Remembering The Mighty Core 2 Duo / Quad (post your best overclock)

[FreedomEclipse]

I have a similarly-spec'ed Dell XPS. Repaste did not solve its thermal issues.

Unfortunately i think im discovering this now. Just transferring files across ethernet sees temps hit 72c

::EDIT::

It must have been doing a scan of some sort. Now temps are 60-65'c

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Running into a few other 'issues' with this laptop. the HDMi is Realtek and it seems they didnt want to pay money for HDCP and all the different codecs like DD & DTS which means that plugging this into my Yamaha AVR will only do 2.1 audio not 5.1

The only way to do 5.1 is via TOSLink through the 3.5mm jack. Absolute bummer.

 

[unclebalaji]

Anyone know what model is the most rare core 2 processor in existence? I always hunt down the more obscure chips whenever researching a new platform. Then, luck permitting try to find them still for sale on ebay.

and then for those chips, I remember there being an extreme black edition, and along that, intel made a dual socket board for those chips. It is extremely rare afaik to find the dual socket board.

This just reminds me of being a broke teenager with a Q6600 desktop that was shared with my family. I remember browsing tom's hardware and anandtech and other forums, just in shock how much performance can be squeezed from a Q6600, and it was sitting a few rooms away from me. Mind you, I cherish my socket 478, but the Q6600 was the bee's knees at the time in terms of price/performance for quad core cpus. Alas, I have that Dell Inspiron 530, albeit with either a ram issue or the yellow light of death. The cpu works just fine. Time to go find some lga 775 boards on ebay.

A little hint of what im currently trying to get up and running...

Unfortunately its been sitting in the bag at the back of the shelf for so long that im going to have a beard before all the updates are completed (its been 2h30min already...) #DualCoreProblems

Trying to get this laptop up and running as a second machine as it packs more of a punch over my Clevo W310CZ. The screen is also bigger.

I remember back in like '09/'10 during the netbook craze, some guy in my area was selling his Vostro 1500 with a T5000 or T5100 with the 8400m GS for $300. I headed to his place, with the money I saved up working @ ShopRite, and bought it off him. I was ecstatic. I also had a busted up T61, and decided to swap the cpu with the Vostro, and my, at the time, it held up pretty well in games and just general use, compared to my 478. I miss those days.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I also had a busted up T61,

There is a big community for old refurbished IBM Thinkpads. Nobody realised how modular those laptops were back in the day and i have seen so many people build pretty strong laptops from parts salvaged from dead laptops bought off ebay.