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    GPU Idle (or not?)

    How can I tell if my GTX 570's GPU is idle? My PC has really become a beast in the past week (new hardware). I would really like to use my PC for more tasks and the tasks in mind involve a couple tuner cards and video encoding for media center purposes. I don't want to use CUDA or anything...
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    i5-2500K

    What frequency should I expect to get this processor to? I'm going to buy a new HSF since I'm using the stock right now. Basically the thing runs 4.2GHz no problem already and I can't imagine what it will do with more cooling.
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    Pond Water - What kind of system should I get?

    Interesting title right? I'm a systems admin and I couldn't think of a better place to post this question :) Well basically I just became a home owner in October. I have a nice little piece of property and a decent home. One problem I knew I was inheriting was the water system. To sum...
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    Money Well Spent...

    Please check out this post in the CPU section. .... I apologize if I'm breaking a rule by doing this but my question is both CPU/GPU oriented and I wanted to make sure I had enthusiasts from both perspectives read my question. Cross-posting is not allowed. Please don't clutter up the...
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    Money Well Spent...

    I'm interested in increasing my gaming performance. Currently my setup is: AMD Phenom II 555 X2 3.2GHz unlocked to X4 and at 3.7GHz 16GB GSkill Ripjaw DDR3 1333MHz 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD 2 Powercolor AMD 5770 (512MB) in Crossfire Dynapower 750W 80 PLUS Bronze certified PS (Crossfire and...