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    i5 2500k - is this fan better than the stock one?

    It came from a Dell XPS 630i (775 socket) desktop. I ended up having to put the stock fan on for now. The holes lined up on the MB ok, but rather than being push pins, it uses screws. Dell had a plastic panel under the MB with the screw holes, and of course THAT didn't align. Sigh...
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    Should I keep this 7200RPM drive?

    So i replaced my crappy motherboard as part of a larger upgrade, and the disks are running a lot faster now. That being said, the Samsung has even a bigger gap over the Segate than before. The 7200rpm segate has a legs up on random reads, and the Samsung is signifigantly faster on everything...
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    i5 2500k - is this fan better than the stock one?

    When I did a quick google search, I found many fans that are listed as supporting 1155, 1156, and 775, like this one: http://www.avadirect.com/product_det...asp?PRID=19163 That being said, last thing I want to do is fry my new cpu :-/
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    i5 2500k - is this fan better than the stock one?

    When I place it on top, the screw holes seem to line up, but I have not tried to screw it in yet. What in particular should I be looking for re: it not fitting?
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    i5 2500k - is this fan better than the stock one?

    So I have a really large heatsink with a vertical fan inside that I had been using on my E8400 for the past 2 years. I am trying to figure out if this is better for an i5 2500k than the stock fan? I don't know the brand/model of the one I currently have. Stock fan/sink: http://imgur.com/x7aeJ...
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    Should I keep this 7200RPM drive?

    I recently purchased an OCZ 64GB SSD for a boot drive, and a new Samsung SpinPoint F4 2TB drive for data. I still have my older Segate 320GB 7200 RPM drive, which was "high end" at the time. Since the SpinPoint is only 5400rpm, I was planning to keep the 7200RPM drive for apps. However...