Recent content by toschek

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    Sandy Bridge Laptops Release Date?

    I just ordered a clevo HM151 from cyberpower, supposed to ship on 1/24 apparently. Whee! ADAPTER: Universal AC-DC Adapter (P151HM) BAGS: Free Deluxe Carrying Bag for 15.6 Inch Notebook BATTERY: 8-cells Smart Lithium-Ion Battery Pack 76.96Wh (P151HM) BLUETOOTH: Built-in Bluetooth v2.1 +...
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    Sandy Bridge Laptops Release Date?

    cyberpower and xoticpc are taking orders for a couple now, but looks like they don't ship until 1/21.
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    2630qm or 2720qm?

    Maybe this is the wrong forum for this? I like the price on the 2630qm, but is it worth it with a 3 year self-imposed refresh window to get a 2720 instead? Is it possible to end user upgrade the cpu in a clevo laptop case? Price difference is ~$160 which I'd rather spend on other things...
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    recommend a matx mobo?

    I've got most of the parts left over from my last pc, an e6550, 2gb ram, case & psu. I was thinking of putting together a pc for my mom, she really doesn't do much except email, a surfing and a little light photoshop, so I don't need anything too great, something cheap with decent onboard...
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    what motherboard for an e8400?

    asus p5e-vm hdmi is a nice overclocking board, my OC is weak but I'm too much of a pussy to take it up a notch.
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    Q6600 or E8400..or...other?

    Quad for sure. Your business is paying for it, so it's a capital asset and you're most likely amortizing the expense over 3 years. I would expect the Quad to have a useful life of at least 3 years, the 8400 probably 2 years before you get the itch for something faster or with more cores...
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    X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

    Got up to 3.4 stable at 1.216 after 24 hour prime session, TJmax delta is 35 or less consistently, I'm happy :)
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    my Xeon e3110 is idling at 42c

    I don't know, I take the ambient into account because where I live it's gets hot starting in late April and doesn't let up till late October, most days at 35-40c. I'm not going to be expecting my chip to be running at lower than ambient temperatures maybe 5-7c higher given really good air...
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    my Xeon e3110 is idling at 42c

    What are the ambient temperatures like where you live? Did you make the offset adjustments for TJmax to CoreTemp/SpeedFan? If your TJmax is set to 105c (should be 95c) in CoreTemp you'll have to fiddle with the ini file to get the temperatures right, for SpeedFan it's in the advanced tab...
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    X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

    My goal was a stable supcom rig that could use big ass maps and not lag and I got what I came for. So I have no problem with 3.2Ghz, but runawayprisoner is right, you have to decide what your requirements are and shoot for that. I wanted to keep my cpu under max rated vcore which is I...
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    X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

    Mine hits 67c on prime95 @ 3.2ghz (no issues), but I have a really shitty CPU cooler, zalman 9700 is on its way. What I've read suggests that as long as you're under 70c you're OK.
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    x3350 max temp

    I broke down and got an x3350, I just installed it and viola 400mhz without breaking a sweat. Now that I've got it at a sweet 3.2ghz which Core temps should I be aiming for? CoreTemp is showing 77c under load from prime 95, but aisuite shows 67 - 68c. I'm using a thermaltake i1 right now...
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    asus p5e-vm hdmi + e3110

    I broke down and got an x3350, I just installed it and viola 400mhz without breaking a sweat. Now that I've got it at a sweet 3.2ghz which Core temps should I be aiming for? CoreTemp is showing 77c under load from prime 95, but aisuite shows 67 - 68c. I'm using a thermaltake i1 right now...
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    asus p5e-vm hdmi + e3110

    Weird, psu is rated at 585w, its not a name brand one though so I dunno. I didn't need to plug in the pci-e card at all, it just fires up and runs without 6-pin power. I have no trouble with video in any app. Maybe a better psu will solve it. I'm borrowing 2 * 1gb modules from a friend...
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    asus p5e-vm hdmi + e3110

    runawayprisoner - did you need to connect the molex -> 6 pin pci-e power cable to your 9800gtx? I don't have it plugged in to my 9600gt and I wonder if that could be causing the the overclock issues? My system wouldn't boot with the 6-pin adapter plugged in.