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yah, nexfan is known to be a little lacking in the communication dept but they've always come through for me.

if you get one that runs ok for a couple weeks it should be ok for quite a long time. i have quite a few ECS boards that are running great (and for a few years now) at stock settings. that being said if you find one that gives you trouble, return/exchange it immediately! i also have this...

i'll edit my post, its a quad core proc

my first post so be gentle! :D searched for this and didn't find anything todays ad shows the Q6600 for $848 with a free mobo of your choice (listed above). the proc itself is $878 at newegg so a free mobo makes it pretty hot no? link from sjmercury: top of the page EDIT...

yes it will, slots are slots it's what you clock it at (fsb) that makes the speed. like praxis said it won't run at ddr 500 unless you clock it at ddr500. i have an ic-7 with a 3.0 prescott at 3.8 with (ocz gold pc4000 1:1) at 254fsb or ddr508.

it will down itself all the way down to pc2100 if you tell it too. most if not all ram is backwards compatible. edit: make that "similar types are backwards compatible" ie pc4000 can be used as pc2100 if you want to waste money but obviously it won't fit into a pc100/133 slot or rambus etc.

have used the pre SE version (doesn't have the big reservoir) for a long time, extremely easy to set up and get running. i had it installed on a P4E 3.0@3.8 max temps were ~60 with idling ~43. this is with the fan at 50% it would go down a couple more degrees at full blast. imho this is a...