Recent content by homesalad

  1. H

    Advice for scientific (i.e. non-gaming) build

    Thanks for the ideas - I like the idea of putting together a couple of relatively cheap machines. I think I'm going to stick with the i7-920 since they're not too expensive, have 8 virtual cores, and are pretty quick, but maybe I'll scale back the ram and cpu and put 'em in a couple of cheap...
  2. H

    Advice for scientific (i.e. non-gaming) build

    Howdy, I recently came into some National Science Foundation grant money for some work in computational evolution. I hope to spend about $3000 or so on a machine that won't, unfortunately, be used for too much gaming, but will be used for lots of simulation and numerical analysis work. The...
  3. H

    PSU explosion?

    So here's a fun one. Last night I recently realized my networking had suddenly gone out on my home desktop. Curiously, other machines in the house were able to use the same router/modem combo just fine, so I began to try to diagnose the issue. After a couple restarts and futzing around...
  4. H

    Crazy high temps with q6600 @ stock speed

    Thanks for the suggestions, all. The temps actually were reported with the side off, and the box sitting on a tabletop with nothing else around it, so I think general airflow is OK. Ambient temps are probably a bit over 70F. There's a 8400GS video card, but that doesn't seem like the type of...
  5. H

    Crazy high temps with q6600 @ stock speed

    I hear ya'll, seems like it still must be something funny with the heatsink. I checked out that page for the Arctic Silver instructions, I'll try that first (I actually used 'OCZ Ultra' paste, but I'm guessing they're not too different). The Typhoon isn't a push pin design, it's got a...
  6. H

    Crazy high temps with q6600 @ stock speed

    Recently I noticed that my core temps with my q6600, cooled with a thermalright Big Typhoon, were way higher than seems normal, or safe. Running prime95 (on all 4 cores) results in temps just under 80C after a few minutes, and idle temps are in the mid to high 40s (as reported by Speedfan). I...