So I just built my Core i7 machine and have a bit of an issue. I'm not overclocking but would like my system to reach its potential under full load. When using prime95, my core speed instantly drops to 663mhz with a multiplier of 5x. In addition, system reports idle temps of 85 degrees Celsius...
I have configured a watercooling setup that I think will do a good job but want to make sure I'm not forgetting anything. I'm only going to be cooling my CPU. This is my current setup:
DFI LanpartyUT nF4 Ultra-D
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (270x10 1.45v)
2x G.Skill 1GB HZ PC4000 | 3-4-4-11-1T...
So I just recently bought an 8mb 74 GB Raptor on these forums. It works great and I decided to see what it's made of by using HD Tach. I tested the raptor and got 127 mb/s burst with an average read of 65 mb/s. The seek was 7.6ms. Not knowing much about HD's, I think that's pretty good. I then...
So recently my computer decides it wants to hang at startup. It boots fine, see the loading bar for all of 3 seconds and goes to the desktop super fast but then things get hairy. Basically the only things I have at bootup are AIM and MSN Messenger. When I get to the desktop usually AIM pops up...
So it's about time I get into RAID and I want to do it the right way. I am a gamer so speed is an issue. I don't mind if the HD tends to be noising when reading/writing data. I've been looking into getting 2 - 74 GB Raptors with 16 MB cache. I will be putting these in RAID 0 (if you didnt know...
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