The Computer Megathread

[steve5451]

In the BIOS it was set to 1066 MHz.  Why is my RAM at 667 MHz?
And is my north bridge supposed to be this high?

Dunno.
And yes that is a normal North Bridge. A front side bus is supposed to be at 200, which you might be confusing that with.

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[Bloody Mary]

Is an average of 50c for an i7 too hot?

[steve5451]

That's a pretty normal temperature.

[Nickelob Ultra]

Is an average of 50c for an i7 too hot?

If that's around idling, it's alright.  If that's the temperature while under load, that's great.

My i7 usually hits around 55 C nowadays on high load.

[steve5451]

My Phenom X4 II 3.2GHz never seems to go above 40c.
I've got a great cooler. Thinking of sticking another 120mm fan on the other side.

[Bloody Mary]

I see, thanks for your help.

[e-maxx]

my face when i realized my motherboard can't handle DDR3 memory

[HerpaDerp]

My Phenom X4 II 3.2GHz never seems to go above 40c.
I've got a great cooler. Thinking of sticking another 120mm fan on the other side.

you dont get a cooler if you dont OC >_>

[Ethan]

Is an average of 50c for an i7 too hot?

Depends if that's idling or not.
Idling should be a little lower.

My Phenom X4 II 3.2GHz never seems to go above 40c.
I've got a great cooler. Thinking of sticking another 120mm fan on the other side.

My old Phenom first-gen never goes above 32c. They must have great heat control because it's just got the stock cooler, it's overclocked 2.3GHz > 3GHz and it's got a core unlocked (3 cores to 4 cores).

you dont get a cooler if you dont OC >_>

Why not?
Piece of mind?
Quietness?
Life length?

my face when i realized my motherboard can't handle DDR3 memory

>implying that DDR2 is bad or hard to find or expensive

[steve5451]

you dont get a cooler if you dont OC >_>

Fan on stock was noisy and eventually died to the point where the max rpm was 200 and my computer was overheating. I plan to overclock when my new mobo comes in on Monday anyway.

[KoopaScooper]

Will a 6870 be bottlenecked by a Phenom 9500+ @ 2.6GHz and 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 RAM?

[steve5451]

My old Phenom first-gen never goes above 32c. They must have great heat control because it's just got the stock cooler, it's overclocked 2.3GHz > 3GHz and it's got a core unlocked (3 cores to 4 cores).

It idles around 26c with just 1 fan on the heatsink and the thermal paste that came with it.
That reminds me, is it a good idea to get new thermal paste when I replace the motherboard? I have a very tight budget that barely fits the motherboard and GPU but I'm wondering if dust will get stuck and mess it up.

[Ethan]

It idles around 26c with just 1 fan on the heatsink and the thermal paste that came with it.
That reminds me, is it a good idea to get new thermal paste when I replace the motherboard? I have a very tight budget that barely fits the motherboard and GPU but I'm wondering if dust will get stuck and mess it up.

Every time you separate the CPU and heatsink, reapply thermal paste.

Will a 6870 be bottlenecked by a Phenom 9500+ @ 2.6GHz and 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 RAM?

No, but that's pretty much it's limit.

[Becquerel]

Should I be concerned with the fancy MHz numbers on RAM?
And what the hell is the difference between DDR2 and DDR3?

[e-maxx]

Should I be concerned with the fancy MHz numbers on RAM?
And what the hell is the difference between DDR2 and DDR3?

yes
and DDR3 is newer so it's going to be better but there's no point in upgrading since DDR2 is so avaible