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OK - THanks. Case temp with caseside on is 50 C - so alittle cooler than with the side off - good. I think still need to clean the heatsink behind the HSF better - can I safely unscrew the fan and used compressed air to clear the heatsink of dust? - Myles Also - I think this CPU was just...

Well I got the compressed air out and tried to clean the heatsink/fan as best a possible ( I lost my small straw for the compressed air so it was not the good a job ). My new resting temp is 52 C and it climbs to 57 C during play. That is with the case side off - not sure if it will rise or...

I have ASUS PC Probe and it says : CPU 62 C MB 39 C CPU Fan 4963 +12V = 12.16 +5V = 4.862 +3.3V = 3.296 VCORE = 1.76 This is an A7V333 MB and teh case in an Enermax. There is one fan on the power supply one fan below that. There is also a fan at the lower front corner of the left side case...

It is about 88 F in the room and my CPU is running 72 C unload and 62 resting. I started having some freeze up yesterday, but don't don't know if it was my CPU or chaintech GF4-ti4600. My mother board temp says 33 C. Should I be worried about 72 C ? thanks, Myles

My new system does not seem to be performing very well yet: XP2000+ 512 PC2100 Asus A7S3333 Chaintech GF4-Ti4600 W98SE no overclocking First time I got 5900 now 7300 but this is still low isn't it? Where should I start in term of tweaking? Look at the poor vertex shader and game 4 #s - much...

Just got my new gaming rig. I am running an XP2000+ on a Asus A7S3333 in an Enermax case - video card is supposed hot running Chaintech GF4-Ti4600, only 1 40 gb HD a single CD Drive. The case is definately noisier than my old dell. There is one fan on the side front left of the case, one in...

"Retail Athlon" : well I wasn't sure whether there is difference between an OEM packaged Athlon or Retail packed Athlon. My invoice says I bought a Retail Athlon. I will ask but given that this shop build tons of custom PCs I am assuming they are attaching a heatsink if there is not one...

New PC build will be ready tommorrow - wondering if this system will need any extra cooling? There is one fan in the back of this case and locations for more. I don't plan on overclocking - at least not yet. Do I need cooling on the Retail Athlon? Enermax Mid Tower Case It will have a...

I am having build done by computer shop this weekend - is this drive from the same family as the 75GXP ? IBM 40GB Should have have them use WD drive instead - assuming they haven't started yet? Thanks, Myles They have available Seagate and WD Assuming I can get a change order in this...

I am having a system build for me this weekend ( Athlon 2000XP, Asus 7s333, 512MB PC2100/266DDR ). It has, amoung other things, this case ( the silver one in the middle ) Enermax Mid Tower Case And a Chaintech GF4 Ti4600 - got it for $279.99 Chaintech GF4-Ti4600 If you have either of these...

Well - I decided to keep my P3-1GZ intact ( my wife gets a nice pc for surfing - and I can set up some good network gaming ) and have a full new system built for me: Budget minded gaming machine : $177.99 AMD Athlon 2000 XP $ 74.00 Enermax CS-A1QX-02 300w P/S $ 87.99 Asus A7S333 $...

The shop is charging $65.00 for the build/transfer of old drives/hardware. It will be $40.00 if they do not have to reinstall the OS. Myles

I am setttling in on the idea of the following rebuild - somewhat budget minded. My PC use is primarily flightsims, games, and surfing. I have : P3 Slot1 1.0 gz ( 100mhz FSB ) 640MB SDRAM Replacing with: Athlon XP2000 ( will get XP2100 if available ) Asus A7S333 SiS 745 Chipset 512MB of...

No ethernet card to deal with ( and the rebuild won't have one either ) - just an external cable modem and a USB ethernet connecter. The more I look into this the more I think it is no biggie for the reinstall. Going with a clean OS install should be the way to go - especially since I only...

Thanks for you help. I have talked with a computer shop retailer and now realize that an OS install is likely. I guess this is not a biggie, I can probably handled a broadband connection reinstall. A few reasons I am shying away from a new pre-built are 1. cost and 2. I have 2 pc networked...