Posts by Collidingstar

Any Update on this????? I saw my first eyefinity setup at Best Buy with Dirt 2 on it.. Now I might have to get some more monitors..

Quote: Originally Posted by davidelliott- Yes I am upgrading both my CPU and RAM. CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.1 GHz - Socket AM3 1.5 MB cache RAM: Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered CL9 I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by closingcircuits So I've been contemplating getting a GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H, because newegg is running a pretty decent combo deal with that mobo and a Phenom II 965. However, on the mobo,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tator Tot Well a word of advice, you board lacks a VRM Heatsink; so overclocking (especially on a quad) would not be advised, as you could overheat the circuits and fry the power circuitry of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tator Tot What stickies were conflicting with one another? And when your core are unlocked you can have temp read problems. You may need to measure your CPU Socket temps and then add...

I get what your saying.. and by using the AC to figure out what changes.. although I would think ambient temp of the room would be about 6c - 10c degrees cooler then the temp inside the case.. Not the CPU temps.. Much less the CPU...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tator Tot 64*C is high. You want to keep temps below 55*C 61*C is the thermal max OK so what is going on then? Check the heatsink... make sure I have good contact, not too much...

I'm doing all this remotely.. So I can test tonight what I get from the IR Thermometer. I downloaded Hardware Monitor to see what I can get out of it.. Before running prime. Then after less then 5 min Basically I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Collidingstar To continue.. I started running Prime.. Not even 5 min into it I check temps again. Easytune reads 42° on the CPU now.. System didn't change.. yet Overdrive now...

To continue.. I started running Prime.. Not even 5 min into it I check temps again. Easytune reads 42° on the CPU now.. System didn't change.. yet Overdrive now reads 61.5 to 62° on the CPU.