Thermaltake Frio Instalation - Temps & Review

For the past year I have been running the stock AMD Phenom x6 cooler and that thing was horrible. It was load under load and wouldn't do a great job keeping my rig cool. I would peak around 50C under full load with that old thing. Recently one of my friends went water cooled and he sold me his frio. Now that I have it installed I was able to overclock and still achieve lower temps on full load than I did with the stock cooler.

MSI 870A-G55 Gaming Series Motherboard Review

My new computer had this great motherboard inside of it. So far I have had no problems with it. It provides fast speeds, easy overclocking, and some neat features. The board was also not very expensive. I only spent about $90 at Newegg and it also had a rebate but I didn't want to go and star ripping the UPC off of the box.

How to find out what type of RAM you have in your computer!

My number one recommended place to find the type of RAM that your computer needs would be the original manual for your computer or motherboard. Now I understand that most of us probably have no clue where we last left our manuals. That is why today I am sharing with you this neat little program called System Information for Windows or SIW for short.

This program is a free download for non-commercial use. It will show you a lot of different useful information about your computer. It will also show you what type of RAM you have installed. Just scroll down to the Memory section in the left pane and it will tell you all of the information it can find about your memory.

System Information for Windows - Scan you computers hardware, memory, etc.

Download SIW System Information for Windows


Option Two

If for some reason the software does not work, it should, you can give this online scanner a try. Now I would highly recommended using the SIW software first but you may also want to give this site a try. It will scan your computer for the type of memory through a web browser.

Review of the AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.86GHz

Today I have a hex-core 2.86 GHz CPU review from AMD. I recently bought this for my new computer build. The chip has six real cores built into it which in turn gives me a lot of power. I am currently using the stock heat sink and to be honest, it cools but its way to loud. I never have temperatures above 42*C on full load with Prime95. The only problem is that on full load the CPU fan runs extremely hot. I believe that eventually I will have to get another heat sink.

AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.86GHz

Now I have a few friends that were able to get an entire 1GHz over clock with this chip, but obviously they had a better heat sink.

Pros

• Fast and Powerful.
• Fairly prices. I bought mine off of Newegg for about $175.
• Runs cool.
• Can be over clocked.

Cons

• Loud stock heat sync.

In conclusion it's a solid processor. I enjoy having all of the power under the hood. Even though I seldom have to run all the cores at full load unless I am rendering video, I still like having some overhead.