Recent content by NVIDIAFTWGuy

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    LGA 775 BSEL Mod 1333MHZ -> 1600MHZ on OEM board

    I want to overclock my Core 2 Quad Q8300 using the BSEL mod, but most of them is centered on Q6600 or CPU's with FSB lower than 1066mhz, can this mod be supported on a 1333MHZ cpu? Specs: Core 2 Quad Q8300  Acer G43T-AM 8GB DDR2 @ 400MHZ  GT 640 slightly overclocked, no voltage increase 450W...
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    GT 640+Q8300 on a 420W generic PSU

    Hey guys, i'm about to put a new gpu and more ram into my old core 2 quad system. Specs as follows (currently) Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 (no oc done) oem g43/g45 board 2 gigs of DDR2 some 250W psu 2* WD Digital 640GB Optical drive What i'm planning to upgrade to: GT 640 (ddr3) (128bit) +4GB DDR2...
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    M5A97 or M5A99 EVO R2.0 or 990FX Killer

    hey guys, i'm building a second pc just for fun, because i found my old x6 1055t, this build is purely targeted for overclocking and I would like to know which board is the best bang for the buck, M5A97 - 89 usd M5A99FX EVO R2.0 - 130.55 usd 990FX Killer - 139.63 usd
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    Which component to upgrade mobo+custom loop+ram or gpu or cpu+mobo

    My current specs as follows: AMD FX 8320e ASUS m5a78l-m lx3 ASUS GT 440 ID Cooling Frostflow 120 500GB WD Blue 256GB HD 256GB HD 128GB HD Seasonic M12II 620 Bronze Vengeance LP 2x4GB Dual 768p monitors The Upgrades: CPU+Mobo 2x Xeon X5660 / E5-2670 ASUS Z8NA-D6C / Supermicro LGA 2011 dual...
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    FX 8320E throttle at stock and overclocked

    I have a M5A78L-M LX3 Motherboard paired with the FX 8320E. Now I know that overclocking is not recommended, the CPU throttles even at stock 3.2ghz/3.3ghz with relatively low temps 35-40c (full load), motherboard 46-65c. Staying at 1.4ghz If overclocked at 4.1 ghz, temps for cpu stay abit...
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    Is a Core Duo Motherboard compatible with a Core 2 Duo?

    I have a old Thinkpad T61, It has Core Duo T7500 processor. Can it be upgraded to a Core 2 Duo?
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    Usable Memory 4GB out of 8GB after installing new motherboard + cpu AMD

    Hello guys, i am experiencing memory issues where i can only use 4gb out 8gb. My BIOS detects the 8GB installed ram properly, when booting into windows,at first windows recognizes the 8GB ram and use it until i launch some games or any resource hungry application. I noticed from taskmanager that...
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    Processor Upgrade made Windows 10 stutter/lag at full load

    Hello, I just recently upgraded my second computer from an Core i3 3220 to an FX 8320E. After running a CPU intesive game such as Minecraft on some heavy world generation parameters, it stutters/lags alot. During the world generation, I have checked the temperatures, 41c on full load. Then I...
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    Dual Xeon X5550 or E3 1231 v3 or e5 2609 v3

    Im currently building a xeon based pc. The workload these processor will face are: Video editing 80% Programming 10% Gaming 10% Which one do you guys prefer