Posts by John Chavez222

That’s enough of that. I’m running way too many things at once, and if I'm not hitting 3.0, the whole system starts stuttering on me. At 3.0, everything runs smooth... just the way it should be. As for temperatures, I can't say for sure because my rig always shuts down while I'm mid-game. I did try to alt-tab a couple of times to check the temps, and I think one core was sitting around 60 degrees, while the other two were about 7 degrees cooler. Is there any actual fix to keep this thing stable? Could it be an issue with the heatsink, or maybe I just mounted the damn thing wrong?

ex38-ds5
core 2 quad q6600 2.4 @ 3.0 GHz
voltage 1.45 V
550 W PSU
I'm running an ASUS Arctic Square cooler
After playing Call of Duty 4 for about two hours, my PC just shuts itself off... how the hell do I stabilize this processor so it actually works right? Temperatures look fine while I'm just sitting on the desktop, but as soon as I start gaming—especially after several hours of play—it dies. Any advice?🙏

Can anyone tell me if there’s actually any way to cool down an HD 3870 x2 and a Q6600 using just air coolers? Or maybe—if it's even possible—using some kind of water cooling setup to hit $233? I'm also looking at heat sinks that would cost roughly $233
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