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On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Modular v. non-modular P/S?     mr_fnord 6 641 jaguarskx
08-09-2006 at 10:46 PM
On [CPUs] SIMD, CPU/GPU, etc.     mr_fnord 0 412 mr_fnord
11-20-2006 at 04:38 PM
On [CPUs] Flawed - Analysis: Retail prices of AMD processors contin...     mr_fnord 5 564 Locutus12
02-04-2007 at 09:18 PM
On [CPUs] x2 3600+ 1GB 200GB budget build - ubuntu compatible?     mr_fnord 2 443 MU_Enginee​r
05-02-2007 at 12:19 AM
On [CPUs] Q6660-SLACR availability?
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He probably talked to someone who keeps up with technology and who made an educated guess that they'll be out of B3's soon and getting G [...]
    cs4160 40 2420 abrahm
08-05-2007 at 05:39 AM
On [CPUs] C2D CPUs' EIST capabilities?
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Wikipedia says that EIST v3.1 supports variable L2 capacity, so Linux telling one core to run at 800 Mhz might disable the cache for that co [...]
    MU_Enginee​r 1 270 mr_fnord
08-02-2007 at 04:37 PM
On [CPUs] Thermoelectric CPU Coolers, any better?
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uctID=571 The ChillTec looks like a TEC done right, thermostat controlled, with a massive heatpipe air cooler on top of and underneath t [...]
    Soldier37 14 655 yomamafor1
08-02-2007 at 11:02 PM
On [CPUs] What price should i charge for these part (in CDN$)
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newegg sells roughly those parts for US$240 but for $240 someone could buy a much better set of HW, especially since DDR costs more than DDR [...]
    kevinali 2 220 qwertycopt​er
08-02-2007 at 04:07 PM
On   [CPUs] THGC Needs You -Team 40051
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SMP 2609 Choking on work units? Has anyone seen this? (0/492/0) I've gotten this WU twice and both times it dies before first checkpoint and [...]
45   Flinx 2204 133997 cunninglin​guist
11-11-2008 at 09:48 PM
On [CPUs] Q6600 more future-proof than E6850?
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You could also just buy a cheap processor like an Allendale for $90-120 and overclock it to close to a 6850, then take your remaining $200 a [...]
    BigMack70 24 1328 YO_KID37
08-01-2007 at 11:42 PM
On [Network Interface Cards] Cat5e cable running 125 feet affecting internet speed?
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It also depends on how permanent you want this to be. Directly burying plain old ethernet cable might run into problems with moisture, and w [...]
    iggystooge 15 2449 Liquidx
07-06-2007 at 08:13 PM
On [CPUs] Radical CPU coolers from CoolIT
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Have you calibrated your temp sensors? 4C sounds a bit too cold for a processor with anything short of phase change cooling. That's 39F on t [...]
2   bgerber 61 6201 darklife41
07-06-2007 at 11:00 AM
On [CPUs] Semiconductor Production 101
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An excellent article! Good coverage of the topic, written so that it can be understood by an audience with novice and intermediate technical [...]
2   pschmid 65 6215 CousinVinn​ie
05-07-2007 at 09:46 PM
On [CPUs] DaNews: Sun & AMD, Gigabyte quits, Intel Confrims China
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And production plants get China what? Apart from saving intel shipping costs and allowing cheap access to labor, China is not gaining en [...]
