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On [CPUs] Using 1 CPU core for anti-virus     Hatman 10 583 Hatman
12-16-2007 at 11:57 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Check out this new case     Hatman 3 306 chookman
12-05-2007 at 11:58 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Gaming PSU???     Hatman 6 361 Hatman
08-06-2007 at 05:23 PM
On [CPUs] UK'ers! Q6600 GO on eclipsecomputers.com!!!!     Hatman 7 660 Hatman
08-02-2007 at 06:02 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Cooler Master Stacker wortH it??     Hatman 21 803 AUsch30
08-10-2007 at 07:38 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] PSU Questions     Hatman 6 252 Altazi
08-01-2007 at 07:42 AM
On [CPUs] Isnt this really cheap?     HatMan 2 363 DragonSpra​yer
06-19-2007 at 03:01 AM
On [Other Components] Cooling     HatMan 1 294 Drew455
06-25-2007 at 05:22 AM
On [CPUs] Some Questions     HatMan 2 236 jackluo923
07-04-2007 at 12:34 AM
On [CPUs] High uneven temps on liquid cooled Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (cores 0 & 3)
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Have a simular weird problem with my e8200 lol one core at 40 one at 50 :S and both quite high to start with...
    BleedingEd​ge 18 351 Vertigon
06-24-2008 at 05:48 AM
On [CPUs] Phenom X4 9850 BE is out at newegg.com
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Well seems like theres still the wait for 45nm parts for 3ghz + speeds. Nice improvements to this model though :)
    blackpanth​er26 47 1968 blackpanth​er26
04-24-2008 at 06:08 AM
On [CPUs] Why is Q6700 $290 more than Q6600?
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To current Q6600 prices.
    level101 30 1364 BaronMatri​x
07-21-2008 at 10:59 PM
On [CPUs] Has anyone ever burned / blown their dual or quad core cpu?
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I think there was something about th new quad cores where if you cover up 2 of the pins it thinks its a 3.2ghz quad or something. Registe [...]
    ramsey9000 34 1474 MarkG
03-26-2008 at 07:21 PM
On [CPUs] Q9450/Q9550
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Expected arrival date in UK shops is 18/19th I know that much.
    mpavao81 20 1470 MrGoodBar
03-18-2008 at 12:54 PM
On [CPUs] New CPU for Gaming Rig
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Yep aslong as you paly at low res with low to medium settings and high end cards they sure do help you get into the 80 - 100fps. For whate [...]
2   Ellaren 75 1727 homerdog
03-13-2008 at 05:44 PM
On [CPUs] What is a good 3dmark06 score these days??
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Not really, SLI gt depends on your processor.
4   RyanTheSav 158 7567 LK1
05-09-2008 at 10:04 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Quiet psu for my rig
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Trust me when I say to make it silent is impossible. Atm the only thing that makes noise in mine is PSU and I cant find one that don't. You' [...]
    slo 12 338 Kursun
02-28-2008 at 12:37 PM
On [CPUs] Intel to launch six core CPU
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If the 6 core is based on how quads are made atm it wont have 16mb will it, it'll either have 3x 4mb or 3x 6mb.
2   yipsl 52 1997 wolveriner​o79
02-26-2008 at 05:16 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Are OCZ power supplies good?
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My OCZ stealth is irritating, its hte only thing I can clearly hear in my rig and it wont shut up. Am getting a new one, probably eithe [...]
    jfuze 9 442 jeremyrail​ton
02-22-2008 at 01:14 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] What do you prefer Performance or silence
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Silence as simply making your case neat and re-directing your air flow accordingly helps to keep it cooler than more powerful fans can. A [...]
    random1283 20 636 cjp3
02-21-2008 at 11:40 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] OCZ GameXstream 700w fan
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The OCZ ones used high rpm yate loons as far as I knew, i know mine does. Rated at something like 40DBA on max. Fan speed depends on your [...]
    espguitarg​uy232 19 572 espguitarg​uy232
02-21-2008 at 07:15 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] What's the point of a 1600W PSU?
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Theres also other things like phase that can take over 300watts for a single unit for cooling a CPU. Skulltrail with dual 4ghz cpu's, a [...]
    starcraftf​anatic 45 924 cjp3
02-21-2008 at 11:29 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Search for a good 120mm Blue LED case fan.
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Loud would be 40dba, 30dba is moderate you wont get annoyed with it lol. 20dba like mine is very silent, can easily sleep through it.
    Dunkel 2 229 WhyFi
02-09-2008 at 12:32 PM
On [CPUs] SKULLTRAIL SKULLTRAIL!!!
