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Check your FSB:RAM ratio and see if the RAM Frequency reach too high value or not. Also, make sure your ram isn't being clocked past its limit as you raise the FSB.. what does that mean exactly? Also not sure about raising MCH voltage yet. Going to google for other people's setups with...

Hey, I got a gigabyte p-35 ds3l board and a e2160 intel cpu. Right now the processing speed is at the default of 1800mhz. But it varies from 1200mhz to 1800mhz. And I got a xigatech heatsink. Anyways I tried overclocking in the past but unfortunately like i got to 2.4ghz than 3.0ghz...

btw do you know if you have to put on new thermal paste after taking off a heatsink? And clean the old stuff off? I just want to make a minor adjustment to how the mobo is seated.

oh .. lol how stupid of me. I'll leave it alone than. Thanks for the suggestion

Hi I need to remove my xigmatek heatsink. The one I got is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003 It should unscrew from the front but the backing plate is what concerns me. When you remove it, it's supposed to leave a sticky mess. How do I clean that or can I just...

anyone selling a laptop that is at a decent speed like 2.6ghz single core..or a dual core pc.. and a decent graphics chip to play like counterstrike at good framerate.. And good battery life? Seems like its hard to find deals for under $300 here that meet this description

here are some choices i was looking into with listed video card or graphics controller next to it. Most are dual core too. Of course the sales are over now but I'm assuming could probably these systems again for a similar price point. Only been looking at the hp and compaq's so far, going to...

I've looking to spend around $200 or so.. well I guess my spending range max would hover at the most in the $250 to almost $300 range. But I'd hoping to spend no more than $200 or $220. Anyways been checking out ebay for some good laptop deals and seems like a decent amount of choice. But...

i've been thinking about getting a new camera and i've seen some low prices recently but i can't decide on which camera is best out of these 3. Please give me some advice on this, here are the choices. I posted the links down below. I'm leaning more towards the last 2, the fuji one might even...

hey reporting back after getting all the parts. Okay everything is setup and i see the bios screen and other screens. One problem though. Well maybe 2. One is i'm using this ide hd and an ide cdrom. Anyways it won't load up with the hd into windows. Okay not that big of a deal, maybe the...

ok going to go with the gigabyte board

in one of the reviews for the gigabyte tho, it said the manual said a 500watt psu is recommended, i only have like a 380 or a 400watt one, something like that. So a bit hesitant now about getting the gigabyte one until i can read some more reviews. Hmmmm, don't think it'll be a problem though...

hey need help on one last thing, still deciding between these 2 mobos. Both are good which makes it hard to choose one over the other: Foxconn A74MX-K AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

i already sent one guy money for the 3800+ chip and i don't want a processor like that involved in my next setup. Besides if anything i'd focus on overclocking the cpu i got now, rather than upgrading. I got to 3ghz before but ran into trouble with the voltages, think i had to raise it more or...

okay, was really interested in getting the foxconn board and i mean it's still a very nice board but, a lot of people keep saying it's not a gamers board and doesn't really support cpu's above 95watts. I don't care about the cpu thing that much though, but don't understand about it not being a...

hmm this sizzlemeister guy still hasn't responded. Think i'm just going to go with the foxconn board. First i was planning on saving money on the mobo and buying a cheap pci-e card, but now thinking i can get by with integrated graphics and use money in the future for a real good pci-e card...

i got the system listed in my sig actually. Kinda regret not going with an amd system though, as they have so many awesome cheap dual core options to choose from. And athlon 64 3400+ is my dad's computer. Truthfully though was thinking of ditching this computer and spending a bit more money...

have a quick question though. Should i get the AM2 ECS board, even though i read that ram voltage doesn't go higher than 1.8v and i heard it's hard to get ram running at faster than 667 speeds. Or should i get the foxconn, probably would be $30 more tho. And how would the nforce4 chipset...

oh i screwed up there (smacks head). Didn't notice where it showed it found his name at the top left. Just saw it say 0 items found. k working out details with him, and waiting for another response from t_ski. Thanks to all who took the time to find some deals, i appreciate it.

