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    E6420 light OC'd with PC5300 667

    Hi Guys, I overclocked my system yesterday from stock settings to this: Multiplier = 8x (max range is 6-8) FSB = 333 Ram multiplier = 2x Ram speed = 667 (333x2) CPU @ 2.66 ghz Orthos tested twice on affinity cpu0 and cpu1. Stress test results fine. Load temp on everest for CPU...
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    8800 temperature monitor

    Does anyone know if the 8800 GTS have temperature gauges on them. I dont see anything under nvidia option or even in everest sensors.
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    Vista 32 vs 64

    Just a quick question about Vista. I recently purchased a Home Premium for a new system. When I click system properties it shows as Vista Home Premium 32bit. I was under the impression that vista home premium was 64bit. Whats the main difference between 32 bit and 64bit?
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    GA-965P DS4 over GA-965P DS3

    Sup guys, Here are my final system specs to purchase. I got glued on to this board when I first saw it. It has everything from DS3 plus a real nice heat pipe and its costing me only $20 more than the DS3 if I buy it with the e6420. What do you all think? Component list Gigabyte...
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    Im building this soon, I need your opinion

    Hi Guys, I am thinking of building the following system pretty soon. I just need something powerful for CnC3 running on full resolution and be able to host a 8 player game. Currently my specs lag the game at 1280x1024. Its terrible This is what I am thinking of building, but if you can...
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    Ata and Sata confusion...please help

    I have 2 ata IDE harddrives, one primary and one secondary. Winxp runs off the primary. I ran out of space so I added a new 160gb sata drive. Connected the drive to the mobo...powered up and everything. In bios I made sure the sata on board is enabled, but once windows loads up I dont...
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    This is why ATI rules in graphics....(AKA The Flammer's thread)

    Please read the following ariticle from business wire... PORI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 2005-- An independent team of Finnish over-clockers has made world history by over-clocking a graphics processor to engine clock levels above 1 GHz. The record was set on the recently-announced...
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    Please submit your answers here

    Read the above...
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    Are vreg chips the same as PLL chips?

    I refer to this article about vreg and mosfet cooling. http://www.ocmodshop.com/default.aspx?a=208 I have already installed heatsinks on my mosfets, but I dont know which one is the vreg chip on my motherboard. I own a Giga-byte K8Ns Ultra 939. My question is are vreg chips the same as...
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    MOSFET Heatsink installation

    Im installing heatsinks on my mosfets. However, my heatsinks are coolermaster ones designed for graphic card memory...you know the square ones. there are 12 mosfets on my board which are so close to each other that when I install a heatsink on one of them it will overlap on the other one...
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    Prime95 question continued...

    After reading the dirty guide, Z mentions that p95 for 12 hours would indicate system stability. Which one of the 3 torture tests is he talking about?
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    Please help!

    You guys can check my specs below. After an hour and a half prime95 fails. The system is stable in the sense that windows or applications never crash. Should I be concerned? Cpu voltage is 1.55v mem voltage is default Cpu multiplier at 250x10 Mem div at 0.83, so memory at 208 HTT...
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    A simple question about memory

    Hi, Im currently running on PC3200 DDR400 1gb Corsair Value Select 2.5CL (512x2). I have 2 additional slots free for upgrade and was wondering what are my best options? I play a lot of BF2 and need 2gb ram. I know someone already asked a similar question, but noone responded. 1) Should...
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    Overclocking my 9800 XT

    Hi everyone, I got a Gecube 9800 XT which overclocked fine until it hit 435/365 and started showing errors on atitool. I was wondering if I should try to up the AGP voltage and try a bit more overclocking. My question is by how much should I up the voltage. My AGP voltage options are +0.1...
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    Anyone for irc?

    I would like to know people in here who meet up on mirc. I think if we all get together on a common irc channel we can get to know each other a little better. What do you all think? Anyone know of any channel we can go to? :) Sam
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    A64 3200 Venice @2.5GHZ Voltage

    Hi everyone, I built a system about a month ago, which was running beautifuly until last night when the powersupply failed. I was wondering if anyone thinks if this happened because of my overclocking? I have clocked my cpu up to 2.5ghz without adjusting the core voltage. The core...