Recent content by Srotten

Funny, I've been dealing with the same thing, and what everyone is saying here is what I'm hearing from others as well. My Cores are around 8c difference at load. Using HWMonitor they are around 55c to 61c with core 1 being the hottest. I'm just going to take 10c off the reading to give me a...

Those temps are after gaming for an hour or so, or running Prime 95 just to put a load on the system. Also, using HW Monitor and Core Temp for readings. Someone told me that those programs are calibrated for the 65nm chips and they are giving 10c higher readings than they should be with the...

Hi all, I'm trying to understand the difference and limits of core temps vs. the overall chip temp. My core temps on my Q9450 (quad) are all in the high 50c to low 60c yet my overall chip temp in the BIOS is around 38c or lower. I know Intel has a "high thermal limit" on the chip recommended...

I've been hearing a lot of people running this stuff with no problem. What do you experts think? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

You may want to look at the GTX 260, it is about 20% behind the 280, but you could buy 2 for the price of one 280, plus eVGA has a few that are overclocked if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-gtx-280,review-30971.html

Thanks everyone... rgsaunders, appreciate the breakdown. One last questions, any significant difference between ICH9R and ICH10R?

So is there any difference between the P45 and X48 other than the two 16xPCIe slots? Will the P45 run cooler than a X48 board at 3GHz? I very much appreciate everyone's opinion but I'm still trying to understand the difference between the two chipsets. I would like to update to Nelahem when...

Thanks for all the input everyone. I'd like to understand what makes the P45 vs the X48 better? Isn't 16x PCIexpress better than 8x even with a single card (which I will most likely use only one card). Also I do want a Quad as I do 3D animation and that will dramatically help with that...

Hi all, Been using this place as a reference for years, but this is the first time I'm posting. I'm looking at building a new system to upgrade from my ol' P4 and have a question about the Intel Chipsets. What I want is a 3.0 GHz Quad core without spending my whole budget on the CPU. From...