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  1. J

    Time to get rid of LGA775? (Donation material?)

    I'm still running my old Q9550s/Asus Q35 combo in an HTPC and torrent box. When it craps out I'll upgrade but it's been good the last few years I've been running it.
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    please suggest a mobo to drop my core 2 extreme x6800 into

    The DP45SG is a good choice. DDR3 and P45 but it does not overclock well from what I've read.
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    please suggest a mobo to drop my core 2 extreme x6800 into

    You could always find a P45 motherboard that has DDR3. They are out there, just have to look. As for X48, you have two PCIe 2.0 x16 electrical slots (not just an x16 slot that's wired for x8 or x4) and DDR3 support. Normally, higher end P45 mobos and X48 mobos are well featured anyway.
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    Welcome to the dark ages

    I really wish AMD could release a product that makes you say "wow" instead of damn. It would help competition nicely...
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    Sandy Bridge E delayed to Q1 2012

    Been running my i7 860 since launch, so oh well... What's another few months??? :)
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    AMD HD7*** series info

    Wow, it seems like the 6xxx series were just released....
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    Details on Intel's Z68/X68 and Patsburg models

    Holding out for SKT2011... I'm pretty sure there will be some vanilla versions release too.
  8. J

    Replacement for Gigabyte mobo?

    After being in the same situation, I just bought a new mobo and was done with it.
  9. J

    Newegg drops 1155

    That's kind of a stupid comment... A lot of 1156 owners (myself included) are waiting for the 1366 replacement. No sense in replacing something that works perfectly fine for what I do anyway.
  10. J

    Who's going to Miro Center 1/9/2011?

    Not planning on it. Quite happy with my 1156 setup that I barely use anymore.
  11. J

    Do you cheat on Christmas? With Poll

    I bought my wife and sons gifts and use the rest of the Christmas money I get from relatives for bills. By the beginning of the new year, I'm three months ahead of the game on everything but rent which is always a month ahead anyway.
  12. J

    Which motherboard brand do you use

    I've been using my EVGA P55 FTW for over a year without a single problem. I usually go for Asus, Gigabyte, and EVGA. For regular workstations, I use Intel system boards. Really depends on budget though.
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    Why doesnt Intel make a 3 core cpu...?

    hahaha I have wondered about Intel 3-core CPUs but what would they name it?? Core2Trio would work but really does not flow well...
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    15 months in now, with the i7 920

    Very happy with my I7-860 at 3.8. I bought everything at launch and it has performed flawlessly at everything I've thrown at it. No complaints here. Next real upgrade will be an SSD drive.
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    When will we have 8 core CPUs from Intel and AMD?

    If that wiki is right, I guess I'll be holding off until socket 2011 rolls around for the B2 version.
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    DRAM prices to fall !

    Cool deal, I need some RAM for my AM3 system.
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    First retail 6870 photo; now includes full Chinese leaks and Guru3D review discussion

    Looking forward to dropping 5850 and 5870 prices (hopefully).
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    Best bang for the buck 775 mobo?

    I had two EP45-UD3P mobos that rocked. I had my old Q9550 up to 3.8 in no time. I also had my old E8400 up to 3.8 as well on the other UD3P. I currently have an EP45T-USB3P that has worked flawlessly to that has an E8400 on it. Not overclocked so far since it is a secondary system. If you...
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    Why does Intel reuse product numbers?

    When you run out of numbers to name your stuff, recycle.....
  20. J

    Phenom II 555 BE core unlock enabled - windows fails to boot

    When I unlocked my X3 710, I had it running at 1.4v @ 3.2GHz for the hell of it. Ran a little hot but nothing to serious.
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    So do I have the crappiest rig here?

