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    System upgrade thoughts DDR2 vs DDR3

    Hey everyone, just wanted some feedback on my ideas for freshening up my system. I have a DFI 790FX board that uses DDR2. It will take AM3 processors, and was looking to upgrade to a Phenom II X3, an SSD, and a new graphics card, also a full Windows 7 Ultimate from XP. I am a general...
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    Idea for Thermalright: a variant of the new HR-03 GTX

    Hey all, I was just checking out Thermalright's upcoming HR-03 GTX cooler and had an idea so I sent them this following e-mail: Hi, I was just checking out your upcoming HR-03 GTX cooler because I am soon to be the proud owner of a GTX 260. While I like the design, it is large and with a...
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    The reason Carly Smithson got voted off "Idol"

    I think Carly Smithson got the boot because of her song choice from "Jesus Christ Superstar." She had an excellent performance, but I think the song made a lot of viewers uncomfortable due to the rather irreverent nature of the song. Broadway stuff tends to find its audience in metropolitan...
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    Frustrated Feminists

    This was a great article and a reminder why feminists are really not that relevant anymore: http://www.latimes.com/news/po...2mar02,0,4892434.story My thought is this: What is more of a sexist bigot? A chauvanist pig who votes against Hillary because she is a woman -or- a radical feminist...
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    Hillary's latest jab at Obama.

    I found this quite amusing...Hillary Clinton compares Obama to Bush: http://www.newsday.com/news/lo...in0223,0,7527567.story The reason for my amusement is that Hillary, as the "experienced" candidate voted for the Iraq war, the same war started by our current inexperienced President...
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    Phenom support with 590 SLI chipsets.

    Last year I bought a Foxconn 590 SLI board thinking at the time that upcoming Phenom support would only be a BIOS update away. Was I ever wrong. The ASUS Crosshair is the only 590 SLI board to date to support Phenom. I contacted Foxconn about the issue and here is their response: "Just...
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    Why Hillary would be a bad VP choice for Obama

    After watching the latest Dem debate, I was amazed that some people would even consider that Hillary would make a good VP choice for Obama. I am convinced she would be a terrible choice. Choosing her would give validation to Obama's critics that "experience" is a necessary and critical deficit...
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    How do you figure AM2 memory frequency properly?

    I am a bit stumped. I have two sticks of Corsair XMS DDR2 and I am trying to figure out what frequency they are running at with the following settings: HTT = 302 CPU multiplier = 9 Memory divider = 5/6 (DDR2 667) Nvidia MonitorView reports the memory is at 1009Mhz (I don't think that is...
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    I am withholding my vote in 2008.

    I am going to go on a bit of a rant here, but I despise both Republicans & Democrats. Neither party has the willpower or political fortitude to address our national debt. I am not talking just about reducing deficits, but actually coming up with a plan to pay off our national debt. All the...
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    What are the benefits of water-cooling?

    quote from another thread: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by: aigomorla Also i would like you to note my watercooling idles at 24C and Load is at 27C. I dont think a heatpipe will get anywhere near my temps. This is all...
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    Yate Loon vs. Arctic Cooling 120mm fan

    I just bought 4 Yate Loon 120mm fans for my Stacker 810, and while I have not installed them yet (more on that later) I plugged them in to do a simple comparison test to my Arctic Cooling 120mm fan. The Yate Loon at regular 12V is rather quiet, with a airflow hum near the outer edge of the...
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    The Democrats are effectively DOA.

    First off, I despise both political parties. Bush got us in this war and mess and continues to pile on stupidity after stupidity. We need change, but where the heck is the opposition? In my opinion, the Democrats have their heads so far up their rear ends they are navel gazing from the...
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    CM Stacker 810 review

    After debating for some time on what new case to purchase, I finally settled on the Cooler Master Stacker 810 in black: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119093. This case is a bit bigger than I wanted, but has all the features I was looking for. In my old case, my AMD...
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    AM2 12V Connector

    I was just curious if anyone has heard anything about whether the 12V connectors on the new AM2 boards will stay with the 4-pin style or go to the intel-style 8-pin. Not sure why the intel 975 boards require 8-pin, but power supplies usually have one or the other. Anyway, will AMD stick with...
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    New Lian-Li case!

    The new case is showcased at Silver PCs and Sundialmicro (both have same set of pictures): http://www.silverpcs.com/product/CS_PCV600 It seems to be a much needed new version of the PC3077A, which I bought and promptly got rid of since it was such a piece of crap due to extremely poor...
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    Anybody know where to buy a CM Stacket Bracket?

    For my next project this summer, I am planning to buy a silver CM Stacker 810. The case comes with one 5.25 to 3.5 bay converter, however, I will need another. Cooler Master makes them, called a CM Stacket Bracket, but I cannot find one for sale anywhere. Here is the product in question...
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    Curious question regarding Vcore voltages.

    I have an ASUS A8V-E Deluxe and when I set the Vcore (aka the Hammer Vid control in the ASUS BIOS) to the max setting of 1.5625v and change the CPU Vcore Offset to +200mv, the Vcore reads 1.63v in both the ASUS AiBooster and ASUS PC Probe. Can anyone explain why this is? If the board can do...