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Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Feb 7, 2010, 12:19 AM
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Posted By fullinfusion
The Original Computer!!!! This made me laugh...

The Original Computer!!!!

This made me laugh out loud...
(try explaining this to your grand-kids!)




Memory was something you lost with age
An application was for employment
Forum: General Hardware Feb 3, 2010, 02:03 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,393
Posted By heky
Plus he(OklahomaWolf) really thoroughly tests the...

Plus he(OklahomaWolf) really thoroughly tests the PSUs, from low to full load, with noise&ripple suppresion and even crossload tests. He is awesome. And he even takes the unit apart and explains the...
Forum: General Hardware Feb 3, 2010, 01:51 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,393
Posted By heky
The Corsair HX750 Or HX850, the best you can get...

The Corsair HX750 Or HX850, the best you can get for the money, plus 7 years warranty. FTW.

@Flyordie

The TX750 is made by CWT not Seasonic. So is the HX line from the 750 and up.
And the...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Feb 3, 2010, 01:48 PM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Chicken Patty
I'm referring to core temp.

I'm referring to core temp.
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Feb 1, 2010, 09:42 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By crazyeyesreaper
hey guys im take a brief break from the forums...

hey guys im take a brief break from the forums for a # of reasons and JJ i know i havent istalled win7 yet if i do that i wont be able to finish your wallpaper im working on as currently i dont have...
Forum: Games Jan 27, 2010, 02:02 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,735
Posted By FordGT90Concept
To have that discussion would violate the TOS of...

To have that discussion would violate the TOS of TechPowerup. :p



Put behind that the fact that most games today are protected by SecuROM and SecuROM is a product of Sony DADC, you're most...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 27, 2010, 07:01 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By BlackOmega
I knew what you meant ;). I'll have to see if...

I knew what you meant ;).
I'll have to see if I can find the info I searched to gather all of that. But you're absolutely right, AMD is very ambiguous about the buses or even why the reference...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 27, 2010, 12:10 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By BlackOmega
Let me fix this up for you. ;) There...

Let me fix this up for you. ;)


There fixed ;).

FrontSide Bus is an intel term, hence it does not apply to AMD's. However, the reference clocks function is similar to the FSB.
It's...
Forum: Games Jan 26, 2010, 10:26 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,735
Posted By TheMailMan78
New PC DRM!

WTF are these guys thinking. I mean do they really think they will stop people from stealing the damn game? I give this DRM 48 hours before its hacked.



Source...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 26, 2010, 05:57 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Kei
I'm ALLLLLLLLL about getting the right motherboad...

I'm ALLLLLLLLL about getting the right motherboad (basis of any system in my opinion), I was just in a tight situation which is how I ended up picking up this board. My ASUS M4A78T-E had some...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 26, 2010, 05:22 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Kei
LOL, I totally didn't even realize that I kept...

LOL, I totally didn't even realize that I kept adding that extra 'T' not sure what I was thinking about at the time haha.

Now then, as I was saying my motherboard is not a fan of running super...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 26, 2010, 05:18 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By erocker
There is no problems at all running a 2600mhz...

There is no problems at all running a 2600mhz north bridge with 1600mhz ram. Perhaps one might run into some sort of problem at 3000mhz? The real concern is not having enough north bridge bandwith.
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 26, 2010, 05:17 AM
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Views: 944,765
Posted By BlackOmega
I'm going to fiddle around with it some more when...

I'm going to fiddle around with it some more when I get a little bit more time for stability testing. The thing that's bugging me about the board is that there aren't a lot of RAM dividers....
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 26, 2010, 04:47 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Kei
There is absolutely a point when you're running...

There is absolutely a point when you're running too high or too low a northbridge speed in comparison to the system ram. Everest of course will indeed show gains on the various things, however actual...
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Jan 26, 2010, 03:37 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,077
Posted By Melvis
Thats not a bad size spider, but i have a bigger...

Thats not a bad size spider, but i have a bigger one living in my car at the moment. I guess i should get him out of the car at some stage. Meh maybe next week.
Forum: Hot Deals Jan 24, 2010, 08:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,318
Posted By aCid888*
The higher end HEC PSU's are fine and will power...

The higher end HEC PSU's are fine and will power anyone's rig...the lower end ones, thats another story.

What it comes down to is Seasonic or Corsair..and while you say there is no...
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Jan 24, 2010, 05:48 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 12,911
Posted By Kei
It DOES help others when you actually post some...

It DOES help others when you actually post some results of your use of a product instead of simply bashing it calling it a worthless investment without any basis of comparison to show for it. I'm not...
Forum: System Builder's Advice Jan 24, 2010, 03:59 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 3,465
Posted By bpgt64
I was considering the original post where he only...

I was considering the original post where he only agrees to a;

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 Retail Boxed Processor

The end of that article shows that the i3...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 24, 2010, 03:45 PM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By crazyeyesreaper
do as kei has suggested overclock via FSB using a...

do as kei has suggested overclock via FSB using a lower divider to obtain better ram timings and speeds :toast:
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 24, 2010, 02:40 PM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Thor2020
Hi all - I'm new to the forum and new to oc'ng....

Hi all - I'm new to the forum and new to oc'ng. I've had this 940BE and M4A79d for about 10 months now and would to start to OC as best as possible. I've been doing quite some reading and would like...
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Jan 24, 2010, 02:23 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 12,911
Posted By pantherx12
That's what I've been saying, when these things...

That's what I've been saying, when these things are cheap they're a good buy.

Regardless of for for a water system they're performing badly they're still doing good in comparison to air.


