My New Q9550 CPU

That is a great OC for a quad core

Thats a real nice OC! I think on my next build/upgrade I will be going Liquid Cooling and hopefully will get better results.

Very nice! Can't wait to read the review and see pics!

with those type results and I'm liquid cooling as well, I expect I should be able to get mine to 3.5-3.6 on my Q9450 then

It was all played out on a public forum, but don't let that stop you from "marketing" Nick, tell-alls sell pretty well.

Edited by Tyler Lowe - 09 Aug 2008 at 11:12pm

3.8! Ha! my dual core did that with auto voltages.................!

!!!!!

Originally posted by Duke Dear Mason, I hope Sarah also mentioned that your system has yet to be tested for stability. Yes, its currently at 3.8, but thats not guaranteed at the moment. Sorry to rain on your parade man, but I've just noticed that [including previous updates you received] you like to jump the gun way too fast . I understand you're entering some exciting territory in your adventures right now, but please tread lightly. I'm hoping [too] that your new CPU can pull this frequency off, and within reasonable LOAD temps. Just to keep everything on the SAFE + LONGEVITY side, If the CPU is stable, but I feel the LOAD temps are a bit high. I WILL clock it down. I hope you understand. So before this thread gets out of hand, Harleymans CPU @ 3.8GHz is STBD. Still to be Determined.

  HMMM i hope he really isnt as mean as his post makes him out to be..........do i think businesses should bow down to any customers whim..indeed not...but HM has been through a  lot..I know DS has too( getting HM the best machine they can ) but to me Duke's statement was a little ....cold..(for lack of a better word)

Wow. Listen, Mason, I did not mean any hurtful intent in my previous post, and I sincerely apologize if it read that way. I will go back and edit it out. Yes, your system is in stage 5, and I am working on it as hard as I can.

Its fair enough to question my previous work with your overclock, but like I already told the story, your system (with all original stress testing) had failed in QA, and after I got it back up, it was still questionable to me, but I had a deadline to meet. We already delayed your system twice, and didn't want to call and upset you a third time. It was working. It was working in QA. It got shipped out, and the rest everyone already knows.

Honestly Mason, you've been the MOST patient customer with us, and I really appreciate that. But at the same time, your Love-Hate relationship with us is really killing me.

wow...Dukes message hit me so hard that I actually had a BSOD when I read it (No, I'm not joking)...first BSOD I had on my MBP running BootCamp...Duke...you made my MBP a very sad panda and me also =( btw guys can you check on my order 7231 and contact me via PM and I send a email to probably 3 people including Duke & Alex about my config for some minor changes. Waited 3 days and no response. Please answer back so I can start my happy dance =P

I hear ya Harleyman, and I know a fair number of guys that have hit 3.6GHz on a Q6600, but I know mine won't, at least not without juicing the hell out of it, which I just will not do.

How were people abusing it if I may ask

Ah sorry did more research of them. Yes they seem very stable and sponsor and manage one of the best eSport teams, but there prices are ridiculous. Maybe DSO should take a look. There case painting is great and the 8 core support. DSO c'mon take some notes! I want 8 CORES! =)

wasnt trying to make them look good ..but i just wondered if you thought they were so bad..please show me..cause i didnt find it anywhere..and i did a config on their site just for kicks...and mine actually came out cheaper than dso..but again..im glad im here...for now..lmao

As you all know im a game guru and I spend countless thousands so I ordered a PC from there 9,800 bucks. I also bought a 8000 dollar PC from DSO so im going to compete the 2 and see which one better, keep watching my videos!

workingman you should of seen the money I put down on cyberpower PC and my first DSO rig >_< and sure you can be my best friend...if you can get me free overnight shipments without damaging anything? ya ya? lol

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lol lucky. Ya I would be doing a large video on my youtube channel and also on my blog at http://nntech.wordpress.com/


MAINGEAR is on the EAST COAST and DSO on the WEST COAST.
MAINGEAR AND DSO do have there ups and downs. I don't know MAINGEAR for sure so once I get the rig im going to test the both and lets see what happens, i'll be cheering for DSO

I dont care if you call it extra zoom..lol..im more concerned with performance and stability...and im rooting for dso too...im not the enemy here