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5/18's Settings Tweaking Results...

Back home after being in the DC area for the weekend, I played with the cMP settings just to unwind a bit.

1st, I did two of the last customizations remaining... I checked to see if the soundcard was sharing an IRQ (it didn't) and then disabled the un-used USB controllers. BTW, this produced a noticable improvement in transparency... well worthwhile.

Then I tried to compare the ValueRAM vs HyperX vs Mushkin memory sticks. With the BIOS settings I was using early last week, both the ValueRAM and HyperX would not get a clean boot when installed. Now the ValueRAM worked ok... but I still had BIOS errors with the HyperX. I didn't take the time to further troubleshoot the HyperX, but did go back and forth between the ValueRAM and the Mushkin... and I preferred the ValueRAM. I heard better definition up and down the spectrum, but most noticable in the bass. Tonal balance was a bit different between the two, with the Mushkin sounding a bit more forward in the mids and lower treble.

I would judge that whether you liked one or the other could be very dependant on what one considered important and what worked best in one's system... and since they both cost less than $20 ea, if you are so inclined, get one of each and compare yourself.

Maybe this weekend I'll spend more time with the HyperX. In the meantime, I'm very curious what the BIOS update will bring.

Greg in Mississippi


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