You...
Forum: Overclocking & Cooling Jan 24, 2010, 02:05 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 12,911
Posted By Binge
It's called thermal mass, water and metal can...

It's called thermal mass, water and metal can only hold so much heat energy. When that heat energy is moved away from the material it is in this case moving the thermal mass into the air. Let's say...
Forum: General Hardware Jan 24, 2010, 09:49 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,517
Posted By (FIH) The Don
Def right on that point i'd say, but i just see...

Def right on that point i'd say, but i just see way too many people do overkill with psu's,

i normally calculate the approx wattage of my setup and then add 2-300w for oc headroom and new gfx's ...
Forum: General Hardware Jan 24, 2010, 09:30 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,517
Posted By heky
Change the PSU to something well-known,...

Change the PSU to something well-known, Motherboard(as suggested), and I also think a 320Gb drive is a little low.
Forum: AMD / ATI Jan 24, 2010, 08:28 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,822
Posted By animal007uk
it might be winter here atm but i keep my room...

it might be winter here atm but i keep my room nice and warm around 25/30c and even in the summer last year my ati card still never toped 50c so i still think 85/90c is way to much, maybe 75c but not...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 23, 2010, 03:02 PM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Kei
The pins look like they're clear to get to...

The pins look like they're clear to get to without removing any cards. I do the samething on my board since my soundcard is blocking the battery. No need to remove the battery every time you want to...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 23, 2010, 02:50 PM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By crazyeyesreaper
well thats a good thing to know and with that im...

well thats a good thing to know and with that im out gonna let my rig transfer 500gigs of data to a friends 1 terabyte usb external :banghead: gonna take forever so its a good time to load up a PS3...
Forum: Motherboards & Memory Jan 23, 2010, 02:22 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 10,563
Posted By FordGT90Concept
A feature is not a feature unless it is useful to...

A feature is not a feature unless it is useful to the user. It's bloat if it isn't.

You shouldn't be thinking about installing an OS without first making sure all hardware is supported. All x64...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 22, 2010, 03:57 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By erocker
This is what I use 24/7. 4ghz isn't worth the...

This is what I use 24/7. 4ghz isn't worth the voltage/performance as there is very little difference for what I do.

One key to a good performing system is having your Memory Read bandwith match...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 22, 2010, 03:53 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Kei
Sorry I'm late to the party, when you got your...

Sorry I'm late to the party, when you got your bsod....did it say anything about Pagefile or anything similar to that?

If so...and I imagine that is so...you need to bump your Northbridge speed...
Forum: General Software Jan 21, 2010, 11:43 AM
Replies: 506
Views: 55,216
Posted By Binge
I appreciate the effort but I am not going to...

I appreciate the effort but I am not going to make the standard user mod their programs. I'll just make the benchmark with AO-off.
Forum: General Software Jan 21, 2010, 11:19 AM
Replies: 506
Views: 55,216
Posted By somebody
The file that is missing the occlusion variable...

The file that is missing the occlusion variable is 'utils.js'

I've attached a modded file with the variable added. If you want to try it just backup the existing file ...Sanctuary\html\utils.js or...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 21, 2010, 10:35 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Velvet Wafer
an AC Arctic F12 with the new, VERY sharp Blade...

an AC Arctic F12 with the new, VERY sharp Blade Design even slashed my fingertip open,
a while ago.
a centimeter was cut,and ripped open. OW! :o

but these fans wont break so easily, due to...
Forum: News Jan 20, 2010, 12:39 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,709
Posted By btarunr
TSMC Claims 40 nm Yield Issues Resolved

TSMC, one of the world's major semiconductor foundries, said that it has resolved all issues pertaining to proper yields of chips built on the 40 nanometre node. During a company event on the 19th,...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 19, 2010, 12:10 PM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By crazyeyesreaper
ive been enjoying this rig for 10months :roll:...

ive been enjoying this rig for 10months :roll: and its been one of those enjoyments like when your dating a bitch and you should drop her but you just cant bring yourself to :banghead: argh it...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 19, 2010, 04:11 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Chicken Patty
I remember lapping only my 9850BE, left the...

I remember lapping only my 9850BE, left the heastsink as it was and my temps dropped about 5-6ºc with just the CPU.

I used this video guide here. It was pretty straight forward.

CPU Lapping...
Forum: techPowerUp! Club Forum Jan 19, 2010, 04:04 AM
Replies: 14,392
Views: 944,765
Posted By Kei
I think the last time I lapped my Phenom 9850BE &...

I think the last time I lapped my Phenom 9850BE & Xigmatek HDT S-1283 I used....

800 ---> 1000 ---> 1500 --->2000 grit

All done dry sanding, and I didn't use any rubbing compound for super...
Forum: AMD / ATI Jan 18, 2010, 06:16 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 5,465
Posted By erocker
This is ridiculous. I can use a single 5850 and...

This is ridiculous. I can use a single 5850 and the game will run great. HillBeast why another thread? Return your card for a replacement. There is a problem with either your card or your system. No...
Forum: AMD / ATI Jan 18, 2010, 03:54 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 5,465
Posted By human_error
That's what i said - the "you can't" comment was...

That's what i said - the "you can't" comment was to the running of it in dx10 mode :p
Forum: General Hardware Jan 18, 2010, 02:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,308
Posted By bud951
If your card supports Dolby Digital Live or Dts...

If your card supports Dolby Digital Live or Dts Neo PC it can be done. I do it all of the time on my Azuntech X-Fi Prelude. I think this is all software so you may need to download newer drivers and...
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