need to notate the BIOS versions, but figured I'd nip it in the bud since someone is bound to ask why I didn't use BIOS "x" :)

[Ross]

Bump. Submitted another article Sat. :)

[EarthDog]

I will check it out. Please let me know when you do that so I can do my thing. Its also helpful to let me know when you start one so I can update this thread, and know when to expect its completion. :)

EDIT: Actually, you moved it to pending review. Normally that is a CE's job, but the reality is it doesnt matter. When you are finished completing and article. Save it, notify the proper section CE, and once done, we can move it to Pending review. I will also check WP more frequently to see if people are writing on the down low... LOL!

[hokiealumnus]

Moved back to draft for you ED.

[EarthDog]

TYVM hokie...you didnt need to do that though :)... I would have PM'd you guys and the proofreader when I was done.

WOw... what (another) great article. I found myself just reading for pleasure than checking it out for misc errors and such. Im going to read it again and move this forward shortly.

[EarthDog]

Damn. Nice article. A few tiny grammatical things, and added your name and profile link at the bottom of the artivle (if you did not want that I apologize and will remove it) but outside of that... stellar!

Moved to pending again and I will notify WonderSoul to proofread.

[Ross]

Ah, sorry. I thought moving it to Pending notified you there was something there ;) Yeah, I need to be more proactive about letting you know something is coming down the pike, but I have a tendency to start and then just work on it til it's done. I'll give a heads up next time.

You can leave my name in. I'd do it myself (just my name and link to my profile?), but I thought it was automatically appended or something. Sorry, I don't know what is done manually/automatically after I fire it off, so if I am making work for you guys, just let me know what I should be doing (like you just did ;)) and I'll make sure to do what all needs to be done on my end.

[EarthDog]

I dont know if thats an option, but it would help the CE slackers like me that dont check it unless Im writing something... :(

[I.M.O.G.]

After you hit submit, nothing is automatic really. If you haven't defined an excerpt for the frontpage, we fill it in. If you haven't chosen categories or the categories you chose didn't save properly, we choose them. We usually include a link to your forum profile or author page at the end if you didn't already.

I think the only automatic thing may be the forum thread being created when we publish. I could be forgetting something however.

Where is this article now, ready for final review?

[I.M.O.G.]

After you hit submit, nothing is automatic really. If you haven't defined an excerpt (summary) that goes on the frontpage, we fill it in. If you haven't chosen categories or the categories you chose didn't save properly, we choose them. We usually include a link to your forum profile or author page at the end if you didn't already.

I think the only automatic thing may be the forum thread being created when we publish. I could be forgetting something however.

Where is this article now, ready for final review?

[EarthDog]

I sent a PM to WOnderingsoul for proofreading...I also see Mattno5ss has gotten his hands in on it too. I have not moved it to PENDING yet.

Can we get a refresher on who is supposed to move it where? As I writer I know to just save it, but as a CE, after we take a look at it, and move it to proofreading, should we set it at that point to PENDING or should that be the proofreader or................?

[I.M.O.G.]

If its waiting on proofreading, then the proofreader can move it when done, or you can... Doesn't matter, as long as you are in communication. I'd think its probably best for the CE to do it, once its been proofread and he's happy with the article overall.

I'd like to have this ready for tomorrow or Thursday, need to check our schedule.

[nzaneb]

Did Sno ever finish his UD-9 review? If not, is there still interest in one before SB releases?

[hokiealumnus]

We're always interested! Heck, doesn't have to be b/f SB if you don't have time. X58 is going to be around for a while still.

[EarthDog]

That article isnt in Wpress so Im not sure it was even started.

I would say there is absolutely an interest in that... are you volunteering?

[nzaneb]

That article isnt in Wpress so Im not sure it was even started.

I would say there is absolutely an interest in that... are you volunteering?

It's a possibility after finals.

[EarthDog]

I sent a PM to WOnderingsoul for proofreading...I also see Mattno5ss has gotten his hands in on it too. I have not moved it to PENDING yet.

Can we get a refresher on who is supposed to move it where? As I writer I know to just save it, but as a CE, after we take a look at it, and move it to proofreading, should we set it at that point to PENDING or should that be the proofreader or................?I havent heard back on this and its not published.. I will PM WS to get that status...

He should get to this by Thursday. If you need to publish, give it your Editor love and move it on forward as its been here and ready for 10 days. Sorry about that. ;)

[I.M.O.G.]

I'm going to try to make this an editing priority for myself tomorrow.

[Ross]

Did my last article disappear into cyberspace?

[I.M.O.G.]

We've been hammered for getting things done in the second half of december, and your article has been painfully neglected. I spent all day today catching up on emails, pms, reported posts, and forum threads... I was hoping to bench/test for an article some tonight, but I'm going to go through your article momentarily and publish.

