IVIYTH0S Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 I'm definitely gonna give that heatsink a shot, and the case i have allows me to do it without removing the mobo, so that's a big plus..I'm actually looking forward to it.... I changed the voltage to 1.85, i think i'm gonna give up on trying to get this crazy ram to run at 1066, so i'm back at 800 now..But it's not a big deal, I was enjoying learning how all this stuff works.. It could be your motherboard holding you back on the memory, that's a fairly old platform. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 3Ghz is pretty much max for your processor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitargirl Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 3Ghz is pretty much max for your processor. No way, I think I could squeeze a bit more out of it..When I get my new cooler I will push it to the max and let ya know how it goes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitargirl Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) Ok, I got my new cooler from UPS today..Now I really need someone with more experience than me to give a honest opinion..here's the deal, I currently have the X2 7850 BE oc'd to 3.0ghz, but I also have a spare Phenom II X4 925 that i'm not using and I was wondering which cpu would give me the best performance. I am really into video games such as Splinter cell conviction, dragon age, mass effect, etc...Any advice is greatly appreciated... AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE oc 3.0ghz ASRock K10N78D 4GB DDR2 OCZ XTC Platinum XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 2x HITACHI Deskstar 1TB Sata NZXT M59 Black Steel ATX APEVIA ATX-AQ 700W Windows 7 64bit Edited July 15, 2011 by Guitargirl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I'd definitely go with the quad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 aww man the x4 925 is much better than what you're running now, get that sucka in there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitargirl Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Ok cool, looks like I will put the quad in, I just needed a second opinion about it, coz I know bigger isn't always better...thanks everyone.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 But sometimes it is lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) Ok cool, looks like I will put the quad in, I just needed a second opinion about it, coz I know bigger isn't always better...thanks everyone.. In this case it is in every way: Core Count, New Architecture, More Efficient, Overclocks better! And actually the chip is smaller Edited July 16, 2011 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitargirl Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 But sometimes it is lol Lol...I'm gonna plead the fifth on that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitargirl Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Well what sux is that I bought a brand new mobo for that quad and now i'm too scared to use it because it defaults ram to 1.65 volts and my new DDR3 ram is 1.5v, and the bios only goes up in volts not down..how screwed up is that..Now I could use the fox one software that came with the mobo to decrease the volts but I don't trust it ,because when I checked the volts there it said 1.8..and it doesn't look like foxconn is gonna fix it because they haven't even put a bios update out since 2010..So basically that's why I wanted to see about just sticking that quad in my current rig..If yall know any good AMD am3 motherboards that would be good for gaming and overclocking then let me know because I will definitely be getting another one soon.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 I overclocked my my ddr3 from 1333 to 1750mhz on my i7 platform and all it needed was 1.64v. I wouldn't worry about it. If it has a heat spreader and runs with 1.65v I'd go with it. Maybe you can lower it in the BIOS??? Put the ddr3 am3 system together. Its going to outperform the ddr2 setup by a long margin. Then go overclocking. Have fun. Boinker. BTW: what ram, board and processor??? Is this the same board you were running the ddr2 in??? If so they are likely not comparable... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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