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I have been oc'ing my q6600 the past couple of nights. Last night I reached 3.4 with temps of 68 and lower. I ran prime for about a half hour and was shutting it down so I could make some changes in BIOS. It sat with just CPU-Z and Realtemps 64 running for about ten seconds when all of a sudden POP!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My woman was sitting right there when it happened. Mix embarassment with shock and what the hell just happened and you'll get a feeling close to the one I experienced last night.
So I remained calm. About five minutes before all of this happened we noticed a plastic smell in and around the computer. Then I remembered someone told me that my new rig would smell like this for a couple of days.
I then put on my Sherlock Holmes Hat and rubbed my chin. The case I bought a year ago was very inexepensive: $50. It came with a 450W PSU. I was just trying to push too much power through that unit. It popped but there was no smoke.
So today during my lunch break I am going to hunt down a good powersupply somewhere in town. I don't want to wait for a delivery as it's the only computer I have besides the one at work and it's not mine.
This is the conclusion I have drawn. If I am wrong please let me know. But if I'm right how big of a PSU should I buy to oc my Q6600? 650?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My woman was sitting right there when it happened. Mix embarassment with shock and what the hell just happened and you'll get a feeling close to the one I experienced last night.
So I remained calm. About five minutes before all of this happened we noticed a plastic smell in and around the computer. Then I remembered someone told me that my new rig would smell like this for a couple of days.
I then put on my Sherlock Holmes Hat and rubbed my chin. The case I bought a year ago was very inexepensive: $50. It came with a 450W PSU. I was just trying to push too much power through that unit. It popped but there was no smoke.
So today during my lunch break I am going to hunt down a good powersupply somewhere in town. I don't want to wait for a delivery as it's the only computer I have besides the one at work and it's not mine.
This is the conclusion I have drawn. If I am wrong please let me know. But if I'm right how big of a PSU should I buy to oc my Q6600? 650?