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However what it WILL be awesome for is lifting the 3dmark06 bottleneck off of future GX2 quad sli setups :D And.. thats as far as I can [...]
    wh3resmyca​r 32 862 Shadow7037​93
02-06-2008 at 08:42 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition - A New Hope?
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I want too see the 45nm ones. The only thing that would make me consider AMD for my nexdt build would be those with much higher clocks. I [...]
3   muk 119 3319 spongebob
04-05-2008 at 12:16 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Using Case Fans... Where to connect?
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I find using the 3pin connector makes them a bit quieter then using the molex, just a bit though.
    Althius 4 461 Althius
02-03-2008 at 03:53 AM
On [CPUs] E8400 vs Q6600
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Thing is the new dual cores clock extremly high compared to Q6600s lol. Most on air would only reach 3.4ghz, maybe some at 3.6 with low ambi [...]
2   mestizo73 50 13947 Doctor_HV
03-01-2008 at 12:55 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Liquid Cooled Case - Enough Cooling Capacity?
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You can afford 3 GTX's but not a decent water cooling kit?? Just grab youreself a thermochill 120.2mm (240mm) rad with 2 high rpm fans and [...]
    villious 26 649 Groveling_​Wyrm
01-15-2008 at 11:42 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Do I need better fans for this case?
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Xilence are more affordable fans for most people. About normal fan price but 68CFM 20DBA, not bad at all. Come in different LED colours [...]
    yabyab 3 249 Hatman
01-06-2008 at 10:16 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Radeon HD3850 vs. 2900PRO
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Very power hungry, but if you have the power and the cooling it will overclock like mad. 1gb version is cool, but do not get the 256bit [...]
    clayforHim​648 7 954 nattydreds
01-07-2008 at 04:11 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Nvidia Releases uniquely branded cases.
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Idk why people mention their construction though they are just like the normal cases which are basically 2 of the best around. Probably [...]
    A 6pack In 23 807 Hatman
12-29-2007 at 02:37 PM
On [CPUs] is my CPU too HOT when gaming?
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It isnt that deadly though they can take a llot more itll be fine unless you want to keep it for a few years. Might lose some performance [...]
    ctxisleet 15 588 night_wolf​_in
12-27-2007 at 01:27 AM
On [CPUs] Is Q6600 really that overclockable ?
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Q6600 is extremely over-clockable, unfortunately the water cooling needed to unleash its full potential is quite expensive. High end air is [...]
    deltabulle​t 27 1091 kesnik
12-08-2007 at 07:57 PM
On [CPUs] Any one got the QX9650 yet?
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If the fans on it are as loud as those are the 680i lt, and they look the same, be afraid, be very afraid. God damn noisy..
    Ron7aldo 10 372 jimmysmitt​y
11-18-2007 at 11:40 PM
On [CPUs] Conned by Crysis
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It doesn't use all 4cores atm, I windowed it and watched, only 2 cores were being used while all 4 were enabled. If its anything like the [...]
2   Pigbristle 86 2164 systemlord
11-08-2007 at 09:03 PM
On [CPUs] Does the CPU actually have a drastic influence on the Frames in Games?
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Its hard to understand how the CPU helps the GPU in games where thing are multithreaded, its not a % boost to FPS or anything but in games t [...]
    L1qu1d 9 561 nhobo
11-04-2007 at 04:02 PM
On [CPUs] 8800GT Pictures And a link to buy your 88000GT
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There are stock ones coming at 700mhz core and 2ghz memory, with just stock cooler, I seriously don't think OC'ing will be an issue. I'm [...]
    killz86 40 2369 killz86
10-27-2007 at 04:22 AM
On [CPUs] Does Cache Size Really Boost Performance?
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Nice read. More cache = better :D Although, the gap between 2mb and 4mb was smaller then 1mb and 2mb, both were double. 4mb to 6mb [...]
2   Muk 99 2734 Grimmy
12-07-2007 at 09:03 AM
On [CPUs] To soon to ask, Q9450?
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The max ram bandwidth is your quad pumped FSB, so you can run your ram at 1:1 FSB quad pumped or 1:2 FSB normal, so if you had 266mhz FSB, y [...]
    spaztic7 23 2677 spaztic7
10-25-2007 at 05:27 PM
On [CPUs] Q6600 Different Temp readings - video encoding - pic inside
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The fact that speedfan only shows 3cores seems a problem. 60Celsius is fine for the Q6600 if you've got the stock Intel cooler though, it [...]
    sebtarta 9 994 sebtarta
10-22-2007 at 01:00 PM
On [CPUs] E6750 vs X2 6000
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E6750. I prefer the mothgerboards for Intel CPU's too.
    NightScope 40 1764 onestar
11-07-2007 at 01:34 AM
On [CPUs] Gaming Quad core vs Duo Core
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Id actually say e6750 is a much better choice then e6850, not much clock speed less and much much cheaper.
