Recent content by basso4735

Thats all I'm saying. Right now, not many games can benefit for 2 more cores. Also, dual cores o/c a lot better than quads. A lot of people are running up to 4.5ghz for daily use now.

and how many games actually can utilize all 4 cores do you know of?

Dual cores are better for gaming than quads. The E8600 that just came out would probably be the best bet.

Even though I agree the q6600 is a great chip, I love mine, those temps cant be right for all 4 cores under load. Even with watercooling.

credit card, or anything plastic and smooth with a think edge seems to work.

you might have higher ambient temps? or he has a better heatsink?

I have the same setup as you, q6600 and p5q pro, and I use the xigmatek hdt-s1283. It's pretty good, but supposedly the ocz vendetta 2 is a few hairs cooler.

yup mine are pretty much the same, a little higher due to my 78-80f ambient.

good luck deciding which is right, because none of them are 100% right.

I cant get this to work on 32bit vista. Says I need to be on an admin account and the driver wont load. I am on an administrative account though. Any ideas? Edit: got it working. :)

I didnt use the adhesive, I just left the paper on it.

thats how.

the standoffs are brass, and come with the case. i have the same case. They go underneath the motherboard, then the motherboard gets screwed into the standoffs.

Look in the bottom right hand corner.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179044&highlight=real+temp