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I have an old X6 1075T 125W AM3 cpu that i'd like to move to a microATX format and use as a HTPC. What board would you all recommend? I'm not going to be overclocking (CPU, or RAM/BUS), but I would like a decent VRM because I would like it to last. The best VRM i can find is still only...

Was it one of their Extreme boards? ASUS owns ASRock. I know ASUS offers "Rapid RMA" on their ROG boards. They send you a refurb then you send your broken board back. Though they want your CC # to charge you for the board (& refund the charge after they get your board back, assuming they...

I built an Phenom II X4 with an ASUS M4A79T 790FX motherboard for my sister as a wedding gift. A year later she called me up saying the computer wouldnt turn on. The board was dead. So i shipped it out to ASUS and they shipped it back still broken. I called them up and they swore to me it...

I think so, yes. I had muscle cramps and back aches. So I would wake up 5+ times every night, and rarely get far into REM; if at all. The primary cause was inflammation and I was prescribed prednisone to help with it, but I thought there would be another way to relax my body without resorting...

D: Oh well. Hopefully haswell won't be blown out of the water by it's replacement. I bought a Core2 right before Nehalem came out. Which I regretted. And now I'm starting to regret Haswell, thinking I bought before the real tock. It seems I always buy a CPU at the wrong time. At...

Does anyone know if Skylake will be Socket 1150? I've built a Haswell and my CPU is an overclocking dud. I'm wondering, if Skylake is a OCing champ; will I have to buy another mobo or will it be a quick switch-out? Or has it not been leaked yet and nobody knows (all speculation)?

Hi guys, long time lurker first time poster. I saw the responses in this thread and had to register to contribute. Anand's community has helped me so much over the years w/ reading opinions about which parts to buy; I think it's time I gave back on a subject I know a lot about. Memory foam...