There's a combo with this oem drive and a free sata cable, handy if you're just making the switch to sata. Free ship too.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.175854
if 3dmark thinks you have a p3 then it's probably not using anything passed SSE1. That might account for some difference. Have you reinstalled 3dmark after you changed drivers?
I'm looking for 2x2gb ddr3 1333/1600mhz. Preferably OCZ but any brand is ok. It's for a 775 system so voltage doesn't matter. Paypal ready, shipping to 97501. Thanks!
I'm looking to upgrade from an e5200 that can't make it passed 3ghz.
E7400, E7500, E7600, E8400, E8500 or E8600 would work great. Paypal ready or USPS MO. HSF definitely a plus.
I'm also looking for 2x2gb ddr3 1333/1600mhz.
Shipping to 97501
You shouldn't post this in the Intel forum, you'd just start another dual vs quad civil war. Most games available right now are GPU limited on a 3+ghz dual core. The trend right now is towards multi-threading, so I'd expect games to take advantage of more than 2 cores in the future. But right...
Do you see a load on all 4 or 8 cores when simulating? Have you tried prime95 or something similar and seen a load on all cores? Does either program use paged memory when it's running? You might not have a complex enough simulation to use all resources.
Let this thread gather a little more steam and get some similar complaints from other people, then ask them for another RMA. And make sure you include a link to this thread :)
RTFM! :D I kid you not. I had the same problem. If you're using 2 sticks, you need to put the ram in the 2 slots the farthest away from the cpu. The yellow and green slots. And if you're using 1 stick, it needs to be in the slot farthest from the cpu. That probably won't solve all your...
I've purchased 3 refurb abit motherboards from newegg, and haven't had a problem with any of them. I think the real question would be which manufacturers properly refurbish their motherbords? If I remember correctly, newegg buys refurbs from manufacturers.
If you can confidently say you're doing no overclocking and no multitasking, go for the fastest single core you can afford. But you already knew this...