Computer G33K's inside (Justin, Brandon, etc)

[enRo]

Gonna OC my AMD Athalon 64 FX-62 Dual Core Chip... I look at the temperature now and its definately not on the safe side for OC (found that out first hand hahaha) ... i went to OC it from 2.8GHz to 3.080GHz and the CPU temp jumped from a steady 52*C to a whopping 63*C :shocked: Then my system siezed up. Anybody have any luck with watercooling? From what I hear, people could overclock their CPU in huge amounts of numbers and still get a steady 38*C at idle and 45*C at full load.

[Savage_Messiah]

run meth injection on it


:D

[Tsar]

WTF :geek:

[enRo]

run meth injection on it


:D

Sounds cool. I might add some NAWZZZZZZZZZZZ too!!! I might have to watch too... if I hit CTRL+ALT+DEL, I might have to replace the fan bearings that I fried, tho I am quite lucky I didnt blow the welds on the intake... while I eat my tuna sandwich, since I refuse to eat at Fat Burger where I can get a cheeseburger and fries for $2.95, I'll have to overnight parts from Japan.... :lol:

[enRo]

WTF :geek:

http://forums.nyyfans.com/images/smilies/new/1/n00b.gif

(Add this smiley too plz k thx =D)

[shane27]

thats a big jump in temp for 200Mhz
are you using stock heatsink?

[enRo]

thats a big jump in temp for 200Mhz
are you using stock heatsink?

Yeppers. From the reviews, even tho the E6600 Core 2 Duo outperforms the chip I got, the AMDs are suppose to run ALOT cooler than the Intels. Which is why I chose the chip cuz its easy to overclock and get alot out of it WHILE staying cool... i guess ima need watercooling or that A/C cooling they have out now. The board runs at 42*C but that was a wicked jump in temp thats why I decided to upgrade cooling... right now im running only 2 fans (minus the heatsink), a 120mm in the back and an 80mm on the side.

[ryanfx]

something doesn't seem right with that temperature jump. I would say something isn't right with your heat sink. or CPU fan. In terms of the watercooling question though, it's a very effective, expensive method of cooling your computer. Plus you have to always worry that... you're running pressurized water on top of your computer parts... hrmm...

[GP99GT]

get an aftermarket heatsink and some good thermal paste and try it again

[enRo]

I ran a "3dMark03" benchmark test, and it scores a measily ~20,566, I expected something ALOT higher than that, which is why im looking to overclock + upgrade the cooling.

And yea, now Im second guessing water cooling, i read alot of reviews on newegg.com and a cpl ppl had that happen but they caught it in the nick of time before it did any damage to their parts... im trying to find that "Air Conditioning Unit" that I heard so much about that works off a PCI slot. cant find it tho!!!

[shane27]

water cooling is risky, but my friend has it and his athlon 64 4200 idles at 29c.

im using this beast, and i idle at 34c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/shaneomac27/heatsink.jpg

edit: you might want to get a good intake fan for the front of your PC, like a 120mm or something. that could be a big help, also what is the case made out of?

[enRo]

you might want to get a good intake fan for the front of your PC, like a 120mm or something. that could be a big help, also what is the case made out of?

Steel... I just ordered some more ram, another 80GB WD SATA drive so I can raid the 2... and a very solid ZALMAN cpu HS+F... I hope I can up the speed of the CPU to at least ~3100 w/just upgrading the cooling... if I cant, im selling off the mobo + cpu on ebay and getting an e6600

[deadtrend1]

water cooling is risky, but my friend has it and his athlon 64 4200 idles at 29c.

im using this beast, and i idle at 34c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/shaneomac27/heatsink.jpg

edit: you might want to get a good intake fan for the front of your PC, like a 120mm or something. that could be a big help, also what is the case made out of?

JESUS MAN. Its like you have a damn tranny cooler on your Processor

I've been out of the computer scene for so long, I don't even know what the best stuff is anymore.

[enRo]

wow, just wow... threw that Zalman 9700 HSF on the CPU, along with another 120mm fan... 31*C idle, 39*C full load... very impressive!! :shock:

[Brando56894]

nice, yea im a lil late. didnt know you had that much of a beast processor, whatd that thing cost? im gonna say around $800. i was lookin at a case made by thermaltake that has watercooling already built into it. i think thats gonna be my next major upgrade since the case i have now only has one fan in it :?

there was one guy that cooled his cpu using liquid nitrogen, try that :lol:

[enRo]

nice, yea im a lil late. didnt know you had that much of a beast processor, whatd that thing cost? im gonna say around $800. i was lookin at a case made by thermaltake that has watercooling already built into it. i think thats gonna be my next major upgrade since the case i have now only has one fan in it :?

there was one guy that cooled his cpu using liquid nitrogen, try that :lol:

Yea its a beast... $600 for the chip.

[Brando56894]

i remember when the original FXs came out, they were like $900!

[shane27]

sigh, im still using the socket 939 amd athlon 3000+ . :-?

[Brando56894]

<---- socket 939 athlon 64 x2 4200 :D

[Tru2Chevy]

939 is so last season.....AM2 is where it's at!