    Tesal 15 1802 Hatman
10-18-2007 at 06:20 PM
On [CPUs] CAN a BETTER MOTHERBOARD INCREASE YOUR VIDEO CARD?
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11,045 for a GTX is quite low, especially if you are using a quad core. Make sure you're not using AA or anything in futuremark, can you [...]
    lou4uandme 8 704 Rabidpeanu​t
10-12-2007 at 11:52 PM
On [CPUs] How necessary is a quad-core for future proofing?
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Maybe if the game uses only 1thread I guess...
    ericvpi 45 2565 dashbarron
10-05-2007 at 01:45 AM
On [CPUs] Biggest Bottleneck
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Run it 1:1 with your quad pumped FSB rather then your normal FSB and you should notic a difference.
2   ShortRef 82 2959 hell_spawn
10-26-2007 at 10:07 AM
On [CPUs] Heatsink for AMD Black 6400+
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Arctic Freezer 64 Pro Should be more then enough for that chip.
    frolicols 16 1029 mad-dog
09-27-2007 at 09:54 PM
On [CPUs] Upping the gaming ability of my Inspiron 530
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Basically use 2gb of ram use the dual core and put the 7900gt in. There, all done :D
    md02geist 13 1122 KyleSTL
09-26-2007 at 12:03 AM
On [CPUs] Quad-Core AMD socket
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Barcelona is server chip stuff though, you should really use a Phenom in the desktop those will be AM2 compatible.
    gaijinn 13 897 MU_Enginee​r
09-26-2007 at 05:32 AM
On [CPUs] X2 upgrade question
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Go for the energy efficient 65nm version if you can, quite a bit cooler.
    chief5286 17 765 ethel
09-29-2007 at 07:59 PM
On [CPUs] AMD tri core
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Honestly you cannot tell its a waste of money because you have absolutly no idea how much ti costs them to make one. End of. For all you kn [...]
4   reconviper​one1 158 9302 onestar
09-25-2007 at 09:03 PM
On [CPUs] Is there a real difference between 1066 and 1333?
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Better question would be is there a difference between 1k and 2k, to see if it really matters at all.
    Mobrews42 4 762 Hatman
09-21-2007 at 05:46 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Coolermaster Stacker Fan Setup?
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Iv found the most effective way is to have all the side ones as intake, the front as intake, and the top and back as exhaust. Make sure y [...]
    hertzuk 7 406 hertzuk
09-10-2007 at 09:11 PM
On [CPUs] Q6600 OC 3.2GHz Idle at 41c
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Id say medium cooling its roughly what my Freezer 7 Pro was pulling, when under load it can get up to over 60degrees quite easily...
    softtouch 15 862 mousemonke​y
09-09-2007 at 04:54 AM
On [CPUs] Is nobody at least rooting for AMD?
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I've bought intel and nvidia products but hell I'd hate to see AMD/ATI go down!! They make the cheaper stuff, that most of my relatives a [...]
5   kingofther​ings 206 7333 atomicWAR
11-07-2007 at 02:04 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Thermaltake Kandalf vs Cooler Master Stacker 832
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Got my Stacker 830 today. Not the 832 but same basics. Gotta say its very easy to install into but takes a while. Also my back fan didn't wo [...]
    conn007 8 712 Nitro350Z
08-31-2007 at 10:36 PM
On [CPUs] Q6600 voltage WHAT!!!??
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I sat mine on but I didnt have any thermal paste so I thought id just turn it on to have a look, and the temps got up to 90 lol. Only for [...]
    mrmez 2 680 Hatman
08-27-2007 at 09:06 AM
On [CPUs] Tom's 2007 CPU Charts
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Supreme Commander DOES take advantage of more cores. SupCom is my fav game but with my old computer 4200+ X2 and 1650xt it just didn't go [...]
2   pschmid 61 6341 drho
08-26-2007 at 11:59 PM
On [CPUs] Good for gamming?
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CM Stacker 830 :D Has enough space to fit 2 8800gtx's. Plan on putting water on mine later on aswell..
    googleads 25 933 vincio_fil​iarum
08-26-2007 at 07:26 PM
On [CPUs] Annoying Q6600 Temperatures
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I obviously did not seat the HSF properly, loaded it up, looked on BIOS, 50.. 60.. 70.. then turned it off. Get an aftermarket cooler 2m [...]
    lucent 17 1686 Hatman
08-23-2007 at 07:58 PM
On [CPUs] 333Mhz chipset work with 400Mhz FSB CPU?
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To start with, no. If the FS is BIOS can be changed, then yes, its possible.
    Uber_sven 6 366 jaguarskx
08-23-2007 at 02:29 AM
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