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The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by ddp, Jul 16, 2008.

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Bigwill's sig was many small lines, even at full screen, it was always going to break the rules.
    RE the 9700, is it running at full fan speed? It needs to be, or close to it to keep up with the tower coolers the other folks use.
     
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  2. rick5446

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    Does this seem HIGH
    CPU Usagge according tp Task Manager 15%
    Mother Board P5Q Premium Temp.52c
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, 2666 MHz (8 x 333) CPU Temp.52c
    Temperatures of Quad Core
    CPU Core 1 65c
    2 61c
    3 71c
    4 70c
    Intel stock fan came with the CPU
    Arctic Silver 5
     
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  3. sammorris

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    For 15% CPU usage it seems a little on the warm side - is your cooler running at full speed, or automatically controlled?
     
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    sammorris,
    Maybe if AD put the rules where you can find them, there wouldn't be people unwittingly breaking them. I've looked all over and I can't find them! I can find all the Advertisers, but I can't seem to find the rules! LOL!!

    Russ
     
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    id say that right there is the culprit. to much CPU for a stock cooler.
     
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    i only see 2 lines and a word for Russ.

    the intel burn test, is it good then? i recomended it without using it, so does it work?
     
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    In my default size box I see three full lines.
     
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    sammorris,
    On mine at 1680x1050 I see two and 1/2 lines!

    Russ
     
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    At 2560x1600 I see 1 1/2 lines... lol - we have to base this on the smallest screen resolution here. If we take that to be 1024x768, I see 3 1/2 lines, so technically it's four. I'm not sure exactly what the jurisdiction is.
     
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  11. rick5446

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    sammorris:Don't know on the CPU fan, how do I check it
    I know I've got 3 Case fans, 1 front intake, 1 rear exaust, 1 side. I think I read somewhere if U disable the side fan that it will run cooler
    The side fan has a long cone all the way to the CPU Fan blowing air in on the CPU
     
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    zomgosh... are we still going on about sigs??

    Chris... here's link to the psu's w/ FREE shipping that might work for you. ;)

    link

    ...gm
     
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    Here's what should be the last word on sigs (and on stupidly sized screenshots also as that's something one or two of our younger regulars do from time to time) - the industry standard for web sites/pages is still 1024x768, even in this day and age of ridiculously high video resolutions.
    ..so anything that doesn't comply to 1024x768 doesn't comply, period. Not just to this website, but on the net generally..

    So to quote a line from one of my favourite films - St. Trinians, "No gouging. No headbutting, no punching. No slapping, spitting. No um... No gouging" ie let's have no more whining about sigs, let's leave it at that (ie that 1024x768 is what you should all be taking heed of).
    The thread may now continue..
     
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    Side fans should be beneficial, but your results will depend on how the other fans are set up in your case and what size and speed they are.
    To check your CPU fan speed (and potentially adjust it) download SpeedFan
     
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    TYVM!!!

    NOW who wants to help Chris spend his money... oops.. I mean pick a psu?? :)

    Oh and help rick with AIR FLOW?

    ....gm
     
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    Realistically, if you're after a good cheap PSU, my top picks are still the 380W EarthWatts and 450W VX.
     
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    rick i'm sorry but can't remember what case you have and you said something about "stock cooling" for the Q9450. Right? Disabling the side fan might help if it's disrupting the flow of the case. ;) the easy way to check is to unplug it. of course power down then unplug. ;) fire the system back up and see how the temps are. ;)

    I'm afraid that the "stock cooler" is going to be LESS than adequate for cooling the Q9450. Especially if you have case air flow issues. ;)

    ....gm
     
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    i like it ,GM likes it. boozer's on the fence with it i guess.lol
    so yea its worth it.

    WTF??? i dont know whats going on? ill try and fix it might have to ditch photobucket.


    running smoothly right now.OCCT is just started. once done with that i will run the intelburntest.

    i do notice with this CPU everything is much faster.not because i have it at 4.0 right no(i just did that)at3.6 now compared to the bad cpu. this thing fly'si can see a big difference in everything.
     
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    rob when i click those links i start getting pop ups about anti virus then the page loads into a virus scanner thing. i think you should make sure you posted the right links.
     
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    The links have been highjacked by spyware, by the looks of things.
     
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