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Worst CPUs ever, now with poll!

Pentium (I) 60mhz was the worst CPU ever made. It ran on 5 volts without a fan. If you touch it, you'll get a first degree burn because it can fry an egg. It was the last CPU that did not officially need a fan but f me, i burn myself being the curious George I was on my friend's $6,000 brand...
- whosjohnny
- Post #520
- Aug 9, 2018
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Contest is over---------Summer Hardware Giveaway!

I like to enter for all 4 prizes, each definitely an upgrades for me. I always milk every ounce of hardware performance since the early days of the 8088 XT Turbo with a yellow button 4.77Mhz/10Mhz awesome 640MB IBM PC before the higher memory that comes with the introduction of the famous...
- whosjohnny
- Post #106
- Jun 20, 2013
- Forum: Computer Building
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Tri 580 sli VS Quad 590 sli

I actually do own a EVGA GTX 590 and it overclocks great on stock voltage and air. I pushed from 603mhz to 700mhz, memory at 1851mhz rock solid stable through Heavens 2.5 and 3DMark11 benchmarks. At idle, it got down to 29c lowest, max load for hours continuously overclocked to max, is 81c...
- whosjohnny
- Post #57
- Apr 12, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Q9450 Overclocking Tips and OC Results

Absolutely. If you know exactly what you're getting out of the 4Ghz for scientific or rendering that fully utilizes the 4 cores, by all means do it. Even the most intensive CPU software still rely on peripheral to feed info for the next tasks and moving data - DDR2 / DDR3 memory but at least...
- whosjohnny
- Post #24
- May 8, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Q9450 Overclocking Tips and OC Results

I got it from Microcenter here in Orange County, Tustin, CA. I got the $50 instant off promotion that lasted probably for like 1-2 days. Two days after, I went to the website, the promotion is gone. Mine still runs great after 2+ weeks now.
- whosjohnny
- Post #18
- May 1, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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8800gt @ 650/970 = 8800GTS (g92)?

I bought a BFG overclocked one and overclocked on Green safe status for my BFG 8800 GTS (G92) 512MB graphics card. Core 740mhz, anything above 740mhz would be yellow and runs stable at 800mhz Shader 2512mhz, anything above this would be yellow Memory 2116mhz, anything above this would be...
- whosjohnny
- Post #9
- Apr 22, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Survivability of LGA775 socket

If everyone in the United States donate just $1 , AMD will survive. For $1, you get hundreds of dollars in savings for the lifetime of competitive future. Who's with me on this one?
- whosjohnny
- Post #20
- Apr 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Q9450 Overclocking Tips and OC Results

I really don't understand this blind need for pure Ghz as the holygrail for bragging rights at 3.5-3.6+ and beyond. Frankly, I am a realistic and practical guy when comes to overclocking - real world FPS on real games with similar emphasis on both memory bandwidth and memory timing. Before I...
- whosjohnny
- Post #13
- Apr 20, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Should I bother upgrading a P4 Socket 478?

I know what people usually says, don't... save your money. While they may be right, I got one of the best socket-478 system out there, I can play Supreme Commander just fine... no jitter... medium setting... large maps, no problem. Industry leading Asus P4P800 SE mother of all motherboards...
- whosjohnny
- Post #4
- Oct 20, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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