Recent content by slappynutz

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    Need help with upgrade..out of the loop for a while.

    The E6600 is a nice chip. I've got mine overclocked from 2.4ghz to 3.24ghz without even touching the voltages. The Intel D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) is rock solid and stable, and unlike every other board I've ever owned has zero capacitor whine. Paired with 4gb (kind of overkill) of overclocked ram and...
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    16 hours of Orthos, 14 hours of Memtest86+

    Just wanted to add ... the problem with Supreme Commander only happens when I've alt-tabbed out of a game and back in from Vista 64. 99.9% sure it's a driver issue.
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    16 hours of Orthos, 14 hours of Memtest86+

    I have the exact same problem using HL2e1. It will error out with the same messages when loading from certain savegames, and sometimes when loading new areas. I noticed that after playing for a while the save game icons will be garbled and the saves rendered useless with crashes if I load them...
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    Should I be satisfied with this overclock? With poll.

    I have an E6600 running on an Intel D975XBX2 and it's completely stable at 3.24ghz (360 FSB) on stock vCore, vMCH and cFSB settings. My OCZ PC6400 Plat R2 ram (4x1gb) are running the stock 4-4-4-15 at 1.92v on the default 1066 strap. Coretemps idle under 30c and the only thing really generating...
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    Intel D975XBX2 Motherboard Temp ... too high?

    Just wondering if these temperatures are normal, and if I should get a separate fan for my Northbridge/Southbridge on my D975XBX2. I have an Intel Bad Axe 2 running an E6600 overclocked to 3.2ghz (with no voltage tweaks of any kind ... everything running stock), with 4gb in 4 sticks of OCZ...
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    Bad Axe 2 cooling - newbie question

    Works fine without a fan connected to the cpu fan header for me. I dunno about a can plugged in though. :)
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    Bad Axe 2 cooling - newbie question

    No fan plugged in at all. The only board-monitored fan I have running is right next to the Ninja Heatsink at the back of the case. Everything else reports zero fan speed. Still a bit concerned about the capacitors touching the bracket but there seem to be a lot of people with the Bad Axe 2 /...
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    Bad Axe 2 cooling - newbie question

    I have the exact same board and heatsink ... set it up this past monday on a C2D 6600 and everything works perfectly. I'm not overclocking at all and have no fan attached to the Ninja Rev B ... the system is almost totally silent and the CPU reading never goes above 45 degrees. The Ninja...
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    Would appreciate some upgrade help.

    Thanks a lot for the reply. The memory I chose because, combined with the eVGA m/b at newegg, there's $15 off and a $40 rebate that makes it about the same price as the low-end ram. I don't know if I'll ever go SLI but I thought it was a good option to leave open. Plus I've had good...
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    Would appreciate some upgrade help.

    I'm sorry to add to the never-ending string of "help me with my build" threads, but, please ... "help me with my build." :) My current setup is as follows: AMD 64 3200 Abit KV8-Max3 eVGA 7800gs AGP 1gb Corsair DDR ram Antec TruePower 430 WD Raptor 74gb Seagate 320gb .10 Antec P180...
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    Little help with my build.

    Thanks guys ... got all the parts from Newegg yesterday. Going to assemble over the weekend.
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    Little help with my build.

    That's strange. ... I've been reading the reviews and each one says the Ninja is really easy to install ... less force required than the others.
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    Little help with my build.

    I wouldn't ship it with the ninja attached ... just thought I could attach it to test, then remove it and ship the ninja separately. I'm assuming the ninja is just as easy to attach as the zalman ... seems to have a back plate as well. He's really stoked on the idea of using the ninja now...
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    Little help with my build.

    Ok I'm dumb. Found the Ninja on newegg. So you think the Ninja here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185001 is better than the Scythe Mine cooler here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185023 I see the second one has the fan mounted right...
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    Little help with my build.

    Newegg doesn't sell the Ninja does it? I've been looking for a good cpu heatsink but am just going with was good a few years ago. What else would you recommend? Thanks for the input btw.