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    Is my PSU suffering?

    Been a long time since I last overclocked and recently caught the bug again because my cousin just got into it and I've been helping him out. Got an old Asus Rampage Formula and a Q9550. Running 450x8.5 with Vcore setting 1.375 (Vdroop underload and it holds steady 1.30). Graphics card is a...
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    PM notifications by e-mail?!?

    Okay, I've been part of these forums since 1999, and I still haven't figured out of there's a notification-by-e-mail function for PMs. A little help here? :o
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    Seeking silent LCD...

    I'm beginning to notice my LCD's buzz more and more. Has anyone here noticed the sound produced by their display unit (CRT or LCD) other than myself? And has anyone taken action to deal with it? Because from my sitting position the LCD I'm using is more audible than the computer, and when I go...
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    Seeking Intel-chipset-based P4 mobo to undervolt...

    I'm looking to undervolt and underclock a P4 2.6C that someone gave me as a gift, and building a silent rig out of it as a project. Can anyone recommend to me a motherboard that's not too expensive (preferably under $100, but definitely under $125) and supports hyperthreading? -Ed
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    Updated Once More: Monitor Successfully Silenced.

    Good day, all! I have acquired a Pentium 4 2.6C and wish to build the quietest possible system based around this chip, on a budget. I am willing to underclock the chip (ie run it like FSB100 and 1.3GHz and with lowered voltage, for silent cooling); it was a gift anyway. Would like a...
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    9700 Pro? or 9800 nonPro?

    Hello, fellow Anand readers! I am pondering either one of two ways to spend my hard earned $250... I will either get a 9700 Pro and o/c, or get a 9800 nonPro, BIOS flash it and o/c it. I was wondering if anyone can help me decide which way to go! My question is, does anyone know which...
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    Avoiding the PCI bottleneck...

    Question! Does the southbridge ATA controller bypass the PCI bus, thereby avoiding the PCI bottleneck of <133MB/s? If this is true, then the dual channel southbridge ATA controller on motherboards should be able up whip out the full 266MB/s of both channels combined at the same time at peak...
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    Vantec Nexus and LED fans...

    How loud are these LED fans that are out on the market? Are they loud enough that using six at once would make significant noise? If they do, I would consider using something like a Vantec Nexus to control the speed of some of the fans, but would slowing the fans also dim the LEDs? -Ed
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    Purple plastic 3.5" drive cage fan mounts...

    I recently purchased the Thermaltake Xaser II 6000 A aluminum ATX case based on the Chieftec/Chenming Dragon series midtower. I love how one of the 3.5" drive cages has a purple fan mount in it. It's critical for me, as I have six 7200rpm hard drives in here, being that I have two RAID arrays...
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    RAID performance issue; please help. :-/

    The FastTrak SX4000 card has 256MB of cache installed and is on its own IRQ; it has a RAID 0 array with stripe width 4. The performance of this array is slower, both in synthetic benchmarks, as well as in day to day usage, when compared to the FastTrak100 array that is in this same system, and...
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    Single Drive vs. 2- drive RAID 0 vs. 3-drive RAID 5

    I am confused regarding RAID 5 performance after reading the guide at Storage Review.com and reading a RAID card comparison at Anandtech so I will ask the highly knowledgeable group of people who browse this site. Right now I have a FastTrak100 card, am using 2 WD 400BBs in a striping...
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    Parhelia-512 vs. Radeon 9700...

    Yes it may seem at first glance that the Radeon 9700 is a far superior choice, however, my situation is sort of unique... First off my current setup involves a PNY Verto, GeForce3 Ti200, o/c'd to 233 core/555 memory. Yes that's with stock cooling. Yes that's faster than a Ti500. 8-) Anyway...