Ya, I could only imagine. I think the CPU could handle such a thing, not too sure about a motherboard being cooled to absolute zero/
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Ya, I could only imagine. I think the CPU could handle such a thing, not too sure about a motherboard being cooled to absolute zero/
yes well. It definately needed dusting i think:
It was running with the core at about 50-55°C, now it's down to 40ish, although that might be because it's been switched off for the last twenty mins or so
It was running with the core at about 50-55°C, now it's down to 40ish, although that might be because it's been switched off for the last twenty mins or so
OK now i do. It wasnt sposed to be above 65-70, and i never saw it go above 55 so i didnt need to be worried. Although it did say normal running temps are about 20-30 below the maximums so i'm in a good state now. maybe i can overclock it a bit?
i just got the same one last week from http://www.arbico.co.uk
, follwoing are the PC [FONT="]Configuration:[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT] Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 CPU
SLI Ready Motherboard
2 X Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB Graphics with 2 x Dual Link DVI-I, HDTV
2GB (2048MB) 533Mhz PC4200 DDR2
320GB S-ATA-2 7200RPM 16MB buffer
the cost of this was just [FONT="]2826.85$.
regards
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In order to overclock it, you would have to first enter the BIOS upon post. Then, depending on the type of motherboard and bios on it, there should be a tab which displays the CPU multiplier and front side bus frequency. Most CPU's are have locked upward multipliers, meaning you can decrease it only. If that's the case, then you would look at increasing the front side bus. The speed of your CPU is generally calculated by FSB*CPU Multiplier (mine is 300 * 8 = 2.4ghz). So instead of increasing the multiplier you increase the bus speed. If you plan on doing this, you should hope that you can lock your memory at a constant speed, ie 400mhz, otherwise the memory will try to run a 1:1 ratio with the FSB, which will cause system crashes etc. I would suggest checking out www.ocforums.com if you want to learn a bit about overclocking a CPU.
hardly worth bothering really. seems to work fine now 
thanks for the advice though. Maybe i'll do it one day just to see if i can
thanks for the advice though. Maybe i'll do it one day just to see if i can
hardly worth bothering really. seems to work fine now
it's actually quite easy. I can make all the changes I need within the bios and back to booting windows within a minute usually. Hardest part is learning all the acronyms used in the bios.
Affirmative. or you can download a tool called CPUZ
it should pull up most of the info you would see in your bios.
how do u do that thing with the link btw? where u make it say what u want instead of the full URL?
for example, type "CPUZ" highlight it with the mouse cursor then click the insert link button and paste your link in. Done.
Hey Durka, I like your setup. That 8800 must be kick ass fast in games.
Have you considered a Raid 0 setup?
I do alot of video and image editing and let me tell you the difference is night and day. Video rendering is extremely disk intensive and I've found that a single disk setup really sucks ass even with dual core (I have a OC'd X2 3800+ @2.4ghz). My OS (XP) is raided whereas my data are on a separate drive and my archives are on a network drive. I think in total all of my hard drives total about 1 TB
I don't worry about the increased data loss probability with Raid 0 because the only thing that I will lose is the OS. But then again, with a single disk setup, if you lose that, you lose everything.
As for the mother of all utilities, try SIW... http://www.gtopala.com/
Have you considered a Raid 0 setup?
I do alot of video and image editing and let me tell you the difference is night and day. Video rendering is extremely disk intensive and I've found that a single disk setup really sucks ass even with dual core (I have a OC'd X2 3800+ @2.4ghz). My OS (XP) is raided whereas my data are on a separate drive and my archives are on a network drive. I think in total all of my hard drives total about 1 TB
I don't worry about the increased data loss probability with Raid 0 because the only thing that I will lose is the OS. But then again, with a single disk setup, if you lose that, you lose everything.
As for the mother of all utilities, try SIW... http://www.gtopala.com/
Hey Durka, I like your setup. That 8800 must be kick ass fast in games.
Have you considered a Raid 0 setup?
I do alot of video and image editing and let me tell you the difference is night and day. Video rendering is extremely disk intensive and I've found that a single disk setup really sucks ass even with dual core (I have a OC'd X2 3800+ @2.4ghz). My OS (XP) is raided whereas my data are on a separate drive and my archives are on a network drive. I think in total all of my hard drives total about 1 TB
I don't worry about the increased data loss probability with Raid 0 because the only thing that I will lose is the OS. But then again, with a single disk setup, if you lose that, you lose everything.
As for the mother of all utilities, try SIW... http://www.gtopala.com/
The 8800 rocks, I have been playing Battlefield 2142 lately, average fps hovers around 100. Resolution at 1680x1050.
I used to run raid 0 with 2 160gb sats drives, I purchased a 150gb WD Raptor (10k rpm) recently though which was faster then the raid setup.
For my backup, I have a 500gb external SATA drive, + a 300gb & the raptor. External SATA is really sweet, where USb 2.0 max's out around 475mbs, the esata drive has max throughput of 3gbs
Raptors are fast for access times, but what really counts is sustained transfer rates. My raid setup performs about 32% faster than tested 150gb rapters on the web... so there must have been something wrong with your raid setup. Also raid performance depends highly on the chipset and drivers so that could be the problem too.
Here's an article I read recently:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/12/cheap_raid_ravages_wd_raptor/index.html
Here's an article I read recently:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/12/cheap_raid_ravages_wd_raptor/index.html
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I agree with you that a raido 0 setup does have a significantly faster sustainted transfer rates. Perhaps I will add another raptor one day. Are you using an onboard raid controller or do you have pci card?