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  1. kschaffner

    Intel Skylake / Kaby Lake

    I purchased my 6700k from newegg on friday and it shipped out today. I should be receiving it tomorrow!! I'm excited to see what it will be able to do for an OC.
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    KSchaffner's Node 304 Build

    I'm using a modular one now with 4 hdd's but am seriously thinking about going full modular and a little shorter so that it fits and cleans up the cable mess a lot. This case doesn't really have any room to route or store cables in a decent way. Pretty much only above the PSU and even then if...
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    KSchaffner's Node 304 Build

    I'm sure they could be a lot better if I cleaned up the airflow a bit. CPU is 37c idle, 70c full load (prime 95) GPU is 45c idle, 80c full load (furmark)
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    KSchaffner's Node 304 Build

    Parts Fractal Design Node 304 Intel Core i7-3770K CPU MSI Z77IA-E53 ITX motherboard MSI GTX 660 Ti 2GD5/OC GPU Corsair H50 PC Power & Cooling 600W Silencer MK III 16GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill RAM 250GB Samsung 840 SSD 2TB Samsung F4 HDD 1TB Hitachi Deskstar HDD 500GB WD Green HDD No ODD Purpose I was...
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    Are cotton buds safe to use?

    Air compressor is where it's at just make sure there isn't any water in the tank before using it.
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    H50 vs NH-D14

    Appreciate the input everyone! :P
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    H50 vs NH-D14

    Greetings, I currently own and use a Corsair H50, which does a pretty good job at keeping my i7-870 at bay. I recently came into owning a Noctua NH-D14 and was wondering which one would you guys recommend using. Thanks!
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    Dell Inspiron M5030 intermittent short

    This board has never been repaired, but this model is know to run hot and is probably the cause of the yellowing on the solder points. The jack is also original and has never been removed. I have 2 of these laptops and they both run very hot like 50c idle even after I replaced the TIM with AS5...
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    Dell Inspiron M5030 intermittent short

    It wasn't board flex due to me not touching the board anywhere other than with the voltmeter and I didn't put enough pressure on it to cause flex, I touched the side of the part not the top or the point at which it solders to the board.
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    Dell Inspiron M5030 intermittent short

    Greetings, I should state that I have been a technician for 6 years now and have a good knowledge base for repair. Onto the issue! I have a Dell Inspiron M5030 laptop that has an odd intermittent short. Some history, last week the computer would not draw power from the ac adapter (ac adapter...
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    Dell Inspiron M5030 intermittent short

    Greetings, I should state that I have been a technician for 6 years now and have a good knowledge base for repair. Onto the issue! I have a Dell Inspiron M5030 laptop that has an odd intermittent short. Some history, last week the computer would not draw power from the ac adapter (ac adapter...
  12. kschaffner

    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    so the hyper 212+ did much worse lol. I hit about 90c after about 1 min of prime 95.
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    Loud buzzing sound, almost like an old fridge.

    Couple things to do. Take psu out and use a flash light to see if you see anything. I wouldn't recommend opening one to someone not familiar with them. You can also plug it and listen for the sound/smoke/smell. If nothing there try to test if it powers on with it unplugged from the wall use a...
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    I am running 4x2gb. I went ahead and ordered a hyper 212+ since it was $20 shipped new and I will see how that behaves. I may also end up ordering a Thermalright true spirit 120 if I don't like how the hyper is performing.
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    I'm pretty sure I have good air flow. My GPU runs fantastic IMO gtx 560 ti 448 at 975mhz core and 2100mhz mem for 60c load. My load temps on my i7-870 stock is like 55c which is also decent but I feel it is a limitation to the performance of a 3 year old H50.
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    a70 is 159.5mm and my case hold a cooler that is 160mm :D lol the macho hr-02 is 162mm so that is a no go.
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    What are your thoughts on the HR-02 Macho? I can pick one up for like 53 shipped or the A70 for 40 shipped with a $15 MIR
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    Seems the GT is OOS everywhere which isn't that hard to believe. These have been OOS since like 08 unless you get lucky and get one on time :D I wonder though. How much of a difference I will see with a new fan when I could just replace the HSF all together.
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    Greetings. I currently have an i7-870 @ 4.0ghz at 1.3v with an H50 w/ single fan configuration and am getting around 87c load on prime95 after running for about 5 minutes. I would like to get this down to around 70c or even lower but I'm not looking to break the bank so to say on a new cooler. I...
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    Looking to make a career in networking. Have some Q's though

