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    question bout ocing core i7 920

    i re-enabled turbo and now at 3.2ghz stable load temps with prime95 were 58-60C
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    question bout ocing core i7 920

    cpu - core i7 920 @ 3ghz stock cooler idles at 45C load temps so far 52-55C intel smackover dx58s0 mushkin 6gbs ddr 1600 9-9-9-24 so far i turned off the turbo option on the mobo c1e and speedstep i hit 3.0ghz so far , on stock how much more could i go ? and i cannot find the...
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    suggestions need for oc

    pc specs e6850 duo 3ghz gskill pc6400 ddr800 4-4-4-12 corsair 750watt psu xfx ati 4890XT 1gb stock asus p5k-e mobo i oced to 3.72 and inside bios i upped the voltage to 1.45v the ram i left on auto i can boot into windows and do stuff but i failed prime 95 within 6 min i also have...
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    4890 low benches

    i updated from cat 9.5 to 9.7 drivers and i didnt touch the overdrive option so far i could play 2 of the games without crashing dod source and crysis both for over 20 minutes
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    4890 low benches

    well now the main problem is that i am having certain games crash like i get either a black screen or a pink/redish screen after that i have to restart my pc i oced my card from 875/975 to 900/1000 fan speed is on auto when i play games like crysis/ut3/css/dod source all those games have...
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    4890 low benches

    overall gaming performance
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    4890 low benches

    i oced the card from 875 mghz core to 900mghz and i put the fan speed at 50% now it worked fine in 3dmark and wow so far but when i tried playing hawx . after about 2-3 min i gota pink/red ish screen and had to restart could it be overheating? i set the fan to auto speed now
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    4890 low benches

    so wut would be a better way to i7 920 + new mobo + ram or a q9650 3.0ghz quad core , and would it actually improve my overall performance
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    4890 low benches

    pc spec c2duo e6850 3.0ghz geil pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 x 4gbs corsair xms2 pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 x 2gbs asus p5k-e mobo corsair 750watt psu xfx 4890xt 1gb running on windows xp 64 bit tried running 3dmark 06 scored 12.5 k same score as when i had my 9800GTX+ wuts the average...
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    video card suggestions needed

    I think i am gona go with the 4870x2 and a bigger psu
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    video card suggestions needed

    c2duo 3ghz asus p5k-e xfire 4gbz of geil pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 2gbz of corsair xms2 pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 500watt psu 2x 500gb hdd galaxy 9800GTX 512mb+ i am looking to upgrade my vid card currently using a 24"samsung t240hd 1920x1200 res i cant decide on what to buy if u guys...
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    need some help on overclock

    hi i am currently trying to oc my c2duo e6850 3ghz my setup is c2duo 3ghz asus p5k-e wifiapp g.skill 4gbz @ 4-4-4-12 2T evga 9800GTX + 512mb 550watt earthwatts psu my cpu is cooled with corsair liquid cooling my temps right now under load are 30-34C i oced it to 3.4ghz...
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    quick advice needed

    alrite sounds good ty for your advice
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    quick advice needed

    i would want to xfire if i could 2x 4890 in xifre for my cpu would it be enough at 3ghz or would i have to oc it
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    quick advice needed

    i plan on buying a new psu 850watt or 750watt
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    quick advice needed

    current setup core 2 duo e6850 3ghz asus p5k-e xfire corsair xms2 ddr800 pc6400 antec sonata 3 with 550watt psu 2x 500gb evga 8800GT 512mb i game on a 24" 1920x1200 res lcd my current card is struggling with games like crysis and some other ones once i crank the settings i...
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    new build

    i did look into a i7 build and this is what i was gona get : i7 920 6 gigs of either corsair or patriot ram 850 watt psu ATI 4890xt 1gb asus p6t deluxe the cost of an i7 system is bout 2k if i stick to the q9650 i can save bout 1k
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    new build

    gonna go with the q9650 quad 3ghz corsair xm2 4gb pc6400 800mghz 4-4-4-12 corsair 850watt psu western digital caviar black 1tb hdd xfx ati 4890 xt 1gb video card
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    new build

    ty ty
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    new build

    q9650 3.0ghz quad xfx 4890 XT 1 gb 1 tb western digital caviar black 850 watt psu i want to oc the cpu so i am still looking into waht ram to get
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    new build

    no amd builds :/
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    new build

