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Hello guys and this is my first post here at Toms. I know a decent about computers. However, I've been looking how to disable speed step with my new board and I simply can't find it. I've googled everything and I'm out of ideas. If anyone is able to help show me a tutorial or where it would...

I have the following system. --------------------------------------- Intel PENTIUM E2160 DUAL CORE PROCESSOR 1.00 INTEL STANDARD PROCESSOR COOLING FAN ASROCK CONROE 1333 MOTHERBOARD 2GB (2x1GB) DDR-2 667MHZ PC-5400 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB CACHE (HIGH PERFORMANCE) 20X DVD-RW DUAL LAYER 227MB...

Hello, I need to purchase a laptop for my daughter who leaves for college soon. She needs something fairly sturdy (my laptop has not fared well with her use (chips/cracks around screen) ). She needs it for papers, and note taking, and will be taking it to all her classes. Help..

How to overclock my system: Intel Core2 Quad @ 2.66GHz, G41M - Combo Rev. 1.4, DDR3 667MHz 2x2 (4GB), Video Card MSI GT 9500 1GB. Please give me an answer.

Hi there, I am completely new to overclocking. But i can understand technical terms with little effort. I want experts help to tell me if my rig is good enough for overcloking. 1. Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Unlocked Processor - Retail 2. 8GB Mushkin Blackline...

Hi, everyone, I have the following computer: 1. ASUS P5 Q Pro 2. C2D E7400 @ 2.8 GHZ 3. Zalman Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 4. Antec EA 500-D (408w total on 12v) 5. EVGA Geforce 560 SC 6. Corsair XMS 2 4 GB 6400 RAM 5-5-5-18 6. Antec Exhaust Fan 7. WD Black Caviar SATA Now, I recently installed...

Hello, my build is. amd 960t. thermaltake contac 30 heatsink 2x4gb ddr 3 1333 cas 7 9800gtx + replacing soon sabertooth open box mobo ocz vertex turbo 30 gb main hd. win 7 64 overclocked to 4ghz. turbo is set to off. ram speed is at 1332. NB and HT is at stock auto problem is everythread i...

I have the Phenom II 955BE processor and at idle it sits at around 29-30°C but when I run prime95 it goes up to a whole 59°C! Is this normal for the stock CPU cooler? Wouldn't the Hyper 212 help me ALOT with cooling? I have an Hyper 212 ready to install before I overclock. I just wanna make...

I recently built an office/entertainment PC for my dad. I put http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104261 (Kingston 4GB, 1600Mhz, CAS9) in it. I just noticed on Newegg that the voltage is 1.7-1.9V which seems pretty high to me. (The site I bought it from never mentioned the...

Hi, I just need an opinion on the Akasa 968 cooler is it ideal for the black edition 955. My temperatures read 44-46 idle in AMD overdrive software, BIOS reads cooler by nearly 10 degrees and PC Wizard 33-35 degrees. I was messing with the unlocked multiplier yesterday tryng in little stages...

So I have the intel i7 2600 (not the k version) and I wanted to just causally overclock to just try it for a later build and to just boost the performance little. The goal I have for overclocking is around 4ghz. I was told that I could overclock to 4.2 but im not sure about the side effects like...

Hello, i overclocked my processor to 3.6 ghz with 2400mhz ht link.i often used asus turbo boost to get to 3.8 ghz to play games smoothly.i also overclocked my igpu(ati radeon hd 3100)to 950 mhz(stock~350 mhz).now the problem i am facing is after i set the processor and igpu's speed to stock,i...

i have MSI R6950 Twin Frozr on a MSI X58M motherboard. Can I put Nuctua NH-D14 cooler on the board? it is a very big HSF, the video card is also big, and the mobo is very small. can anyone tell me if everything will fit?

I just finished building a new desktop pc, running Windows 7. It works fine, expect for one very annoying little glitch: the keyboard doesn't function inside games. Pressing the 'WASD' keys seems to return numbers. W, for instance, is usually 4. To complicate this issue further, I can usually...

I have my Core I7 920 CPU overclocked to 3.6GHZ stable but my memory which is designed to run at 1600mhz is only running at 1000mhz,can someone please help me get my memory to run at it's advertised speed with my Core I7 920 overclocked to the 3.6ghz that it is at? I have a ASRock X58 Extreme6...

I looked through several forums and benchmark test. Seems what I find for the most part are outdated. I need to set up a Raid 5 configuration to help speed up my write times reason being is that I use a lot of video and stitching programs for photography and these programs always max out...

I have a Sapphire 4gb hd5970 and I was wondering if the temps I have are normal. At idle on average temperature is 48-49 Celsius and under load it can go as high as 70. Would like to know if this is normal, also would like any advice on how to lower this temperatures thank you in advance.

I recently completed my first build. I installed a Cooler master hyper n520. It is advertised as having regular screw and nut mount to hold the back plate but they changed it to screw pins soldered onto the brackets. Now one is stripped and I cant remove the heat sink to add more paste. Idle...

:hello: I am currently running the following setup [i3 530, ECS P55H-A, Hyper 212+]: CPU speed- 3800mhz RAM speed- 1380mhz [only running 2gig 1333 memory] BCLK speed- 173mhz CPU multiplier- 22 RAM multiplier- 8 CPU vcore- 1.168v (stock + 0.09v) RAM voltage- 1.504v (stock) VTT voltage-...

