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It doesn't take much. But once I put the line across I use a razor blade to spread it evenly across the heatspreader. It should be spread pretty thin...thin enough that you can almost read through it. Again, it doesn't take much at all. If you just relied on the heatsink to spread it for you then you may not have even coverage.

I suspect that the two cores with the higher temp are probably doing the bulk of the work right now. And it's probably just one core from that particular die (remember, it's two dual-core dies in a single package). Since those two cores are on the same die, even one core doing some work will heat up both cores.

*sigh* Read the thread! He's not trying to replace the Windows shell. He's just looking for a good file manager.

You don't have to raise the VCore for electromigration to occur. 99 times out of 100 it's going to be the L2 cache that goes first...and since there's so much of it on modern CPUs that makes the effect even worse. He's already purchased an entry-level CPU so I'm going to assume he was on a limited budget when it was purchased. That probably means he doesn't have the money to replace it right away. And as Zxian said...sure, it's under warrantly but then you have the moral issue to deal with. It wasn't a product defect that killed it...you did it yourself by running it outside of the manufacturer's tested specifications. Not to mention that every bit of data that is processed on the system goes through the system CPU, hence the central part of "central processing unit". If there's a cache miss and the CPU sends corrupted data to the drive controller for it to be written to the drive, then it's going to be written corrupted. The hard drive controller doesn't know or care that the data was corrupted...it just writes what it's given. Yeah, there's some ECC going on, but what do you think is doing the checking (hint: the CPU)? Are you going to be responsible for just telling someone "yeah, it's safe, go ahead" without filling them in on all of the possibilities...and then they start getting data corruption while everything appears to be running fine? Do you know what most game developer's first question is when you open a support ticket if you're having a problem with their game? "Are you overclocking?" They want to know because their first suggestion is going to be to try the game at the CPU's stock speeds. 90% (made up number, but probably not far off) of the time if fixes the problem.

The Licenses Console should tell you.

Overclocked CPUs don't generally last 7-10 years...unless you're doing some very conservative overclocking. You do have to be careful and know what you're doing. Do you think someone asking "is it safe" would be equated to someone who knows what they're doing? I don't. Look up electromigration too. Overclocking increases the speed at which electro-migration happens, or sometimes introduces it where it otherwise wouldn't happen at all. Also look up Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome. You could get some crazy overclocks out of the Northwood P4's, but they wouldn't last that long. I was a victim of it...twice. I had a 2.26 that I wasn't even pushing that hard. Additionally, did you know that for roughly every 10C that you reduce the CPU temperature that you roughly double it's life? Sure...overclocking is fun if you have the money to replace the CPU. If you upgrade your CPU once a year you probably won't even see the damage you actually did to the CPU...but you better make the next owner of that abused CPU aware of what you did to it. Personally, I opt to spend a little more on the fastest CPU I can afford at the time of purchase and then keep that for 2-3 years instead of replacing it every 6-12 months. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration

No it's not...but you are sure that you want a wireless keyboard? I used one at work for a while...changing batteries every couple of months got old quick.

I just tested it with netuser.exe and it works without a problem. netuser.exe Administrator /name:"Mark Mikkelsen"

That tells me that this: definitely won't fix the problem. You've just got a dodgy keyboard on your hands. The circuit board in it or some of the traces to the keys are probably just worn out. When you can get a keyboard such as the Microsoft Digital Media Pro for $21.32 shipped, there's no sense in even worrying about the old one.

I can get three 750GB external hard drives for a fraction of the price.

And yet another one who just replies willy nilly without reading the entire thread.

Yeah, I understand that...but with the newer boards you don't have to set the divider. The BIOS does it automatically for the PCI and PCIe buses. The only divider you have to fiddle with is the memory divider. And as you said, I'm not trying to correct you either. I'm just trying to make sure all the information is presented.

That's supposing that the E6600 is going to reach those clock speeds.. Sure, some people may be getting that but it certainly isn't the norm. In the limited amount of searching I did most people are hitting the 3.3-3.6GHz range for an E6600...which is right where you put your example for the E6750. I'd still save the $60 and go for the E6750.

Try this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=82711

That's not entirely correct either. Several years ago raising the FSB would also raise the PCI and AGP buses, as well as overclocking the IDE controller (in some cases). But newer boards have features that keep the PCI, AGP and PCIe buses within specifications. Most of them even have memory dividers so you can choose not to overclock anything but the CPU.

Official support...and that's only because all 45nm CPUs are going to be based on the 1333MHz FSB. Besides, we're still about 4-6 months away from desktop 45nm CPUs from Intel.

Let's see...spend an extra $60 to get a CPU that's clocked lower and overclock it. OR save $60 and start with the E6750 and overclock it to roughly the same level but knowing you're going to have a higher FSB anyway. Hmmm...which do you think is the better choice?

The space...you probably need to put quotes around it. renuser Administrator "Mark Mikkelsen"

I'm not buying the "I'm just doing it to prove that I can" line...

This was a feature added by a hotfix. See the following Knowledge Base article for settings to allow viewing .chm files from network shares: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892675/

I don't think you're going to find anyone here who will help you get around restrictions your Dad imposed on you. Speaking as both an IT professional and a father, it's better to ask him why he did it (or perhaps you already know)...

I know for a fact that those settings aren't overwritten when Windows first creates the profile. That's the entire purpose of customizing the Default User profile. Post your registry settings please. You need to make sure that you're putting your settings in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and not in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT. The latter is the settings for the logon screen. We've been successfully using the CMDLINES.TXT method here at work for several years now. The only way those settings would be overwritten is if there's a GPO in the domain that enforces certain settings (yep, the screensaver and wallpaper can be enforced from a GPO).

G35 hasn't been released yet as far as I know. The P35 is the latest but the only thing it adds over the P965 is official support for the 1333MHz FSB and DDR3 RAM. DDR3 RAM is too expensive right now to justify the very slight performance increase, if any, that it brings.If you're looking to purchase in the near future you might as well just wait a few weeks for the X38 chipset to be released. Officially it only supports DDR3, but the DDR2 electronics are still in the chipset so most of the tier 1 motherboard makers will be releasing DDR2 based boards. The X38/P35/P31/G35/G33/G31 chipsets are collectively called the "3 series" chipsets. Again, if you must purchase right now make it either a P965 or P35 based motherboard...and only go for P35 if you're getting a 1333MHz FSB based CPU. Giga-byte probably has the best solution going at the moment (Asus is have some...issues...with their P35 boards right now). As I said, the G35 chipsets haven't been released yet. If you play any games at all though, you're just going to be frustrated with integrated graphics. You could get a 7600GT based card and be much happier.

Well, considering that no X38 motherboards are available yet it's no suprise that your vendor doesn't have them. They will be out in the next few weeks though, and will drive down the prices of P35 based boards. I think you should reconsider the motherboard as well and go with the one that puntoMX recommended. Again, it may have some features that you think you won't or don't need, but it's better to have them and not use them than to not have them and realize that you could've used them. Looks like the E6750 is a better deal for you. You should take the $60 you're saving on the Q6600 and get the upgraded motherboard.

Hehe...online storage isn't really viable when you're talking 600GB worth of data to backup (for a full backup of my file server). I wouldn't do it even with my 1Mbit/s upload. I also don't trust anyone else having access to my data. Once it's on their servers they can do whatever they want with it. No thanks. That's how videos and pictures get leaked.