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    P5Q-E AND Q9450 OC-3.9STABLE BEST BOARD EVER

    I'm running the same (but watercooled) as my encoding server. It's great. I haven't tested the limits yet though since my ddr2 800 ram is holding me back.
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    How much power do I need for a RAID 5?

    http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/ : "power supply calculator"
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    Unless you're looking to squeeze every last clock out of your processor, 8 phase power is plenty good. Asus still advertises 8 phase power in many of its boards. Honestly, if you're looking for extreme overclocks, you wouldn't be looking at a mid range board. I'm not saying you won't get...
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    8 phase will probably not hurt your overclocks much. Asus still advertises 8 phase power in some of its boards. 16 MIGHT be better, but I doubt you'll notice a difference. You're more likely to be affected by a good/bad batch of your board than the 2x power phase. I'd guess you might squeeze...
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    Seagate 1TB Serial ATA/300 32MB Buffer Retail HD $179.99 Frys online & B&M 5/17 Only!

    I'd have to suggest not to buy. Seagate customer service is HORRIBLE. I bought 4 400GB drives from them about a year ago for $100 a piece. I was tricked by the 5 year warrenty. I've now spent about 8 hours on the phone to their support in India talking with people that get lost in their...
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    Q9450 $299 via online at Microcenter

    Ordered mine week before last, popped it in last weekend and booted right up at 3.2Ghz. Had to raise the volts on my chipset, but I'm stable at 3.2 with just 1.2volts vcore right now. I managed to post at 3.9Ghz, but my poor p965 based P5b Deluxe can't handle the required FSB. Looks like I'll...
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    Q6600 + P35-DS4 + Geil 4GB DDR800 kit - overclocks well?

    Actually, doing other activities durring Prime makes your cpu work LESS, yes, that's right. It's because Prime95 will use 100% of each core it's running on, while other applications end up using extra cycles that may not be as intense as the cycles Prime95 runs. Don't believe me? Try turning...
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    Broken Fan

    No, just, no. You did yourself a favor though, there's a great selection of heatsinks out there which will keep your cpu significantly cooler, while running much quieter and with far superior mounting options than the stock Intel heatsink. Here's a few good options over a nice price range...
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    Clock speed scaling effect on video encoding?

    "get a real motherboard" I'm currently using that board on one of my machines, and it has no trouble with modest overclocks at all. It's based on the p35 chipset, and is a very good match for that processor. If you want to get significantly higher speeds out of that processor, you'll need to...
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    Sudden reboots during WoW on new q6600 rig

    delete me
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    Quad Q6600

    Yikes guys. Ok, when I said "XP can't handle 4GB of RAM" I meant, it cannot address a whole 4GB of RAM. Also, I'm quite certain that "poweraid" was not referring to MB of cache per die considering he said he "was gonna get 4 gb ram, but 2GB per die isnt very appealing to me..." Perhaps he...
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    Quad Q6600

    This isn't even how it works, cores don't get RAM, applications get RAM. Each executable should be able to use both cores (although, for now, many will only use one) regardless, RAM is something completely separate from cpu. Each process will use the RAM it needs, just like in single core...
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    Overclocking My 6320 or going to a stock 6550/6750?

    You should have no problem overclocking to around 3Ghz without producing any more heat than a P4 used to. If you have any interest in keeping your computer quiet, you will want to get a third party heatsink (if it's not included with your SSF case). Choose carefully so that the airflow from...
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    E6420 Overclock Thread

    Voltages of 1.5v and up are probably dangerous for this chip. I posted some wicked overclocks earlier using as high, but never more than 1.6v I now experience some cold boot issues with my chip. I would recommend 1.45 as an absolute maximum daily voltage, but 1.4 might be more safe. I am...
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    E6420 Overclock Thread

    You mention that your vcore is lower than stock (1.3v) however, CPU-z is known to report incorrect voltages for the E6420, can you show your voltage with speedfan or everest?
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