Originally posted by Deadrum33 The Q9450 however with its 8x multi, raising FSB from 333 stock to 425 gives it a 3.4OC if I tried to hit that with 7x multi the FSB would be 486 and that number seemed a bit bigger step from 333 than I was comfortable with. I thought about trying that but felt like my hands were tied with the lower multi. That plus the fact I've been on the road for 2 weeks with my band and was just figuring out how to keep this thing stable as I was leaving. Now I'm back home with inernet and my own toys and I can experiment with things like this.[/quote:

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thats true with the lower multi of 7 but you are still only takeing it up to the 3.4ghz just a different route of getting there. the mem would be more effected than the CPU. the cpu will have the same OC but the mem will be higher ifyou have 1066 mem you would be at 972mhz which is still under clocked but in the safe range to acheive a higher CPU oc. but if you have ddr2 800 mem that is a big OC on the mem.

ok Mort/Russ chime in am i saying that correct i dont want to lead him down a broken path.

oh yea when ya get that skinned cat cookedup the way you just described it you gonna invite us all over for a snack??????lmao

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oh yea when ya get that skinned cat cookedup the way you just described it you gonna invite us all over for a snack??????lmao

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Originally posted by Deadrum33:

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I agreed with all of you too about using the 1066, just giving different reasons from my experiences. You dont think running the FSB up near 500 is too much? I understand changing the memory multi to suit the speed, I just thought I'd run into other stability problems. Not trying to turn this into the OC thread, just trying to expand on some of the ideas floating around in here.

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IMO PC-6400, but once again, depends, if you have the money to blow, then why not.

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Originally posted by ZoSoIV:

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thanks guys for the info i called them and changed it to the PC8500/1066 memorey as you said Mort the mobo we have should run it fine. it will be interesting OC(ing) the Q9450 word is it will OC to 3.2 without raising the voltage so i should be able to get near 4HGz lets hope

and Rick thats going to be a nice setup

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i got a medion 8383xl pc, the graphics card in it at the mo is a G Force 6610Xl PCI. I can't find these anywhere, Do you know which one i'll need? also if i change the card will i have to load new drivers & stuff?

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Originally posted by mrk44:

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Sorry to stray off the topic you guys are talking about, but what do you think of the HP w2207 in 22" monitors??

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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icemen,

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i got a medion 8383xl pc, the graphics card in it at the mo is a G Force 6610Xl PCI. I can't find these anywhere, Do you know which one i'll need? also if i change the card will i have to load new drivers & stuff?

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According to info I got from Medion, this should be the motherboard manual for it. Here's the link.
http://217.110.237.67/Manuals/Medion%208383XL%20mit%20MS-7091.pdf

The graphics card in it (6610XL) is an OEM card from nVidia and was only made for pre-built computers. Any PCI card should do. It should have a PCIe video card slot on the motherboard, according to the manual. If it does then any low priced PCIe 16x card should do.

Whatever video card you choose to install, you will have to remove the old drivers and install the new ones that come with the card. I wouldn't spend too much on it, as it's a fairly old and somewhat obsolete computer!

Best Regards,
Russ

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Originally posted by cincyrob:

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i just got the HP w1907 monitor and love it. nice and clear, no problems i dont do any gameing so i dont know how it works with the games everyone plays but for everyday use it is great. if your gettingit cause of the built in speakers you will be upset. it has sound but thats it. you will need to get some speakers if you plan on doing stuff you want decent sound.

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thanks Russ, I'm a novice at this, first time i'm going to try & do it myself, Do you know a similar card I can buy for this pc? also will i have to remove the old card? & place the new one in it's place?
The other thing where will i find the drivers? & will the new card come with a disc with the drivers on it? or will i have to download this from somewhere else?

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good point russ, but i am sure ANY decent intel mobo can do 1:1, all the asus ones i haev had (3) can do 1:1, who knew the GBs couldnt LOL.

and that the one good thing about nvidia chpsets, they have unlinked FBS:CPU dividers.

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i just found it wierd that GB didnt have a 1:1 as it makes Ocing much easier as there needs to be less strain on the ram.

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