    DaSickNinj​a 24 1199 Insane_Man​iac
03-28-2007 at 10:49 PM
On [CPUs] What's next after Barcelona
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All 45nm and smaller will require materials like High-K, which is why IBM and intel partnered to develop the technology several years ag [...]
    chiefwonk 24 2622 I_Love_Tac​os
03-22-2007 at 01:16 AM
On [CPUs] help
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#1 - The small amount of unused space on your HD could be a few things: - Error in previous repartitioning - Compaq/HP 'hidden' system p [...]
    mtlndg 1 253 mr_fnord
03-15-2007 at 03:06 PM
On [CPUs] conroe fsb:dram ratio
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at stock 266Mhz: 1:1 = DDR2-533 2:3 = DDR2-800 With an e4x00 series @ stock 200Mhz: 1:1 = DDR2-400 3:4 = DDR2-533 2:3 = DDR2-600 [...]
    chrone 6 852 chrone
03-16-2007 at 07:25 PM
On [CPUs] Quadcore vs Single core on compiling software faster
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Are you using a multithreaded compiler? How are your library dependencies structured? If you happen to have a multithreaded compiler, and yo [...]
    badger1011​01 8 855 MU_Enginee​r
03-07-2007 at 01:48 AM
On [CPUs] Sound from my processor!!!
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Are you absolutely sure the sound is not from something like the MB vibrating, or a loose screw/cable touching the case/MB/component and hum [...]
    hallubaloo​za 5 408 hallubaloo​za
03-06-2007 at 12:49 AM
On [CPUs] I am the latest victim....
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'Q Clearance' is only for DOE access to nuclear projects. Investors/business owners don't need any security clearances, they just can't have [...]
    gr8Mikey 30 2118 gr8Mikey
03-05-2007 at 09:33 PM
On [CPUs] Recommendations on a budget build, please
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Like everyone else is saying, there doesn't appear to be an eminent need for her to upgrade, other than maybe the HD. If you are going to go [...]
    Toolman55 7 571 joefriday
03-01-2007 at 10:28 PM
On [CPUs] Intel processor price dropped already
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What the hell makes you dislike 800FSB? The QX6700 suffers no bottlenecking and that's on a slightly faster 1066FSB and probably wouldn' [...]
    qcmadness 8 1183 ragekage18
02-28-2007 at 09:52 PM
On [CPUs] e6400 or lower?
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Where? If you read the thread, you'll see that there are no guidelines for each tier, just 'gut feeling'. Yeay for you. Not sayi [...]
    Colt 20 931 zenmaster
02-27-2007 at 10:38 PM
On [CPUs] dropping older ddr2-400 into Allendale e4300
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An e6300 runs at 266Mhz system bus 'quad pumped' to a marketing label of '1066 FSB', so a 1:1 memory ratio with DDR2 memory, ie 'DDR2-533' i [...]
    vois2 15 660 DaSickNinj​a
02-16-2007 at 09:31 PM
On [CPUs] How to use more CPUs?!
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What do you think you're going to be doing to make use of a distributed cluster? There are only a few types of applications that can make us [...]
    m25 4 448 m25
02-16-2007 at 07:44 PM
On [CPUs] Since the tech gurus are here...
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What RAM is running at Ghz? There are doublepumped busses and such, but the RAM is running from 400-900 Mhz, and it is very expensive to [...]
    PMR 19 868 Pippero
02-23-2007 at 05:03 PM
On [CPUs] Core 2 Duo 6400 System VS AMD 939 3700+
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Everything I've seen says an overclocked e63/6400 runs circles around every other processor. The e6300 and e6400 can be overclocked past the [...]
    snyderm 12 1213 jsc
02-15-2007 at 05:39 PM
On [CPUs] AMD 5200 ...part 2 (lol)
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Depending on the benchmark you're interested in, the 5200 isn't far from the e6300
    kamran5461 13 919 kamran5461
02-14-2007 at 08:55 PM
On [CPUs] Does L3 really count this much?!
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In the immortal words of Jimi Hendrix, "blah, blah woof, woof." Quit posting unrelated spam and you won't get any more awar [...]
    m25 44 3226 qcmadness
02-09-2007 at 09:51 AM
On [CPUs] wat is da difference b/w e6300 and xeon 3040?
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Like everyone else said, there probably won't be much difference in performance. It does cost $20 more. As far as cost in the next couple of [...]
    waleedhk 27 1585 SuperFly03
02-03-2007 at 06:35 AM
On [CPUs] Which CPU?
