Just upgraded. Received the parts on Wednesday and had it running the same day. Noticeably faster. Very happy.:)
Current System:
Intel 2500k 4.2GHz > New: Intel i7700k New: Thermaltake 120mm Fan\Heatsink
Gigabyte Z68 SLI > New: MSI Z270 SLI
16 GB Ram > New: Avexir 32GB 4*8GB DDR4
MSI 970GTX...
I currently run a 2500K at 4.2GHz since 2011. Never had a problem and even had a 10 years old power supply blow and replaced with a nice new one. Most stable system I have ever had and can't remember if this box has ever BSOD(possibly never). System started with spinner HDD and has had several...
"does it (finally!?!?!) fix the grey screen crashes? 'Cos I'm tired of using my old card, and paying the "Too Late To RMA" penalty because I tried to work with the maker rather than sending it back right away."
You may want to return the card. I have a Sapphire 5850 and have not even had one...
Those temps are way to high. I have a E8400 that has been overclocked to 4GHz for 2 years without a problem, it runs at 30-45C with an after market cooler. On my cooler the heatsink fins get dust\lint on it and I clean it once a year, check yours. You may need an after market cooler to get the...
"4Ghz with an 8400 is like bally dancers dancing on a glass flooring
4Ghz with a Q9550 is like The Biggest Loser contestants doing bally on a glass flooring."
Well put. I will shoot for 3.8ghz. Thanks.
Thanks for the reply! I agree with you as I have it currently running at 450FSB and as long as the Q9550 can run at that speed I should be ok. I would be happy with 3.8GHZ.
Any idea what voltage I would need to get 3.8?
I have been running a E8400 @ 4.05GHZ for ~2 years. I was thinking of upgrading to a Q9550 ($179). What OC (4GHZ??) can I get out of the Q9550? What temps\voltage would I expect from the Q9550?
I have a Gigabyte X38 DS4 mobo running at 450MHZ FSB with DDR2 1066 memory running at 900MHZ. I run...
I was waiting but no more. If a company (NV) tells me they are going to release a product and on the date of the release they tell me I can only get it on some random date in the future then I have to laugh...after being late...come on!! I thought I would wait and give NV a chance but after...
I was waiting but no more. If a company (NV) tells me they are going to release a product and on the date of the release they tell me I can only get it on some random date in the future then I have to laugh...after being late...come on!! I thought I would wait and give NV a chance but after...
Newer ATI video cards have a sound card circuit embeded in the GPU to allow you to connect HDMI based video cards directly to a HDMI monitor for both video and sound. I have a Gigabyte 4870 with native HDMI connector that will play video and sound on my Hanns-G LCD w speakers. I do not use it...
I guess they are charging much more for DDR2. I bought this at NewEgg 6 months ago for $44 and free shipping. 8GB cost me ~$90.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231145
What I have found with Vista is if you have an upgrade version (key determines if it is a upgrade or new install - all media is same other than 32bit vs 64bit) and want to do a clean install is.
1) Install Vista\Win7 and do not activate (you will have 30 days to activate).
2) Install...
Try this (cut and pasted from different reply): *This works on Vista for sure*
What I have found with Vista is if you have an upgrade version (key determines if it is a upgrade or new install - all media is same other than 32bit vs 64bit) and want to do a clean install is.
1) Install...
Thanks so much. I guess I should have looked at Tom's this morning; sorry AnandTech. Normally I look at Tom's and AnandTech but ussually check AnandTech first; maybe I will have to change that.
I ran the script and install the update. Here is the link at M$ website...
I wish I could post a Task Manager screen shot that I have when running Crysis Warhead 64bit. What it shows is memory usage on my rig (when I had 4GB) goes from 1.2GB ram usage to 3.9GB ram usage when running Vista 64bit with Crysis Warhead 64bit. After I saw this I went to 8GB ram. 4GB would...
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