For the last few days, I’ve been playing with overclocking my computer. Now, I think I’ve found stable settings that will boost my CPU from the stock speed of 2.67 GHz to 3.84 GHz. These settings were stable for 7 hours of overnight Prime95 testing, so they are looking pretty good.
(Prime95 is a program [...]
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Overclocking my i7 920 on an evga x58 SLI motherboard
New Computer Benchmarks
A couple weeks ago I benchmarked my old computer, and today, I ran the same benchmarks on the new computer.
Here’s how they compared:
Old Computer
New Computer
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 GHz)
Intel i7 920 (2.66 GHz)
2 GB RAM
6 GB RAM
Old SATA Drive 80 GB
VelociRaptor 300 GB
Asus A8V Deluxe
evga x58 SLI
Radeon x850
BFG gtx 260 (OC)
7z
Compressing 314 MB file
5 [...]
More Computer Pics
Here are some pictures of my new computer, its components, and a few pics of it being put together. So far it seems to be working well.
When I first started using the CPU core temps were about 32 C in the bios. Then in windows, they were up around 38-40. I thought [...]
LOTRO
Now that A-Yo is gone to the KZ for two months, what better time for be to waste my time than playing a new MMO (Lord of the Rings Online)? I played LOTRO during the beta phase ages ago and wasn’t impressed. But Naft says lots of changes and content have been added, its a [...]
Benchmarking the Old Computer
Tonight, I decided to run some benchmarks on my old computer so that I can compare the new one once I get it built. Here are my old computer’s stats:
AMD Athlon64 3000+ (Winchester, 90 nm, 1800 MHz, 512 KB L2 cache)
Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard (Rev. 1, American Megatrends 1018.001 BIOS)
2×1 GB Dual Channel OCZ [...]
A Few Computer Parts
A few things that I ordered in Japan for my new computer were delivered today.
So far, the monitor, the CPU cooler, and the Blu-ray burner have arrived. The case has shipped and should get here in a day or two. The rest of the parts are on the way to my brother in Colorado. He [...]
New Computer
I just bought parts to build a new computer system. I spent way too much money on it, but I think it should be pretty nice. Also, the system should have a lot of room for upgrades in the future.
The system has the following parts:
Intel i7 920 2.66 GHz Processor I was thinking about going with [...]
The Dark Knight Blu-Ray, Indy Jones Hat, and more geekyness
This week I have been truly reminded how much of a geek I am, and how much I love that about myself. I bought a few things that I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while, and things I have wanted for years.
I love “The Dark Knight,” most people do, but wow is the Blu-ray version [...]
Playstation 3
Last month I finally decided to buy the only missing part of my current generation video game collection, the Playstation 3. I have for a long time been a diehard Xbox360 fan, so many people were quite surprised I bought it. But I always said I would get one once there were three must have [...]
Apricot the Burglar
Last night I listened to a podcast from www.massively.com discussing the latest expansion to Lord of the Rings Online, Mines of Moria. The hosts started out talking about what games they were playing lately, and one who had just recently come to LotRO described it as “a revelation”. That’s a pretty strong word to use [...]
sneaky