I really apologize for the delay, rough time of year for the editorial team, and we always try to do a final edit/read through prior to publishing. Lately, we've been hard pressed just to publish anything... I wrote a quicky article a couple days ago and published it, but that was just prep work for a related article that needs to be published very soon.

After I get yours ready for tomorrow, I'll be going back to trying to get this other review work done. Fortunately that means I have to do some benching. :) Just not enough time lately, really sorry for the delay on this.

[I.M.O.G.]

Good read, and excellent work. That was a lot of effort and it shows. Very minor edits made, will publish in AM.

[Brolloks]

Need to add the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 I am busy with :) ETA, 1st week of Feb

[EarthDog]

Updated. Looking forward to it. :)

[sno.lcn]

MSI P67-GD55 is on the way :)

My UD9 review is still coming, eventually. I just wrote a long apology email to Gigabyte for taking my sweet ass time. All of the pictures were on the ex gf's camera, she deleted them, bla bla bla. Anyway, I'll get something up whenever I get some new pictures.

[EarthDog]

Thanks for the update Sno.

We should have a few coming down the pike shortly...

[sno.lcn]

I'm working on the P67A-GD55 review as we speak. I have so much testing to do, but I'll try to keep the review concise.

[sno.lcn]

The p67-gd55 article has been at 98% for a couple of weeks I guess, I just need to finish writing it. I'll try to get this thing finished over the weekend.


MSI's Z68 boards are shipping next week, so I'll have one shortly.

[EarthDog]

Thats great news. Keep me updated on the Z68 stuff. :)

[Ross]

Giga X58A-OC write up will be coming within the next week or so too.

[EarthDog]

Cool! Thanks for the headsup!

[hokiealumnus]

Awesome guys; looking forward to all of those!

[ghost_recon88]

I've got a Asus P8P67-M Pro B3 incoming, should be here Wednesday. I can chalk up a review on it if no one else is currently reviewing this board.

[hokiealumnus]

I don't think we have that one. I have the WS Revolution, IMOG has the MIVE and splat has the p8p67 pro.

The -M is so tiny!

[ghost_recon88]

I don't think we have that one. I have the WS Revolution, IMOG has the MIVE and splat has the p8p67 pro.

The -M is so tiny!

Hey now, some of us live and die by the mATX form factor :D I will probably use Ed (Brolloks) layout for it.

[EarthDog]

I've got a Asus P8P67-M Pro B3 incoming, should be here Wednesday. I can chalk up a review on it if no one else is currently reviewing this board.Id love to see that!

I will post it up. Whats your ETA on the review?

[ghost_recon88]

Id love to see that!

I will post it up. Whats your ETA on the review?

Well board arrives Wednesday, but I have my last semester final on Thursday the 5th, so probably sometime during the weekend of 6th-8th.

[EarthDog]

Ross's X58A-OC mobo review ready for another once over, then its good to go. Moved to Submit for review.

Needs oc approved stamp (still no hits when searching in library). Table already there.

[ghost_recon88]

Got the photos taken of the board, time to start putting the pedal to the metal now :D

[EarthDog]

Awesome. Thanks for the heads up!

[Brolloks]

So whats next here on the review menu, I'm bored? ;)

[ghost_recon88]

Dog, what tips do you have for taking screenshots of the BIOS, any?

[hokiealumnus]

My method: Lights off, camera on tripod focused with the monitor filling the frame.

[EarthDog]

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 to land on Sunday. ;)

Thats (going to be) my method as well.

[EarthDog]

Asrock baord moved to pending... needs a once over and overclockers approved picture.

[Ross]

Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 draft is ready for someone to look at and put up. Sorry I didn't get a chance to give you a heads up on it beforehand, my life is crazy lately (hint: I'd read over it very carefully for mistakes! :)).

[EarthDog]

Ross, Im so sorry I missed it in this thread and didnt have a chance to look it over. Im certain the editors though gave it the love she needs.

Looks great as usual. :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Anyone have interest in i3 2100 or 2105 testing?

[Ross]

Ross, Im so sorry I missed it in this thread and didnt have a chance to look it over. Im certain the editors though gave it the love she needs.

Looks great as usual. :)Thanks and no problem at all. I know you have your hands full right about now ;) I saw a comment on WordPress a couple of days ago, so I knew someone was looking at it. If it's something that needs to be done ASAP, I usually start PMing people right away, otherwise I always expect it to be a couple of days minimum :beer:

[EarthDog]

Updated thread to add Archer's upcoming article. :)

[Archer0915]

Anyone have interest in i3 2100 or 2105 testing?

Absolutely. I have a GB z68 coming today and a 2500k. The 2100 would be grreat for a switch out and show the HTPC potential of the chips and the board. Matter of fact it gives me an idea for a low cost HTPC Review type build though the board I am getting will not do integrated GFX (that is why the 2100). I have a few decent low power cards that are up to the HTPC task.

[EarthDog]

Updated. Sent status PM's out.

[EarthDog]

Updated!

