Well I got another Phenom - bare bones - ddr2-800, and old hdd, decent case/psu. Also got a Chimei 22" monitor - I'll let you know how it is but the reviews on the egg are stellar. The gf is getting her own apartment so she can get away from the psycho C U Next Tuesday she's living with now. So I'm giving her the other Phenom and the new monitor. I should be able to oc it by about 10% using the Asus oc AI on the M3A. Yeah, I know, I should have gotten the q6600, but only one of them is currently oc'd and even that one is only at 3150. The other one won't do anything over stock and I can't figure out why. So I figured I'd save the $60 bucks and go with the Phenom.
Also, just broke into the top 500 overall on WCG. I've been waiting for that for a long time. But I'm still stuck at 41 in XS - d@mn St3vil_68. I have to wait for him to run over people before I can advance. I feel like the second dog in a sled team - the view never changes.
Congrats! A nice feeling I'm sure. Good going.
Tough crowd!But I'm still stuck at 41 in XS...
I hear ya. I'm in the same boat! And have absolutely ZERO chance of moving up......I feel like the second dog in a sled team - the view never changes.
In fact, I'll probably go backwards, at some point.
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Thanks - It IS nice - as long as I don't think about the money I've spent.
In the meantime - chin up bro'. The secret to getting more machines is to drop hints to everybody you know. Think about it - sure you enjoy helping people with their machines, but if they're REALLY grateful, there nothing wrong with them sharing the love. A public wish list on the egg should do it.
I'm getting to the point were I'm afraid to touch anything. This is the same machine that would only run at stock until after a couple of days I did an ice cold boot, reset it to defaults and then made some modest changes. But I did the same thing on the other quad, and it's stock or nothing. That's one of the reasons I decided to spring for new Phenom - to make up for all the oc'ing I now can't do.
But I'll try to summon the courage after I get the new machine up, but I don't know what else I can do. I don't think it's the memory since I've set the multi so that it is way below it's rating of 1066. If at some point you have a couple hours to kill and want to walk me through it, I would appreciate it. But I won't be able to do it until next week between the gf moving and the new machine. And if people want to flame me for inviting Dave to call, give me your best shot.
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Ok, I don't know Gigabyte boards well. What PSU, is the 4 gig memory 2x2 or 4x1 gig? Heatsink? Timings, we might be able to do this here and then I'll pull the posts when done or start another thread..up to you.
But 2:21am now and a long day tomorrow so I'm heading to bed in a couple.
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I've been up for 2 days so I'm a little fried. I'll have to check the power supply and stuff. I'll PM you tomorrow. It's probably better if we do it in real time but we can see how it goes. Night.
Desktop: Q6600 G0 @ 3.6 Ghz | P5E | 2x2 Gb G.Skill PC8000 | GTX 560 Ti | CM690 | TT TP 750 watt | Win 7 Pro x64 | Water Cooling
Server: i3 530 (Stock) | CM Vortex Low-Profile | Zotac H55-ITX WIFI | 2x2Gb Corsair 1333Mhz | IGP | VX450 | Server 2008 R2 x64
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verry nice!
Main-- i7-980x @ 4.5GHZ | Asus P6X58D-E | HD5850 @ 950core 1250mem | 2x160GB intel x25-m G2's |
Wife-- i7-860 @ 3.5GHz | Gigabyte P55M-UD4 | HD5770 | 80GB Intel x25-m |
HTPC1-- Q9450 | Asus P5E-VM | HD3450 | 1TB storage
HTPC2-- QX9750 | Asus P5E-VM | 1TB storage |
Car-- T7400 | Kontron mini-ITX board | 80GB Intel x25-m | Azunetech X-meridian for sound |
Shintai's still with us..![]()
Not at the power of before but I don't think he has access to those machines.
Also I think he just got back from his honeymoon in China.
Beautiful young lady..![]()
Adywebb is with his "home" team, PC review crew II
RAMMIE is with another team, not sure which
Mike047 is doing POEM At HOME< a rosetta like program
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A good project with good goals.
Come join us,get that warm fuzzy feeling that you've done something good for mankind.
HEATHEN
But I know you're just kidding - right?
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Gotta keep up the team's momentum, so folks, quad #41 is on the way.![]()
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Sigmund Freud said... "Failure to CRUNCH is a sign of Sexual Inadequacies".
What is your occupation DDTUNG if you don't mind saying? Also, where do you house all of these computers?
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