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Current Woodcrest Xeons steadily outperform Opterons, and quad core gives you roughly double the multithread performance per socket. [ur [...]
    oldman54 4 583 oldman54
02-01-2007 at 10:19 AM
On [CPUs] XtremeSystems shows a pic of Barcelona
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You posted flamebait and it degenerated to name-calling in 2 posts, so I thought I would poke fun at your name-calling. I think most [...]
3   BaronMatri​x 101 7521 CaptRobert​April
02-03-2007 at 11:13 AM
On [CPUs] Lost Circuits predicts 35W TDP for Penryn
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All of the articles coming out about IBM/Intel high-k metal transistors say power consumption decreases by 10x in off state and 1.5-2x in on [...]
    wickedmons​ter 7 707 epsilon84
01-30-2007 at 03:35 AM
On [CPUs] The Intel Bias In the Forum
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9 Months ago there was a definite AMD bias. This is a performance/enthusiast board, so lots of viable options get negative responses because [...]
4   halbhh 175 8880 Jake_Barne​s
01-24-2007 at 07:34 PM
On closed [CPUs] Intel releases new cheaper quad, AMD aims low-k 45nm
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AMD tried to innovate and the K5 was late, hot, and slow. Intel doesn't have some magical brain trust, they have an R&D budget bigger th [...]
    m25 23 3075 turpit
12-30-2007 at 09:11 PM
On [CPUs] Where are those Athlon 64 X2 CPUs 65 nm?
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 		    valos 26 2676 MU_Enginee​r
12-12-2006 at 04:13 PM
On [CPUs] IBM ChipKill(tm) - How cool is this ?
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No it would not be fair. Open Word, or Adobe, or any application. A 30K Word or PDF gets allocated 30-100MB. That's about .1%-.03% utilizati [...]
    TabrisDark​Peace 20 2511 TabrisDark​Peace
12-12-2006 at 11:39 AM
On [CPUs] Quad-Core Xeon Clovertown Rolls Into DP Servers
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Most of these benchmarks don't do the Xeon 53xx series justice. These processors will probably be used for desktop rendering and the like, b [...]
    pschmid 25 4643 ImpliedCon​sent
12-29-2006 at 05:48 PM
On [CPUs] Core Duo to Core 2 Duo
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That's nothing a little persistence and a blowtorch won't fix.
    Romo 18 1090 apt403
11-30-2006 at 01:14 AM
On [CPUs] Cheap hardware for all ;)
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Meh. You pay more for everything so why should computer parts be any different? Scotch costs more in Scotland than in the US, ditto for beer [...]
    TabrisDark​Peace 20 1829 killmess
12-04-2006 at 04:13 AM
On [CPUs] AMD K6 vs. P3
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It really depends on the metric. The P3 might come close to 3x the performance in synthetic benchmarks and very processor intensive tasks li [...]
2   alphaa10 55 4108 TabrisDark​Peace
11-25-2006 at 11:22 AM
On [CPUs] Interesting picture from an old chip
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386SX meant a 16 bit interface with a 32 bit chip, a way to have a 32 bit 386 dropped into a 16 bit mobo without massive redesign. 486SX is [...]
    Pete4r 16 1529 bridonca
11-20-2006 at 07:54 PM
On [CPUs] AMD x2 or Duo Core
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What are you going to do with this computer? 3D games? General office applications? Anything specific like AutoCAD or video editing? Do y [...]
    malka 25 1735 zjohnr
11-17-2006 at 11:17 PM
On [CPUs] Newbie question - FSB multi and dividers
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Options on these different speeds depends on the motherboard. If you read the recent review of 965 mobos <<>> you'll see that 'l [...]
    p3matty 4 558 mr_fnord
11-16-2006 at 03:24 PM
On [CPUs] Is EIST safe to use?
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For general use and power consumption it is fine. There is a slight delay (I've heard 30-100 microseconds) for the processor to step, and I [...]
