Originally posted by bigwill68:

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I hear there was a BIG Comparson between these two here that the phenom x 2 can walk all over the phenom x 4 basically there the same chip and the x 2 can be opened up to a extra core if that's true..I'm interested in getting this chip instead the other... the 945 plus would the 550 be a better overclocker?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcom...N82E16819103674


@Russ

you working on getting 1 a Phenom II X2 550 ?

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Originally posted by sytyguy:

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I recently received the Phenom II X2 550, however, I just sold our house, and for the next few days we will be looking to purchse another. Hopefully, I can get it together to give some results next week.

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Originally posted by rick5446:

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Hey Russ don't forget me

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Originally posted by ChrisC586:

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Have the 7750 Kuma running as a Quad. temps are CPU 27deg, Cores are running at 39 deg, Are the temps sounding to high on the cores?CPU Pics in my profile.

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Originally posted by Estuansis:

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Sounds about right to me. Mine is running with 2 cores OC'd to 3.2GHz with 1.4v and it idles 28-30*C and loads at 42-44*C all depending on room temp. Idles temps aren't much different from my old Brisbane 5000+ BE but the load temps at the same speed and voltage are 10*C lower than the Brisbane ever was.

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Originally posted by Estuansis:

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Well I suspect the reason yours even passes 50*C at all is because you need 1.5v vs my 1.4v to hold 3.2GHz. Mine never goes above 45*C, even on a hot day after several hours of my friends and I playing Crysis in a LAN. I checked the temp logs and it was at 44*C steady for like 2 hours straight.

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Been running Orthos for an hour straight right now and it's flipping between 42 and 43*C. I'm actually using it to post right now and it's still quite responsive. Plus I'm running several background programs and a Windows 7 skin for XP. I presume Orthos really puts your system at 99% load or something because you need to be able to control it.

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Originally posted by Estuansis:

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Well I suspect the reason yours even passes 50*C at all is because you need 1.5v vs my 1.4v to hold 3.2GHz. Mine never goes above 45*C, even on a hot day after several hours of my friends and I playing Crysis in a LAN. I checked the temp logs and it was at 44*C steady for like 2 hours straight.

EDIT:

Been running Orthos for an hour straight right now and it's flipping between 42 and 43*C. I'm actually using it to post right now and it's still quite responsive. Plus I'm running several background programs and a Windows 7 skin for XP. I presume Orthos really puts your system at 99% load or something because you need to be able to control it. Actually the temps are quite good in this PC and it's using an older CM Centurion with 2 80mm front intake fans and a 120mm Exhaust fan!

Current Orthos Load Temps:

CPU: 43*C
GPU: 61*C
Chipset: 55*C
HD0: 33*C
HD1: 35*C
Ambient: 44*C

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Originally posted by Estuansis:

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Well those are the CPU and Ambient temp readings. I surmise the Ambient thermistor is by the Chipset.

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Originally posted by Estuansis:

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Well those temp readings are directly from the sensors in the 780G board. Please explain why it would report a higher ambient temp. Keep in mind the case is effectively partitioned by the 9800GTX and the CPU has its own air intake fan feeding it. It could possibly be reading from the bottom half of the board closer to the video card.

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