Recent content by j1dopeman

I ran the small FTT tests the other night and part of the day, it went for 18:40 without any errors. I started the large FTT last night and when i looked this morning it hadn't erred. If it's good when I get home I think that will be enough. I know some people run them for 24 hours but I use...

Ok, I decided to give it a try and I made 3.0 without changing any voltage. I'm very happy with this. The temps seem to be at about the max I want to go: Ambient - 26 (I think I was exaggerating with 33, but I can see it going to 29, 30) Prime 95 Load: CPU - 61 Core 1 - 65 Core 2 - 65 Core 3...

Hey, I replaced the stock cooler a while ago and planned to overclock but then procrastinated. I want to do it now, but looking at my temps they seem kind of high for stock speed. Here's what I've got: Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Intel Q6600 - G0 - 2.4ghz Gigabyte - GA-P35-DS4 Rev.2 Raidmax Smilodon...

The fortran has 36A total on both 12v rails, and is rated at 18A on each. So I think that's good enough. I thought watts were important though. As for the gpu, I wanted the extra memory because I'd like to use somewhat high resolution (1680x1050). I plan on using this for upcoming games like...

I'm building a new system, and I have a few questions. Here is what I'm leaning towards: cpu - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 gpu - 8800gts 640mb motherboard - MSI P6N SLI Platinum memory - PDC22G6400LLK hdd - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS optical - Sony NEC Optiarc 7170 SATA case - Raidmax...