I have two SATA 500 GB hard drives in Raid 0 and I'm running Windows XP. I want to resize my single 1 TB partition into an 800 GB partition and a small partition for the remaining space that I'm going to use to test out Vista. What software can I use to do the partition resize? I looked at...
So I just got the Acer 22" al2216w monitor today. The colors are a little washed out and I read that you need to go through and change the color settings around. Just wondering if anyone else has gone through that and found some good settings. If so, can you share those with me? Thanks.
This may be a dumb question, but where is Page 92? I only see 47 pages of posts here. I'm also using the Tuniq Tower 120 cooler, which is keeping my system nice and cool so I definitely have room to lower the fan speed. Thanks.
Thanks Core2 for welcoming me here. Here's what I did for the OC:
Using the default 9x multiplier.
Had to manually set the RAM timings to 4-4-4-15 with 2.0v (I'm running memory Unlinked).
Increased vcore to 1.475 and vmch to 1.563.
I then changed FSB to 1400 (3.15 Ghz) and ran...
Just got my Asus P5N-E motherboard with an C2D E4300, Tuniq Tower 120, and OCZ DDR2 800 RAM. I was able to OC it to 3.2 Ghz. I realize that I could probably go a little higher, but I am pretty happy with the current speed.
The next thing I need to do is to adjust the fan speeds since it's a...
Just got my system this week and I have it overclocked to 3.2 Ghz stable. This is with the vcore at 1.45v and vmch at 1.563v. CPU temps are 34C idle and 46C under load. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results.
I also tried 3.35 Ghz also, but got Orthos errors so just backed it down to...
I just got the same board and I"m looking for help also. The only things I've read are to turn off C1E and SpeedStep off, and turn off any PCI-E linkboost as it is actually slower. I got this from the C2D OC thread at http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=1947261
It's been a few years since I put together a new PC so it was a bit of adventure last night getting everything together. The main specs on it are C2D 4300, Asus P5N-E SLI, OCZ DDR2 800 RAM, Tuniq Tower 120. The Tuniq Tower 120 heatsink is huge, but it's keeping my system nice and cool...
I'm buying a C2D E4300 with an Asus P5N-E motherboard and 2 GB of DDR2 800 RAM. I know that the DDR2 speed is higher than is needed by the E4300, but I found it to be about the same price as the DDR2 667 RAM. I'm planning on overclocking the E4300 to around 350 Mhz clock speed, which should...
Are either of these good RAM to use on a Gigabyte S3 with C2D 4300? Any votes for one over the other? I believe they are both D9.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820220174
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820150054
So if I switched to the E6400, what kinda of speeds would I be able to get with it overclocked and would an E6300 give a similar performance? I'm guessing I will need a CPU cooler then, any suggestions? Thanks.
I was planning on just using the stock cooler because the reviews of the Core 2 Duo overclocked seemed to show that the stock cooler was sufficient. Do you think I'll need a separate cooler? Thanks again for the info.
Thanks TcG. So will the P5N-E work fine with an ATI card or should I really look at getting an Nvidia card? I think right now I'm leaning towards the S3 because it's about $40 cheaper, although the P5N-E has Firewire built in.
I'm getting a new PC built and need some help selecting a motherboard. I am going to be using a Core 2 Duo 4300 processor with plans to overclock it. I also am going with an ATI video card and Patriot RAM. Which of these motherboards would you recommend? I'm trying to keep the cost below...
So it looks like the Motherboard is the main area where there are various opinions on. So far there are the following boards below recommended. The reviews I've been able to read all seem positive for these boards so I'm wondering if these are all fairly equal. Any suggestions on what I...
Thanks for the information. I've updated the PC to this build, how does this look now?
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 4300 (plan to overclock it)
Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI
Memory: Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100189L Radeon...
Um, thanks for the feedback. Mind providing something more useful about what changes you would make? I don't claim to be an expert so I"m asking for help here since there are a lot of experts on this forum.
So guess I'll need to get a new Power Supply Any recommendations on Power Supplies under $100? I'm having a hard time finding the Enhance 5150GH PSU.
