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I know everyone here has moved on to Core i5/i7, but I'm still a "dinosaur" with an LGA775 Q9550. I am going to overclock it to ~3.0ghz, but I am wondering what the safe voltages are. It will be air cooled, but not with the stock cooler. My case has great airflow, so I am not really worried...

Yah, I know, another one of these threads. Basically, when I upgraded to the GTX 260 216 Core, I realized my poor, venerable case just wasn't big enough anymore. The 8800GTS I had in it before was pushing it, and this time I had to cut a wedge out of the hard drive bays for the GTX 260 to...

...the ATI reference board maker? I'm looking at 4870 1GB's by four different builders, all the same price. The only names I recognize are Diamond and Sapphire, and I distinctly remember Sapphire being ATI's reference board maker. Is this still the case? Or does ATI not have one anymore, since...

I currently run a SeaSonic M12 700w modular, in the system listed in my sig. I am about to upgrade to Q9450 Core 2 Quad and a Radeon 4870, should I look at getting a higher wattage PSU, or do you think my 700w can handle everything? If I decided to go with the 4870 X2, could it handle that...

I've read several places that these mostly don't exist, but I was curious: Why? Or do they exist, but are just rare? I currently have a Dell 2007WFP S-IPS display at home, and I really like it. A friend has a 24" S-PVA display (I can't remember the brand name off the top of my head), and I...

So I am having this issue with my machine since switching to the DFI P-35 board, and I am trying to diagnose it a little. Basically, every once and a while, my HDD's will seem to go to sleep, and the next time the system tries to access data from that drive, the system will hang for just...

I am thinking about picking up board for my E6600. I am more concerned with stability than overclocking, so I am wondering if anyone has any experience with the board. Is it pretty stable? How is the chipset cooling? Also, it's hard to tell with some of these boards, but will the Zalman...

I think the north bridge went, I can't say for sure. It stopped recognizing perfectly good memory (memory that tested fine and worked in another machine), then suddenly stopped posting the video. In any case, it's gone. I am not really keen to replace it with another 680i. As much as I love the...

Two completely random 680i questions: First off, has any tried running 4x1GB sticks of DDR800 on the board? Will it actually run all 4 at 800, or would I have to back out to 667? Would I still be able to run them tight, at 4-4-4-12-1T like I am doing now? I have Vista ultimate and am...

...was full of crap. Or I can't figure out how. If you install from the boot DVD, it tells you your key requires you to start the install from a fresh Windows XP install. If you do that, there is no option to blow away your harddrive, because your already booted in to Windows. If you choose no...

I know the OEM Vista versions ARE tired to your motherboard, but what about the Upgrades? I have a legit purchased copy of XP Pro and would like to get my 250 dollar upgrade, rather than having to drop 400 bucks on the retail copy...but I want to know I can switch motherboards without calling...

So I found a base model eVGA 8800GTX here locally for $519 bucks. Seems like a steal considering they are 40-50 bucks more online. My question is, should I wait until I can get a Superclocked or an ACS3 version, or just snatch up the 519 one while I can and call it a day? Is the Superclock or...

So that's the question. It's mid feburary, we still haven't seen the R600 from AMD/ATI, and I haven't heard hide nor hair yet of a 8 series refresh to the 8900. I just got a capital infusion from some investments, and my system is about ready for Vista, except for the video cards. I am currently...

So heres the deal. I have a Netgear WGR614v6 wireless router, and until a few weeks ago, it was a decent enough router. Connectivity was stable, all seemed well. I could play XBox Live, all the laptops in the house had good connections...everything was good. Then a couple of weeks ago, it all...

Okay, so I was having problems with my machine the other day, and had to go in and reset the BIOS (with the BIOS jumper). I am using BIOS P23. Now, when I set the memory voltage to anything but Auto in the BIOS, the system gives the memory 0.05v of power (in System Monitor), and obviously...

So today my system started going haywire on me when I was playing a game (serious artifacting, etc). I shutdown the game, checked my temperatures, and everything was good across the board. Both video cards were fine, the CPU was fine, the MCP was fine, etc. As a precaution, I immediately...

So here's the deal. I had a 120mm fan hole drilled in my side panel to allow air flow over my video cards (both mounted with Zalman coolers). My side panel is a window panel, so the 120mm fan can only be so far down the panel. The way it's positioned, the top video card gets great air flow, but...

So I've been futzing with my 680i overclock for a few days now, and I've come up with some interesting observations (now that I have some D9 memory, I can play a little bit). First, the setup: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 eVGA 680i Current: 2GB Corsair 8500C5 (D9's) Previous: 2GB OCZ PC2-8000...

Okay, I stuck a pair of Zalman ZF-900's on my 7900GT's last night, and now there is a pronounced bow in the card PCB. The Zalman's aren't tightened down too much, I gave them all exactly one turn until they were solid, but could still be easily unscrewed. Is this normal? Has anyone else noticed...

I have a Lian-Li PC-7AYCF (it's a Koolance water cooling unit) with a Plexiglas window on the side. It's watercooled, so the case airflow is ehhh (I have no front intake fans), but I would really like to bring some cool air in across my video cards to help the Zalman VF-900's out a bit. To do...

