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I'm planning to overclock an athlon ii x2 240 (2.8 ghz, 14x multi). It supports DDR3-1333(mhz) max. What overclock is possible and what ram will complement it without being overkill? (i'm thinking ddr3-1600 9-9-9 downclocked to 1333-8-8-8 at 2.8 GHz and climb from there)

I'm planning to overclock an athlon ii x2 240 (2.8 ghz, 14x multi). It supports DDR3-1333(mhz) max. What overclock is possible and what ram will complement it without being overkill? (i'm thinking ddr3-1600 9-9-9 downclocked to 1333-8-8-8 at 2.8 GHz and climb from there)

I came across this unlocking thread http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1499697 It has 8 out of 10 X2-555s successfully unlocked. Thats good :)

...I want to unlock the two disabled cores. Does anyone know the success rate for them, or specific batches? Also what is a good matx mobo for unlocking/overclocking? I'd like an 890GX board (and use the 6gb/s SATA with the next release of Intel SSD) but that chipset dropped support for core...

What's better about the XFX over the sapphire card that gives it better resale value? better name recognition?

I'll have a look into those corsair PSU's. I'll be getting a micro-ATX case, I wish Antec had more mATX cases.

Great! I thought there wasn't a DDR3 version. It's interesting to hear that Flight Simulator X is poorly optimized. Easy to beleive. I Hope an SSD will help it with loading at least a bit.

Hi, how does this build look? I would use it for moderate playing of Flight Simulator X at 1920x1200, hopefully with gfx as high as possible. -CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 ($100) (overclocked to ~3.25 Ghz) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103706 -mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H...

Ok, the message is clear: get the proper adapter designed for the notebook.

Hi, I've got a notebook that is missing its original AC adapter. The original was rated at 16V/ 4.5A/72W. The closest I have is a 13V/4.2A adapter. Assuming the adapter can exceed its rating by 300mA, would the undervoltage be passed the damage threshold?

I was thinking that as IC features shrink down to tens of atoms, will there be a noticeable increase in failures from things such as cosmic rays and electromigration?

That's happening for me too.

Hi, there are often photos of people holding or otherwise touching an exposed wafer. http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/09/19/idf_wafer_1.jpg Aren't they dust sensitive? are they 1.used/2.usable after being displayed or handled? What about this image...

thanks for the help guys.

Hi, I have a printer that specifies the use of a 32V 2500mA AC adapter. I plugged a 31.5V 3.17A AC adapter in instead and the printer worked but I unplugged it after 5 seconds. Later I got hold of the required 32V 2500mA adapter and the printer works fine. Is it safe to use the 31.5V 3.17A...