Ok so I built the November Budget guide from Sharkyextreme almost piece by piece, except for the CPU and video card. I scored an AMD5000+ Black for $99 so I decided to use that =D. Also got a eVga 7600 GT for $75 from a classmate. For memory i got the corsair 2gb 6400c4 (4-4-4-12). I ran Nvtune last night and today and it overclocked the CPU to 2.9Ghz (from 2.6Ghz). So now I am getting these random freezes every 5-10 minutes while playing WoW (not very graphic intense... max FPS), so I'm leaning towards a setting issue... (memory timing?) even with default (non Nvtune adjusted) settings I still get the random lockup.
Here is more detailed information....
- AMD5000+Black
- Corsair 2x CM2x1024-6400C4
- ThermalTake CPU cooler (I forget which one but I'm using Arctic Silver compound)
- Seagate Barracuda 320Gb SATA 3.0Gb/s
-eVga 7600GT (Latest ForceWare 163.75 drivers)
-Smilodon case (I love it!)
-Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
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wall of text spitout from NVidia Control Panel
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Processor
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Brand = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Family = 15
Model = 11
Stepping = 2
L1 Instr Cache Size = 65536
L1 Data Cache Size = 65536
L2 Cache Size = 524288
L3 Cache Size = 0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Driver ForceWare 163.75 (Latest drivers)
========== Processor, Bus, and Memory Speed Information ==========
CPU Speed = 2614.098
CPU Multiplier = 13.000
FSB Frequency = 201
Memory Frequency = 804.000
PCIE Frequency = 2500
tRas = 15
tRcd = 2
tRp = 2
tRc = 12
tWr = 3
tRrd = 1
tRwt = 2
tWtr = 3
tWrrd = 0
tWrwr = 1
tRdrd = 0
tRef = 2
GPU Core Speed = 600
GPU Memory Speed = 780
CPU Voltage = 1.325 v
Core Voltage = 0.000 v
AGP Voltage = 0.000 v
Aux Voltage = 0.000 v
Memory Voltage = 0.000 v
========== Memory SPD Information ==========
Memory Dimm 0 (0x50)
Memory type: DDR2 SDRAM
Error correction: NONE
Voltage interface level: SSTL (1.8V)
Data width: 64 bits
Number of physical banks: 2 (double sided)
Number of logical banks: 4
Number of row addresses: 14 14
Number of col addresses: 10 10
Bank density: 512 512 MB
Primary RAM Width: 8 8 bits
Error checking RAM Width: 0 0 bits
Module density: 1024 MB
Refresh rate: 7812.500 us
Self-refresh: Yes
Burst lengths supported: 4 8
CAS 4.0:
Cycle time (tCYC) = 3.700 ns fMax = 270.270 Mhz
Access time (tAC) = 0.500 ns fMax = 2000.000 MHz
CAS 5.0:
Cycle time (tCYC) = 2.500 ns fMax = 400.000 Mhz
Access time (tAC) = 0.400 ns fMax = 2500.000 MHz
Not reportedNot reportedMin delay, Bk/Bk random cols: 0 clocks
Min row precharge time (tRP): 12.500 ns
Min row active delay (tRRD): 7.500 ns
Min RAS to CAS delay (tRCD): 12.500 ns
Min Actv to precharge (tRAS): 45.000 ns
Addr/Cmd setup time: 0.180 ns
Addr/Cmd hold time: 0.250 ns
Data setup time: 0.050 ns
Data hold time: 0.130 ns
Write recovery time (tWR) 15.000 ns
Int Wr to Rd Cmd Dly (tWTR) 7.500 ns
Int Rd to Pchg Cmd Dly (tRTP) 7.500 ns
Min Act/Auto-Rfrsh Time (tRC) 55.000 ns
Min Auto-Rfrsh/Act Cmd (tRFC) 105.000 ns
Max Dev Cycle time (tCK max) 8.000 ns
Max DQS-DQ Skew (tDQSQ max) 2.000 ns
Rd data hold skew Fctr (tQHS) 3.000 ns
PLL relock time 0.000 ns
Memory analysis probe chars: 00
DIMM type: UDIMM (module width = 133.35mm)
FET switch external enable: No
Analysis probe installed: No
Includes weak driver: Yes
Manufacturer's JEDEC ID code: 00000000 009e7f7f
Module manufacturing location: 1 (manufacture dependant)
Module part number: CM2X1024-6400C4
Module revision code: 8224 (manufacture dependant)
Module manufacturing date: Wk 29 of 2006
Module serial number: 00000000
SPD revision: 1.1
Here is more detailed information....
