Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

Yes you could, but in my case I have a Cancer Research prog which runs using up any idle processing time. I could switch it off if I deem a lesser CPu would of done the equivalent amount of work, but it seems a bit mean.

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

Ah the perils of distributed computing. Watch our it can be additive and expensive. I once had 4 PCs running at once just to boost my output, but I gave up when I saw the leccy bill. But the bug hasn't caught you yet since most DCers want the best preformance they can afford.

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

or you could pay the extra 50 quid a year and almost double your productivity if you dont your mean ;)

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

Good point! Gosh! I am a bit mean already!:shocked:

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Overclockers have now got a fair range of conroe ready mobos in stock.Theres a middle gigabyte board now that I fancy 35 quid less than the top one but I see nothing on the top board I want the cheaper one doesnt.

Ive desided to possibly spend the change and add a few quid for one of these babies http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/produ...s.php?gpid=143 this card has me panting :drool:

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

I have a suspicion that that card will be a tad more than £35 extra :eek:

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

well the xtx comes in around 350 quid that card is 411 so I think its worth the boost ;)

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dont you think it odd that while they have a liquid cooled block on it, they only put small passive heat sinks on the ram?, wonder if it will fall over after a little/lot of overclock!.

i think it might have been easy looking at that rather nice block to add-in a square copper pipe passing liquid over each ram heatsink to help carry away the buildup?.

perhaps my pointer to the OC Immersion liquid was'nt such a funny thing after all, could be very useful if your that serious about OC'ing.

(regarding the thumbs down churlish comment by another poster)
Ohh and while we're at it, sure, spend £4 on a bigger AMD2400+ copper heatsink, then he might get another 4 years out of it, or dont you think spending a crappy £4 is werth the trouble to get the heat down and make the machine quieter in the process.

the guy is concerned about heat , he got the answer.

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

I was a bit like that a few months ago. 3 computers running that used up to 1.5kW while doing distributed computing, until I realised having the 3rd computer made things difficult :dozey:

But remember, computer parts (except for parts that move, such as HDDs, fans etc) are designed to run at 100% load. I've found hardware is more likely to break when it's not doing anything than doing something (and so have thousands more people who do distributed computing).

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Only 4 more days till Conroe's release :) god im itching to get my hands on this.
Not pre ordered though but if all goes to plan my build will be done by a week tomorrow

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well your right in what you say but this is down to changes in temperature,The more material such as silicon is exposed to big changes in temperature the less time it lasts.If your always on 100% the running temp will be most likely constant so such differing temps wont occur

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Normally I'd never recommend a Gigabyte motherboard to anyone, but reports on the Gigabyte DS3 have been really favourable, able to hit really high FSB's with Conroes.

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

The DS3 does not have enough sata ports for me I was originally going to buy the DS6 but the DS4 appears to be best balance for me

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

Jaysus, how many do you need? It's got 6!

I'm opting for the Asus P5W DH Deluxe WIFI (as soon as they start shipping them with the BIOS update to support Core 2)

Re: [Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster
 

In the machine I have now theres 7 hard drives and a dvd rw so just 6 sata wouldnt allow me any expansion 8 does ;)

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DVD drives are the bane of my life, they need to start releasing bootable SATA models instead of me having to stretch IDE cables around my case.