My new CPU

[Rizwan1]

http://www.itproportal.com/2011/06/02/amd-launches-israeli-rd-center-hints-closer-arm-partnership/

*washes hands* :)

But yes, I am aware that Intel holds a much deeper link with Israel than AMD does.

I am also aware that almost all of our daily purchases as well as our taxes (within a non-islamic country) go towards the funding of the military bases and technologies that are used against our brothers and sisters. Israel is not the only country destroying the lives of our muslim brothers and sisters, what about the funding of the USA products? or the British products? If you are going to boycott, you cannot pick and choose :P

At the end of it all, if we did boycott all products that contributed towards the funding of American, British or Israeli power then we would be left questioning why we are even in a non-islamic country. (mind you, this "funding" occurs even in islamic countries)

I don't think saying "well I can't stop all harm, so why should I stop doing any?" is really acceptable. It is an excuse to cop out. We should do what is easy for us, while choosing the least harmful option. Are Israeli goods the only option? OK, no choice so let's just buy what we need. Is there an acceptable alternative? Then we should take the alternative.

Also, I don't boycott Intel because they have offices within Israel: I boycott Intel because they have built a factory to manufacture processors on a demolished Palestinian village which the UN still recognises as Palestinian land.

http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-intel.html

Which is worse: a R&D office? Or a whole factory on a demolished village? You see? I chose the lesser evil :)

*washes hands a bit less than if he were using Intel products * :)

There is no punishment for not boycotting the companies, but inshallah those who go out of their way in support of their oppressed muslim brother and sisters will be rewarded.

[asfandyar]

Sorry if I offended anyone. Let me summarise what I'm trying to say:

I can't do all salaat - fard, sunnah, nawafil, tahajud.... so I'll just do what's easy, and do fard, sunnah and some nawafil

I can't fast 365 days a year, so I'll do what's easy: 30 days, then some extra ones now and then.

I can't earn billions of pounds or dollars, so I'll do what I can: I'll earn as much as I can without burning myself out.

I can't boycott every harm-causing company, so I'll boycott those that have a lesser evil alternative, so it won't affect me that much, and I won't get burnt out and stop boycotting altogether.

See? That's all I'm saying. Sorry again if I offended anyone, I should have said simply that strongly encourage all brothers and sisters to boycott Intel :)

Salaam and peace.

Back to on topic: Almost every testing tool ran stably on the CPU clocked at 4GHz so I thought: WOO! Annoyingy, Linpack (a tool written specifically to generate as much heat as possible in a system) took the CPU over its safe temperature limit and rebooted the system! doh. So I had to lower the voltage a bit so Linpack wouldn't overheat it, and I've now settled on a healthy 3.85GHz.

[thulfiqaar]

Hey I didn't know intel did that asfandyar , thanks for sharing that with us :)

[ZPE]

last time I checked.. CPU's don't have a lifespan.

It does, anything electronic will eventually fail one way or another (except for my NES, that thing is a beast).

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/263 ... -overclock

[KoubaDZ]

Many CPU manufacturers today, produce CPUs with overclocking in mind, so long as you dont go above the set guidelines and set voltage then you should be good for quite some time. Don't worry too much about CPU lifespan, if you keep the voltage fairly low and the temperatures quite low, they should be alright for a long time.

[Rizwan1]

Many CPU manufacturers today, produce CPUs with overclocking in mind, so long as you dont go above the set guidelines and set voltage then you should be good for quite some time. Don't worry too much about CPU lifespan, if you keep the voltage fairly low and the temperatures quite low, they should be alright for a long time.

Also only bother overclocking if your CPU is too slow for you. I have an AMd Phenom II X4 965 and i'm not going to overclock it until a game comes out that i can't play due to power.