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  1. Fri, 07-04-2008, 11:05 AM #421
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    They have the 9450 at frys w\ a crappy mobo for $249 so i'm going in a little bit to buy it..

    i dunno if i will buy a mobo there or if i will shop around for one, unless they have some ddr3 on sale too. idk.
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  2. Fri, 07-04-2008, 06:54 PM #422
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    Quote Originally Posted by darkshadow
    haha thats a pretty badass overclock, doesnt seem like you did any volt modding though, heavy duty watercooling?
    Nope. I use pretty low-end air cooling (Freezer 7 Pro). All of the old E6300s could overclock the FSB with ease. My chip idles in the low 30s and loads at around 50 degrees.

    Quote Originally Posted by itadakimasu
    They have the 9450 at frys w\ a crappy mobo for $249 so i'm going in a little bit to buy it..

    i dunno if i will buy a mobo there or if i will shop around for one, unless they have some ddr3 on sale too. idk.
    That's definitely a good price just for the CPU alone.
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    yeah, its a really good price.

    I got a gigabyte 3d-aurora case the other day for $50... and i have hard drives and a dvdrw drive and a zalman 9700 so I just need to figure out what motherboard I want to get and what ram i'm going to get..

    so far :

    case : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811233013
    cpu : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115042
    cooler :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=zalman%2b9700

    hard drives : 2x150gb raptor x - I'm thinking of putting 3 1TB seagates I have in a raid 5..

    video card : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103050
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  4. Fri, 07-04-2008, 09:06 PM #424
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    Asus P5Q-Pro is a really nice cheap motherboard.
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  5. Fri, 07-04-2008, 11:29 PM #425
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    What do you use to monitor system temps with? I use Asus probe that comes with the P5B, but I'm not sure of its reliability. Idle temp on my Q6600 is 20C, mobo 40C, ambient 26C. The proc never gets higher than around 29C.


    “For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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    Asus Probe is wrong. Use Coretemp.

    http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
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  7. Mon, 07-07-2008, 04:11 PM #427
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    Anim : what are you using for cooling ?

    Per darkshadows last post w\ the cpuz screen I tweaked my wifes system last night and got the q6600 up to 3ghz in a snap. It is running @ 35-45 w\ a zalman 9700.

    I'm not sure how high i'm going to run my system when i get it put together... that q6600 runs cooler overclocked then my 6400+ does just idling w\ same cooling.
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  8. Tue, 07-08-2008, 02:32 AM #428
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    I'm using a Tuniq Tower 120. I haven't bothered OC'ing it but I will probably mess with it a little to get better performance from Assassin's Creed.


    “For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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  9. Tue, 07-08-2008, 02:34 PM #429
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    i ordered the remaining needed parts for my new system today :

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    PSU OCZ|OCZ700GXSSLI 700W RT - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$124.99)

    MB GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R 775 P45 R - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$189.99)

    MEM 1Gx2|OCZ DIII1333 OCZ3P13332GK - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$118.99)

    I only got 2gb of ram for now because i can always buy another set. Toms hardware showed that this ram is rated @ almost ddr3-1600 so hopefully when i put my fsb up to 1600 the ram will run fine w\ no adjustments.

    thinking of possibly adding another 3870 to match the one that i have right now also but this isn't too important to me.

    i should have it put together this weekend ^^ pictures will be posted later.
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    I got an Accelero S1 today and slapped it on my 4850. I run it passively with my side case fan blowing on it. Temperatures are awesome.

    4850 @ 700/1100 runs Crysis at over 30 FPS high settings.
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    RV670 chip

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  12. Sun, 07-13-2008, 02:00 PM #432
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    i googled that and came back saying it is what is in the 3870's..

    and speaking of 3870's, i found this auction on ebay the other day and I just won it @ $185+15 shipping for 2 3870's, they're the same as the one I have now that I paid $200 for not too long ago.

    So when I get them I'm going to put one in my system and get crossfire going, hopefully... the tubing on the water cooling system i put in might be in the way of one of the cards so I might have to put a longer tube in or something....

    and i realized I made a bad power supply decision, i got a 700w ocz gamexstream but I should have spent $50-60 more and found a modular one because between all those cables and the water tubes and massive video card, its starting to get cramped even though the case is pretty huge





    I got everything together after having to exchanage the water cooling kit because it was used and not marked as open-box. then system wouldn't post...

    I think the backplate for the waterblock was grounding out on the case. Have not had time to get back around to it. First temp readings were 15-20c

    q9450
    2gb ocz ddr3-1333 (spd to 1500+)
    2 x 150gb raptor X
    gigabyte galaxy 2 water cooling
    gigabyte p45 mobo
    gigabyte aurora 3D case
    ocz 700w gamexstream ( too many damn cables ! )

    I think i'm going to leave the tank outside of the case because i'm getting another 3870 and i don't see that fitting.
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  13. Mon, 07-14-2008, 08:04 PM #433
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    I got a Phenom 9500 today. I'm running some video encodes right now to see how much faster it is than the old 5200+.
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  14. Tue, 07-15-2008, 04:30 PM #434
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    I dont know if i need to update the bios on the board or what... but the system isn't stable. It will boot into windows but locks up even at stock speeds.

    Also, coretemp shows core temperatures @ around 50c but if i go into bios it is 15-20c...

    i have to re-do the water tube and put everything back in the case and hopefully all will be well.
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  15. Tue, 07-15-2008, 09:54 PM #435
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    Are you using the default BIOS settings?
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  16. Wed, 07-16-2008, 08:45 AM #436
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    I have it set to defaults except for usb keyboard and usb mouse.

    I booted up a couple times @ 1600 fsb but it would freeze...

    I booted last night in safe mode and it was completely stable so that helped me to know that its probably not hardware related, i'm hoping the problem was the generic ati driver that the xp install i used gave my 3870. I went out and got the newest driver from ati and loaded it and the system stayed on all night and also updated the bios to the most recent version.

    I also got 'realtemp' and it showed my core temperatures @ around 37 avg which i still think is high because if i goto bios / pc health it shows 12-20c for cpu temp
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    Quote Originally Posted by itadakimasu
    I also got 'realtemp' and it showed my core temperatures @ around 37 avg which i still think is high because if i goto bios / pc health it shows 12-20c for cpu temp
    12-20 is very unlikely. You're probably around 25 if you're using water cooling.
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  18. Thu, 07-17-2008, 12:40 PM #438
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    Hey guyz i still dont know which GfX card i want to buy:
    9800 GTX or ati 4870?(9800 vs 4870)
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  19. Thu, 07-17-2008, 03:40 PM #439
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    try reading the previous posts?
    here:
    http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread...&postcount=410
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zachiru-Hirosaki
    Hey guyz i still dont know which GfX card i want to buy:
    9800 GTX or ati 4870?(9800 vs 4870)
    Well to start off, they're in different price brackets. How much are you willing to spend? Because that will decide which card you will buy.
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