    But I will have a college degree....
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    Looking to make a career in networking. Have some Q's though

    So I have come to find out that I can get not only the CCNA but Sec+, MCITP Client, MCITP server, and if I want a+ and net+ along with an associates degree in under a year.
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    Network spikes

    I suppose a temp solution could be to add a mac address filter to the router/switch if possible and block that mac address that the client is reporting to you. Not exactly a fix but it could work until you found the culprit.
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    Looking to make a career in networking. Have some Q's though

    Would it be a waste of time for me to pick up the CCNA and try to get a entry level networking position? I would take 1 year of courses before doing so to give me some experience in using the equipment. I know that the pay won't be like zomg. But I would assume 30k to start out. I also would...
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    Looking to make a career in networking. Have some Q's though

    What if I were to pick up an Associates degree of Networking Specialist at my college whilst still getting at least the CCNA? That would fit into my time frame before moving.
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    Looking to make a career in networking. Have some Q's though

    First of all thank you for taking the time to read this. So, after much thought I decided I want to make a career in networking. I have been working as a Technician for about 3 years now and just want to step up in the world. I have been looking at getting my CCNA (along with "Cisco Network...
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    Drive recognized in bios but not in win7.

    Kinda odd for it detect in one portion of the BIOS and not the other. You could always try another port/cable or an external enclosure but if none of those work it is more than likely the drive since you said yourself it can pick up 3 other drives. I suppose there is the possibility of a...
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    Bad hard drive circuit board

    From my understanding you need a controller (board) from an identical hard drive where almost every value besides date and s/n match up.
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    Transfering data from old drive to SSD

    Basically what you would have to do is like what taltamir said, Image the 300GB drive to the 400GB drive and then use a partition editing program like gparted to resize the partition to fill the entire volume. However, when you mention copying programs and applications from the 400gb to the SSD...
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    External hard drive no longer recognized on PC

    The USB controller in the enclosure could be bad or the controller on the drive itself is bad. I don't think a bad partition would cause a system lockup, only errors or bad data coming back from a bad controller.
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    what makes my computer faster besides memory(Ram) ?

    Honestly running windows vista with 2gb of RAM isn't leaving a whole lot of head room and you could be using quite a bit of virtual memory (hdd space). Like others have said I think we need more info as to what you are doing. But from your spec list I can only think of 2 upgrades. SSD and 2GB+...
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    first batch file-sending files from one PC to another

    since you are running xp you just need to right click the folder you want the files to transfer to and share it by opening sharing and security. Also enable other users to edit the files in there, there should be a check box for it. might want to try changing your batch file to this for the...
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    Apple denies company of updating their app in the store

    I wasn't getting upset about his opinion but how 2 people completely missed the point of the post and what the developer of the program was saying. The two people above made the basis of their comment on that photokast has nudity and if I want to see naked people go elsewhere. That wasn't even...
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    Apple denies company of updating their app in the store

    You idiots are not paying attention I DONT GIVE A CRAP about the damn app. It's the fact that apple in sensoring something saying it has nudity which it doesn't if you took the 5 minutes to read the article before putting in your two cents. Don't try to sound like you know what your talking...
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    Apple denies company of updating their app in the store

    Please, I ask you to point out how I bastardized the English language. Secondly, who gives a shit if you use the app or not keep your opinion about that to yourself. I wasn't making this thread on the basis of how the app is, but how Apple is refusing to release an update for an app. They claim...
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    Apple denies company of updating their app in the store

    This is just ridiculous..... please register at digg if you aren't already and lets get this on the front page. http://digg.com/apple/Save_PhotoKast_iPhone_App
  39. kschaffner

    Ford said I had to replace the intake manifold

    no chance at all the hole for the pivot point is the size of a O on the screen and there is also a lip that is right behind the dime that surrounds the entire thing, it is really a perfect fit for that spot.
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    Ford said I had to replace the intake manifold

    added backstory