(says the guy with a Socket A AMD Athlon XP 1700+)

- Justin

[Knipps]

:?:

Guys, i'm wondering how hard, if possible is it to switch RAM/Hard Drives/Processors on laptops? the hinge on this one is busted and if i can pick one up cheap how hard would it be to switch stuff in/out?

[shane27]

:?:

Guys, i'm wondering how hard, if possible is it to switch RAM/Hard Drives/Processors on laptops? the hinge on this one is busted and if i can pick one up cheap how hard would it be to switch stuff in/out?easy as 1-2-3. given that you can count of course 8-)

[Knipps]

easy as 1-2-3. given that you can count of course 8-)

:nod: thanks

[Tru2Chevy]

Ram is cakewalk, hard drives aren't too bad, but sometimes everything else is either a royal pain or impossible to swap. So many things are built right into the board of modern laptops that sometimes you can't remove it and install it in another machine.

What laptop do you have, and what are you looking at getting?

- Justin

[Knipps]

i got mine from www.cyberpowerpc.com
a friend recommended them because he got a custom PC from them with no probems and he was pleased w/ their quality & cheaper than dell & the like
[nothing wrong with the hardware on this but it gets really hot, could use better batt. life (60 mins maybe), and the hinge issue]

i don't know what i'm going to do the transplant into yet, but the hinge is busted so i don't really feel comfortable opening/closing it all the time

i was looking at discounted ones w/ poor specs i could pick up cheap

[shane27]

if you wanna swap out the processor( i should of mentioned this) is not hard, but it is time consuming and can be pretty tedious.

you have to remove a bunch of tiny screws, and you also will probably have to take off your keyboard. everything else should be easy as i said before

[Knipps]

:scratch:

tbh i really don't know what i'm doin here... i was just curious if it was possible
if i were to do it i really wouldn't want to do it all myself or at least without supervision/assistance

[Frosty]

Intel Duo vs dual core. What's the difference?

[Brando56894]

supposedly the duo is better

[enRo]

supposedly the duo is better

Yes but its hotter than africa... and intel chips are garbage. I have yet to garbage pick an AMD computer, let alone chip, and you dont know how many times Ive chucked crappy intels :-) Performance-wise, the core 2 duo takes the cake, but durability + overclocking-ability, dual-core is the way to go.

[Knipps]

I'm thinking about picking something up like this...
http://tradingcircuit.com/ProductInfo.aspx?id=2577038

don't know about the screen size though

[Brando56894]

Yes but its hotter than africa... and intel chips are garbage. I have yet to garbage pick an AMD computer, let alone chip, and you dont know how many times Ive chucked crappy intels :-) Performance-wise, the core 2 duo takes the cake, but durability + overclocking-ability, dual-core is the way to go.

intel is always alot hotter the AMD, ive had both amd and intel and dont really notice that much of a difference except heat wise

[98tadriver]

Gonna OC my AMD Athalon 64 FX-62 Dual Core Chip... I look at the temperature now and its definately not on the safe side for OC (found that out first hand hahaha) ... i went to OC it from 2.8GHz to 3.080GHz and the CPU temp jumped from a steady 52*C to a whopping 63*C :shocked: Then my system siezed up. Anybody have any luck with watercooling? From what I hear, people could overclock their CPU in huge amounts of numbers and still get a steady 38*C at idle and 45*C at full load.

Better make sure it stays cool and it doesnt seize up again. It would suck if your system died during one of your LAN parties..... :lol: :geek:

:j/k:

[Frosty]

intel is always alot hotter the AMD, ive had both amd and intel and dont really notice that much of a difference except heat wise

I don't know about that. Maybe that's true with the newer AMD chips but my two older AMD XP chips ALWAYS ran hotter than my P4's.

[Tru2Chevy]

I don't know about that. Maybe that's true with the newer AMD chips but my two older AMD XP chips ALWAYS ran hotter than my P4's.

Was that in the same case, with the same case fans, and with the same CPU cooler on them?

If so I'd be pretty surprised. I've always seen Intel chips run much warmer.

- Justin

[Savage_Messiah]

I don't know about that. Maybe that's true with the newer AMD chips but my two older AMD XP chips ALWAYS ran hotter than my P4's.

it's cuz you're sparky.

[Brando56894]

my p4s always ran hot as hell, the only amd ive had is my 64. right now my amd 64 x2 4200 is runnin at 102 F with the fan all the way down. the hottest ive ever seen it was when my fan was full blast (around 5200rpm) and i was playin UT2004 at nearly max values, it was runnin at 130 i think. the lowest ive had it was like 60 or 70 degrees

[enRo]

Better make sure it stays cool and it doesnt seize up again. It would suck if your system died during one of your LAN parties..... :lol: :geek:

:j/k:

I never had an LAN party :shrug:

[98tadriver]

Its what hardcore computer geeks do.

[enRo]

Its what hardcore computer geeks do.

Im not a hardcore computer :geek: tho ... i just know alot about them :-D