And on the motherboard, does the Asus P5N-E do pretty well at overclocking? I like that it has a Firewire port built in.
Lastly, what RAM...
Thanks for the replies. I am targeting a mid-range system for under $1,000. I would like to upgrade to DX10 card sometime in the next year. On the power supply, the nicer ones seems to be $120+ and I was hoping to get a good 450 Watt + PSU that would be a little cheaper. The Raidmax is around...
Hopefully this is the right place to post this. I'm going to be building a new PC and I'd like to get some people to take a look at it and let me know if there any problems with the build or if they have better ideas on what components to put in. Thanks
Revised Build:
CPU: Intel Core 2...
Just bought a Dell PC for my wife. I usually build my own PCs, but Dell has such good prices for everyday-use PCs, that I couldn't resist just getting a Dell. I got the PC with 256 MB of RAM and then bought a PC3200 400 Mhz 256 MB module from Newegg.
I thought the Dell system would use...
So here it the type of stuff I do on my computer:
- Play video games
- Video editing, this with the video from my digital camcorder. I'm also encoding the videos and burning them to DVD.
- And then just normal web surfing, email, etc
So will I get much performance improvement with Raid...
So what's the deal on SATA Raid 0? I read the article on Anandtech that said there isn't really a perfomance improvement with it; however, I have friends who say that they are seeing a big performance improvement with Raid 0. One friend said that his Win XP load time with just a single SATA...
Thanks for the information. One other thing, what do you think about getting a normal Radeon 9600 with 256 MB of RAM or a Radeon 9600 Pro with 128 MB. They seem to be around the same price. My inclination would be to go with a card with more RAM on it. Also, last time I did some research on...
I currently have a Geforce 3 TI. I've upgraded most of my computer in the last 9 months and it's now time to get a new video card. What would you recommend for around $80-100? The main reason for wanting a new card is so that I can enjoy the graphics better in Doom 3 and also Half Life 2 when...
I haven't tried increasing the voltage yet. I ran Sandra SiSoftware to see what the voltage is. It shows the CPU Core Voltage rating is 1.650V and the CPU Voltage is 1.62V. What should I increase it to?
Got a new system I put together Thursday night. I have an Albatron KX18D Pro Motherboard, Athlon Barton 2500+ CPU, and 512 MB of Corsair Value Select PC3200 RAM. I also have a 320W Power Supply. I've overclocked the FSB to 200 MHz and the system is now showing my CPU as a Athlon XP 3200+...
Thanks for the info. So it sounds like having an unlocked chip wouldn't change my OC performance since my RAM is PC3200 so I can keep it's speed the same as the FSB, is that right?
I have an ATA 66 and an ATA 100 hard drive that I currently have on an ATA 100 IDE cable. Are there any issues with that? I was just worried that the ATA 100 would have to go down to ATA 66 speed because of the other hard drive being on the same cable. Thanks.
It was pretty cool that it overclocked to 3200. All I had to do was change the FSB in the BIOS to 200. One question I have is I think my Barton is locked (it's a week 44 barton), but I was still able to overclock the FSB. What do the unlocked Bartons allow you to do different?
I've got an Athlon XP Barton 2500+. I overclocked the FSB to 200 so I'm getting Athlon XP 3200 speed now. What I'm wondering about is what is the safe range for the CPU and Case temperatures. I ran Prime95 overnight and the temperature in the morning was 33 C on the system and 42 C on the CPU.
I've got an Athlon XP Barton 2500+. I overclocked the FSB to 200 so I'm getting Athlon XP 3200 speed now. What I'm wondering about is what is the safe range for the CPU and Case temperatures. I ran Prime95 overnight and the temperature in the morning was 33 C on the system and 42 C on the CPU.
I've got an Athlon XP Barton 2500+. I overclocked the FSB to 200 so I'm getting 3200 speed now. What I'm wondering about is what is the safe range for the CPU and Case temperatures. I ran Prime95 overnight and the temperature in the morning was 33 C on the system and 42 C on the CPU.
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