My new PC

[mikeco]

nice build

price is a tad high but no worry u got a nice pc to look forward to and weeks of messing about with it till u get used to having it.

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any other tweaks/tools I should check out?

[Seedler]

ATI tools is a must.

So is Everest, Pc probe, etc etc. if you want to monitor temps and such.

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ATI tools is a must.
So is Everest, Pc probe, etc etc. if you want to monitor temps and such.

ATI Tools is an overclocking tool right? I don't want to overclock my videocard

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YAY!! using my new pc right now

[zapjb]

Congrats!

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When I want to enable the Cool & Quiet feature in the bios I cannot choose 'Enable'. its currently set at disabled, when I want to change it I can only choose 'auto'. Is this normal? because the manual says I need to set it to 'Enabled'

[lynx]

When I want to enable the Cool & Quiet feature in the bios I cannot choose 'Enable'. its currently set at disabled, when I want to change it I can only choose 'auto'. Is this normal?

Yes.

For some reason most choices like that only have the options Auto and Disabled.

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Thanks lynx its working now

Does this option make my pc run slower???



After installing the 'AMD Dual-Core Optimizer' I have a new entry in my startup list (msconfig) can i disable 'amd_dc_opt' from starting everytime i turn on my pc?

[clocker]

Thanks lynx its working now

Does this option make my pc run slower???
Yeah...what did you think it did?
When it kicks in you'll be running at around 1GHz and 1.1 vCore.



After installing the 'AMD Dual-Core Optimizer' I have a new entry in my startup list (msconfig) can i disable 'amd_dc_opt' from starting everytime i turn on my pc?

No.
If you look at your boot.ini you'll notice it also added a switch "-usepmt" to the end of the string.
It's not hurting anything- just let it run.