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On [CPUs] Intel Skulltrail Part 1 - Feeling the Power of 8 Cores
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Do you think you need medical prescription to order one of these?
2   muk 53 1846 Shadow7037​93
05-28-2008 at 02:36 AM
On [CPUs] Can Water push Yorkfield to 5 GHz?
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Multitasking anyone? What happened to multitask testing? How does a given system compare to another if certain applications might be running [...]
    Muk 20 1004 MrCommunis​tGen
12-14-2007 at 07:55 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Dead comp, need advice
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Replacing the motherboard or the cpu at this stage should be useless unless you can get one for free. You ain't using sdram, are you? Probab [...]
    Malodium 19 478 onestar
10-29-2007 at 03:11 PM
On [CPUs] Parallel Processing, Part 2: RAM and HDD > Dual core S754 possible?
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AMD and it's IMC make it impossible to be dual channel and still s754, while Intel s478 has dual channel and even DDR2 capabilities, but sti [...]
    braitBR 7 330 braitBR
10-18-2007 at 10:07 PM
On [CPUs] Q6600 too hot for just being out of the box?
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My cpu runs on 50 C idle in summer and 35-40 C idle in winter. It runs on 65-70 C on load whenever, and can go on 75 C in a combination of s [...]
    mcavey 15 1041 Grimmy
10-20-2007 at 06:50 AM
On [CPUs] Check this build out!
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How long are you planning of keeping your system? If you are to upgrade or get a new system soon enough, go for what you got. Else, go for t [...]
    NightScope 8 356 NightScope
10-18-2007 at 10:44 PM
On [CPUs] FCC Hinders IBM Dominance Over Intel/AMD
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Isn't it all about answering to x86 commands issued by OS and software? If IBM added basic x86 instruction set to the cpu, the rest of the c [...]
    sedaine 14 664 justinmcg6​7
10-08-2007 at 12:44 PM
On [CPUs] Barcelona's non_rate SPEC benchies
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Where did you get these? I know, the link at the top of the post, but that's something everybody could have posted!
    yomamafor1 12 916 yomamafor1
10-08-2007 at 05:47 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Plans to Slash Pricing of Dual-Core Chips Shortly
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I will be having a lot of fun myself. I generally upgrade with a 300 $ CPU, 200$ GPU, 100$ RAM and 150$ Board when the next hop offers me at [...]
2   Maziar 61 3648 onestar
10-11-2007 at 02:12 AM
On [CPUs] Will the QX9650 be the top 775 chip?
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Yes, they will. 775 is wider used than 478, and yet 478 got prescott processors. People will have the chance to gradually move from 775, els [...]
    p3matty 3 694 virtualban
10-06-2007 at 10:30 AM
On [CPUs] QX9650 @ 5.6Ghz
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Well, it is easier to make a 8 core thing of one piece (and the 80 core is on it's way) than the 6 GHz. Software better follow suit, because [...]
    Scarchunk 21 2467 turpit
10-09-2007 at 04:52 AM
On [CPUs] New Build 6850 Not Booting
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You don't have by any chance a way to test the components individually... My guess would be the mobo, although just power incompatibilities [...]
    maxboost91​6 15 489 maxboost91​6
10-08-2007 at 08:30 AM
On [CPUs] Q6600 Go @ £171 or AMD X2 6000+ @ £110 ??
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Overclocking wise, that's why the mentioning of air cooling, else everything has air cooling. Anyway, even without the OC, the C2Q is [...]
    abarrett 29 1602 dragonspra​yer
12-12-2007 at 09:34 PM
On [CPUs] Noob needs help...urgent!
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I'd say if you can afford it, then go for it. It may be not the best balance price/performance, but surely it will keep you from upgrading a [...]
    guptanator 3 286 chadsxe
09-17-2007 at 12:20 PM
On [CPUs] Core 2 Duo E6600 vs AMD 5200+
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Once I read ad THG that if you post anything similar to AMD or Intel in any forum you could start a flame war. At the time Intel was still w [...]
    Apache_liv​es 21 5473 Hex
02-26-2007 at 05:04 AM
On [CPUs] octo core 8 duo, quad 8950gx2 sli nothing compared to this!
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Um....There good for starting fires. If you burn newspaper nobody will care, but if you burn a comptuer many people will cry tears of bl [...]
