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Bambipwnsu
Canada698 Posts
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 24 2011 11:30 Kezzer wrote: yeah im in the process of doing that now, i bumped the ram up to 1000 mhz, which now makes the fsb:dram ration 4:5, and increased the voltage to i believe 1.275, but cpu id is showing coe voltage at 1.208. when i did prime95 again worker #2 hit the same error Stop trying to OC so much so fast. It can and should take days your first time around. | ||
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 24 2011 11:34 Kezzer wrote: yeah my mistake, i didn't meant to overclock this much, i was reading about a guy who suggested a good starting point was to do that. reading back on it now though, i notice he said to use an 8.5x multiplier. i cant find where to change the multiplier though :/ Instead of finding other people's settings that work with their different configurations of hardware, study the rhyme and reason, and work up, with short tests as you go to make sure you don't instantly BSOD, followed by a longer stability test when you reach the point you want. | ||
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 24 2011 11:42 Kezzer wrote: i bumped it down to 350, making it a 3.3GHz OC. It's passing the initial tests, though there is a strange ticking sound coming from my computer almost like something is caught in the fans but i have double checked each fan and they are all very clear Noises that sound mechanical and aren't coming from your PC are usually a sign you should stop whatever you're doing yesterday and figure out why it's a bad idea. Are you sure your motherboard is up for the task? | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
On June 23 2011 22:12 ensign_lee wrote: Uh, I'm assuming this is for SC / gaming. i5, Phenom II X4, Phenom II X6, Core 2 Quad the X6 is under the X4 because SC only uses 2 cores, so going from 4 cores to 6 doesn't help anything. and the X6 is more expensive than the X4 Thank you all, and I am trying to get into the computer industry as I am learning from this thread right now. What makes a processor good other than its locks for overclocking. People say the i5 2400 is better than the AMD Phenom II x4 975 when it is ahead by 0.5 gHz and a 2 MB cache difference. What makes it that the Intel Processor is better, and how can you check this factor between processors? Is it the 2 MB cache that makes all the difference? Also what do people mean by better architecture for a processor? Is not it all about gHz and number of cores? | ||
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firexfred
United States78 Posts
http://eugene.craigslist.org/sys/2458649374.html | ||
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Legatus Lanius
2135 Posts
On June 24 2011 13:14 firexfred wrote: So I might be buying a stolen computer soon. I say stolen computer because the price is ridiculous and thus is probly stolen. I wouldn't actually want it, because it is way overkill and poorly optimized at that, I would just end up selling it and buying a more reasonable rig. What do you guys think? http://eugene.craigslist.org/sys/2458649374.html holy shit lol if hes actually selling it and not trying to take your money and bolt, i say go for it | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On June 24 2011 13:12 iTzAnglory wrote: Thank you all, and I am trying to get into the computer industry as I am learning from this thread right now. What makes a processor good other than its locks for overclocking. People say the i5 2400 is better than the AMD Phenom II x4 975 when it is ahead by 0.5 gHz and a 2 MB cache difference. What makes it that the Intel Processor is better, and how can you check this factor between processors? Is it the 2 MB cache that makes all the difference? Also what do people mean by better architecture for a processor? Is not it all about gHz and number of cores? Newer architecture, newer process, different instruction sets, higher instructions per clock, etc. There are a lot of factors. If you want to learn, go read anand or get a degree in a computer / engineering related field. Here's something to get you started: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/intels-sandy-bridge-architecture-exposed | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On June 24 2011 13:14 firexfred wrote: So I might be buying a stolen computer soon. I say stolen computer because the price is ridiculous and thus is probly stolen. I wouldn't actually want it, because it is way overkill and poorly optimized at that, I would just end up selling it and buying a more reasonable rig. What do you guys think? http://eugene.craigslist.org/sys/2458649374.html Dude, I would buy that in a heartbeat if it was legit. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On June 24 2011 13:12 iTzAnglory wrote: Thank you all, and I am trying to get into the computer industry as I am learning from this thread right now. What makes a processor good other than its locks for overclocking. People say the i5 2400 is better than the AMD Phenom II x4 975 when it is ahead by 0.5 gHz and a 2 MB cache difference. What makes it that the Intel Processor is better, and how can you check this factor between processors? Is it the 2 MB cache that makes all the difference? Also what do people mean by better architecture for a processor? Is not it all about gHz and number of cores? Fundamentally, think of a processor as a complex digital logic circuit. You give it some inputs (data and instructions) and get some outputs. There are a lot of different logic circuit components arranged in clever ways, that handle the fetching of data and instructions, figuring out what to do with them, and executing them. By "architecture" people are talking about the layout of these components. For the most part, the processors we're looking at can all work with the same data and instructions, and they will produce the same outputs. There are multiple ways to do pretty much anything in life, and some are faster than others. Even if you don't understand what's going on inside, hopefully it's apparent that the internal design will have something to do with how quickly a processor can complete commands. On June 24 2011 13:29 FabledIntegral wrote: Dude, I would buy that in a heartbeat if it was legit. Yeah that looks ridiculous. Surely if it was legit and the guy needed cash ASAP he could still find a sale really easy for a price of $1000 or something like that? | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On June 24 2011 14:58 XenOmega wrote: the 590 is worth a lot on its own... You know what they say : if its too good to be true, its probably false... that or its stolen and he needs to get rid of it ASAP Or he's just going to mug you for $500. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 25 2011 01:01 FabledIntegral wrote: Or he's just going to mug you for $500. That sort of thing does actually happen a bit on Craigslist. Usually they go with hookers, but I guess branching out makes for a larger selection of victims. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
On June 24 2011 11:15 Kezzer wrote: so im running prime95 right now. worker #1(which i assume is core #1) is chugging along at 100% load 46 degrees. worker 2 however, after the first test immediatly hit a fatal error "rounding was .5, expected less than .4" "hardware failure detected. The first core is running fine though, why could this be? Are you overclocked? Or stock? If you're overclcoked, bring it back to stock and see wha thappens. If you're stock (or if you go back to stock and it still happens0), run memtest86. I had bad RAM and it would fail prime95 as well. | ||
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FinalForm
United States450 Posts
He needs a monitor and OS. These were my thoughts, but what do you recommend? GTX 550 Ti? ~ $125 Antec EarthWatts PSU 430W - $45 i5-2400 or i3? (don't really know what is good enough) H67 Motherboard? ~ $85 ------ Decent Case - $50 Memory 4 GB - $40 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB - $65 CD-DVD Burner - $20 ------ OS - $100 LCD Monitor - $150 Total with an i5-2400 is ~ $950 after shipping and taxes I feel like perhaps we could cut back and get an i3 if it does not bottleneck the 550ti. I kinda want to spend less money but I don't know any good places to cut back on. thanks for the advice! | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
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