Score! I was quoted the cheapest price at $110 last night when I called around (ranged from $110-153), went to pick it up today after confirming that the old one was as dead as a rock.....score $99.99 from the same place that said 110!
Core charge wasn't an issue since I brought the old one with me anyway ($137 with core charge), shiny new awesome went home with me on the cheap. Battery was super close to dead so the car wouldn't start under it's own power at first so a friend brought over his jump pack and we started her up. New alternator charging properly and the car ran much better. I decided since the battery was super low (I barely made it home last night.....and I mean BARELY) let it run for 10-15 mins and turn it off. Worked out well and the car starts under it's own power nice and quick. Just took the battery to get it charged (much faster than wasting fuel letting it run lol), but all seems well again.
Now I can go back to saving for the alternator for the Jetta all over again lol. :shadedshu
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Just flashed to the F5 bios for the board which is working pretty well so far. AWESOME new addition allows me to disable cores again. I can now disable Core 2 or Core 3 (or both) which is super sweet since they were the weakest anyway (2 more than 3). Played with it for just a few seconds to make sure it worked and booted 4Ghz @ 1.392v on two cores no ACC.
I'm thinking of replacing the fan I'm using on the V8 to something that has a better static pressure than the fan I have now. It has massive cfm, but I don't think it's getting the job done trying to blow through the fins on the V8. It seems like it has a low static pressure....though I'm thinking about trying the V8's original fan since it appears to have a better static...maybe Cooler Master is smarter than me after all.
I wish I could fit a 120x38mm fan inside the V8, but I'm limited to 120x25mm max. I've heard great things about the Gentle Typhoon fans so I might try one of those...maybe.
Informed thoughts anyone?
Kei