variable resistor

[BrothaInFaith]

hey i'm looking for a 100-500ohm variable resistor. any ideas where i could find one? found a couple on the internet, but i'd prefer to pick one up locally or from a reputable online dealer. loc: burnaby, bc

background:
i just bought a xeon x3210 and gigabyte 650i sli board. i was too cheap (damn school...) to buy a 680i board, so i'm stuck without the GTLRef option in the bios. which means my board dont oc worth crap. i can barely get it stable at 2.4ghz so i wanna solder the resistor to my mobo to allow me to manually adjust the voltage.

cheers

[Shadowmeph]

Originally Posted by BrothaInFaith

hey i'm looking for a 100-500ohm variable resistor. any ideas where i could find one? found a couple on the internet, but i'd prefer to pick one up locally or from a reputable online dealer. loc: burnaby, bc

background:
i just bought a xeon x3210 and gigabyte 650i sli board. i was too cheap (damn school...) to buy a 680i board, so i'm stuck without the GTLRef option in the bios. which means my board dont oc worth crap. i can barely get it stable at 2.4ghz so i wanna solder the resistor to my mobo to allow me to manually adjust the voltage.

cheers

you should have bought a cheap p35 Mother board they over clock pretty good ( from what I have heard )

[Eldonko]

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[BrothaInFaith]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

you should have bought a cheap p35 Mother board they over clock pretty good ( from what I have heard )

i would've; but i needed an sli for my (aging) 7800gt's. i cant afford a new card right now. also the cheap gigabyte p35 doesnt have allow you to adjust the GTLRef voltage either; it may do it automatically, but its not in the bios.

ty eldonko; i'll check them out

[BrothaInFaith]

so i got my resistor and stuff; thanks again for the recommendation. nice place, great service and knowledge. i'll letcha guys know how the voltmod works out.

[Eldonko]

No prob, Ive been ordering mainly from the US for a few years, cadaveca told me about this place. So nice to actually look around and see what Im buying, 10 min drive FTW!

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

No prob, Ive been ordering mainly from the US for a few years, cadaveca told me about this place. So nice to actually look around and see what Im buying, 10 min drive FTW!

lucky bugger...usually London has one of everything but electronics supplies are non-existent.

London in general doesn't seem to be extreme overclocking friendly. the Home Depot here doesn't have Frost King insulation, no one locally seems to have any kind of 1/4"-1/2" neoprene, and Air-Liquide won't deliver dewars to a non business address (getting a GST number just to make that hopefully happen). but i do have a pretty damn good local computer shop that can get me any hardware i want within a day for very reasonable prices so i can't complain too much i guess.

[Mr. Cipher]

At least your computer store doesn't try to sell you parts with a 20% markup over NCIX and tddirect.ca! ;) I only order from B.C. now...

How does U.S. cross-border shipping work? I thought most (all?) of the e-tailers there didn't ship to Canada ie. newegg

[Eldonko]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cipher

How does U.S. cross-border shipping work? I thought most (all?) of the e-tailers there didn't ship to Canada ie. newegg

Monarch and Tankguys ship to canada, that's about it. I was talking about electronic components retailers for trimpots if that question was directed towards me.