Thread: SC-X .. My Nightmare Supercomputer

It should be a pretty straight forward overclock with that gear

On this machine I don't. On Superpuppy 3 I had to, because "Blankety Blank Broderbund" had shut down their registration program for the Broderbund software I bought. (I guess the software was OLD). Said software had most of its better features disabled until you registered it and then they would give you an activation key. I emailed Broderbund asking for a key, but the two they sent me were garbage. 4 character codes...

I use the gigabyte board in one of my systems with an X2 4850e CPU , 4 gigs HyperX T1 and a HD4870 1Gb and it will run most things I throw at it (HTPC/Downstairs Gaming rig)...... Only got a slight overclock on it at the mo. The spec page for the board is here - main reason I bought it was it will run AM2, AM2+ and AM3 CPU 's and so I could upgrade when I wanted..... Buying an X2 / X3 will save you some dosh, as the crucial memory has...

Honestly, you wont notice anything in games and apps. Some benchmarks might reflect a difference. Clunk's testing showed 1600mhz with tightish timings was the sweet spot, anything extra is for benchers.

Yes. You can use the windows backup utility and do a complete PC backup to a third disk. Then you will enable the RAID mode for the controller, enter the controller's BIOS and create the array, then boot with the Win 7 DVD and restore your system from there.

Could i save an image of the original drive and then create an array with two 1TB drives and then start copying the files to the array?

Thank you for the reply. And the list of parts give me more to look at. I have a lot to take in over the last few days but things are becomeing clear to me and that as was said in one of the last post prices will change all the time so as l am not in a hurry l have time to look around to find the best price. May be just concentrate on one part at a time. So some time in the New Year I will be posting photos on the forum. Thank you all for all...

Drop it in a HTPC case, buy a PCI D-TV card and a 1tb HDD and enjoy. J.

^^ We tried the same instructions in the link Swagman. In our case though, the scratch was just too deep and too straight to make an acceptable repair. I think with light scratches it will probably work, as long as the scratch is erratic (not in a straight line). Defo worth a try though, whatever type of scratch it is. Otherwise, it's a claim on the contents insurance.

Ok so has it worked ?