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need a hand guys with overclocking my cpu
hey guys.
i have the DFI NF590 mobo along with my x2 5000+ black box
Im having trouble knowing were to start on ocing
in my boards bios i have these options for the cpu
CPU clock multiplier
CPU/C51 HTT frequency
CPU/C51 HTT multiplier...
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AMD Phenom + CPU Recommendations
Hey,
I was looking into buying the AMD Phenom 9600+ priced at ?00 ($400) here in the UK. So I did my research on the internet and found that is.. well.. sucks. Even some of AMD's own X2 range of processors outperform it that I can buy for ?0...
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News lately
Has anyone noticed that lately there hasn't been much in the news about any new processors that AMD might be comming out with. All i've seen lately are the advancements that Intel has been making their quad cores, their 45nm architecture to nam...
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Cant over clock my new CPU. Please help
I just got a new AMD Athlon 4600+ x2 and was hoping to get some pretty good numbers out of it. If I over clock by just 1MHz I get a screen at start up that says "please re-setting cpu" or something like that. It says press F1 to conti...
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Phenom performs worse than Core 2, clock per clock
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3153&p=6
It seems that Q6600 performs better than similar clocked phenom 9700, according to the review from Anandtech
Not only that, the Q6600 was able to outperform the higher clocked phenom 9...
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Here's my budget. Pick my parts please.
Thats right. I am going to give you a budget and what ever you think is best I will purchase for my new computer.
CPU = Max is $300.00 (probably will not over clock, kinda like the Q6600 or E6850 but your decision)
Mother Board = Max is $20...
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fastest for gaming
what is the fastest processor on the market for gamin w/o OCing to date ?
i heard it was the QX9650
and
what will be the successor in the future
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A question about how CPUs work
I'm wondering if anyone can help me on understanding how a CPU "knows," if I may say, how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, etc.
To clairify further, I know that the CPU uses the the binary code to do those calculations. I just...
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Duo processor or Quad processor
Hi I was just looking to buy a new computer and I wanted to know if I just get intel core 2 duo processor E6850 (2x 3.00 GHz/4 mb L2 cache/ 1333 FSB)
or the Intel core 2 Quad processor Q6600 (4x 2.4 GHz/ 8mb L2 cache/ 1066 FSB).
Thanks
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Computer Very Slow
I have been away for 4 weeks and i just turned on my computer. Everything was fine. I had a heap of updates so i loaded them. I left the computer on overnight but i do that most nights anyway.
I moved a font to a usb stick as i needed it on ...
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Ok, I think Im going with the X2 4000+
So i currently have a 939 X2 3800+ in a brand-name pc so i cant overclock. I want to upgrade to AM2 and since i want to OC but i have never done it, i thought the 4000+ would be a good choice for a beginner just in case something goes wrong, it...
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Whats the best CPU for the price from my 3800+?
Title says it, I currently have a 3800+ (socket 939) and want to upgrade to (AM2) whats the best X2 for the price to replace my 3800+ at this time??? I will be overclocking a bit and was thinking about the 5000+ Black Edition but am not sure.
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cpu and oso question
Will there be a loss in performance of cpu if I run windows xp home 32bit on an intel E6750 core 2 duo processor?
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overclocked!
so i just overclocked my q6600, first time i ever over clocked n e thing, saw a post on page 2 "need help overclockin my q6600" and a guy said to, put the cpu voltage to 1.4, multiplier to 9x, and the fsb to 1334, so i did in my bios,...
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p4 prescott to p4 northwood
A friend of mine just told me he had purchased a new socket 478 Cpu for his machine .....so i said okay what what you purchased.
he said he went from a
Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) overclocked to 3.7Ghz 1Mb L2 Cache
to a
Intel pentium 4 (No...
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how far can I go?
If I could keep the cpu cool, how far could I overclock it? Also, what are some good cpu overclocking programs.
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Overclocking x2 black edition with stock fan
Hey I'm planning to buy the X2 5000+ black edition, can you give me an idea on how much I could overclock it with the stock fan/heatsink??? Does that depend on the mobo? Im getting the GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3...
Thanks for any input
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upgrade the processor or ram?
im planning for a cheap upgrade so, which will add more performance in my gaming experience...adding another gig of ram or upgrading to an athlon 64 with 512kb cache? i usually play rts games with my rig in my sig...thanks
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Processor Cache
I was just reading about cache in my computer manual today. I will put a summary of what I read.
Cache is a small block of high-speed memory that enhances personal computer performance by pre-loading (caching) code and data available exclus...
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BIOS DRAM Problem
I want to start to OC my new x2 dual core processor. When I change the DRAM configuration from auto to manual in BIOS so I can max out the ram I get stuck at "verifying DMI pool data". I didn't even change the RAM settings just chan...
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System Auto ShutDown ~ CPU overheat ?
I got a P4 system .. using for years recently it just auto shutdown . i check the temperature in BIOS is at 55 degree after on for 30min . I mnontior the temperature using EVEREST Ultimate Edition . The program show unstable temperature reading...
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CPU Stress Test
I have overclocked my Q6600 on a P5n32-E SLI motherboard. It is up to 3.2GHz and 1430 FSB.
Its boots fine and runs fine, I decided to run a CPU stress test to make sure it was 100%.
After reading around I heard "SP2004 Orthos Edition...
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CPU for my application
First of all I just want to say "Hello" I'm new to this site so sorry for any noob questions.
I do editing on Photoshop CS2 and the computer I edit on the motherboard fried. I'm going to build a new rig but I can't decide on a CPU ...
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Intel Pentium 4 SL6HL & AMD Athlon 2200+ XP
Out of the two following processors the Intel Pentium 4 SL6HL is faster. Am I correct?
Intel Pentium 4 SL6HL Processor 2.80 Gigahertz SOCKET 478
AMD Athlon 2200+ XP SOCKET A 462
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CPU Voltage
I got a question, in bios its set to 1.425v, in bios it reads the current voltage at 1.44 (normal). In windows EVERY application i use shows 1.32v idle, if i run orthos it will go to 1.344. Is it just a wrong reading? its stable, but i don't ge...
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