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Who's struggling to justify upgrading their CPU?

On the conservative end of the upgrade justification distribution curve, heres an outlook that might produce a few yuks and possibly be informative. I'm so bloody Scotch that I only do significant upgrades about every 5 years. When I do upgrade I mostly use pre-owned components that are...
- Edzard
- Post #121
- Feb 24, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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CPU Overclocking History

The following list applies to my personal (daily use) computer and is comprehensive, covering about 11 years (I upgrade my computer very infrequently). Pentium (original series) from 90MHz to 100MHz (11.1%) [can't remember the board] Celeron 300A (Mendocino core) from 300MHz to 450MHz...
- Edzard
- Post #25
- Feb 14, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Networking Support thread for the unemployed: Spring 2014

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- Edzard
- Post #298
- Nov 22, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Networking Support thread for the unemployed: Spring 2014

On behalf of a friend, I am seeking an experienced PC technician with outstanding technical and communication skills to provide paid technical support, when needed, to a PC owner in La Jolla California. This is not a full time or contract position. The person I am looking for will provide...
- Edzard
- Post #289
- Nov 11, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Core 2 Duo E6600 $280, E6300 $150, OEM plus shipping

Well said. My historical overclocking mirrors your fairly closely. I started with a P90 @ 100MHz, overclocked some Mendocino and Coppermine Celerons, a few 1.8A Northwood P4s, 4-5 Athlon XPs (Tbred "B" and Barton cores), and three Socket 754 Semprons with E6 cores. I killed one Celeron...
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- Post #9
- Nov 17, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Extremely Simple Question about Intel D865PERL Motherboard

That's a very good point which is highly relevant to my post. However, due to the fact that we can have pretty frequent, and violent thunderstorms (including tornados) in my area, and sometimes during the summer have brownouts, I routinely turn that option off in case the power goes up and...
- Edzard
- Post #4
- Nov 12, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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the hiroshima pictures

I've done a search of this thread for "731" and found no matches. I'm somewhat surprised that no one seems to have mentioned Camp 731 / Unit 731. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 For those who read that article but don't know the definition of "vivisection", here's the...
- Edzard
- Post #204
- Nov 12, 2006
- Forum: Politics and News
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Extremely Simple Question about Intel D865PERL Motherboard

DON'T NEED ANY MORE HELP -- GOT IT TO BOOT IN THE FASHION I'M ACCUSTOMED TO. Thanks to those who replied. I have an Intel D865PERL motherboard in a test stand equipped with known good components. I purchased the board used in a group of PC equipment. I'm curious about the way it boots...
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- Thread
- Nov 12, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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CPU Temp will not read on Tforce 6100

On the S754 version of the Tforce 6100, the BIOS version appears at the bottom left of the screen during boot, at least for the 02/07/2006 BIOS version.
- Edzard
- Post #5
- Jul 13, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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Biostar TForce 6100-939 motherboard keeps randomly powering down...

If the shutdowns have raised their ugly heads again, perhaps they are heat related. I believe modern AMD processors will shut down when they sense a temperature interpreted to be dangerously high. So I suggest that if abrupt shutdowns are still an issue you (1) check to see if your heatsink is...
- Edzard
- Post #4
- Jul 13, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Sound card advise needed

Here's a potential no-cost solution. If you loaded the drivers for your sound card from a CD that came with your motherboard, or worse, you are using drivers supplied by your OS (Operating System - Win2K, WinXP, etc. - these drivers would likely be REALLY old), then it is possible that newer...
- Edzard
- Post #11
- Apr 26, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Am I the only one having bad luck with Corsair XMS RAM?

Edited: 4-11-2006. Although mentioned with regard to I875, the first link in the original post wasn't actually very relevant to I875, so the verbiage used to introduce that link was changed. Added some comments relating to the first link. Also added the following: Start ======= Given that...
- Edzard
- Post #14
- Apr 10, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Am I the only one having bad luck with Corsair XMS RAM?

Have you experimented any with the Command Rate timing - trying 2T versus 1T? If not, it might be worth a shot. It might also be helpful to know which core you're running - would you please post full processor specs? Also, note the statement in the Corsair document: "Dual channel...
- Edzard
- Post #12
- Apr 10, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Patriot Low Latency 2GB Memory Kit for $153.80 Shipped

At Newegg. Start of Edit: March 30, 2006; 11:30PM CST. As pointed out by the first responder below, there is another thread devoted to this rebate offer However I have read through that thread and found (1) ZERO statements to the effect that a given buyer had received a rebate and (2) at...
- Edzard
- Thread
- Mar 30, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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7800GT 3DMARK05 Scores

Very informative post, Speedstream. Your "7800gsscoc 7215 @ 545/1450" configuration score is close to the 7367 3DM2005 score achieved by a PCIE version of the 7800GT in combination with an OC'd E6 Sempron 2500+ @ 2450MHz (posted by electronicaddict on 11/12/2005 04:04 AM in this same thread)...
- Edzard
- Post #142
- Mar 14, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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