I don't think it's meant to be useful (like perspex case cutouts or neon-glow hard drive cables)...I think it's meant to be really really cool, which it dosn't do too bad a job at by the look of it.
There should be one toggle: 'overclock on/off'. For the users that aren't risk averse, this should find a decent overclock with a sensible safety margin to cope with changes in temperature, and stay there. A couple of motherboards do this, but don't get enough publicity because people obviously prefer to waste their time fiddling and it doesn't sell useless product.
Dare I suggest there's better ways to waste life than getting 3fps extra in MegaDeathNinjaBiscuit2?
Can you next pull up 98% of fan controllers for being bullshit? They're the same flashy gimmick.
A *decent* fan controller should automatically control speeds without the user having to be there. There are currently only about four of these on the market, but the ones with flashy lights always win despite the user having to tweak them manually..
Intel Core i7 I7-920 Quad Core Processor (2.66GHz, 4x256kB, 4.8GT/s QPI, LGA 1336 Socket B)
Intel Core i5 750 Qaud Core Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 2.5 GT/s Bus, Socket H LGA1156)
Asus P7P55D Motherboard (Intel Socket H LGA1156, P55 Express, ATX, 16GB DDR3)
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition I7-975 Quad Core Processor (3.33GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 6.4 GT/s, Socket B LGA 1336)
Intel Core i3-530 Dual Core Processor
Chris Harden
missed the point.... #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 09:05 GMT
I don't think it's meant to be useful (like perspex case cutouts or neon-glow hard drive cables)...I think it's meant to be really really cool, which it dosn't do too bad a job at by the look of it.
Lionel Baden
oh dear #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 09:05 GMT
i can just imagine comming home and findin out my cpu is crispy because the kids were playing with it
Sooty
ahh, finally #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 09:05 GMT
This is where most PC manufacturers go wrong, we actually want lots of buttons, knobs and dials on the front to twiddle with.
Geoff Campbell
Deeply, deeply cool.... #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 10:41 GMT
....whilst at the same time being utterly pointless. Perfect!
Peter Kay
No surprise there, then #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 10:41 GMT
There should be one toggle: 'overclock on/off'. For the users that aren't risk averse, this should find a decent overclock with a sensible safety margin to cope with changes in temperature, and stay there. A couple of motherboards do this, but don't get enough publicity because people obviously prefer to waste their time fiddling and it doesn't sell useless product.
Dare I suggest there's better ways to waste life than getting 3fps extra in MegaDeathNinjaBiscuit2?
Can you next pull up 98% of fan controllers for being bullshit? They're the same flashy gimmick.
A *decent* fan controller should automatically control speeds without the user having to be there. There are currently only about four of these on the market, but the ones with flashy lights always win despite the user having to tweak them manually..
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