Topic: New BaseCamping Trek is Jumping Off!

[Lesmond]

yeah done it, thanks LW

[dl1000v]

So how long do we camp at A.A.? 2 weeks? Is that the norm?

[dl1000v]

How come my badge say Base camper? Can I be an FF?! I feel homeless.    :belly:

[Ken (OP)]

How come my badge say Base camper? Can I be an FF?! I feel homeless.    :belly:

Fixed it.  riteon

[Sport]

Right on top of things Ken!!!

[Sport]

So how long do we camp at A.A.? 2 weeks? Is that the norm?

14 days is the norm...I generally leave the books open an extra 3 days for"Pending Validation" to roll over...but mouse is running the show this trek, her books look really good to me ,  so we'll see

[LoneWolf_53]

The Yeti.................. that's hilarious and the avy too.   :rofl:



@Sport yeah I thought they were two week treks and this appears to be slated for three.   Will have to see if I can stay there that long.

[Ken (OP)]

The Yeti.................. that's hilarious and the avy too.   :rofl:

 :bigteeth:

[Sport]

@Carnivore...after two complete treks and helping vaio out in between ...2 weeks is all I think I can handle...machines need maintenance...one is DOA looking for a MoBo, and a couple others are whimpering!!

[LoneWolf_53]

@Carnivore...after two complete treks and helping vaio out in between ...2 weeks is all I think I can handle...machines need maintenance...one is DOA looking for a MoBo, and a couple others are whimpering!!

I know the feeling.   I just swapped out a DOA motherboard on one of my quads this afternoon.

I think that has me at almost full force for the time being except for one laptop that is off as the owner is on vacation but that one only cranks out one result a day so isn't a major setback.    Not as bad as having a quad down at least.

But now I have to research this new board and see about OC settings as that Q9550 CPU is very capable of doing much better than stock.   I just couldn't get the same model board as a replacement so have to figure out what this X48 likes and doesn't like.

[Skhilled]

I burned out a board overclocking it. Was my first time trying to OC. You live and learn. LOL

[Sport]

My DOA is a weak Proprietary "Gateway" Intel dually that will be reborn a PhenomX4 I have the processor just need to find the right board
ATX Form factor...any suggestions Steve?

[Skhilled]

Actually, I don't. I haven't checked out any boards or processors in about 2 years and am out of the loop, sort of. I need to badly brush up on what is out there. My last mobo and cpu are a Asus M2N-2 and a Athlon 64 X2 4800+. That's what is on this machine now. I haven't dealt with the Phenom yet. They just came out when I built this one and if memory serves me right there was a problem with them back then? I forget.

I do have a Gigabyte SLI-S4 (supports AM2 sockets only) that I've never used. I was going to build the kids a new one but never did.

I need to get back into it soon cause tax time will be here before I know it and I'll be wanting to build a new one. I am partial to Asus and Gigabyte boards.

I can do some research for you though...

[Sport]

I need an AM2+ or AM3 ...Biostar has a board that looks really good, as does Gigabyte for around $50>$90...ASUS has boards that are highly over priced!!

 I'm looking for 4 DDR2 slots and 2 PCIe x16 slots for +- $100...ATX form factor, I'm not too concerned about south bridge as I'll be adding PCIe x16 GPU cards to it

[Skhilled]

Cool! I'll see what I can find. It'll be later cause I'm cooking right now.

Yeah, Asus are a bit pricey but they are really good boards. I try to stay at low end of the price spectrum and spend as much money on the board as I can to get the best features. Then I go low with other hardware and upgrade later.