[MattNo5ss]

You can put the quad channel HyperX RAM up there for me if you want. UD3 will be starting soon since Gigabyte finally released a ET6 that works, CPUz 1.59 actually shows vcore, I have waterblock mounting for 2011 coming, and I'm about done with the GPU.

[EarthDog]

Updated again...thanks! :)

So weird ET6 didnt work on that board (did on the UD7 off the driver disk and the website).

[Convicted1]

How would a guy go about getting on the news / review team?

I'd love to do some testing and write some reviews to help contribute back to the forum...

I've been told I'm a pretty decent writer.

[EarthDog]

I think in my signature I have some yellow writing that states to PM me? :p

PM me what have you written before. Is there anything you want to write about now? We arent looking for English majors, but the ability to thoroughly and concisely put your thoughts on 'paper' are a pre-req. I know, we set the standards high. :p

We would set you up with a wordpress account so you can begin writing.

[Convicted1]

I think in my signature I have some yellow writing that states to PM me? :p

PM me what have you written before. Is there anything you want to write about now? We arent looking for English majors, but the ability to thoroughly and concisely put your thoughts on 'paper' are a pre-req. I know, we set the standards high. :p

We would set you up with a wordpress account so you can begin writing.

Well... I've got a few papers I've written for English Comp in the last few months.

Nothing relevant to technology, but would display my writing abilities.

Nothing in particular I'd like to write about... I'd just like to do something to contribute back to the forum.

[Bobnova]

Oh hey I think I can start spamming your thread now too!

I believe there is some AMD ram headed my way to review. Further updates as events warrant.

[hokiealumnus]

*cough* Check your overclockers email for ready-made photos. *cough*

[EarthDog]

Convicted1 - j00 have PM! :)

And thanks Hokie for those snaps! Im not telling what I did with them...:sn:

[hokiealumnus]

Yea, I know you got yours. I was referring to Bobn....who isn't yet accustomed to remembering to check his OC email. :chair:

[Bobnova]

What OC email? :sn:

[Bobnova]

Update begins.

Ram left NC on the 15th, I expect it here in far-nor-cal on the 19th or 20th.

Update ends.

[Bobnova]

Further updates:

Ram arrived.
Testing begins tomorrow at lunch time.
Article creation begins in a similar time frame.

[Bobnova]

Review is all done. Been done for a bit. Need some editors to sign off on it and post it :D

[EarthDog]

Noted.. we are on it.

PSU review just pub'd.

[Bobnova]

Woot!

[EarthDog]

Updated. :)

[Bobnova]

Box from Biostar arrived. I assume it's the mobo.

[EarthDog]

Thanks for the update!

[Bobnova]

Biostar mobo in depth testing begins tomorrow. Been using it as a 24/7 the last few days, I like it.
OC failures don't pop up a message though, that part sucks.

[bmwbaxter]

added photos to 7870 review. I should have it ready for review for Saturday.

[Bobnova]

Biostar moboish thing review thing is progressing nicely.

[cold.nut]

want to start reviewing more. i got my new Asus 6850 in yesterday and i am considering doing a review on it. what say you? :shrug:

[bmwbaxter]

7870 is now pending for review.

[bmwbaxter]

finished corrections to article. read for a second pass.

[Bobnova]

Biostar moboish thing review thing is progressing nicely.

Progress is slowly resuming after (ok, during) easter weekend stuff.
OCF does not appear to have a Z77 board for Z77 launch day (today, why easter I don't know!), so I'll put my nose to the grindstone and get one up as soon as possible.

[Bobnova]

Benches and overclocking section inserted. Request confirmation I'm on the correct track.

[EarthDog]

I will look at her tonight. Thanks for the update. :)

[Bobnova]

TZ77XE4 review is done other than one picture and its caption (it's soldering iron time to get the pic :sn:). I'll be adding that in the marked space later tonight, assuming I can get the Faraday cage off.

On that note, should I link to wikipedia as to what exactly a Faraday cage is when I talk about it?

[bmwbaxter]

Not sure if I am over stepping my boundary here (if I am just tell me to STFU :p), but I would suggest not using wikipedia.

EDIT: it would sound better if it were just your words explaining it.

[EarthDog]

Get back in your cage! :p
being serious, normally I would say avoid it too, but since its a simple description of tge cage, why not? Tgat said, im sure there are better links.

Im indifferent.

[Bobnova]

Ok all done. If people want to know what a Faraday cage is they can google it.

EDIT:
I don't think you were overstepping anything Bax, opinions are what I was after!

[Bobnova]

http://www.smiley-faces.org/smiley-faces/smiley-face-poke.gif

[bmwbaxter]

HIS 7850 IceQ X Turbo X review is done, just need the MSRP so I can add info into the conclusion.

[Janus67]

Hey Joe just wanted to check for any status on the keyboard showdown if you've had a chance to go through it again after I changed the order up, reworded some things, and added a featured image.