    i buy my parts from www.ncix.com they are local to me
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    new build

    can u recommend me a build if you dont mind?
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    new build

    need advice on a new build for web design/photo and video editing my current pc is only for gaming asus p5k-e wifi 4gbz of ram 2x 500gb hdd sata2 evga 8800GT 512mb SCC antec sonata 3 550watt earthwatts i am trying to decide if i should just upgrade my current pc or buy an Imac ...
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    video card upgrade

    wow/crysis/ut3
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    video card upgrade

    pc asus p5k-e wifi ap 2 gigs of corsair xms2 ddr800 evga 8800GT 512mb SCC antec sonata 3 500watt psu 2x 500gb hdd seagate/western digital and my display Samsung T240HD 1920x1200res looking to upgrade my video card 300-400 cdn thats the max i can spend i was looking into the ati...
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    new build please advise

    24" 1920x1200 is my native res thats why i am building a high end system
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    new build please advise

    what would be a good crossfire combo then?
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    new build please advise

    1. Gaming 2. Budget 3000-3500$ canadian 3. Canada 4.intel/nvidia/asus 5. Current pc is Core 2 Duo e6850 3.0ghz/ corsair xms2 ddr800 pc6400 2x 1gb evga 8800GT SCC 512mb/ 2x 500gb hd/ antec sonata 3 with 500watt psu asus p5k-e mobo 6. yes but i have build in mind. 7.i plan on...
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    pc random crashes

    pc spec: cpu: intel core 2 duo e6850 3.0ghz ram: crucial ballistix pc6400 x2gb hdd: western digital 500gb video card : evga 8800GT 512mb SCC case : antec sonata 3 w/ 500 watt psu mobo : asus p5k-e wifi app i have been having these issues for a while now , my pc would randomly crash and...
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    laptop issues (vista)

    Thanks for all your help so far. Getting the list of startup programs / windows in general is difficult, as I get the out of memory error, or the laptop freezes. Even now, I'm trying to copy pictures over the network but it says out of memory (thats the only thing I'm doing on the laptop...
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    laptop issues (vista)

    He's had the laptop since march 07, but he only uses it for a couple hours a day at most. It's generally on a clean typical office desk. Are there any certain system options you are looking for in particular? He bought the laptop new from circuit city, it had vista preloaded on it
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    laptop issues (vista)

    Thanks for the quick reply. This is actually the first time I'm using vista (heavy xp user), what do you mean by manual/autostart options? Are you referring to startup programs? As for system cleaning, defragging is all I've really done.
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    laptop issues (vista)

    Laptop: acer aspire 4720z 1gb ram problems with laptop: - on startup random programs will crash - sometimes the screen blanks and the only way to fix it is to manually restart - ram usage is at 90% while the pc is idle with no programs running. (this is supposed to be normal)...
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    random problems after format

    cpu is fine temps are normal my pc was working fine but i used a diff copy of windows xp and all these problems started
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    random problems after format

    my pc specs are asus p5k-e wifi evga 8800GT SCC 2gb pc6400 crucial ballistix 500gb western digital sata2 core 2 duo e6850 @3ghz stock i formated yesterday and my IE explorer and firefox kept randomly crashing and the error was DRwatson Postmorten debugger, then slowly msn started...
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    weird sound new pc build

    just got my parts today e6850 crucial ballistix pc6400 2gbs evga 8800gt superclocked asus p5k-e wifi 500gb western digital sata2 samsung sata dvd burner my new rig is up and running but i am hearing a weird hissing sound when i tried to figure out what it is , the only thing i can...
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    crossfire build

    alrite so CPU: e6750 GPU: HIS 3870HD x2 crossfire mobo : ASUS P5K-E crossfire supported ram : crucial ballistix 2x 2gb hdd : western digital 500gb sata2 optical drive : samsung sata dvd burner Case: antec p182 black psu : corsair 620watt ( is that enough for 2 xfired cards?) os: vista...
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    crossfire build

    i also plan on going Windows Vista Home premium so will the crossfire cards work on vista? driver wise
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    crossfire build

    oh sorry cpu : E6850 and i`ll change the psu about the video cards is a single 8800GTS fine or should i spend the extra 60 buks to get the 2 crossfire cards? my main question is since the motherboard is crossfire and its only 60 buks more then a 8800GTS 512mb to crossfire 2 3870`s...