Hopefully i can get the sempron 3800, just waiting for pm. Otherwise i'll buy from guy off ebay although have to also buy a heatsink ;\. But i have a question, would you feel comfortable buying used ram to save like $6-$7 off the retail price? Or would you buy it new. Same thing with the...

okay decided that i'm interested in getting an amd2 system. Think i'll buy the am2 mobo on newegg. But looking for a deal on a am2 cpu, like a amd athlon 64 x2 3800+ or higher i guess.

ya very good point. Think i'm almost set here, since i can get a good deal on an amd 3800, which means i can use a newer motherboard, and one that has integrated graphics so no worries yet about buying a pci-e card. Although i still could somewhere down the road. As well as upgrade the cpu if...

hi, gwarren, the 2nd link is dead but i guess i could search for others, but kinda a little hesitant about ordering 3 parts separately, at the most would only want to order 2 separately, but idk kinda sucks because if someone goes wrong with 1 of the parts i might not be able to figure out which...

motherboard is out of stock unfortunately, thanks for the ram link though Btw i don't get it, i used to be able to play unreal tournament on this old compaq presario that ran at 600mhz with 4mb of onboard video memory. And i'd run it at 50-60fps, at 640x480 resolution. That was like 7 years...

Okay could you help me make sense of these posts below than. This guy said the onboard graphics should be sufficient and mentioned about getting a socket 754 for amd, so kinda confused.. Maybe u meant onboard video not good enough for playing other games, and for that i was thinking of a...

hmmm interesting. Might not have to worry about having an outdated agp card or needing to get a pci-e compatible video card, except in the future since that mobo has onboard video. Does anyone know where i can find more information about different motherboards and series, and what companies...

i found this on ebay for $30. http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Athlon-64-X2-Dual-Core-3800-2-0GHz-ADA3800IAA5CU_W0QQitemZ260462575176QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca4c77e48&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 This is $10 more than the deal on here. So it's more expensive, but the guy selling it is...

thank you gwarren and wol-va-rine. Was kinda busy with a pet tragedy (dog had a heatstroke), so haven't looked that much since yesterday morning. I'll check up on some of these ideas and i have posted a WTB thread on the forum as well. Btw first link i got when i googled for sempron 2600+...

Was looking for a setup that'd be as fast as a amd 3400+ pc or faster, building it for a friend. But don't want to spend more than $80 and might be able to just use my old ram and just would need mobo/cpu. I got an agp radeon 9800 pro card i can use and a powersupply/monitor/keyboard/mouse...

is there any criteria that i should go by when deciding if person is trustworthy tho? Would have to check other posts they made or something? :o i'll start checking that forum now, tho

ahhh, That'd be like $50 overboard. I already bought him a gaming system a few months back, and i just can't be spending all that money as i'll need it for some other things. But maybe i can work something out for that, idk. What makes it safe to buy on these forums though? I know ebay has...

well i was browsing a lot and added a lot of items to my watched list. You can view it here if you want: http://www.speedyshare.com/170156397.html There was this one amd 3200+ deal that ended (with no bids though), that i missed out on, was ending too fast and i didn't checkout the other...

he mostly plays unreal tournament. And i don't want to spend more than $80 because i mean already got a decent enough video card to handle the graphics, just need a pc close to 2ghz or more i guess. But he was saying he wants a computer as fast as this other pc we have in the house, that's an...

I'm trying to build a computer for my nephew. I have spare 400watts psu, 256mb of pc-3200 ram. And another stick but idk if both will work. And have a 9800 radeon pro, or 9600 pro i could use for a video card. Also have a spare monitor (lcd), and mouse, keyboard, and internet adapter. But i...

Only did it once today though and it's completely random, pc is usually idle. I have a earthwatts 430w powersupply Someone told me to just load fail safe defaults for bios and i also read that you could disable the automatically restart option, that's in the startup and recovery options...

wow so, my computer is still restarting sometimes. Even when it's back at 1.8ghz default speeds. Maybe i shouldn't have tried overclocking at all, or atleast beyond 2.4ghz (that's where i first overclocked).

Well my 3ghz overclock failed. Pc randomly shutdown twice in one day. Like the shutdown process was started. I guess i didn't stress test enough. But does this mean that it was just the overclock that failed? I know when it restarted the last time, when i tried starting it up right after...

i used 1/2 stress test and it passed, that good enough? Used only 768 ram or something. And i have 2gigs of ram. Earlier I overclocked my e2160 from 2.4ghz at 1.38v (system auto voltage), to 3ghz at 1.36-1.38v (system auto voltage), and wanted to test it :o Previously before seeing this...

hmmm should i just drop down like .01v at a time? Or should i be able to go down to like 1.35 or 1.34 with np. I remember hearing someone say they hit 2.6ghz or 3ghz, and voltage was only at 1.31. I'm really thinking i'm way too high. Also i know you can set the northbridge voltage...

Okay i'm on a gigabyte ds3l mobo, and have a e2160 cpu being cooled by a xigamatech cooler. Temperatures are usually at 45-50c at mild load. Very pleased with this cooling because before i was on stock cooling with push pins barely on, and had like 77c+ temperatures ;O. Pc was at 1.8ghz but i...