I know a little about computers but since all this Duo Core Quad Core stuff came about it seems as though Intell doesn't base their chips on speed anymore. I'm looking at another prebuilt system. My question is, how does a Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q6600 2.40GHz compare to a P4 2.40GHz...

Does Intel slow down their CPUs when the internal temperature approaches the high end? -- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan

Hi there The plan being to build a new server based on the Tyan i5000XT MB, I am stuck on the decision on what Xeon processors to buy. I am not going for leading edge (read expensive) CPU but would be greatly interested in an opinon on what should have priority: BUS speed or CPU speed. My...

The comp tech guys often suggest that people get new computers. My attitude is that often slowness is often the result of too little RAM. For CPUs, how slow is too slow? Context here is just the usual not-intensive apps: email, web browser, some simple documents and spreadsheets. I have an...

As I understand it, whilst CPU speeds have increased several fold over the past 10 years, bus speeds have barely doubled. So.. is your Pentium 9. 'SuperFat*******' 4.0 GHZ CPU really going to things 15 times faster than my Cyrix 'Tortoise' 266 Mhz? half_pint.

I'm trying to figure out which computer I should buy based on my needs but I need to see some sort of table or guide that gives me CPU speed differences. For example, I have a laptop with a Pentium 4 CPU. I tested it against a Core2 Duo chip and the C2D chip rendered high-res 3D images about 5...

HI, I'm running a P4 3.0 on XP Pro It's been running fine for the last few months but all of a sudden I can't get it to stop restarting. Sometimes I can get as far as logging on to XP and other times it only gets as far as the loading screen before a blue screen Shudder flashes up, too quick...

HI, I'm running a P4 3.0 on XP Pro It's been running fine for the last few months but all of a sudden I can't get it to stop restarting. Sometimes I can get as far as logging on to XP and other times it only gets as far as the loading screen before a blue screen Shudder flashes up, too quick to...

Setting up a new Fujitsu Primergy TX200 and the CPU seems to be stuck on the motherboard. Moving the lever at the side just doesnt do a thing any ideas Thanks

after i remove the P4 CPU with the Heatsink from the motherboard, the CPU stuck with the Heatsink by the thermal past. Its very tight together. I really don want to apply too much force to remove them since the processor is fraquile. does anyone in this case before? how can seperate them...

CPU TDP question: Why are the e6300, e6400 and e6600 all rated at 65w TDP? As I understand it, the heat output is based on the CPU architecture multiplied by the CPU clock speed and CPU vCore squared (roughly). With these 3 chips (and other CPU families) the only different is their speed (and...

Hi What's the average temp of a CPU? I have an AMD Athlon XP1800+, and when i see in the BIOS, the CPU Temp is +50°C/122°F.. I think it's too much, and i've seen that there was no thermic pate on the CPU... (thanks to my computer responsable!!!) sorry for my english if you don't understand all..

PS wrote: Is it normal for a CPU temperature to go up as time goes on? I have an Athlon XP 2100+ and I notice now the temp is at 51deg where it used to be around 42 to 44 Any ideas? Summer is coming? :-)

My cpu temp ( normally 40c) is jumping to where my alarm (core centre by MSI) is going off (47c). It never did this before.The system temp remains stable while the alarm is going off I have 3 case vantec fans and the obvious CPU fan . My feeling is that program is buggy Opinions Please

I've got an EPoX 8RDA3+ MB and an Athlon 2100+ CPU. I'm running MBM5 and it's showing that the case temp is 35C and the CPU temp is 52C. Because I just got this MB and because some funky things have been going on of late, in the BIOS I set the alarm temp to 60C to have it shut down the PC (I'd...

Hi, I just bought a new built system Intel 3.2GHZ (775 CPU) Intel 915GAVL motherboard Seagate 200G SATA hardisk DDR400 512M Ram NEC3500 DVD writer

What is the best or preferred mounting location for a thin tip type of temperature probe for a P4 2.4C with the retail heatsink? Also, what type of adhesive or tape should be used? Thanks.

I'm building a computer and the customer wants me to add a multifunction panel to the case. It's a 5.25" type panel and it has two sensors for temperature readings. I'm not sure where to place these sensors on the motherboard as it has warned me not to put a sensor in between the CPU and the heat...

I have just updated the drivers for my MSI K8T Neo mobo, updated my BIOS and updated the MSI "CoreCenter" monitoring software. CoreCenter and the BIOS both give me temperature readings for my CPU. Before the updates the BIOS and CoreCenter reported my CPU as having temperatures of between 39C and...

what would be considered a normal operation cpu temp for an amd xp2000 using the cpu fan supplied with the xp2000? i have used the volcano heatsink/fan on a couple of my pc's with normal temps around 50c, however due to the physical size of the volcano i seem to be having a few probs with it...