Hi all My question is that I would like to know if it would be worth upgrading to the phenom 9850 CPU from my AMD 6400 Black Edition CPU, If so would I notice much change in my games or benchmarks. Thanks in advance Neil

I posted this originally on alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd Since there are a number of people over here that know about CPU's they might be able to enlighten me on what is happening here. I'm not picking on AMD, I just don't have any Intel's to test it on. We are seeing some significant...

Please share your solutions. My 9850 is running at 2.7 GHz with CPU voltage set to 1.175V. In a well-ventilated case (25C), SpeedFan reports CPU at 54 - 56C with very little activity (web surfing, email, etc.) No, I haven't run a full-on stress test for fear of the obvious. I'm using a...

cant help you with that one. most mobo's ive seen have the voltage jumpers close to the front panel connectors but with yours being a PB i would *guess* it doesnt have them. maybe somebody else here can correct me if im wrong "Patrick" wrote in...

Hi all, I'm about to turn on my new machine, which will be my first try with a Mobile Athlon in a Desktop MOBO. Is there a chance I may fry the CPU before I can get in the bios to adjust the Vcore? The Vcore in the BIOS is set initially to AUTO. What is that going to be, with a mobile CPU?...

I'm almost sure this is a dumb question. I'm still on an Athlon XP1700+ (w/ an Asus A7V266-E), but I believe that I need a bit more octane because things are slowing down to a level of concern. I believe the XP2600+ is the highest CPU that is FSB 266. However, there are also XP2600+ with FSB...

I took the plunge and bought the following; Aopen AK79D-400VN NForce2 Ultra 400 MB AMD Barton 2500+ 2x256MB DDR400 PC3200 Everything works excellent. Right now, as I'm typing this, it just got done it's burn in (Sandra) at 11x200 (2.2 GHz or 3200+ speeds) at a maximum temp of 47ºC. Average was...

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:51:09 +0000, Alex wrote: I saw an add on a web page that I had printed that seemed to be saying that it was selling an AMD-baed mobo that had a 400MHz DDR FSB. Does this mean that the FSB is 200MHz, and runs effectively at 400, or does it mean that the FSB is 400,...

Ive got the Mobo a A7N8X E- Deluxe just waiting on the ram :) Iam concerned about heat and noise from my pc so would it be just best to get a Barton 3200 as i take it it would run cooler than a 2500 overlocked to barton 3200 speed, but from what i read not that much hotter but ? Thanks for any...

Reality in : There is 1500 (2200+) and a 2000 (2800+) in the Sempron model 8 range. There is 1500 (2200+) and a 2000 (2800+) in the Sempron model 10 range. looks like overlap model nos, but possilby no overlap in...

The immediate successor to Prescott after it tops out at 5.20GHz will be the "Tejas" core, also produced on a 90 nanometer process and delivering 5.60GHz using a 1066MHz system bus. That's slated to start appearing towards the end of 2004. The first Nehalem is supposed to appear at 9.60GHz before...

Hi, I am having some troulbes getting the AN35N Ultra I bought to recognize my WD 160G/8M HDD. What I have done: -First, I used the WDC Data LifeGuard Tools to partition the new HDD; the tool can see the size as 160G. But when I start to install either Win2k pro or WinXP pro, it only sees it as...

My Mother just bought a new PC with the AMD Athlon 3GHz processor promised. According to the script on booting up it is running at 1.21GHz. Is there something set wrong? Steve

Being an average computer user and not a heavy gamer (only MS Flight Sim 2004 and soon X-Plane), will I be able to notice much of a difference between my current Athlon 64 3700 (1gb CAS2 RAM) and 3800 machines (2gb CAS2 RAM)?

Given the choice ... w/ an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Ed. 125W CPU & 4GB (2x2) Crucial PC2-6400 DualChannel 800Mghz RAM ... of the following to boards, which one might you choose to use in an enthusiast/light gaming machine? 1.) ASUS M2A-VM (...

I just wanted to point out an easy way in which to identify various attributes of your CPU. The app called _Central Brain Identifier_ seems to be a pretty handy way to get your cpu specs along with the production code. Just nice to not have to remove your HSF in order to see your specs. It can...

How much mains power does a modern systen unit need? ---- In more detail ... I am in the UK. My existing PC (socket-A 462-pin cpu with 768 MB SD-RAM) uses about 180 Watts at 240 volts of which about 65 or 70 Watts is to power my CRT. Printers and scanners would be extra.

I saw a used Sempron 2800+ PC for sale today. I'm not keen on ebay and I couldn't get a price match. What do you reckon is the going price for this PC which a dealer bought from a liquidation sale and is selling on. Sempron 2800+ Gigabyte mobo: PCIx3 PATAx4 SATAx2 6xUSB ports at rear ...

Hi all, I plan on ordering either the AMD X2 4200 or the 4400. There is about a 100 dollar difference in the price at Newegg, obviously due to the 4400 having the larger L2 cache ( 1mb per core versus 512 kb per core on the 4200). Both are listed as 2.2 ghz processors. I use my computer mainly...

Greetings and Hello, :) I have many times read and found answers among these boards, but this time I feel I need a little more direct help. I need help properly setting (clocking) the processor in my old secondary pc for peak performance and stability. Rather than the default 1g the boards...