Let me start by thanking any knowledgeable overclockers with this
processor and motherboard who can help.
I've scoured these newsgroups for a while and there are lots of
discussions about this or that but can some one just tell me what

I read in another thread in this group that you should:
"Unlink the memory clock from the CPU clock and run the memory at its stock
specifications" (thanks to Phil Weldon)
In my P5B-Plus BIOS (after setting the AI Overclock to manual) I have a

What utility/program do you folks use to measure the CPU core voltage?
I've been trying an assortment and getting varying results, so I don't know
what to trust, and which to use as a guide for OC settings.
I get:

I had a C2D E4300 with a Abit QuadGT Motherboard.
I installed it with the stock heatsink using Arctic Silver thermal
paste (very sparingly). It didn't work. So I unplugged everything to
send motherboard back but I noticed the heatsink contact surface which

Which is the best upgrade;
Ati x850XT PE - Nvidia 8800 GTS or GTX
                       or
   Opteron 144 - X2 4400+

Cher Didier,
Bon ben le chat n'est pas si malade que ça, d'après le véto.
Donc je vais bien en France et ne serai pas présent mercredi.
Amitiés fraternelles, à toi et à tous les Frères.

I just got an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (manchester core) and a msi K8T Neo2
v2.0 mobo bundle. I though it was a good deal before i realised it was
64bit!There was no fan with the bundle so the store threw in an akasa
lo-noise cooler which had thermal grease pre-applied.Idle my processor

Ho la scheda madre in oggetto con dissipatore Artic Freezer 7 montati in un
case Xaser2 thermaltake.
Il problema è il seguente. Se disabilito tutti i controlli automatici di
velocità la ventola sta 2600/2700 giri fissa raffreddando alla perfezione

Using Patriot PDC22G8500ELK DDR2-667/PC8500 1 GByte modules overclocked to
DDR2-1200 (FSB 1200 MHz, Memory Clock : CPU Clock ratio = 2:1)
Room Ambient Temperature:  28 C
Memory Heatsink temperature ~ 45 - 50 C

Hi all.  I bought this Mobo 2nd hand, with AMD 2400, installed XP.
Every thing working fine except the network port.  Although I have
downloaded the Drivers from Asus site, installed and every thing,
still no joy. When I connect cable modem, it does not detect the

As topic suggests, what would be the fastest option for a boot system? a
10Krpm sata 1 drive or a 7.2Krpm sata2 drive, would the higher rpm make up
for the lower bandwidth of sata 1 or would sata2 rule over the higher rpm?
(this for the drive that would hold OS and games and to give ...

I wanted to try and overclock my pc... but i got this program called
motherboard monitor 5 and it says my cpu is running at 73 degrees
celsisus!! that seems very high to me, and its running like that with 2
fans, one at 4500 rpm and one at 2500 rpm, its always been running like

Me:       C2D E4300, Abit QuadGT, Zalman 9700
Cousin: C2D E6600, Asus Commando, Tuniq Tower
Basically, I'm trying to settle an arguement. My cousin has a C2D
E6600, he messed up the BIOS flash and sent off the motherboard for

Hi  all , i have a wireless router at home , and i would like to
know , the wireless connection between notebook and router is half-
duplex or full-duplex ?
thanks a lot

I'm currently looking into buying some new RAM for my Notebook (Core2
Duo at 133x(6-12) Mhz, Intel i945PM-Chipset). There are two
SO-DIMM-Slots, one of them currently holds a module of 1 GiB, 533Mhz
DDR2 RAM. The plan is to buy another module of the same size and speed,