Now, I have the Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop. I use the program I8KfanGUI to monitor the CPU temps, HD temps, GPU Temp, etc. One feature of this program is that it tells me the CPU speed that the laptop is currently running at. If I ran my computer on battery, I8KfanGUI reports my CPU speed at 1997-2000 MHz but if I right click on my computer and go to properties, it shows me that its running at 997 MHz. Which should I trust? Is there any program that enables me to turn on and off stepspeed whenever I want?
Not program, but you might want to look in your BIOS. My advice is, keep it on. It will speed up when you need it to. I use C1E on my desktop, which does the same thing as speedstep, just that it ups the multiplier faster.
So, don't trust the program I8KfanGUI and trust what My Computer says? Being a Dell computer, the BIOS is really limited and doesn't tell me my CPU temp or speed.
If you click on properties, in My Computer, you can see the actual speed. First it will tell you the rated speed, and then the actual speed. Look in the red box, my rated speed is 2.13 Ghz, but I'm running at 3.2.
damn, thats a nice overclock. and yea, I get it. I already knew that, so just trust windows, not the i8kfangui utility.
whats the difference between these two and which would have a better overclock potential? apparantly the higher clock speed processor is cheaper. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115030 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115004
Is this setup for a new build compatible (mainly the mobo and RAM) and am I missing anything? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128012 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115004 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220144 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262 x2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161174 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118003
The E6400 is an old CPU and only has 2MB Cache, the E6550 not only has a higher initial clock speed, it has more cache, and it's a far better CPU to overclock. Plus, as you say it's cheaper. The E6400 is more expensive because it's an older model that needs clearing. You see that a lot. Don't pay more just because you think it'll bag you a better product! On that note, use the E6550 with that list of components rather than the 6400. The motherboard you've chosen is discontinued, so you'll never be able to get one I don't think. The best replacement seems to be this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050 The RAM may be good, but if you're overclocking, go with this instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034 Ask yourself, Do you really want Directx10? The card you've chosen is good for a DX10 card, but this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102075 will be a far better performer for the same money, if you only use DX9. The rest of the components you've chosen are fine. I personally think there are better coolers out there for the money than the CNPS9500, but that's kind of personal preference. If you're going for a big overclock, there's really no equal to this pair: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109140 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185006
About the RAM, I would go with this one instead. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565 Sam is right, the E6400 is just more expensive because it is a discontinued product and it didn't receive the price drops. I would go with either an E6550, or an E6750.
Ok, I changed around some of the parts and have this setup now motherboard- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050 processor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115030 RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565 Hard Drive x2- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262 video card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102075 Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137 Power Supply- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052 DVD Burner- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156 Thermal Compound- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007 Vista- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116200 Basically, I had forgotten to include Vista earlier and I changed around the RAM, Motherboard, CPU and I'm going to stick with the Stock CPU fan because I was over the $1000 price limit. How good of an overclock could I get with the stock cooler?
Very good, but I would advise you to get a aftermarket cooler, it will improve things MUCH more. Also don't get Vista, stick with XP, which is free if you know what I mean...
Well, I might get the motherboard and CPU in the future but the person that these specs is for is for one of my friends who insists that he has vista. I have tried to talk him out of it and told him about "getting xp free" but he wants Vista. BTW, what overclock could I get with the stock fan?
Trust me, you don't want to bother. Arctic silver certainly isn't going to help you out that much, because the stock cooler is just so poop. If you want to overclock a decent amount, you should always get a proper cooler. If you're on a budget, get a Freezer 7 Pro, if not get a Thermalright Ultra 120.
Well then get Vista free. I don't want to see people paying for that POS OS. An Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro(this is what I use) will do a good job, and it's only 22 bucks.
Well, Knowing him, he WILL do something stupid that will mess up his "activation". I told him about patching it and he said that he wants to buy it and buy Halo 2 with it so he can play that along with it online. I'm really just gonna build what he wants me to, heck, I get paid. Its his money, he can buy what he wants. I was smart and bought Vista Home Premiun with my Dell laptop for $10 during that express upgrade thing. I've probably installed it a year ago and still got 30 days of activation left (wink, wink). Ill look into the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and talk to him and see if he's ok with the setup (This is only his first computer, in an year, hes talking to me about building another PC with 4GB RAM, Quad core and SLI on the new Nvidia 9800s, I seriously think hes retarded considering that he wants to do this in a $1200 price limit)
Not to sound pedantic, but what's wrong with Xbox Live? Hehe. Those specs for 1200 dollars? Not in a year's time, not ever I don't suspect.
For him and Xbox Live: 1. Too expensive, $50 a year (lol, BS) 2. Controllers too hard (Its called SmartJoy) 3. Don't have XBOX (get one, way cheaper) 4. I can't do as much (Let me reformat your existing Pentium D 3.2/1GB/6200/160GB) 5. I just want a PC that can beat all my friends (me included, jealousy) 6. I want to be able to play all the new computer games in Max. (whatever setup, ill give you 2ish years to be able to do that) What I say: All the new PC games u want are M rated that u won't like or ur parents won't let u play (besides Halo b/c i dont think they know or care about that one, its not that M, and with how you use a computer (leave a game of Halo on for hours, an open invitation to hacking,) you will mess it up in a blink of an eye. You will also NEVER use that much power. If you had $1000 to spend on any website to buy/build a computer, what would you get? unfortunately it must include a 64bit version of Vista, a Core 2 and a video card that can run Halo 2 well.
Halo 2 for PC is a POS, bloated crap piece of software. If it can run WELL on an Xbox with a 733 Mhz celeron CPU, and 64 MB of ram, I should damn well NOT need a fu**ing high end PC to run the god damn thing on max! God I hate it so much lol.