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Hi all, i had an ancient system I put together from '06, still been using it (Q6600 @3.2..4gig ram and 8800GT, in a sonata III 500w case).... i didnt spend more on a PSU so its just the default 500W.... Now I'm finally done with grad school and have some free time before moving to Boston for...

just saw a very similar thread regarding the 8800GT upgrade...i'm in the same boat, however, i only have a samsung 19' screen which is only at 1440 x 900... and a 500w PS that came with the sunbeam sonata case, runnin on a 3.0ghz Q6600...

Anyone got Mythos invites left ? this morning i deleted Diablo2 & LOD expansion off my HDD, snapped the Play CD in half, in an effort to break my addiction.... now i need a substitute fix.... will PM my valid CD keys for D2 & LOD expansion..... Thx

Guys, on my DS3L, in bios i set my Q6600 to 1.35V to be stable for a 3.2ghz OC.....however, when its idle, under CPU-Z, instead of the 1.35V that was set in bios menu, i see its actually 1.280 idle, and under load prime95, w/ the Vdroop, it drops to 1.248...thats like almost 0.1 V lower than...

Guys, i've followed the OC guide and got my Q6600 stable at 3.2ghz (356x9)...however, anything higher (367x9 or 3.4 3.5+ghz), no matter how much vcore i give it, windows vista just BSODs sometimes during prime95 runs, after booting into vista or right as vista loads...my memory is kept at...

Guys, i'm currently using Linksys' WUSB300N.....wirless N usb adapter....on a WRT54Gx2 router from linksys..... on vista, i get the stuttering problem using linksys's driver....this was fixed by marvell's driver update via windows auto-update....which was suggested during a search on...

Guys, i've lapped my U120-E & Q6600's IHS ...with 150, 400, 800 grits of sand paper...for the CPU i did dry sanding.... at 3.2ghz, 356x9, 1.375v....used zalman's STG1 thermal grease, which i followed the manufacturer's instruction of putting a coat on HS & another on CPU.....my idle temp is like...

Hi guys, i did a search on google as well as here....didnt find the answer... after OC my Q6600 to 3.2ghz, it was stable o/n at 1.4v....i'm tryin to lower bit by bit....now when its around 1.375 or so,..after 3hrs into prime 95... an error message pops up in vista "PRIME95 has stopped...

Guys, i lookin through the stickies on OC a few times.......so i know that FSB x CPU muliplier = CPU speed..... and FSB & DDR2 memory multiplier affect the max speed of the RAM......one thing i dont understand is this..... as you "loosen" the RAM to 5-5-5-15 & OC the CPU and give it more...

sry , found info in sticky :/

Hi guys....speedfan 4.33 ( which is supposedly accurate for Q6600 right? ) shows the following temp in prime95.... temp1 34 temp2 44 temp3 -2 HDD 28 core 1 36 core 2 37 core 3 32 core 4 32 this is a G0 NON-OC'd Q6600.....should i lap the CPU & U120 extreme before...

Guys, over the weekend i finally put my CPU upgrade...from P4 2.4Ghz to Q6600...... its my first time putting together a system, was scary when i put on the 120 ultra extreme on the CPU and fitting all that stuff inside the case.... :D After installing Vista 64x enterprise, i noticed that...

guys, i'm a noob at system building...last one i build was almost 10yrs ago....right now i'm putting together a Q6600 system, with the advice of the helpful folks on the board, im trying to fit a SFF21F scythe onto the 120 extreme HS for my CPU.....now the problem is that, on the mobo ( gigabyte...

Hi guys, i'm putting together a Q6600 system soon....i have 2 legit copies of windows.... one is Windows XP Profession, the other is Windows Vista 64x Enterprise 64bit..... which one do you guys will be better for my system ? it has a 8800GT (512mb ram) and a 4gig RAM.... can i install office...

Guys, my current setup with which i play TF2 is : DELL box :D w/ P4 2.4Ghz.. 1.5gig ram... ATI 850XT, some 80gig hd & etc.... havnt build anything intel since college...now i'm in grad school doing a PhD in neurosci...havnt followed the [H] forum in a long long time....was wondering whats...