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    I7 safe voltage and temps

    Hyper threading is enabled, i know it makes extra heat but it apparantly helps alot i have turbo mode on and it seems to affect all 4 cores not just 1. i checked in cpuz and it shows all 4 cores getting bumped to *21 multi. from what ive read it should just affect 1 core? so 172 *21 = 3612 mhz...
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    I7 safe voltage and temps

    Hey, i recently went to an i7 920 system and am currently trying to get 3.6ghz stable. my bios settings are v-core 1.375v (cpuz at idle reads 1.36v and load 1.344v) QPI/VTT is set at 3.2v IOH voltage is currently set to auto because im still not sure what that does? :confused: if...
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    Gigabyte X58 extreme or other suggestions

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    Gigabyte X58 extreme or other suggestions

    wouldn't it make more seance for it to run in x16 x8 x8? or does it have 8 dedicated lanes for the last one?
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    Gigabyte X58 extreme or other suggestions

    ah ok, fair enough. well after reading some more reviews i ordered myself an i7 920 cpu gigabyte x58 extreme motherboard and a tripple channel kit of ddr3 1600 G.skill one thing im more wondering about than worried can someone tell me if the x58 extreme has the nf200 bridge chip on it, people...
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    Gigabyte X58 extreme or other suggestions

    well as i said i have never seen or used a Dfi board in person. but i thought they were made for lan computers and were more compact ?
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    Gigabyte X58 extreme or other suggestions

    i would rather avoid e-vga, i work as a technician at a retail OEM builder, we deal with gigabyte on a regular basis, besides the fact that because im buying from our suppliers, any warranty goes directly through them not the manufacturer. in my work i have found that i have sent far less...
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    Gigabyte X58 extreme or other suggestions

    I will shortly be updating my memory, motherboard and CPU moving to an i7 rig. i am considering the GA-X58 extreme, because im sick of Asus and being in the industry i know how many high end Asus motherboards we get in RA, and the cooling and some of the feature set on the top Asus x58 seem...
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    Poor Performance with 2x 4870 in Fallout3

    ensure catalyst AI is on and set to standard. :) also in your sig u indicate you have a ds4? do u mean the p45 or p35? *update* my bad ur using amd cpu
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    Antec Signiture 850w

    i am leaning towards getting this power supply to replace my 650w cooler master mainly due to seeing my 12v rail dropping to 11.15v under load. would the Antec 850w signature be a good choice and are there any good alternatives i should consider (do not want the quattro line due to noisy...
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    XP & VISTA 64 Dualboot no worky. Any help?

    Hey, i have run into similar problems in the past, try booting off your XP home CD, go into the recovery console and type fixmbr. this should get you back into xp fine BUT it will stop you from being able to boot vista, after you get xp working load up your vista CD and go into the...
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    4870 Crossfire Problem

    I'm not sure if anyone still looks at this thread, but i thought i should post as i originally experienced many of the issues pointed out in this thread and have managed to solve most of them, and it may help people who have similar issues and stop people who stumble on this thread becoming...
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    E8500 stock voltage?

    thx
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    e8400 on stock cooler

    I love the zalman cnps 9700NT have had good experiances with it, good all round cooler, was kinda pricy tho. keeps my cpu nice and cool (see sig)
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    E8500 stock voltage?

    Can anyone tell me what the stock voltage of the E0 revision E8500's are? :confused: Cant seem to find any numbers on intel's data sheet.
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