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customisbetter   10-22-2008 at 10:24:49 PM

I bought my e4400 off of ebay a while back. I think its a dud as it will not overclock past 2.8 Ghz. (and yes, its an L2)
I was thinking about buying a q6600 and clocking that up to minimize the bottleneck with my 4870 that arrived today.
My main question; Is it worth it?

Thanks guys.

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Nik_I   10-22-2008 at 10:33:52 PM
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i think it's safe to say that the Q6600 is far better than the E4400. i would say it would be worth it as long as you overclock it. you shouldn't have any trouble doing so.

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cow_moo   10-22-2008 at 10:41:23 PM
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get an E8400 or a Q8200 it will fair much better

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olemmiwinks   10-22-2008 at 10:42:40 PM
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depends on what you're doing though. Multi-tasking? q6600 ftw. I went from an e6300 to a q6600 G0 and i couldn't have been happier. Just make sure you get the G0 stepping on your q6600.

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customisbetter   10-22-2008 at 10:59:10 PM
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I don't really see the point of the q8200. It has less cache, and a higher fsb for 50 dollars more? Nah.

 

I'm not sure about the fsb wall of my motherboard. Would i get a decent overclock with an e8400? how often does it go to 4Ghz~ and at what voltage?


Message edited by customisbetter on 10-22-2008 at 11:03:29 PM
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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 03:01:12 AM
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BTW, just installed my 4870, OC'd to 790 core and got 12112. Thats about 1012 more points than the average e8400 and 4870 user so im happy. I think i will stick with this cpu at 2.75Ghz until Windows 7 is released.

 

Thanks for your input!

 

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk51/customisbetter/4870rec.jpg?t=1224724369


Message edited by customisbetter on 10-23-2008 at 03:13:15 AM
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bobbknight   10-23-2008 at 03:23:27 AM
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^ Why you set up like old Macintosh?

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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 03:38:00 AM
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I think you would be disappointed to get a q6600 with your current mobo.

Your mobo is th limiting factor with your current CPU.

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 06:43:44 AM
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Is it? i have heard of people getting good OC's with the g33. I figured it was my CPU. I lapped it yesterday as it was hitting 60 celcious stock. After the lap, my temps really didn't go down. And my heat spreader was super concave. this is with a decent cooler too. BTF90.
I think my cpu is to blame.

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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 06:46:49 AM
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Your mobo is a poor overclocker, and you used to much or to little paste if your temp is that high.

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 06:47:03 AM
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bobbknight wrote :

^ Why you set up like old Macintosh?



I like my taskbar like that because it makes more sense to me and is more efficient. 90% of the buttons I regularly press on all of my windows and applications are at the top. I like to have the taskbar up there too. Less mouse travel. Also, a day w/o a mouse, is a good day. I love doing all of my work by keyboard. Its one of the great things that makes PC better than Mac.

that pretty much sums it up.

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 06:48:04 AM
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You should know me well enough roadrunner. I know how to apply thermal compound. ; )

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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 06:53:52 AM
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I would think so, but you make me wounder the last couple of days. They dont just idle @ 60 all of the sudden. You just changed mobos, so I assume the paste is wrong or the HS aint tight.

I mean come on now. Mixing ram, and changing mobos because of V-droop?

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 06:57:55 AM
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Nooo. My cpu idles at about 40 C and has since i got it. It has always topped at 60-65. I guess i will try it again.
About the vdroop, idont quite remember.
But now this piece of crap motherboard is giving me a 9 beep code so im disassembling. Again. ill reseat the hsf as well.

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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 06:59:17 AM
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LOL. Man bad luck for you the past couple of days.

What the manual say 9 beep code is?

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 07:04:29 AM
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NO FREAKING TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION!!!

ridiculous

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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 07:22:30 AM
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You get what you pay for!!!!

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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 07:26:00 AM
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http://www.hardwarecentral.com/har [...] php/607691

Bad bios. try to reseat if its plug in kind or try to flash.

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 07:37:59 AM
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I paid $90. thats not that cheap.
That link makes me want to cry.
I might have fixed it though. Give me a sec
Yup. Took it all apart and riped out the cmos battery. reset the cmosand put the battery back in. Waited about a minute and put stuff back together and Viola!
Also did a BSEL mod to run 266 fsb stock. Hopefully that gets me some more OC headroom?


Message edited by customisbetter on 10-23-2008 at 07:45:50 AM
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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 07:56:05 AM
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You know what? I take it back. I saved the bios settings and BAM! no more boot.
Im sending this piece of **** back and getting p35 like the rest of the world.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128359

 

Just bought this ^^^and i'm RMAing the MSI Turd. Updated sig.
Thanks roadrunner.


Message edited by customisbetter on 10-23-2008 at 09:01:41 AM
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roadrunner197069   10-23-2008 at 05:19:37 PM
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Now we are talking. And thats a P45, good choice!!!

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customisbetter   10-23-2008 at 05:26:57 PM
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Thanks. Hopefully i will have better luck this time. :)

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