Recent content by Jodeth

video: Nvidia GTX 260 or ATI 5770. Not experienced with Intel, so Idk.

Yeah, keep that in mind. Here's something else unexpected - it's overclocked to 3.37 GHz and temps are looking pretty good so far. cpu 40-44C; mobo 36-38C. No paste is being used. I'd OC higher, but idk how much more the ram can take. ddr2-1066 @ 900mhz w/timings of 4-4-4-12.

Well, turns out this wasn't a heat issue. There was a program in Startup called "memsave.exe" causing it. It got removed and now everything is working. Gta4 is amazingly smooth now. Crysis is studder-free on medium. So glad I bought this cpu. Tomorrow I'm probably gonna use the AS5 paste. That...

True. I'll let you know what they say next week.

Maybe it was 46 degrees. Can't remember. Yesterday I took my pc to a hardware store and the people there will tell me what the problem is (for a small fee), but it will take about a week. So right now I don't have the system. If I clean off the paste, wont that void the warranty? This cpu has a...

Yes, it's supported. No freezing in the BIOS. Only a few seconds into the desktop. The cpu's temp was 48C... I think.

-Specs- mobo: asrock a790gxh/128m video: his hd 4670 iceq 512mb ram: mushkin enhanced blackline 2x1gb ddr2-1066; 5-5-5-15 psu: 350w bios: the latest & everything is at default CPU is a Phenom II x4 940 BE 125w AM2+ with stock hsf and thermal pad (connected correctly). pc boots up...