Chew* takes budget Athlon II X2 255 to it’s limit!0 Comments By EnJoYcloseAuthor: EnJoYName: Alex Joy Email: alex@techreaction.net Site:http://www.techreaction.net About:See Authors Posts (53) on January 25, 2010
Chew*, a prominent TechREACTION community member, has used an old Prometeia Mach 1 phase-change cooling system to take a new budget Athlon II X2 255 CPU to it’s limits! Chew* wanted to show what the average user could achieve with this chip, and while Chew* is anything but average when it comes to tweaking, he did his best to dumb his results down for the rest of us.
Starting with aircooling, he was able to net some impressive results. However, the real treat was when he slapped ...
Phenom II 955 aka CPU Blast Furnace5 Comments By equinoxcloseAuthor: equinoxName: Rich Peaslee Email: rdp5246@charter.net Site: About:See Authors Posts (1) on September 22, 2009
I thought i would share with you all my latest endevor in pc cooling or perhaps as my wife would say pc tomfoolery. I enjoy pc’s as a hobby not as a profession so I may not be extreme but maybe just creative. As you all know cpu’s, especially quad cores run a little warm. When overclocked they run HOT. So how do you solve that problem. Well theres air cooling, thats ok for stock speeds. not so good for overclocking. You can try the cold air trick but thats a little tough when its su...