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    Review Request - HP Envy 15

    If you look at the long thread on notebookreview, people were messing around with calibration settings for the IPS LCD since they started receiving their laptops. The consensus was calibration helps, but it won't take away the orange tint to reds. Darker or deeper reds still look fine though...
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    My first build - sg07 (SFF)

    SG07 supports graphics cards up to 12.2" in length. Any 6950 should fit. Reference cards tend to be the longest (around 11+") and the MSI Frozrs tend to be around 11" as well. You will want at least a H67 for onboard SATA III ports. You can step up to Z68 if you want depending on how much...
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    Noctua NH-D14 vs Corsair H100 for 2600K OC'ing? Update: Went with both!

    I think the H100 and the D-14 will perform very similarly depending on your fan configuration. If you do a 4x push/pull setup with your H100 I can imagine it performing quite well even if you use decently quiet fans. For the price it probably wasn't worth it, but hey it's a new machine might...
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    Would like to build a SFF gaming PC...

    A Radeon 6950 will not fit in a SG05 (maximum supported is 9" long). Only the SG07 can fit a 6950 (12.2" supported). Radeon 6950's range from 10.5" long (reference) designs to a little around 11". The longest and most powerful card you can probably fit will be a 6870 (I have a SG05 with a...
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    Anand's last SSD article misses an important point

    Point 2 is the most important. If you're using your SSD as the OS and program drive it will last for decades. You would have to constantly benchmark the drive and use it as a storage drive to really cause it to go into read only mode.
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    New 2600k system sips the power!

    You shouldn't have to pulse LED's to get them to dim. Typical LED bulbs use x# (maybe like 5-10) of .5W-1W LEDs. I would assume it would be simple to make LED bulbs dimmable as all you would need is to set the driver (pretty much an AC/DC transformer) output less power to each LED or you could...
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    Where can I buy an x4 610e?

    Amazon has the 610e and 615e in stock.
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    My gaming pc died two months ago and iv tried numerous things.

    Did you try building it outside of your case? You could have grounding issues. BTW what heatsink are you using, stock?
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    Need a QUIET 80mm Case Fan.

    http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=25028 From what I've tested, the Noiseblocker Blacknoise M8-S3 80mm has a very good airflow to noise ratio. http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...roducts_id=351 Low speed Panaflos are always a safe bet, but they definitely won't move much air...
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    Two Scythes Dead After a Couple of Months

    I would contact Newegg or Scythe for replacements first. If you're not having temp problems with your undervolted Slipstreams there is no reason to buy GT's (I'm assuming the noise level was fine when undervolted as well).
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    Athlon II X4 610e High Core Temp

    32-33C or so.
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    Athlon II X4 610e High Core Temp

    It's definitely cool to the touch which is reflected in the infrared temp gun readings. What boggles me is that the thermal paste spread looks like the heatsink is making decent contact with the heatspreader (I use a tiny ball of paste and let the pressure of the heatsink installation spread...
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    Athlon II X4 610e High Core Temp

    So I have a mini-itx system (Sugo SG05) I built using an Asus M4A88T-I Deluxe. Asus PC Probe reports CPU temperatures of 38C idle, 44C load. However, Core Temp and AMD Overdrive report the CPU Core temperatures to be 66-68C idle, and 72-74C load. Heatsink is a Scythe Big Shuriken (the 120mm low...
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    Athlon II X4 610e High Core Temp

    So I have a mini-itx system (Sugo SG05) I built using an Asus M4A88T-I Deluxe. Asus PC Probe reports CPU temperatures of 38C idle, 44C load. However, Core Temp and AMD Overdrive report the CPU Core temperatures to be 66-68C idle, and 72-74C load. Heatsink is a Scythe Big Shuriken (the 120mm...
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    UPDATED - now different issue still USB (Asus 690g MB (P2-M2A690G) and Win 7)

    What you might want to do is reinstall Windows 7, but have it connected via ethernet to your network. This will allow Windows to use Windows Update to download additional drivers during install. This is most likely why you do not have all the chipset drivers installed by default.
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    i7 720qm laptop cpu question

    Intel's Turbo Boost technology right now functions based on how many cores are active and idle. Most of the time you will find yourself with at most 1 idle core with a Quad Core so you will never see the full 2.8GHz boost state that requires 3 idle cores. If I am not mistaken, from a gaming...
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    Best way to be sure a new CPU cooler will fit?

