Ok, after getting a virus last week (paladin) and reinstalling XP64 again, chasing intermittent issues all week, and assuming it was my fault, last nite the latest issue finally reared its ugly head.
My hardware :
Abit P35 Motherboard
Intel Q9450 CPU (stock clock)
4Gb DDR2 @800
74Gb Raptor
400 Gb WD data drive
Palit 8800GT OC 1Gb
System has been pretty flawless for almost 2 years now, the double post shows up once in a while from the Abit board, not been annoying enough to warrant any major action.
All week while playing DDO, the computer has been crashing the client, and occasionally powering off, after the power cycle computer runs for another few hours, until I go to bed.
Last nite it finally failed in a fairly spectacular mode, the CPU was running @98 degrees according to the PC Health status in the BIOS, highest power down setting was 90. I pulled the stock intel fan off, cleaned the stock intel compound off and applied Microcenter's version of AS5, CPU was very hot to the touch, but not enough to burn skin, the MB would not stop reporting a temp of 98. I disabled the power off feature, deciding that its time to be done with this
So ... today rolls around and I've got a decision to make, I can go cheap and just grab the 9550, or ... and this is where you guys come in, I can go I7.
I'm thinking all of the cheapest comonents they have in stock look pretty good to me,
the i7920 at $199
Corsair 6Gb kit for $169-30mir
http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0311100
and the EVGA Sli X58 Motherboard for $199
http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0312963
I'm headed to the Madison Heights store after work to either replace my cpu, with maybe a better cooler, or resurrect my old ElCheapo water unit, or to RMA the old chip and go with a semi-new build.
Are there any improvements on the above choices?
I forget the exact model of my power supply, but it's one I paid ~100 for and is rated over 650W
My hardware :
Abit P35 Motherboard
Intel Q9450 CPU (stock clock)
4Gb DDR2 @800
74Gb Raptor
400 Gb WD data drive
Palit 8800GT OC 1Gb
System has been pretty flawless for almost 2 years now, the double post shows up once in a while from the Abit board, not been annoying enough to warrant any major action.
All week while playing DDO, the computer has been crashing the client, and occasionally powering off, after the power cycle computer runs for another few hours, until I go to bed.
Last nite it finally failed in a fairly spectacular mode, the CPU was running @98 degrees according to the PC Health status in the BIOS, highest power down setting was 90. I pulled the stock intel fan off, cleaned the stock intel compound off and applied Microcenter's version of AS5, CPU was very hot to the touch, but not enough to burn skin, the MB would not stop reporting a temp of 98. I disabled the power off feature, deciding that its time to be done with this
So ... today rolls around and I've got a decision to make, I can go cheap and just grab the 9550, or ... and this is where you guys come in, I can go I7.
I'm thinking all of the cheapest comonents they have in stock look pretty good to me,
the i7920 at $199
Corsair 6Gb kit for $169-30mir
http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0311100
and the EVGA Sli X58 Motherboard for $199
http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0312963
I'm headed to the Madison Heights store after work to either replace my cpu, with maybe a better cooler, or resurrect my old ElCheapo water unit, or to RMA the old chip and go with a semi-new build.
Are there any improvements on the above choices?
I forget the exact model of my power supply, but it's one I paid ~100 for and is rated over 650W
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