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    Q9650 and P5q Dluxe

    Hi there I am getting a Q9650 to replace my E8400 on a P5q Deluxe, but I am wondering what to do about the default voltage, what should I put it on? I don't want to leave it on Auto in case it over volts, so if someone could give me a good voltage to start on I would appreciate it. I plan on...
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    q9550 to replace e8400

    Hi all let me explain, I currently have a C0 version of E8400, I used to run it overclocked at 3.82 but it has been unstable recenlty so I have had to drop it down to 3.7 stable (1.38), this processor will NOT go any further even with a huge voltage shoved into it. So what I am thinking is...
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    Quick Q9550 question or 3!!

    Hi guys, I currently have a E8400 on a P5Q Deluxe, and I am thinking of getting a Q9550 instead, but I have 3 questions: 1. When i swap out CPU's will i have to do a fresh installation on vista or get away with using my existing one? 2. What voltage should I use on the Quad? as the auto...
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    Q6600 Upgrade??

    I currently have the following system, E4400 @ 3.2 (320x10) on air Ga965p-DS3 mobo 2 gig DDR2 800mhz Ram 8800GTX 320 Seagate Sata2 HD I was thinking of dropping a Q6600 in the board, and should be able to clock it up to 3.2 hopefully, but would i see much of a difference? was thinking...
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    GA-965P-DS3 and Samsung SATA DVD RW low write speed

    Hi everyone, Please can someone offer some advice, I have the GA-965P-DS3 and a dual boot system with windows XP Pro and Windows Vista, I also have a Samsung 18x Sata DVD RW, but for some reason the drive only has a maximum write speed of 2.4x, but on the vista side it's up to 18x, I cannot...
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    E4400 o/c on GA-965G-DS3 help please

    Hi everyone, I have just bought a E4400 and a Gigabyte-965G-DS3 and 2 gig Kingston PC5300 (667) ram, I have managed to overclock to 2.7 following the advice i have found in here, but can't seem to go past that, my settings are: CPU host freq: 270 (270 x 10) I have the memory set...
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    e4300 which mobo and memory should i get?

    Hi everyone, I am building a system using a e4300, I was looking to use the system for gaming but I can't spend a fortune, any help on which mobo and ram would be great. many thanks in advance
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    E6600 @ 3 Ghz am I doing this right?

    Hi everyone, this is my first post, i am a noob at overclocking but have been reading all the posts on the forums as to what to do and learnt a lot!! system is as follows: Asus P5W DH Deluxe E6600 Conroe @ 3.0ghz 2048 PC4200 Corsair Value Select Sonata II 450W truepower 7600GTX...