I built a budget PC for a friend to use casually and play WoW and Diablo 3 and this is the first time I've encountered something like this with all stock settings. I've overclocked my own computers successfully many times but I can't get this one stable no matter what, and this is all stock...
After several days of messing with my new system I finally found stable settings which I think are quiet good and among some of the lowest voltages atleast for vcore yet my temps are still reaching those that use 1.3vcore or more? My specs are in my sig and here's the voltages I'm using:
CPU...
Would the 750w Corsair be enough to handle the Core i7 at 4ghz and still have enough room for any video card I choose? I'm still deciding on what video card to go with my new system I'm planning on ordering the parts around September. I usually don't spend the cash on two cards for SLI and go...
My cousins pc is no longer booting. Everything has been running fine for atleast 3 months and suddenly when he went to turn it on it would hang on the Abit boot logo. First thing I did was clear cmos and try booting again. As soon as I cleared the cmos the Abit boot logo wouldn't even show up...
So my E6420 was running stable for 12 hours in Orthos at 8x400. Then I went to install programs and play some games ect. Out of nowhere when I'm browsing the web I get a blue screen and the pc restarts. Before windows can even load up again I get another blue screen. Suddenly after over 12...
If I purchase the normal version of this EVGA card(500/800) what are the chances of me overclocking it to the same speeds as the Superclocked version of the card which is 576/850 I think. It looks like they use the exact same cooling setup on both cards so no point in spending the extra cash if...
Is the TX-1 thermal paste that comes with the Tuniq Tower good or should I make sure I buy some other thermal paste with it? Last time I built a pc Arctic Silver was the best, how is that stuff now? I saw a few posts about MX-1 and the Zalman STG1 too but I'm not familiar with that. Also for...
I've always used Enermax in the past but what's the current best power supply for around 600w? I was going to get the ENERMAX Liberty 620W but are those user reviews right about them dying pretty quick?
I'm building a new rig that's mainly going to be used for gaming. I'm already decided on an E6420 and plan on overclocking it atleast to 3.2ghz if not higher. All the extra features of the pro/deluxe aren't really needed, my main concern is which board will give me the best overlock and...
I need a new monitor badly. I'm still using my old Hewlet Packard Monitor I think it's the m50 or something it has like a 13'' view size. I noticed it's starting to actually hurt my eyes after a while and my cousins newer 19'' monitor doesn't do that to me. Anyways I was thinking about going...
My cousin has a Athlon XP 2500+ Barton that's unlocked. We had it running perfectly at 3200+ speeds at stock voltage. Now a few weeks ago it starts crashing so I rup prime95 and it no longer can pass it and errors within minutes. Even with 1.8vcore it still errors. So I lower it and it's not...
Ok prime95 has been running for about 3 hours now. Look at this screenshot though, it's been sitting at this same spot for the last 2 hours. It got that far in 1 hour and then it's still been on that same test since then. Is this normal? I slected the blend torture test. The cpu was at...
Ok it's a 330w power supply made by some company named "POWER-WIN". It only has 16a on the +12v rail. Here's what's currently running fine on this power supply:
~ Asus A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
~ Amd Athlon XP 1800+ overclocked with a 1.76vcore.
~ 1GB of Ram, 3 Sticks of Mushkin PC3500 DDR Ram(2x256...
I'm going to overclock my cousin's pc soon but before I do I have a qeustion for you guys. He has an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton and his current temps are about 40c idle/50-55c load so his temps are going to need to be lowered first. My question is should he get a whole new heatsink or do you...
My cousin has an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton that I know could easily reach a 200fsb oveclock but he only has PC2700 Ram(333mhz). If he overclocked his barton from 166 to 200 fsb and kept the ram still at the 166 setting would he still get a good performance increase? Or would it be a waste if the...
I'm looking to buy a drive that supports both dvd and cd burning. That way I can have one drive for it all. I was thinking about getting this one from Lite On:
Lite On DVD-Dual/ CD ReWritable Drive MODEL LiteOn LDW-411S - RETAIL
What do you guys think about it? Is it good? Please post any...
Ok normally when I change the bios settings such as ram speeds or fsb speeds the pc will usually not boot right when it first restarts. Then I have to power down, wait a few secs and then turn it back on. After that it starts fine with the new settings. This time though it won't boot anymore...
Well my current generic ram can't overclock at all so I'm going to have to buy new ram in order to overclock my cpu and keep a 1:1 ratio. I'm going to try to hit 200fsb@low multiplier but if I can't then I know I can hit 166fsb@10.5. My Motherboard is an Asus A7N8X Deluxe(Nforce2 Chipset)...
Ok I'm currently running a 330w power supply. I have an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU and a Asus A7N8X Deluxe MB. My video card is only a Radeon 8500 so there is no extra connection needed for video for now. I also have One fan in the front of the case and one in the back. With all that it's been...
My current card is a Radeon 8500 128MB. I'm going to want to play HL2 and I know my current card just won't be good enough for it. Should I get the Radeon 9800 Pro XT in a month or is there going to be something better out soon? If the next line of card's from ati(Radeon 10000 or whatever...
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