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    Unreal Tournament 3 Performance Preview(s) :)

    The textures have been lowered to cut down on file size for the demo.
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    Overclocking Issue

    Well, right now it looks like the only way I can get it to consistently reboot is to use vcore of 1.44375. I would prefer to get a little bit lower. I have tested 1.40625, 1.42500, and 1.43750. None of which want to reboot. I may do some more testing later. Right now I am at 2.8GHz, so I...
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    Overclocking Issue

    Thanks for the tips, I will check it out tomorrow.
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    Overclocking Issue

    Anyone?? I have updated the bios to R12 and it does not make a difference. Thanks! Jeremy
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    Overclocking Issue

    Hello all, This is the first overclock I have done in a long time. I have a E6300 rev L2, a Gigabyte 965P-S3 (rev1, I believe) with Bios F4, and 2GB of Cosair CM2X1024-6400 DDR2. I have just tried some mild overclocks and I get the same result. I change my CPU frequency, adjust my memory...
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    Heatsink Fan Issues

    Not at all.
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    Heatsink Fan Issues

    Well, I turned everything off last night. I did not want to risk the chance of burning the house down. ;) Started it back up this morning, and the fan seems to be working now. I don't think that it is temperature controlled, but it may be. I have restarted it several times and after a...
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    Heatsink Fan Issues

    So, yesterday (Friday, July 20th), to make a long story short, the video card on my DVR (mythtv, sempron based) burned out. I initially tried rebooting the box several times. Everything would spin up and then shutdown. Not good. Noticed a bad smell, again not good. Pulled the video card...
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    Slight heatsink issue

    Well, I cleaned off the original thermal pad that came with the heatsink. Then I applied some generic silver paste I had picked up at Microcenter. I will have to check the actual brand name. I put a line right down the center of the chip since that is what everything I had read said.
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    Slight heatsink issue

    Any recommendations that don't cost $50? :D
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    Slight heatsink issue

    Well crap.. It looks like my temps are about 5 degrees higher... That is not good. I moved to an Antec P180B. So, I don't think that the case is the issue. I must have reseated the stuipid thing incorrectly..
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    Slight heatsink issue

    well, that worked.. thanks! unfortunately, i had some more issues getting it back on. But hopefully everything is alright now..
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    Slight heatsink issue

    Ok... I was going to try and get some pliars and see if I can't push it through.. Kind of a dumb design..
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    Slight heatsink issue

    I am switching cases. I thought that I would take this opportunity to redo my heatsink. It is a stock heatsink on a 6300. The problem is, is that one of the pins that holds the hs down won't release. When I turn it, it just clicks. Any recommendations? Thanks!
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    Getting ready to overclock

    Hmm... Ok.. I will try to reseat the heatsink... Strange that there is that much difference between the readings...
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    Getting ready to overclock

    Well, it is running as you can tell from the pic... But, I don't think that it is actually doing anything to put any load on the cpu...
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    Getting ready to overclock

    No.. that is idle... Tat is about 17degrees hotter than anything else...
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    Getting ready to overclock

    Thanks for you help!!
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    Getting ready to overclock

    It is the stock heatsink.
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    Getting ready to overclock

    Hey guys, I have a E6300 with a Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 and Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 (2GB). I have had the system up and running now for about 3-4 weeks... I would like to start overclocking. However, I wanted to establish a base temp first and make sure that they are ok. I have run run...
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    Looking for a budget C2D build

    Thanks Moosey, I think that I have decided on the 6300 + Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit ($161 from ZZF after rebate) + Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 P965. I would have liked the MSI board. But, I can't find many reviews of it and I don't feel like being a guinea pig. I can always add a $10...
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    Looking for a budget C2D build

    Thanks for the helpful info. With the E4300 I lose the VT correct? Does anyone know a general percent difference between running virtual environments with VT and without VT? Are we talking about 5% or 50% difference. I am not going to be running them full time, but it is certainly...
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    Looking for a budget C2D build

    Hi all, Long time lurker here. I am getting ready to pull the trigger on a C2D build. I already have a powersupply and case and I plan on pulling my 6600 out of the other PC (my wife can get by with integrated graphics ;) ). I have decided that I want the 6300. I plan on doing some...