Recent content by Lowfategg

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    Need Help Building a New System

    Yes I say the following. Q6600 / X3210 (or core 2 duo depending what you are doing) Motherboard get a 680i or 650i (I have the MSI P6N 650i SLI which works well) Video card: Either 8800 GT/GTS or 8600 GTS depending on budget Case: P182 case is nice but maybe get something cheaper and...
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    Overclocking X3210 what's safe core temps?

    Ok seems it did help a lot. But for some odd resign I don't think I can get my motherboard to go lower then 1.280v since when I reach +0.000 it goes to the biggest valve it can add. Anyway I ran prime95 for about 5 hours today no errors at 1.280v and then I thought that my NB volts might be...
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    Overclocking X3210 what's safe core temps?

    Ok sounds good I give that try at that. Thank you for help I see if any of this helps. As for heat sink I am planning to upgrade down the road but hopefully its good enough for now.
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    Overclocking X3210 what's safe core temps?

    I was wondering about vcore did seem a little high that should bring my temps down as well. I guessing running around 1.28v (board auto volt) would be fine or is 1.3v more like it? 85c sounds a little high from what I have read. As for heat sink I am running an Cool master Hyper TX2 but...
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    Overclocking X3210 what's safe core temps?

    Hi all! Just got my new computer and I have started overclocking it. Just have a few question since I cant seem to find any good info online. My computer has the following: Intel Xeon X3210 (G0 stepping) MSI P6N Platinum 650i SLI Motherboard Transcend Axe Ram 1066 DDR2 (2 GB) I...