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    Core i5 running at 90C without me knowing

    i see.. How would you know if ift would last for 5-10 years? What about the motherboard socket for the processor? Will the socket be damaged too? I didn't Overclock before( no voltage increase.) I have seen melted GPUs/chips because of high temps. i hope there won't be any problems with the...
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    Core i5 running at 90C without me knowing

    Thanks. But i am not so sure what you meant. I supposed the throttle means slowing down clock speeds when it is nearly overheating? If that FPS drop today didn't happen, i wouldn't have known about that loose sink. i know laptop processors like Pentium M 2.0 Sonoma can withstand high temps. But...
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    Core i5 running at 90C without me knowing

    hello. I just wanna ask whether prolonged high temperatures could really shorten the CPU life. It is a Core i5 760. I use it for gaming. Previously my gameplay has been smooth (battlefield 3) but it was only today i noticed the frame rate dropped by half and was really very laggy. I didn't know...
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    LED-LCD Samsung PX2370 Overcurrent

    recently bought a new LED LCD monitor PX2370. One afternoon, i heard a buzzing sound and saw my display screen flicker for about 5 seconds. I think it has something to do with excessive voltage or overcurrent. Since then, i bought a voltage stabilizer to provide clean power. And it has never...
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    Help with monitor

    Hello...I have a problem with my SAMSUNG PX2370 LED LCD monitor. Sometimes after playing 3D games and having exited to my desktop view, my monitor will have blurring at the center of the screen but not at the left and right sides of my display. This is evident particularly with the text...