step one: google it
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+overclock+a+Q6600&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBR
step two: search for it
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1198647
step three: Lock yourself away in a room with your new...
aww, no nice snuggly video card for you?
I hugged my 8800GT when it became clear that 740mhz core on stock air cooling was going to be my standard gaming setting. Poor little thing was so lonely at Fry's on that shelf and then fate brought us together :)
I have the Enermax Chakra, so far I'm loving it. I have 2 quiet 120mm fans installed (1 intake, 1 exhaust) and the huge side fan set to exhaust. My 8800GT has has 1.3 inches between intself and the hard drive cage.
A one time game freeze/crash? Game crashes/freezes happen. Make it happen again and you have a situtation that needs some looking into.
How long did you run the Prime 95 test?
You have memory that is capable of running FSB 400Mhz within spec, a FSB of 300Mhz isn't touching that. What...
"Clearly you will not be doing any serious OC with this motherboard."
"Only GIGABYTE managed to do any overclocking, and that was only 5MHz FSB above standard bus speeds, so it does have that to gloat about if they want, but 5MHz FSB increase is really not going to result in a very big...
My monitor doesn't wake from sleep at all. The computer responds, but my Dell 2007FPW never comes back to life. Everything I have read points to video card drivers. I'm running Vista Premium 64, Nvidia 169.04 drivers.
We're going to know what kind of TV you are looking at to give you a real answer. There's a lot of diff between a 26er and a 36. Maybe you could like get credit for your next birthday and get like everything... TV, COD4, Hellgate, 8800GT AND a new Raptor. I mean, like tell your mom a hard drive...
Nobody has mentioned efficiency.
580 watts at 77% efficiency = 446 watts.
360 watts on the 12V at 77% efficiency = 277 watts.
Trying to decipher the power supply game myself, are these numbers not more realistic? What's written on the box doesn't seem to be what you get with power...
What about programming key macros in BF2142? One button grenades for example.
The only reason I've been eyeing this keyboard is the possibility of a one button grenade toss that automatically switches back to my main weapon afterwards.