Recent content by danatmason

I had thought that for gaming a creative x-fi card would be better. The xonar has to emulate eax 5.0 effects - the reviews I read said this could cause the crackle/pop noises you're experiencing, depending on the game. Also, since it was an open box item from the egg, it could have been...

And yes, OC'ing this processor should not be motherboard limited. However, considering the lack of results that myself and others have reported using this model, there's little else to blame. BTW, I have a Cooler Master Hyper TX-2 slapped on it (only because it was recommended by this site)...

I have the same mobo and proc combo as you and I can't get it past 3 ghz @ stock volts either. I've tried adjusting just the multiplier, the multiplier and the cpu clock, and just the clock, using anywhere from 1.35 to 1.5 volts, but still can't get past 3. However, I owned a 4000+ before this...

On the Arctic Silver topic, I believe that it's 300 total hours to set in, including the time that the computer is off. Check out the product descriptions on NewEgg - the paste needs the whole turning on/off process to "break in" correctly.

I've been waiting for an article like this! Great to have figures to back up the idea of a cpu bottleneck. I tried to pair an 8800GT with an Athlon x2 4000+ at stock speed and I was HUGELY disappointed. But with a quick OC of the processor, I'm sitting happy! So I imagine those results scale...

I just did a build like this a bit over a month ago. Unfortunately, I went with an Athlon x2 4000+ which, even overclocked, can't come close to the Pentium Dual Core OC'ed. The case and power supply combination presented here is an excellent value - I chose the same power supply with a...

if the idea is to get the highest cpu clock speed then it won't matter whether you adjust the "fsb" or the cpu multiplier. faster "fsb" could stress your motherboard and your components more than you like, especially if you don't have locks on the pci bus and pci express speed. but if...

im trying to revive this thread also as i want to pair a 9600 with my ga-m57sli-s4. i'm not too worried about the performance impact - htt speeds and ddr2 1066 ram will result in a minimal increase compared to what 4 cores may do for certain apps. also, from what i've read, the tlb erratum...

non-BE can go down, not up. Right now though, the 5000BE is a pretty good deal if you already have a hsf. if you really want the 6400 (which eats more power @ probably the same speed you'll get out of the 5000), check for a BIOS update for your board. another site just had an article up about...

I think for the 90nm x2's the max is low to mid 60's. The 65nm x2's can go as high as 72, but you really shouldn't be getting close to that. Are you using the stock hsf? After-market cooling really can make a difference - check out tom's hardware reviews of cpu coolers, I picked up the cooler...

hey, assuming you're using the default settings for 3dmark, that score looks about right. I had that card w/athlon x2 4000+ oc'd to 2625 mhz and 2GB of DDR2800 and I got around that as well. If you have the 8600gt with GDDR3 memory, you can overclock like crazy and get scores in the mid to...