dang...i suck....
i got 2 of the 4 at 9.9.9.27 1.68V

tis is true....but i have been having a go at keeping my cpu above 4.7 ghz..975 or 920.
and that's what i was testing for when i jumped in to test the ram....ill get back to that when i have some more time to really get into it. im just surprised that this ram is better than my 2k blade.

yea what the hell rabid?? We haven't seen many pics of this new build you got going on?!

ok, i just ran into my first problem. The cpu hold down bracket is insanely loose. So much so that when i tried to clamp it down, it slipped, and the cpu bounced up and hit the socket. The socket looks fine, but i dont want that happening again.

So what do i do? Just tighten the 4 screw thing on the bracket?

it is meant to be loose, but when you put the cpu in, the entire structure rises up and it is tight when you put the hasp in place

@ John: No pins look bent - thats the good news.

@Halo: It's not a pressure issue(though i was using a fair amount of pressure), it is that the clamp slipped, and the bracket popped up.

@Nate: Ok, so it is meant to be loose. But then why did the clamp down slip?

that's a good thing!!

Woopty frickin doo, problem number 2. I am trying to mount my Megahalems, and the bracket seems to be messed up. Probably a manufacturing defect. The spring screws are too big for the cross mount plate holes...

Well the cross mount has holes in it, unthreaded (like it should be, just fyi). The two beams mounted to the board have the threads. The screws are supposed to go through the holes in the cross mount, and then threaded into to beams on the mobo.


Here is a crappy diagram of what the spring screws look like:

[===] -> screw head
  > <
  > <   -> spring (it is around the screw)
  > <
   | |
   | |   -> part of screw unthreaded
    \
    /    -> part of screw threaded
    \

The unthreaded part of the screw is too fat to fit through the holes in the cross mount. It should fit though. If it fits, the threaded part  protrudes out the bottom, and is able to screw into the 2 board mounted beams. In my case, the unthreaded part is too fat, so the screw is not even protruding out the bottom of the cross mount holes.

I hope this helps describe a bit better.

Maybe time to break out the dremel...

Yay! The dremeling worked really well. I probably took about 1/4 of a Milimeter off the inside, and now they fit perfectly. That was pretty dumb (as in how little i had to shave off), but now i can move foward with my build again.

Ya, the funniest thing is that it is such a small seemingly worthless piece that ends up holding you up. LOL

Ok, noob question incoming: Are you supposed to leave the foam stuff on the inside of the IO shieldplate on?

We have ignition!

time for a pic already?!

Nice Nate! Now let's see some pics for the pic monster.

Dont worry guys. I'll get the pics up. I have to finish putting it all back together though. I tested it outside my case first. I basically just have cable management and installing W7, then i can upload pics. I will probably just make a Mods Rig thread and post the link here, because i took A TON of pictures.

And then...overclocking and benching it. Muhahaha...