Multiple computer troubles.. Help!

by **James S** » Apr 9, 2003 @ 11:48pm

The importance is whether it's Athlon or Duron. My guess is you have a Duron. Athlon are performance oriented, Duron is cheap oriented.

by **damian** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 12:07am

by **James S** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 12:40am

It doesn't matter how much higher the clock speed is. My Intel Pentium4 1.8GHz runs at 43*C.

by **damian** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 1:45am

Yes, it does matter...

As for your Pentium 4, that's irrelevant. Different architectures have different temperatures. My 1.2 GHz Tualatin runs at 40 degrees too. So what?

by **James S** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 1:50am

I'm just saying, the Athlon XP, or Thoroughbred, runs much cooler, it's a different architecture. What's your point, when it's obvious that the newer AMD CPUs do run cooler even though they're a higher megahertz?

by **damian** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 1:59am

Yeah, the thoroughbreds run cooler, but not necessarily when they're at higher frequencies and voltages.

I guess I should shut up by now, though.

by **Village_Ideot** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 5:36am

by **refractor** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 10:21am

by **TechMage** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 10:38am

by **damian** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 1:04pm

OC'ing is good for games, and is also a penis equivalent in many communities... isn't that obvious? :roll:

OC'ing does help a lot in everything. I'd rather have my Athlon run at 1.9 GHz than at 1.45 GHz (I plan on doing 2 GHz or higher once I figure out how to connect a bridge on the proc and raise the voltage) if I can do it without any serious problems... isn't that worth it? I was also able to easily change the FSB from 133 to 170 and the RAM from CAS2.5 to CAS2 without any problems either... and that did amazing things to my memory bandwidth and overall speed. Unless your life depends on your processor and mobo, or you have a very bad combination for overclocking, why not overclock?

It's also fun... I mean, look at it this way: some select TBred 1700+'s can run at 3 GHz... yes, 3 GHz. They're fairly cheap too ($55 when brought from newegg, and $60-$70 when bought from places that guarantee that they're the right TBreds) and coupled with a good mobo and good cooling, you can easily hit 2.6 GHz and have a computer that can top a 3.06 Ghz P4 for insanely cheap.

by **James S** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 3:20pm

by **Dihnekis** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 5:19pm

My computer isnt overclocked at all, and its going to stay that way. Until i have problems running games, of course. However, lately my internet has been incredibly slow. SO much adware and spyware is clogging it up, now i get 4 new desktop icons that say things like Download PC booster! and stuff. I get only about 25kb per second when i am downloading, as opposed to 150k regularly from the same site. I now get 300-1000 ping in TFC and RS. What is going on? Is it the spyware and adware?

by **damian** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 5:55pm

Try it with a different computer/installation to see if it's the comp's fault. It really shouldn't be the comp's fault; after all, the spyware/adware clog up the proc at most and don't really do anything over the connection.

Are you running kazaa? That might explain it.

by **Mechcommander** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 6:38pm

OK... I used a different type of grease thart my dad broght from work, and now my Athlon runs fine at 51C under load. I also defraged my HD, and turned off most of the security and logging options in the MMC. Now two of my troubles are gone.
I just need to buy a fan that has tac and sends speed signals back to my mobo.

Damian, why *not* overclock? Because you run the risk of hurting your hardware. Not to mention invalidating your warranty...

by **Dihnekis** » Apr 10, 2003 @ 8:01pm

no kazaa, nothing running at all besides either the internet, the download and the internet, or just the game.

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