    AKJ 10 534 Doughbuy
11-16-2006 at 04:53 PM
On [CPUs] Intel's 35 years of chip design
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Them's not die shots, the older images are of masks.
    exit2dos 9 1112 Derek2006
11-16-2006 at 02:33 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Beyond Brisbane-"Stars&quo t; Processors
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Higher latencies and more complex silicon for little gain with a shared L2 is my guess. The shared L3 helps alleviate MC load more than anyt [...]
    Parrot 14 1500 joset
11-16-2006 at 04:00 AM
On [CPUs] (windows) explorer.exe uses 100% CPU
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Put some RAM in that thing. If it's swapping while trying to access hundreds of megs of images, it will slow it down even more. Like the pre [...]
    RGR 14 2368 dean7
11-16-2006 at 10:22 PM
On [CPUs] AMD fanboy writes the weekely CPU price/performance charts!
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You got a link? I don't see the article. Also, I don't know what the article meant by value, but I'd like to know what Intel has that is [...]
    adonlude 48 3952 almerac
11-14-2006 at 11:10 PM
On [CPUs] Weird CPU or memory problem
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Is this still under warrantee? The misreported system properties is bizarre. Do you have non-stock RAM? Do you have a non-Dell video car [...]
    Damage_Inc 17 1099 theaxemast​er
11-28-2006 at 09:03 PM
On [CPUs] Is thin layer of silver / gold a better heat conductor?
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The other advantage of gold, and the reason it is used for contacts for every connector in a PC, is that it bonds to itself. Gold bars liter [...]
    stackoverf​low 35 2152 chocobocor​ey
11-11-2006 at 09:30 AM
On [CPUs] Valve goes multicore
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You missed the most important part of the article! The picture of the guns: http://media.arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/valve-multic [...]
2   exit2dos 57 4631 Dade_0182
11-15-2006 at 05:53 AM
On [CPUs] looking for comparison of old and new processors
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How old and what benchmarks? Descriptions up to about 2002: I thought Tom's CPU Charts had older models, they must roll off the old [...]
    justasteff​y 6 800 kmjohnso
11-03-2006 at 09:58 PM
On [CPUs] AM2 35W - myth or legend?
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Why would Opti's get 35W CPUs? Even the SFFs were shipping with 100W P4's, so a 45W or higher CPU would be fine in them. Also, Opti's aren't [...]
2   jav 60 4678 evilr00t
11-06-2006 at 12:30 AM
On [CPUs] AMD "Fusion" - My Opinions
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I really don't think that AAMTDI would undertake a plan to double the die size for a combined product with no benefit other than a single ch [...]
    qcmadness 28 1951 Frozen_Fal​lout
11-02-2006 at 11:13 PM
On [CPUs] What do the 360 processor specs translate into?
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Cell is based on PowerPC architecture, 1 controller core and 8 processoor cores, all PowerPC derived. For things like vector processing, mat [...]
2   SirGrotius 67 6038 uber_g
11-16-2006 at 04:13 PM
On [CPUs] New CPU! Win XP on 1.91Mhz!!! This is not a misprint!
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Link: eh.
2   Ponk 70 6967 EnFoRceR22
11-04-2006 at 06:11 AM
On [CPUs] How Hard is it to do an AMD ATHLON 64 X4?
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THIS HARD!
    AKIRA972 16 1269 MU_Enginee​r
11-02-2006 at 04:35 AM
On [CPUs] Dell speaks out over AMD 'shortages'
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I understand what you're saying here, but I think that workstation and PC usage varies too much and changes too often to justify designi [...]
    m25 37 4481 mr_fnord
10-20-2006 at 04:16 PM
On [CPUs] Multi-Core Question
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Most likely minimum requirements will be changing over the next few years from Ghz to cores and Ghz. Most of today's non-server software is [...]
    Famia 6 1041 choirbass
10-18-2006 at 05:46 PM
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