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My friend just brought 3 of them,,, $620 each, one for him, one for me, and a spare one

the mutiplier is unlocked

I might want to try 3G later

any suggestions? I never oced a laptop b4



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00m 39.641s for Pi 1M T43p 2.0Ghz 2Gb 100Gb 7200rpm
39m 58.453s for Pi 32M

My old 43p (less than a year old) can't run with the big boys anymore Oh well it is still my favorite machine. Nice job on the proc swap raid-5. Core 2 is nice but I will no give up my flexview for it

First of all, it's a laptop. That means that overclocking is NOT a good idea, since the extra heat will cause more problems than it would in a desktop. Secondly, I never understood why people overclock a new chip right off the bat. Not only do you risk frying your entire computer, but you also shorten its lifespan.

Pocket Aces wrote:First of all, it's a laptop. That means that overclocking is NOT a good idea, since the extra heat will cause more problems than it would in a desktop. Secondly, I never understood why people overclock a new chip right off the bat. Not only do you risk frying your entire computer, but you also shorten its lifespan.

Maybe he thinks his Pi tastes better hot? I like mine with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum!

- Yak

Just out of curiousity, what type of laptop did you put that processor in?

Pocket Aces wrote:First of all, it's a laptop. That means that overclocking is NOT a good idea, since the extra heat will cause more problems than it would in a desktop. Secondly, I never understood why people overclock a new chip right off the bat. Not only do you risk frying your entire computer, but you also shorten its lifespan.

Probably true for laptops. Maybe, maybe not for a desktop. If you don't push it to the extreme and beef up the cooling (air cooling is OK) a little it's not a problem. This computer I'm typing on now has the processor, video card and RAM OC'd by about 15% for about three years straight running almost 24/7 (sometimes I turn it off at night).

stallen wrote:

Pocket Aces wrote:First of all, it's a laptop. That means that overclocking is NOT a good idea, since the extra heat will cause more problems than it would in a desktop. Secondly, I never understood why people overclock a new chip right off the bat. Not only do you risk frying your entire computer, but you also shorten its lifespan.

Probably true for laptops. Maybe, maybe not for a desktop. If you don't push it to the extreme and beef up the cooling (air cooling is OK) a little it's not a problem. This computer I'm typing on now has the processor, video card and RAM OC'd by about 15% for about three years straight running almost 24/7 (sometimes I turn it off at night).

Yeah, don't overclock a laptop, you cannot add an extra ventilo or something else to cool the box

What about applying Arctic Silver and just doing a small overclock (0.1Ghz)?

rarirurero wrote:What about applying Arctic Silver and just doing a small overclock (0.1Ghz)?

Probably would be OK, but not worth the trouble. It's all about monitoring temps before and after. And stress testing for stability after. If temp remain in line and your system is stable then it's OK.

You really won't have any noticeable difference in a .1 overclock... barely noticeable a .2

can't wait for a x7900

wow. I'm actually kinda tempted to get one of these. It rivals my current desktop setup.

I thought of that at first when the x7800 came out and x7900 in the queue, but when I looked at how "hot" it is and how much power it drains, I gave up. For e.g, x7800 gulps 45 watts while T7700's 35 watts, I think T7500's around less than 30 watts. I can imagine the heat x7900 builds up, the fan on the laptop would run all the time... for what .. 5% more CPU?

I don't think that's worth it.

unimorpheus wrote:Core 2 is nice but I will no give up my flexview for it

You don't have to give it up anymore! See this thread. ("For a limited time only!")



I felt the same way about my T42p until I found this, FWIW.

-- Nathan

NaT wrote:I thought of that at first when the x7800 came out and x7900 in the queue, but when I looked at how "hot" it is and how much power it drains, I gave up. For e.g, x7800 gulps 45 watts while T7700's 35 watts, I think T7500's around less than 30 watts. I can imagine the heat x7900 builds up, the fan on the laptop would run all the time... for what .. 5% more CPU?

I don't think that's worth it.

.... er it is not 5% more CPU. X7900 is a quad core mobile CPU

cs120ban wrote: .... er it is not 5% more CPU. X7900 is a quad core mobile CPU

X7x00 is dual-core based. X7900 is supposed to be a 2.8GHz dual core based on the same architecture as T7700 and X7800. Based on the roadmap from Intel, Quad Core laptop processor won't be out until Q4/2007 or Q1/2008. Even Intel's boasting 2.8GHz, the real life performance improvement is not much better than X7700 or X7500 but the power consumption, heat generation, and price difference are obvious.