Hi, I plan to overclock my Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X and doesn't wish to increase any voltage, but I can't find a software monitor that see voltage.

how much risk is envolved in overclocking?? if after overclocking, if it is working fine, then is there any possiblity that it will fail in futere???

Hey guys i have been a reader of Toms Hardware for years, now the time has come to actually post with a problem :P so about a month ago i built a pc: Core i5 750 Thermalright Mux 120 Gigabyte P55a-UD4p 4GB of DDR3 XMP 1333mhz Ram XFX HD5770 (XXX Edition) 1TB WD Caviar Green Scythe Kamariki 4...

Hello,i can turn it on and it's lights light up but then it's straight back of no battery in it also went it's plugged in there is no power led on nothing shows on screen for the few seconds it start anyone with any idea's

hi all i just have overclocked my pc ... firstly i though i succed in overclocking but when i opened my pc i checked the CPU-Z program and i saw the core speed and multiplayer were not stable :@ the default for my pc at core speed was 1600 and after overclock i made it 1862 ( the first has...

I have a q9400 stock running on an xfx 750i sli n extreme with american megatrends bios 1.41. I'm having trouble just changing the fsb. Default is 1333 so divide by four multiply by 8 and thats the cpu clock, I understand that, but every time I try to change the fsb the sytem just won't boot...

i have 500w cooler and i want to buy a graphic card...whats the best i can buy with this cooler?i have intel dual core(1),2gb of ram,160 gb on c disk(1),a DVD(1)and ASUS P5QE

I am absolutely new to overclocking. I am a PC gaming enthusiast and I am finally getting into OC'ing. I have looked at the guide and tried to understand some concepts to some extent. Currently my set up is this: Video card - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.0 GHz...

I am new to overclocking, but I would like to give it a try. These are my specs: 1. Intel i7 860 2. Biostar TP55 MOBO 3. GE-FORCE GPU with 1 GB memory 4. 450 w power supply I need my PC to handle editing of AVCHD files with Studio Pinnacle 12. I would appreciate any input. Thanks

What's the advantage of a laptop with a built-in TV tuner? What channel lineup can be viewed for free? Broadcast only?

I need to overclock my Toshiba Satellite A15 S127 because I will soon be receiving an upgrade cpu but I just found out that the FSB speed is higher on the cpu I am getting. So how can I overclock a stinkin laptop? The bios has nothing, none of the software I tried worked either? Suggestions?

I just had a system built: Asus M4N78 Pro GeForce Motherboard with a AMD Athlon 64x2 6000+ Socket AM2 Cpu Running Win 7 I know he overclocked the system and I'm getting an error message that reads: EPU cannot launch under system overclocking please restart your system. I restart and I still get...

Hello everyone! I am going to go ahead and quickly admit I have never overclocked a processor before. I am just recently purchased new computer components and I am wanting to test the waters of overclocking and benchmarking. I have searched numerous forums/websites for guides on overclocking the...

Hey guys, just got my i7 920 rig set up, using the Asus P6T motherboard with the latest BIOS update, yet when I go to AI Tweaker mode, set it to Manual, there is no option to enable or disable the Intel Turbo Mode Tech at all... it's not greyed out or anything, its just not there. I see Speed...

i can oc my 955 be to 3.83 and run everything stable... crysis full settings and all.. leave the pc on for days no problems... but when i run nero it blue screens soon after the burn process begins... any ideas? i can lower my clock to 3.7 and it wont blue screen..

Hello all! After reading the article about the new 32-Gig SSD drive from Mtron I was intruiged about alternatives that I could use to get similar performance for less money. I came across this item: http://addonics.com/products/flash [...] 4cfprj.asp I have found some Type I CF cards...

Does any one know the maximum voltage for a Ati Radeon x1950XTX without damaging it.

ok, so ive been running my 720 x3 at a speedy 3.5ghz speed with one voltage bump. i know i can go higher (3.8 tested) but i dont want my CPU's OCing ability to take a dump in a few months. So, my questions are: 1. how long would my CPU last OCed at 3.8ghz with about 1.5V? 2. is the performance...

Hey all, my system is as follows.. Antec 900 gamer case Corsair 750W PSU Corsair 4GB RAM INTEL Q6600, overclocked to 3.00ghz (could not get stable past this on games) ASUS P5N-T Deluxe mobo 1TB storage.. I currently have 2 small fans at the front of the case, a fan on the back and side, and...

Hi, I heard that Intel E5200 2.5ghz that has R0 (SLB9T) stepping is better in oc than the M0 (SLAY7) stepping, is it true?what's the difference between those two?

Tjunction: Min idle: 42C (Real Temp) Max load: 77C (Real Temp) Tcase: 5C less than Tjunction. Ambient = 70F Chipset = X58 CPU = i7 920 CPU Cooler= Coolermaster V8 Frequency = 3.6 Ghz Speedstep/Turbo = Disabled Load = Prime95 - Small FFT's - 9 hours (Stable) Motherboard = Asus P6T Stepping =...