- AMD5000+Black
- Corsair 2x CM2x1024-6400C4
- ThermalTake CPU cooler (I forget which one but I'm using Arctic Silver compound)
- Seagate Barracuda 320Gb SATA 3.0Gb/s
-eVga 7600GT (Latest ForceWare 163.75 drivers)
-Smilodon case (I love it!)
-Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
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wall of text spitout from NVidia Control Panel
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Processor
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Brand = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Family = 15
Model = 11
Stepping = 2
L1 Instr Cache Size = 65536
L1 Data Cache Size = 65536
L2 Cache Size = 524288
L3 Cache Size = 0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Driver ForceWare 163.75 (Latest drivers)
========== Processor, Bus, and Memory Speed Information ==========
CPU Speed = 2614.098
CPU Multiplier = 13.000
FSB Frequency = 201
Memory Frequency = 804.000
PCIE Frequency = 2500
tRas = 15
tRcd = 2
tRp = 2
tRc = 12
tWr = 3
tRrd = 1
tRwt = 2
tWtr = 3
tWrrd = 0
tWrwr = 1
tRdrd = 0
tRef = 2
GPU Core Speed = 600
GPU Memory Speed = 780
CPU Voltage = 1.325 v
Core Voltage = 0.000 v
AGP Voltage = 0.000 v
Aux Voltage = 0.000 v
Memory Voltage = 0.000 v
========== Memory SPD Information ==========
Memory Dimm 0 (0x50)
Memory type: DDR2 SDRAM
Error correction: NONE
Voltage interface level: SSTL (1.8V)
Data width: 64 bits
Number of physical banks: 2 (double sided)
Number of logical banks: 4
Number of row addresses: 14 14
Number of col addresses: 10 10
Bank density: 512 512 MB
Primary RAM Width: 8 8 bits
Error checking RAM Width: 0 0 bits
Module density: 1024 MB
Refresh rate: 7812.500 us
Self-refresh: Yes
Burst lengths supported: 4 8
CAS 4.0:
Cycle time (tCYC) = 3.700 ns fMax = 270.270 Mhz
Access time (tAC) = 0.500 ns fMax = 2000.000 MHz
CAS 5.0:
Cycle time (tCYC) = 2.500 ns fMax = 400.000 Mhz
Access time (tAC) = 0.400 ns fMax = 2500.000 MHz
Not reportedNot reportedMin delay, Bk/Bk random cols: 0 clocks
Min row precharge time (tRP): 12.500 ns
Min row active delay (tRRD): 7.500 ns
Min RAS to CAS delay (tRCD): 12.500 ns
Min Actv to precharge (tRAS): 45.000 ns
Addr/Cmd setup time: 0.180 ns
Addr/Cmd hold time: 0.250 ns
Data setup time: 0.050 ns
Data hold time: 0.130 ns
Write recovery time (tWR) 15.000 ns
Int Wr to Rd Cmd Dly (tWTR) 7.500 ns
Int Rd to Pchg Cmd Dly (tRTP) 7.500 ns
Min Act/Auto-Rfrsh Time (tRC) 55.000 ns
Min Auto-Rfrsh/Act Cmd (tRFC) 105.000 ns
Max Dev Cycle time (tCK max) 8.000 ns
Max DQS-DQ Skew (tDQSQ max) 2.000 ns
Rd data hold skew Fctr (tQHS) 3.000 ns
PLL relock time 0.000 ns
Memory analysis probe chars: 00
DIMM type: UDIMM (module width = 133.35mm)
FET switch external enable: No
Analysis probe installed: No
Includes weak driver: Yes
Manufacturer's JEDEC ID code: 00000000 009e7f7f
Module manufacturing location: 1 (manufacture dependant)
Module part number: CM2X1024-6400C4
Module revision code: 8224 (manufacture dependant)
Module manufacturing date: Wk 29 of 2006
Module serial number: 00000000
SPD revision: 1.1