    I'm still got my old e-machines 800MHz Celeron/128MB RAM/30GB system laying around. I got it as payment for fixing a friends laptop and he did not want his desktop anymore. Running Windows 98 SE still, lol. Since he was a friend I agreed (I wasn't planning on charging him anything...). I...
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    8IPXDREL-GG specs

    Wow.... I forgot about this thread. To Brad: That mobo only supports Xeon Prestonia CPUs that are socket 603 and with a 400MHz FSB. So no 64bit Xeon CPUs or that mobo. You could probably get away with installing a 64bi version of Windows for that just to get rid of that cap.
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    Post-upgrade blues

    I have the computer in my sig and a Q6600 running on a DG965WH mobo and do not notice any differences in a lot of the things I do (e-mail, Firefox, papers, Website crap, and a few other non-intensive tasks) everyday. I do a lot of encoding and converting DVDs and crap on my i7 which is a lot...
  24. J

    Build your own SSD, out of CF cards.

    That's temping just to try out....
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    Check out this GPU cruncher motherboard!

    I like the Asus board better simply because it's not $700...
  26. J

    Q8300 OC - Did I Do It Right?

    Best line of the thread...
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    Is this too many cores?

    Bad ass.
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    What INTEL CPU do you currently use? Post here!

    I've got an i7 860, i3 530, E6750, E3200 Celeron, Celeron 430, P4 2.54GHz Northwood (for shiggles), Atom N270 netbook, and a P8600 in my laptop.
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    What AMD Cpu do you currently use? Post here!

    I've got a craptastic mobile Sempron 1.6GHz CPU in one of my laptops and a craptastic Sempron machine at work that is pushing 6 years old...
  30. J

    Why are you looking here when you should be......

    Georgia has two. I live 15 mins away from one of them and 30 mins from the other.... I'm broke though :(
  31. J

    What were the specs of the first computer you ever built yourself?

    First system that I built that my parents paid for (I was 11)... 486SX 4MB RAM 75MB hard drive Trident video Sound Blaster Windows 3.1 The first system that I paid for was Pentium MMX 233 32MB RAM 4GB hard drive Windows 98 Sound Blaster AWE64 ATI Rage 8MB PCI That's all I...
  32. J

    Check out this guy's scratch built case

    Thermaltake has a case just like this case. It is stupid expensive.
  33. J

    i3 or Q9550?

    I'd say save yourself some cash and get the 9550... I believe the i3s do not have Turbo but do have HT.
  34. J

    Decision between 2 1156 mobos

    P7P55D Pro and P55A-UD4P are 1156 mobos and the GA-X58-UD3 is 1366 :) I had the P7P55D Pro and liked it. It is a good motherboard. The Gigabyte is also a good motherboard. It's really a toss up between the two, so get what you think you will be happy with.
  35. J

    Anyone own a pentium PRO system back in the day?

    I have a PPro 200 in a tray that I have had for almost 13 years. It is the 512Kb version though :(
  36. J

    I really think Asus sucks.

    The only problem I had with Asus was when they got my addresses from work and home confused (more my fault since I used my work UPS account/address) and delayed my RMA. Other then that, I've had good luck with Asus. I had a lot of Asus mobos in the last 10 years and have not had one go dead.
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    My 3.2C is still running fine after all these years.

    I had an Abit IS7-E for almost 6 years running a 2.5/512/400. That system will be missed.
  38. J

    Biostar Motherboards....Bad?

    +1 I had their TA785GE 128MB and unlocked my PII x3 710 to a quad core and overclocked it to just over 3GHz stable. A good overclock since I barely used that computer
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    My 3.2C is still running fine after all these years.

    Besides my 2.53/865perl system, I've also got a Celeron 2.4/845 system that uses PC133 RAM. That thing screams!! :) I've still got CPUs ranging from a 386sx to a P4 670 in my CPU box. Been in it a while now...
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    are 8-Pin EPS 12V extension cables safe to use?

    If you have a Micro Center or Frys close by, they normally carry those. I also have an extra I can sell you for $7 shipped, pretty much free. Justin