    What is the model number for the RAM you are using? If they have regular heat-spreaders without all the junk sticking out of the top you can pretty much use any cooler as long as you install the ram before putting on the cooler.
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    Are the new line of AMD notebook cpus good?

    As far as I know, none of the programs work for the AMD Neo chips. I could be wrong though, so if you get K10Stat to work let us know.
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    Image not filling the screen...

    This is a known issue in the 10.8, 10.8b hotfix, and 10.9 Catalyst drivers. There are two solutions, one is to download the program at: http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=279&threadid=138653 Just setup your Task Scheduler to automatically run the ATI Overscan Fix.exe file on...
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    Why are my internal transfer rates so slow?

    The Samsung controller in your Corsair P128 is not that great for 4k random read/writes. You will want either an Intel SSD (160GB G2) or any of Sandforce based SSD (OCZ Vertex 2/Agility 2, Corsair Force, Patriot Inferno, etc.).
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    Motherboard recommendation: cheap HTPC

    Well let's start at what case you bought for yourself. If it's a mini-itx case then that will definitely limit you to fewer choices. Low profile vs regular expansion slot will also let us know if you can accommodate a stand alone GPU or not.
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    Sound cards with M3A78-EM

    I have a Hauppauge 2250 in that 1x slot and a Xonar D1 in the last PCI slot. I'm pretty sure a DX would fit in the 1x slot.
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    Memory issues with Asus M4A88TD-M Evo/USB3

    If your system is stable with 1 stick at a time then it's possible that your motherboard just doesn't like both sticks together. I would try to RMA your motherboard or look into flashing to a new BIOS. If you have a friend trying your memory out in their motherboard would also help pin down...
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    Fan selection?

    You could also consider an 80mm Scythe SFlex fan such as http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=25497. Pushes lots of air, pretty loud but combine it with a decent fan control device to drop it to 50% or so and it's quiet.
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    What GPGPU applications are available to ATI users?

    There aren't many ATI users who buy their video cards specifically for GPGPU applications. Think of it more as a bonus when OpenCL finally gets to the stage of being ready for prime time.
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    Athlon Neo X2 vs Intel Atom

    I have the old HP dm3z that uses the Athlon Neo X2 and has the 780e. You aren't going to get the battery life of an Atom based netbook (I'd say I can get 4 hours but this is with a 13.3" LCD), but performance wise the Atom isn't even close. The Athlon Neo X2 is as fast as the Athlon 64 X2...
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    Bulldozer has 33% less ALUs than K10

    Since not all computing applications scale well with multiple cores, I think just having an idea of how single threaded performance will compare with Intel's existing architecture in Nehalem would be interesting.
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    ASUS board booth failure:1 long+2 short beeps

    You need at minimum a CPU, Video Card, and RAM to boot. The error code you're getting is likely from having no RAM in your PC.
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    GA-MA770-UD3 No audio over HDMI

    ATI cards have a realtek codec onboard, so you don't need to connect the SPDIF from another audio source. If you install the Catalyst Suite it will install the HDMI Audio driver for your graphics card at the same time. Plug in your HDMI cable, make sure your audio output is set for your ATI...
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    Radeon 5970 with Q9450 @ Default

    Crossfired 5870 x2 is even more overkill. As the 5970 takes much less power to run, it seems less of a hassle to add to a system because you don't have to be as worried about making sure your case is well ventilated enough etc. Just make sure your case can fit the card is the main thing.
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    Dell Received $6B Through Secret Intel Pact

    Back to the topic; even if AMD may have been capacity constrained, this covers a very LONG period of time where AMD was considering outsourcing some of its cpu fabrication. Outsourcing is always a possible avenue of increasing capacity for the short-term, but there probably was not enough...