TriRan

you might try a burn in with sandra to see if it'll be stable ^^

lol i know i could i actually prefer AMD myself it's just the I7's are o'cing better then the x6's atm

i did but its still not working heres what i had listed though some of these are i'm just dreaming items but you get the jest of the system 1 Antec DF-85 Black Computer Case $159.99 1 NZXT SEN-001LX Sentry LX Aluminum dual bay fan controller $49.99 1 ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $194.99 2 GIGABYTE GV-N570D5-13I-B GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $719.98 1 CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200 1200W PSU $279.99 1 Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950 $289.99 1 CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 $349.99 2 G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-240GBP2 2.5" 240GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $999.98 1 Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $179.99 4 SAMSUNG BX2331 Glossy Black 23" Full HD LED Backlight LCD Monitor Slim Design $879.96 1 LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support $99.99 1 CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler $99.99 Subtotal: $4,304.83

speaking of my next rig i was bored so hopfully my next one will be along the lines of this https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=15388092

frio looks awesome although i think i'd still go with the H50 for the price

yeah some stock coolers do fine but i knew off the bat stock wouldn't suffice going near the 4GHz mark which is what i had in mind for this system all along i could probably go higher if i had a cooler like the H50 but i don't, maybe my next build will include that

the case is the coolermaster CM690 it's sort of a budget case but with great cable management and the CPU cooler is the sycthe katana 3 the cpu cooler was funny it didn't come with english instructions everything was in japanese good thing its not hard to install them this system is definately not starved for air though those are 120mm fans running 4 intake and 3 exhaust. the case can hold 140mm fans but they were a lot more expensive >.< gotta save the pennies where you can i guess to splurge on things like ram cpu MB and video card

here are a few pictures i took with my camera on my phone so bare with me lol also the one of my video card isn't very good it barely shows it i apologize! i'm just to lazy to take another picture

nice there ebrown! i'll post some pics later of my rig ^^

i recently moved to phoenix there cable and i have the same package its a NICE upgrade from my 8/1 DSL i had before

wouldn't it be easiest to just use samba?

that one was better! tested with 200MB still over my wifi, i could probably get my full 50 down if i wasn't using N / G mode on my router for my various wifi devices :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 43052 Kbps about 43.1 Mbps (tested with 200 MB) Download Speed is:: 5255 kB/s or 5.3 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2011-01-06 02:08:20 GMT -7 Bottom Line:: 751X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.19 sec Tested from a 200 MB file and took 38.971 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 339% of hosts average (Cox.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/BZ5UPQXHD User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!]

maybe i shouldn't test while streaming netflix and from a wifi connected pc >.< :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 40361 Kbps about 40.36 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Download Speed is:: 4927 kB/s or 4.9 MB/s Upload Connection is:: 4145 Kbps about 4.1 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Upload Speed is:: 506 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2011-01-06 01:16:09 GMT -7 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/SI74LGP18&q2=JBM4VQZE7&dual=yes User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!]

TBH DDR2 is a dying way however Phenom II's have a DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller built in so it should work fine heres asus's product sheet http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=0KyowHKUFAQqH2DO luckily it supports 125w MAX so you can jump to a phenom II quad providing you have a good enough power supply

honestly i like cool n quiet i run it on my current system my core voltages have to be upped for this OC i'm running so that adds a lot of extra heat when cool n quiet kicks in the voltage is decreased aswell as cpu clock so it keeps the pc nice and cool when i'm not gaming also the board i used for my athlon OC was http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131618 its the the 770 chipset the board i'm running now is the 785 which had huge improvements as far as the OC ability. did you end up going athlon or go with phenom?

something someone partially noted is i don't believe athlons can be unlocked period from what i've read only x2 and x3 Phenoms can be unlocked if your lucky btw i used to have that chip infact i still own it it's just not in use i had it in an ASUS MB but it overclocked like a champ i had it at 3.5GHZ stable on air with value ram >.> it didn't like going much past that even though the temps stayed low upping the voltage didn't seem to help either also i'm not really sure the differences off the top of my head but i run the 9800GTX+ and play all the games you listed on the highest setting at 1920x1200

if you have a windows xp cd you could just boot up off the CD and run the recovery console instead of installing windows then choose the windows installation probably C enter the username/pw if there is one and type FIXMBR FYI to boot off a cd you must go into the bios and set the default boot device to be your cdrom

i do use firefox its very stable

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 56095 Kbps about 56.1 Mbps (tested with 100 MB) Download Speed is:: 6848 kB/s or 6.8 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-12-06 22:19:13 GMT -7 Bottom Line:: 927X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.15 sec Tested from a 100 MB file and took 15.778 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 451% of hosts average (Cox.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/3ZUX4MKJO User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] couldn't edit my post for some reason >.>

:::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 6909 Kbps about 6.9 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Upload Speed is:: 843 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-12-10 10:29:15 GMT -7 Bottom Line:: 120X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 1.21 sec Tested from a 3 MB file and took 3.547 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Running at 281% of hosts average (Cox.net) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/0WT7DMCPS User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!]

a non fiber user checking in and mind you this still needs some tweaking Motorola SB6120 and D-link DIR-655 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 56095 Kbps about 56.1 Mbps (tested with 100 MB) Download Speed is:: 6848 kB/s or 6.8 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-12-06 22:19:13 GMT -7 Bottom Line:: 927X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.15 sec Tested from a 100 MB file and took 15.778 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Running at 451% of hosts average (Cox.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/3ZUX4MKJO User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!]

who needs fiber :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 53492 Kbps about 53.49 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Download Speed is:: 6530 kB/s or 6.5 MB/s Upload Connection is:: 4530 Kbps about 4.5 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Upload Speed is:: 553 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2010-12-06 22:09:20 GMT -7 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/UWKLFN5ZM&q2=B1XK0I7O3&dual=yes User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] connection still needs some tweaking on this pc, my other pc saw 70/10

suprisingly nothing melted although it did stop working after about 10 minutes of operating.. think i might have shorted a memory module on it or something

ive had an FX5200 up to 89C

mines never over 51C with my zalman VF700 cooler