Hi, Im Trevor. Im overclocking a Pentium 4 Northwood at 3Ghz to
3198Mhz. The problem is when I clock it to 3200, I start having
problems with the sound. It works fine, then at random intervals, it
goes away only to come back at another random time. I can't find any

I've suffered a few BSODs after the PC has been on for a few hours, so I
think it must be a heat issue. So I loaded up ASUS probe and it says my
Opteron 185 is running at 55° at idle. I don't know if ASUS probe is
accurate for this particular setup or not. MB is an A8N-SLI with ...

Looking for an HDTV tuner for an HTPC.  Native resolution on the LCD TV
is 1366 x 768.  We want to use analog antenna (HDTV over the air) AND
analog cable (not HDTV).  Video capture is highly desirable.
Computer is a Athlon 3700 San Diego (939), 1 gig memory, 7600GS video

Guys
I asume the new (1300?FSB) chips aren't good for us OC'ers?
thx
bob

Core 2 quad Q6600 sells for under $280. Does that make it the best
overclockable CPU deal?
Normally, you have to pay more than double in order to double the
performance. In this case, is Q6600 equal to two core 2 duo E6600s but the

Well I have finally come over to the darkside.
I am am looking for a Heatsink/fan that is very quiet for a E6750 for use
with a ASUS P5K WS motherboard.
Thank you.

Got some questions about memory and bandwidth:
I am currently running 4 GB og DDR2 PC8500 Memory modules on ASUS P5K.
That mainboard natively supports 1333 MHz bus frequency. THe MMs
supports up to 1066 MHz. But on the POST, the BIOS reports DDR-2 800

Can someone explain 64x2 processor and memory speed combinations.   Is it
correct to assume any 64x2 processor speed will work with any memory speed
except at possibly reduced efficiency?  What are the max processor speeds
what till run with each of the following DDR-800, DDR-667, ...

I have an overclocked Abit IC7 motherboard running WinXP SP2.  I am running
a scientific program (BOINC - boinc.berkeley.edu) and getting computation
errors almost continuously now.  I returned the Intel 2800mhz processor back
to stock settings but still get the computation ...

Ragazzi salve a tutti,
il mio dubbio è questo: quando si parla di front side bus, per abbinare la
giusta ram si deve tener presente il fsb reale o quello teorico? Mi spiego,
con fsb a 1066 abbiamo un fsb reale a 266 che poi diventano 1066 col qdr.

Hi all, I'm back again.
I'm now ready to look for an aftermarket CPU heatsink.
Looking at the online reviews, I've found reference to 3RSystems' Iceage 120
HS.

I want to overclock with the following characteristics:
Processor AMD Athlon 62 X2 5600+
Mother board: Asus M2N-E
RAM: 1 GB DDr2@667MHz Corsair Memory Module (Model: VS1GB667D2)

I am running a nice little OC on a Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4.......an E6420 chip
running at 8x400.
In order for it to be stable i have had to increase the voltages of various
things...CPU at 1.4/DDR at 2.00  the rest I can only remember the

Hello all, I have just ordered up an Intel E2140, to put into a Lan Party
ICFX3200-T2R/G, I would apprecciate some tips on overclocking it for a
novice. I have read that this processor will go to 3Ghz on air alone, could
anyone offer opinions? Also, this is a long shot, but here ...

I've just begun to notice this, but it seems that after each successful
bootup and operating session that the [Auto] setting for Memory Timings in
the BIOS results in lower delays being used.  Has anyone elsed noticed this
with a 680i motherboard?