    KnowsItAll 35 3236 Apache_liv​es
02-23-2007 at 09:18 AM
On [Other Components] S.M.A.R.T monitoring failure/Maxtor Hard Drive
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I would use that hard-drive to boot up systems that are connected to a perfectly safe file server which holds up ghost images for the case o [...]
    Geeky 3 687 virtualban
02-22-2007 at 02:07 PM
On [Other Components] "Free" Mice?
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Actually, on second thought, it is a great idea (or accident leading to idea) for publicity. If there aren't too many who do that, it catche [...]
    djplanet 5 282 ferrazf
03-01-2007 at 02:47 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] A PSU for both old and new systems
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And if you smell burning components, it could be either the board, or the processor, or the RAM, or the graphics, or the HDD controller, or [...]
    jamwithash 2 298 virtualban
02-22-2007 at 01:19 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Challenging PSU situation, you guys are smart...
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Even if you find that kind of PSU, do keep in mind that you might need major replacements soon... you know, HDD's for example are susceptibl [...]
    bobloadmir​e 25 1224 bobloadmir​e
02-26-2007 at 08:56 PM
On [CPUs] New build, first build: your thoughts.
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Great setup. On first eyeing, I'd say more to CPU and less to the GPU, but the 8800 is really something. Anyway, if you're planning to upgr [...]
    supremebob 12 593 virtualban
02-22-2007 at 12:25 PM
On [CPUs] CPU Fan Stops
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Wait, I know this one, it has happened to a computer before. The cpu fan was connected to the chasis fan outlet of the board. I spare you th [...]
    zman0023 5 607 I
02-22-2007 at 01:15 PM
On [CPUs] Replace CPU with the exact same one!!!
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If I don't ask, then I just supose... you overclocked it till it now rests in peace :)
    yrusoad 14 1523 yrusoad
02-26-2007 at 01:35 AM
On [CPUs] NTLDR is missing?? what does this mean?
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[quote="verndewd"][quote="jhalf"]Or it could just mean that you need to go into bios and give your harddrive boot priori [...]
    Ladic 9 2001 virtualban
02-22-2007 at 11:03 AM
On [CPUs] Building a new computer
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Good choice too. I just happen to be impressed by the CUDA of Nvidia.
    Zman4700 6 615 RandMcNall​y
02-19-2007 at 08:37 PM
On [CPUs] CPU question!
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The games, C2D; The everything else and time resistent machine, C2Q;
    doubleu 7 452 virtualban
02-19-2007 at 11:20 AM
On [CPUs] do i need a new computer ?
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You asking here, means you don't really need more power. By the time you will need it, the necessity will tell you what to upgrade or if you [...]
    data-freak 3 709 1Tanker
02-19-2007 at 11:37 AM
On [CPUs] New Desktop (Please Help!)
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I Agree with this completely! By the time you REALLY will need more power, all components, including CPU will be cheaper and better, and o [...]
    potsofclay 8 902 HotFoot
02-21-2007 at 01:09 AM
On [CPUs] CPU problem?
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Anyway, the correct mode to set is DMA, Direct Memmory Access. It relieves the CPU from doing all the transfers and just strarting and monit [...]
    AceMathias 5 659 virtualban
02-19-2007 at 08:06 AM
On [CPUs] hey guyz is this really a problem.
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Which reminds me of an old episode of The Simpsons, in which Homer wanted to switch the owen to "cold" as he broke the fridge.
    akay 17 1157 baldeagle
02-22-2007 at 11:38 PM
On [CPUs] amd socket 754
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It would, and it won't stop you from playing, whatever you decide. New games will be played probably good enough to attract you, but you kno [...]
    PJ101 13 941 schmide
02-18-2007 at 11:08 AM
On [CPUs] Xeon Quad versus Core2 Quad
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Someone told me once that despite having the same instruction set, xeons have lower FPU abilities on similar speeds to their desktop counter [...]
    Cliffordth​eRed 5 944 dragonspra​yer
02-17-2007 at 09:09 PM
On [CPUs] upgrade advice.
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Considering what you were upgrading from the first time, I'd say don't upgrade anything :) If it is necessary, the necessity will show you w [...]
    dmacfour 3 420 virtualban
02-17-2007 at 03:04 PM

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