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AMD Phenom II x4 955BE to AMD FX 8350 Worth it?

Current Specs: CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE 3.2Ghz (watercooled) MOBO: Gigabyte MA770T UD3P rev 1.0 RAM: 12GB DDR3 HDD: 240GB SSD 1 TB HDD GFX: EVGA GTX 970 SSC Sound: Soundblaster Z I was interested in upgrading my system, a REAL upgrade would be going to Ryzen or Intel 7th/8th gen for sure...
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- Dec 9, 2017
- Replies: 25
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Advice on how far I can OC my hardware please?

I don't know perhaps there is some confusion. I am not overclocking my HT. I am trying to overclock the CPU Northbridge speed. Heres what I've done so far, let me know if you guys thing I have gained some performance. CPU 3.2ghz to 3.7ghz @ 1.35v Northbridge from 2000mhz to 2400mhz @...
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- Post #9
- Jun 20, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Advice on how far I can OC my hardware please?

Tried your advice. Started off with 4.0Ghz @ 1.5v, booted. TOTALLY noticed the difference. ram prime95, instant crash. Tried 3.9ghz @ 1.5v, ran prime 95, temps hit 61.2 celcius after just a few moments. Didn't wanna pop my chip so I quit prime 95. Kind of sucks though. Wondering why the heck...
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- Post #6
- Jun 20, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Advice on how far I can OC my hardware please?

What about Northbridge modifications? Im at 2200 now, think I can go higher with a voltage adjustment? its at stock now1.1 volts according to amd over drive
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- Post #5
- Jun 20, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Advice on how far I can OC my hardware please?

Hey everyone, had this computer now for a little while, I have previous OC experience but I'm reaching out to the experts for general advice on how far I can overclock the current hardware that I have so I can get a little bit more juice out of what I own. The only thing I've ever overclocked...
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- Jun 20, 2012
- Replies: 10
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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HP touchpad tablet $99

many sites are claiming on September 28th, HP Touchpads are going to be sold again on HP's EPP (Employee Purchase Program) website. Sources: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/18/such-a-good-deal/...
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- Post #1,396
- Sep 26, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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EVGA GTX 275 1792MB Overclock

Hello All, Happy New Year!!!! Looking to sort of step it up a bit in the new year and tinker around with overclocking. I'm familiar with overclocking and have had the chance to play around with EVGA's precision tool, and stressing it with FurMark. I tried to step up my clocks to the FTW...
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- Jan 1, 2011
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Will this powersupply be good enough?

I'm not too keen on the abbreviated meanings, what is CWT, and HEC? I looked up the invoice on my videocard when I bought it and newegg says this is the power requirements. "Minimum of a 550 Watt power supply. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 40 Amps.)"...
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- Post #6
- Apr 4, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Will this powersupply be good enough?

Would this power supply be able to handle (2) EVGA Geforce GTX 275's in SLI? Right now I'm running just one with my CPU being an AMD Phenom II x4 955. I have one hard drive, one cd-rom drive, nothing else really gulping up power. Brand Thermaltake Model W0319RU Series Black Widow...
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- Apr 2, 2010
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Power Supplies
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8600GT XXX Edition Issue

Thanks daveybrat! It was very nice of you to help me out, and I highly appreciate it. Cheers :beer:
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- Post #3
- Nov 14, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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8600GT XXX Edition Issue

I seem to be having a problem with a new system build. Downloaded latest nTune. nTun currently shows my XFX 8600GT XXX Edition Card as: Core Clock : 620 Mhz Memory Clock : 800 Mhz Question is : Why is nTune registering only 800mhz? My card is suppose to have a 1600mhz memory...
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- Nov 14, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Windows 98 and 2000

Well.. I returned the 256mb chip, and now im going to be using the 128mb ram chip, which is rated at pc100 and double sided. All I know is that the Post screen has a TOSHIBA logo, and the bio is by AMI (American Megatrends), I cannot find any type of model number, in the bios or labeled on...
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- Post #14
- Aug 14, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 98 and 2000

The Bios doesnt have ram timing options. It has two ram slots. Im going to try it in DIMM1. I left it in DIMM2, from another try from something else. The Make is AMI It doesnt say the model number anywhere on the BIOS setup, nor does it while its posting. I can give a bios string ...
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- Post #10
- Aug 13, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 98 and 2000

Okay hopefully this will get me some answers. I went to a local corner store and bought some cd's because its driving me (that mad) and on TEST 2, on memtest, I have had 10 failures. -@- 191.3MB 212.MB 215.9MB 217.1MB 230.7MB Its a 256MB chip , that I just bought today. Im going to...
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- Post #8
- Aug 13, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 98 and 2000

I dont have any more CD-RW's, and the computer does not have a floppy drive. I just bought the ram earlier today. Ive tried over 5 sticks of ram, I dont think ram is really the issue. What other sort of specific information could I give , like bios ID strings etc. etc. ? Im just so upset...
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- Post #6
- Aug 13, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems

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