I was looking to put together a C2D box, with no thought of overclocking, when I noticed the E6600 was slightly more expensive than the E6750. I figured that must be because the E6600 is easily OCable, and some googling and reading here confirm it. So I find myself in the same boat as a few years...

I've built a machine for a mate. Asus P5K-Premium/Q6600. He's going to bring it around tomorrow night for me to overclock it for him. When I had it here I tried to stress all four cores with the aplets I already have, (Orthos, Prime(5..) and didn't do too well. Is there a tool for the job? I...

Hey, I'm just OCing and stressing a new build for a mate. Asus P5K-Deluxe WiFi-AP with a G0 Q6600 topped with a Thermaltake Big Typhoon. The case isn't the best in the world for ventilation (Gigabyte 3D Aurora) but it's also not the worst. 1 x 120mm in the front, 2 x 120mm in the back as well...

Ok, I think I'll leave it at that: (It goes higher stably but summer isn't here yet and it's about 8° hotter) http://test.internet-webmaster.de/upload/1194947570.jpg CPU Intel E4500 Mobo Asus P5K-E WiFi-AS CPU cooler: Thermaltake Mini Typhoon. It's been a while since my last 50%...

Hi folks, I've tried to search the group's archives (Google) but aren't sure what string to put in. I need advice.. I'm looking at getting a low-cost (i.e. *Not* Striker Extreme. g) Asus or Gigabyte (they're about the only boards that seem to be stocked much here in NZ) 775 mobo that I'll be...

Oh well, after achieving what I consider to be a reasonable overclock on my "non-overclockable" ASUS P5PE-VM getting my E4500 to 2.93GHz at stock voltage it seems that I'm going to be getting an Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA VIA PT880 Ultra anyway! Here's me, quite happy with the P5PE-VM/E4500 @ 2.93...

Hey gang, long time no visit... I have a Gigabyte GA 6VTXE just given to me with a P!!! 933MHz Coppermine CPU and 512MB PC133. I have a Tualatin Celeron 1.3GHz CPU that I could put in but was wondering if it would be worth while. (I tried it, reset the jumpers and it didn't boot. I'm just...

http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=74 Just thought folks might be interested. I've enabled it and stopped Core Temp (as they were reading identically). I was using MBM for CPU load and Core Temp for temp (indication). Now MBM5 does both. Cheers, -- Shaun.

I'm thinking of replacing my E4500 @ 3.32GHz with a 45nm part as this was always my plan on buying this mobo (P5K-E WiFi-AP). I'm on a tight budget. I was considering getting an E8400, that was always my plan. However, I see that an E7200 is only 2/3 of the price, has a higher multiplier and...

I mentioned here a while back that I was going to upgrade my E4500 @ 3.32GHz/1.375V for an E7300 and that I was hoping to get 4GHz out of it. Sadly I was aiming a bit high. After much non-POSTing, not loading Windows, BSODs and Prime fails I found that it topped out at 3.6GHz but that it...

Somewhere on teh intarweb "William" typed: It's a fact, certified faster CUP's run cooler than OC'ed CPU's at the same speed. I take issue with this "fact" so have crossposted it to alt.comp.hardware.overclocking. Hopefully someone there will give their opinion. -- Shaun.

Hey all, I'm Intel all the way at the moment. However, a friend bought a built-up 'gaming machine' (I've mentioned it before here, it's been nothing but trouble) using an Asus M3A motherboard, a Phenom 9500 CPU, 1x2GB DDR2 module and a 9600GT. The machine's abeen a nightmare. Firstly it was...

I could use some prompt advice the subject line. First, it must be said that, while I'm fairly up with the play with Intel gear these days, AMD is a bit of a mystery to me. However I'm a fast learner. A friend bought a lemon. It has an Asus M3A (vanilla) mobo and a crappy Thermaltake 430 W...

http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/471-5-nehalem-x58-motherboard.html "This is the OC Palm tool, which ASUS includes with the P6T Deluxe. It attaches via USB 2.0 and facilitates real-time multiplier adjustments without needing to mess with the BIOS or even a Windows-based utility....

Hi. Up until today I've always considered CoreTemp to be the most accurate for reading my E4500's currently) temperature. It agrees with Intel's TAT on temps across the range from idle to 100% load, give or take a degree. However, while working on a mate's Phenom I downloaded CPUID's...

I always get the best info here. I've got a Phenom 9500 machine here for a couple days. A mate bought it as a 'gaming machine' but with no anti-virus installed it only took a few weeks to become unusable. I've built and set up all his machine's previously so he's bought it to me to get me to...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclocking-core-i7,2063.html "Our Core i7 920 sample is stable at 3.8 GHz and with a bit more tweaking would likely stabilize at 4 GHz as well. We didn't really have any better luck with the 965 Extreme, which could be tweaked through its multiplier...

Phil recently posted here about how the 'mighty have fallen' w/r/t some of the heroic tales of overclocks here in years past. I agreed, saying that there is so much power in modern CPUs that the benefit of squeezing every last MHz out of your system is hardly apparent other than when you run...

So, going by the number of posts here these days it would seem that we've finally reached the point where computers are so powerful that nobody feels the need to overclock anymore. This group used to get many, many posts a day with informative stories on how folks had managed to squeeze those...

Ok, here's the situation: Two PCs, both using the same mobo (Soltek SL-75FRD2-L), nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset. Both have unlocked Barton XP2500+ CPUs. Both around the same age... being from when Bartons were the (consumer) peak of AMDs CPU line. Both CPUs overclocked very well, dong 2.2GHz...