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I also have one 5850 and like to play games at max settings at 1920x1200. If you want to always get >= 60fps on most newer games, a second 5850 will defiantly help, even more so at "higher res". Games are certainly more than playable with just one 5850, but if you are sensitive to the...

Okay so everything is functioning properly. Time to OC this thing more, I won't feel comfortable until it is pumping out hot air. I need something to warm my hands besides my aluminum external hard disk.

I have a Scythe Mugen 2 attached to an i7 920 (with 1 120mm fan attached) running at 3.36ghz on 1.120 Volts. Idle temps are around 35-39C, under load, 55-58C. Thing is, the heat sink never gets hot, ever. Not even warm. The only thing that gets even slightly toasty is the "mini heat sink" at...

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Wow. Suddenly I have much less desire to destroy my CPU. Though I do remember that I have a 486 SX chip laying around somewhere, maybe I should try my hand at that. CTho9305: do you have any idea why it is more difficult to sand on the area of the die that is exposed after removal of the heat...

I'm guessing the metal top of the core is not some cap that can simply be popped off. I don't know much about IC packaging. Is the shiny metal top somehow melded into the wafer? If so maybe sandpaper would be a good idea. Maybe I can use my belt sander...

I want to see something like this

I have an old Athlon 64 CPU laying around that I feel like destroying. I already removed the heat spreader. Is there anyway to remove the metal top of the core, so I can see the shiny transistor city underneath?

Any scripting language that supports XPath queries over HTML, such as PHP, should do this easily. As far as a more user friendly GUI way I'm not sure. You could just look up the 23 names manually, you'd probably be done by now.

Vim Sorry couldn't help myself. But seriously, Vim.

I realize that. I've built computers several times before and have never had a problem with any component, much less memory. This is the first time I've even seen (or noticed) a compatible memory list. Anyway, I purchased the Asrock board with this memory. Don't ask why I choose those sticks, I...

Here is the QVL sheet for the Asrock x58 Extreme: http://www.asrock.com/mb/memory/X58%20Extreme.pdf I went through every row under the DDR-1333 section that had either "2gb" in the Size column or "3PCS" in the Triple channel column, pasted the string contained in the "Module P/N" column into...

My beef with the QVL is that I usually cannot find the memory listed. When I do, it is usually for 2 or 4 gig kits, not 6, which makes little sense considering this is an x58 board. Of course I could be missing something.

Informative article, thanks. So the rated speed on the memory sticks does not really matter. I'm still concerened about compatibility. Looking over the QVL list of compatible memory for the Asrock x58 Extreme, 90% of the serial numbers cannot even be found (on Newegg at least), and the rest are...

Sounds about right, guess I won't worry about it. Given the massive improvement in performance I will get upgrading from my Athlon 64 3500+, I doubt any of these details really matter at all. But, obsessive research and planning is half the fun of building a new computer, at least it is for me.