Quote Originally Posted by jonny_ftm View Post

Old myth, some believe in it, never seen a definite test
The VID should be measured at idle, on default settings. It is the lowest vcore intel built in the CPU internal settings that the CPU could run.
Theorically, the lowest it is, the better OC headroom you have
My Q6600 G0 has a VID of 1.16v, so theorically, I could reach higher OC before increasing the vcore than a VID of 1.21 (I can't test, since I'm FSB limited)
Personally, I'm not convinced as my chip needs 1.39 vcore on load for 3.51GHz, not a world record... despite my VID
i checked mine under load so i'll check it again for the hell of it.

Quote Originally Posted by ShawnTRD View Post
Wouldn't you be able to just take some fishing string and run it under the heatsink to cut through the glue?
neat idea!!!





okay, so right now i'm installing xp64 on my raptors in raid 0 with no slices/partitions so i can compare to when i slice/partition it. for some reason i can only get one slice so i guess i'll have to partition the rest to meet my needs. what are decent programs to test my HDs with? HD Tune?