Here is the unboxing video I promised! Cheers
Archive for December, 2011
Intel I5-2500K Quad Core Processor – Sandy Bridge Unboxed!
Posted: December 30, 2011 in Hardware, Intel, Overclock.net, Processor, Unboxing, VideoTags: 2500k, 3.3GHz, 6MB, cache, core i5, HT, Intel, Overclock, quad core, sandy bridge, Unboxing
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|Slappa Goes To The Darkside – i5 2500K Processor|
Posted: December 29, 2011 in Overclocking, Hardware, Overclock.net, Processor, Intel, Folding, UnboxingTags: Slappa, Intel, 4GHz, Quad, Overclock, 5GHz, HT, i5, 2500k, unbox, P67, 3.3GHz
Happy holidays everyone! Today I picked up an Intel i5-2500K processor. This is unusual for me, as I have always been a huge AMD fan. I have not used an Intel processor since the days of the Q6600. However, needing to cut back on power usage while increasing performance, I have opted for the sandy [...]
“TWKR” CPU-Z Glitch
Posted: December 22, 2011 in AMD, Hardware, Overclocking, Phenom II, ProcessorTags: #4, 4GHz, 555, AMD, B55, black, edition, OCN, Overclocking, Phenom II, Slappa, TWKR, unlocking, X4
I was messing around tonight with my 555 X2 unlocked to an X4, and I opened CPU-Z to find this: That is the oddest CPU-Z glitch I have experienced so far. Unlocking CPU’s does weird things to your software
Slappa’s Blog Hits 30,000 Views
Posted: December 22, 2011 in AchievementsTags: 30000, 30k, blog, Computer, electronics, Hardware, Overclocking, Slappa, slappablog
Today is a good day! My blog has broken 30,000 views, and is continuing to gain popularity. I am averaging around 100 hits a day, which is great for a small computer hardware blog. I would just like to say thank you to all my followers and viewers!
Boxing Day Release for A8-3870K & A6-3670K
Posted: December 16, 2011 in AMD, Benchmarking, Extreme Overclocking, Hardware, Overclocking, ProcessorTags: 32nm, 3670k, 3870k, APU, CPU, december 26, GPU, llano, Overclock, release, unlocked
TPU: December thru January looks to be a busy time for AMD. Along with a few new graphics products, AMD will launch new CPUs and APUs. The company has chosen December 26 to launch its A8-3870K and A6-3670K Black Edition “Llano” accelerated processing units (APUs) in the FM1 package, which feature unlocked base clock multipliers [...]
Windows Scheduler Update – Bulldozer Fix
Posted: December 15, 2011 in AMD, Benchmarking, Hardware, ProcessorTags: 4100, 6100, 8120, 8150, bulldozer, scheduler, windows 7
I woke up this morning to this delightful Bulldozer news.To be honest, I didn’t even think this elusive update even existed or would actually see the light of day. But now that its here, it has me interested. If anyone has a bulldozer CPU, please test this and post any results in the comments! I [...]
Blast From The Past
Posted: December 12, 2011 in Hardware, Intel, ProcessorTags: #2, 1.8GHz, geforce, Intel, MX, Pentium 4, rambus, willamette
2002 was the year I was packing rambus & netburst I used to play COD 1 with this rig religiously.
5.7GHz i7-3960X – World Record
Posted: December 9, 2011 in Benchmarking, Extreme Overclocking, Intel, ProcessorTags: 3960x, Extreme, i7, Intel, Overclocking
:O . Wow. That is one fast chip! Source
GTX 570 & Phenom II X2 555 @ 4GHz – Skyrim Gameplay: Blackreach – Ultra Settings, 4X AA/16X AF
Posted: December 8, 2011 in AMD, Hardware, Overclocking, Phenom II, Processor, VideoTags: AMD, creative audigy 2, EVGA, Gigabyte, mushkin, Phenom II, vimax
Just a video of some Skyrim gameplay….I know there are lots of these on the net My system specs are as follows: Phenom II X2 555 BE @ 4GHz EVGA GTX570 SC Stock 4GB Mushkin Ridgeback 1600MHz 6-8-6-24-1T Gigabyte 880G-UD2H Creative Audigy 2 ZS 42″ VIMAX 1080P Plasma TV 4.1 Surround Sound
Laptop Llano (Sabine) Overclocking Guide – A4-3300M, A6-3400M, A8-3500M, MX
Posted: December 8, 2011 in AMD, Folding, Guide, Hardware, Overclocking, Phenom II, ProcessorTags: 3300, 3400, 3500, A4, A6, A8, AMD, APU, coretemp, CPUz, folding, Guide, Hp laptop, k10stat, llano, mobile, MX, Overclocking, sabine, Slappa, smp, VMware
I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff floating around on the internet on how to overclock these new AMD Laptop APU’s. This content consists of mostly a few youtube videos, and a handful of helpful forum posts. So I am taking it upon myself to compile all this information to be helpful to those of [...]
