I have been trying to test cpu performance using Nbench and have found
that I get better results running XP on VMWare system using a quad
core than I do on an XP system running a dual core AM2 5200+ or
5000+ .  I clocked the same system with the two different processors

After reading the messages posted here through hardwarebanter.com (the Hard
Drive thread), I've decided to kill file that source.  Hardwarebanter.com is
'mirroring' alt.comp.hardware.overclocking and several other hardware Usenet
newsgroups.  Alt.comp.hardware.overclocking ...

I have an ABIT AB9 Pro (WiFi) m/b with:
Intel C2D E6600 cpu
2Gb ( 2 x 1Gb) Crucial Ballistix DDR2 (pc2 6400) 800mhz ram
What are the best settings to get the best speed from this set-up?

There are lots of reasons why a hard drive can make clicking noise,
and yes, the most common reason is malfunctioning head stack (either a
head itself or the preamplifier chip that is located on the head
stack). But there are chances that the problem is not the head stack.

A few months ago i bought a GA-MA78GM-S2H board and an amd 4850e to
fit in it. I also got all the other stuff to make a pretty decent
htpc, which has been running just fine ever since.
Last week i tried to underclock and then undervolt the cpu to see if i

I'm currently using an Asus P5B Plus with an older Conroe running at 2.13
GHz. 4 Gig DDR2-800 memory.
The P5B uses the Intel P965 chipset and claims to support 1066/800/533
system bus speeds.

Have finally got round to investigating the problem.
Repalced ram with Crucial DDR2 667. It will now POST to 256 MHz with
PCIE Aysnc at 114MHz. NB There is a PCI bus lock so that keeps it at
33.3MHz anyway.

Sometimes when testing the limits of an overclocked system, the hard drive
may crash requiring the OS to be re-installed. But without the hard drive,
it is hard to run stress tests (most run under winXP). What do you do to
avoid having to re-install the OS over and over?

I haven't been keeping up with motherboards for a year. What now is a good
overclocking mobo for the quad core Q6600? It is used mainly for video
editing and encoding: one 2D video card with dual link (for 2560 x 1600
monitor), 2 to 4G DDR2, winxp or vista (may also setup a ...

AMD brings back the FX Cpu: Will it be enough to beat Intel?
tomshardware.com - Based on the Deneb FX core, the FX cpus will be featuring
four processing engines, have shared level-three cache and will be based on
a 45 nm manufacturing process. Expected for Q2 09, will it be too ...

I was tinkering around my BIOS after listening to a podcast about
overclocking and I found where I could Change the FSB of my CPU. It
was running at 2.8 ghz and the FSB Was 133. I slowly crept the FSB to
144 with multiplier at 21 as any higher gave me errors in  windows .