If I set an OC with RivaTuner, will the driver OC both cards to that OC? I just put Zalman VF-900's on both my 7900's, and the temps are really nice, so I am going to OC the cards a bit. Just want to make sure I don't have to do something crazy to OC both cards.

I am about to order a pair of VF900's for my 7900GT's, but I am curious...do I have to use that silly FAN MATE thing, or can I just plug the fans in to the same socket as the stock cooler? I am pretty sure my cards have the standard 3 pin fan socket on them. If I do plug them in to that port...

My setup: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 eVGA nForce 680i 2 x 1GB OCZ PC2-8000 Gold GX XTC Enermax NoiseTaker II 600W Liquid Cooling I can get the system to boot at 400FSB x 9 multi, but Orthos is not stable. I get a full boot in to Windows, I can play games, I can do regular computer...

Here's the deal. My PSU now is a good one, but it's holding me back a little on my OC, and it's not going to be able to handle dual 8900's when I go that route (when Nvidia refreshes some time next year). My search for a new PSU has a couple of very important caveats though. First off, it...

Okay, I figured out my issue with getting over 400fsb was a voltage one. I brought my CPU up to 1.5v and I have gotten it quite a bit past 400. Now the question is: What voltage is safe on water? My under load temps are sitting at 51-53c per core. Is that decent? Can I safely up it another .5 or so?

I can't seem to get 400mhz Orthos stable on my E6600 and eVGA 680i with the P21 BIOS. I am running in unlinked mode for FSB/Memory, and I have my memory clocked at 800mhz at 4-4-4-12. My FSB is 400mhz (QDR 1600mhz) and my multi is x9, leaving me at 3600mhz. This boots and runs SuperPi 32M...

Is this a decent stepping? Does stepping matter for the C2D like it did for AMD's chips?

What the heck is the name of the HDR benchmark/stress tool? RBLHDRDL or something like that? I've been Google and [H] searching for an hour and it's just not coming to me :P

Okay, so when I dropped 2500 bucks on my extremely nice LCD HDTV, 1080i was all the rage. I have NO plans to replace this TV in the near future. It's gorgeous, it does everything I need and it's swank....but now 1080p seems to be the thing, and my TV definitely doesn't support it (as per me...

Do you guys know of any vendors that list accurate PSU dimensions? I can't find any sites that even list the dimensions of their PSU's, let alone accurate ones. I mean the dimensions of the PSU itself, NOT the box it comes in. Basically I use a Koolance case, and many PSU's are simply too...

I'm looking at picking up a Team Xtreem 2GB memory kit, and I was looking at the PC2-8000 kit. Does anyone have any numbers on this kit? I've heard excellent things about the DDR2-800 kit, but haven't heard much about the 1000. Is anyone running it at 1T and high FSB rates? Are you running the...

I just installed my second 7900GT in SLI, and I am having issues. In 3DMark05, at some point, it either hangs the system mid demo, or the screen corrupts badly, then it hangs the system. This does NOT happen when SLI mode is disabled. I am running: eVGA 680i (latest bios, latest drivers)...

So I did a major upgrade on my motherboard/CPU to a C2D and such, and now I realized video is my bottleneck. I simply can't afford to go the 8800 route right now, or even the 7950GX2 route. I decided instead to add a second 7900GT to my machine. Am I going to see some real world performance...

So that's the question. My Core 2 Duo is running 33-35C under load with a water block. Is that reasonable? I am going to start OC'ing the chip tonight. On water, what temperatures do I want to avoid? Anything over 40-45C tends to make me cringe, but maybe I am just paranoid.

I have a Core 2 Duo E6600 on an eVGA 680i using Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 with EPP. If I enable EPP (SLI-ready) and take the timings to 4-4-4-12, I can't get the system stable at 1T. If I disable EPP and go 5-5-5-18, I can seem to get 1T stable (more testing is needed, but its more stable than...

So before I drop 400 bucks on a set of Corsair Dominator 8500 RAM....is it the real deal? It will be put together with an eVGA 680i board and an E6600. I don't plan to overclock much, beyond turning EPP on. I just want to know if this RAM is worth the cost, or if a solid set of 800mhz DDR2 (from...

I can't seem to find much information at all on Allendale. What's the difference between it and Conroe? I can only seem to find an E6300 Allendale listed anywhere and everyone claims it's an OC'ing rockstar, but that's about all I can find. Should I wait for there to be an E6600 Allendale (the...

So heres the deal. I did the OC'ing thing with my last upgrade, watercooled, etc, etc. It's nice, but it's always had little stability quirks that drove me nuts. I recently bought a Core 2 Duo notebook with a T7600 and flat out, I love it. It's fast with no OC'ing, runs like a dream. I am...

So I am looking at gaming laptops, and I am really torn on some things. I have about $3000 to spend, so my options are open. I really like the Alienware Aurora line, except for the CPU offerings. I understand it's an SLI notebook, so Core 2 Duo is out, but it's upsetting that Alienware doesn't...

I started working on my OC last night, and I was able to get the system to boot at 310mhz FSB, 9x multiplier, CPU running at 2.7ghz. Idle was 40C, load was 45-47C (watercooled). Do these temps seem reasonable? This was at 1.4875 vcore (one bump up from stock). To reach these numbers, I had to...