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    E8400 Dual Core Processor for $140?

    damn that sucks
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    Antec Neopower 650 Blue 104.99 no rebate!

    ya for sure, it was about 105 shipped, but still that PSU is pretty nice I have had a True Power Trio for like year and half runs great just wanted modular for new system. Suprised more people werent jumpin on this
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    Antec Neopower 650 Blue 104.99 no rebate!

    Newegg has the Antec Neopower 650 Blue for 104.99 w/ NO rebate. Woulda been my second choice had I not just grabbed the corsair 620hx from buy.com. Looks pretty nice too Newegg Link Looks like it reviewed pretty well here, and I know these guys really put power supplies through their...
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    Good Temps for slight overclock?

    *sigh* might be nice to be a little less vague
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    Good Temps for slight overclock?

    just took some pics top down case image Bottom left tab sideways case image bottom right tab All the other tabs are seated just the same as the two pictured. Hopefully these pics will help out. Thanks again for any help
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    Good Temps for slight overclock?

    Well knowing that those temps were too high for me I want back to my default config. My temps here are. I use speedfan and it gives the same temp as coretmp for the cores Ambient Temp. 81F CPU - 36C Mobo - 33C Temp3 - 24C HD1 - 34C Temp1 - 40C Core 0 - 44C Core 1 - 42c Core...
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    Good Temps for slight overclock?

    Hi was just posting to see if anyone could offer some insight. Just applied a mild overclock to 2.7 on my E6600 for the 1st time. Also, should I be more concerned with the temp that is listed in speedfan for the cores 0,1 or is the CPU temp more important seems to be a big temp difference...
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    Update: Went and got the artic silver 5 this morning got home and applied just as directed at the artic silver website. Running now at 45C idle on Core 0. Thanks again for all the help everyone has been really cool. Also I dont necassairily believe that these temps are still very...
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    I have set my voltage to 1.25 actually, and it is running at about 46-47C idle havnt had time to load it yet but with the good cooler it usually only ever goes up about 3C.......i am going to go to Microcenter tomorrow and get artic silver 5 and reapply with the spoken method in hopes of a...
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    I wish i could get the temp down but the upstairs does not cool erally at all.......got a ceiling fan in here so it does not seem teribly hot but it is! just gotta live with it but i am sitting at 47C on core 0 so that is better ..........one thing is i have been duped i asked for artic silver 5...
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    ok....heres the latest.....I went into BIOS and checked on the voltage settings (b/c I know I had to manually set the RAM in order to get it to work right) and the VCORE was on Auto. I had read that could be where the overvolting is occuring. So I read around and found that it looks like it...
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    Alright here is the update I just took HSF off cleaned off old stuff (looked like it was too thin actually) and applied a new bit and repositioned some fans and the HSF exhaust and intake position to correspond with the new fan setup. Also moved many wires around for a little wire managment...
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    Is there anyway to tell whcih speedfan reading is case temperature or if it is even read?
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    Stock E6600 at 51C Idle!!

    Will do here after 7AM EST thanks again for the help I'll update and let ya know how things go.