Apr 11, 2011 · I have an i3 550 that I want to overclock. I have a few different motherboards (GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3, Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R , MSI P55M-GD45) I will not be using the onboard graphics (obviously these boards do not support onboard graphics). Anyone know if there is a guide or links to other...

Nov 18, 2008 · She got an i3 550 3.2 ghz, and I was wondering what would be a safe fast overclock for it on all-stock settings. She doesn't game or anything, so I don't care about spending the time or money squeezing out every last mhz, I just want a fast 5-minutes-of-effort overclock for it so she sees some speed benefit.

Feb 19, 2011 · like the tittle says which is better, the i3-550 or Phenom II X4 955BE I am going to build a pc for my GF and i am stuck in between these 2 CPUs. I know that they both can get to the 3.6 range (dont want any more than that) and i haven't really found anything that really compares the …

Feb 24, 2012 · Core i3-550 @ 3.2GHz @ 1.216V 8GB Gskill Sniper @1.5V 500GB Black WD 2.5" drive Win8 beta - Ultra 400W PSU - power saving mode 44W idle Power drops to 32W idle with Seasonic 300W Bronze Power drops to 30W idle with FSP 400W Gold Switched CPU to 1.15V and RAM to 1.4V = no difference