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    AMD 939 SSE3 Venice anyone?

    AMD is announcing a revision change for its: Desktop AMD Athlon(tm) 64 processors from revision D0 to E3 for model numbers 3500+, 3200+ and 3000+ in socket 939. http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content...DownloadableAssets/Rev_change_1_UK.pdf Desktop AMD Athlon(tm) 64 processor 3800+ from...
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    What is the best nF4 Ultra/SLI mobo?

    All things should be considered including: Bios update support Features Space available to fit CPU coolers (ie. XP-120 and/or Zalman coolers) Onboard audio quality and (most importantly) Overclocking options/ability! (other considerations may also be of interest)
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    30+ hours of Prime95 stable but not a second of SuperPi!

    I've got a Winchester 3200+ and I can run Prime95 small FFT stress test for 30+ hours without a single error. I go to run SuperPi 1M and I get a BSOD! What's wrong? I can do smaller SuperPis without a hitch, but 1M craps out. Also, I ran memtest on my current configuration for a few hours...
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    Newegg repair RMA

    I'm trying to RMA repair something to newegg.com. Does anyone know how you can get them to cross ship? I read the FAQ and they said they can as long as you're willing to pay for the item in advance then they'll refund you when they get the stuff. But they don't say how to choose this option...
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    DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D One Day Sale!

    Newegg's got a deal on these for today only! Have fun guys! http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-152&depa=1
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    6600 PCI-E Brand ranking?

    Just trying to figure out what to get. Are there particular brands to avoid? I'm not a great big fan of Chaintech recently, any others?
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    How important is video card memory?

    I'm trying to decide what would be better. I'm assuming it's probably game dependent as well. Any idea how big of a performance difference? Are there particular games that are MUCH better with 256 MB?
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    After 15+ hours of Prime95 computer restarts

    What's the cause? It just restarts, no notice like suddenly failing with errors. I've been monitoring the temperatures and I never exceed 35 degrees Celsius on the CPU! Any ideas on what's causing the random restart? Take a look at...
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    Should nTune give you a BSOD when you use it?

    Every time I run nTune, it crashes windows and gives a BSOD (while "tuning"). Then when the computer restarts it asks if I want to continue the previous "tuning session". If I say yes, then it'll probably crash again before finally finishing. Is this part of the process of finding the most...
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    Lamest 3200+ Winchester in existence?

    Here's my system: Chaintech VNF4 Ultra (newest beta bios) 1 GB of OCZ PC3700 Platinum TCCD AMD 3200+ Winchester Retail (with retail HSF) X700 Pro (waiting for preordered X800 XL to get rid of this POS) 36.7 GB WD Raptor + 120 GB WD Neopower 480W PSU Silverstone SST-TJ05-ST (with Thermal...
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    How do you remove the chipset heatsink?

    I've got a VNF4 Chaintech nForce4 Ultra mobo. Ideas?
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    Chaintech VNF4 physically unable to reach certain voltages!

    I've been experimenting with my motherboard and whether I set the voltages in the bios or with ClockGen I can't seem to get ANY voltages between 1.45 and 1.6 V (exclusive). So my only voltage options that my motherboard can physically reach are 1.4, 1.45, 1.6, 1.65 (1.7? I haven't tested)...
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    Low temps too low

    I get temps of no higher than 30-35 degrees Celsius on my AMD 64 3200+ Winchester clocked at 2300 (230*10) at 1.6V. I can boot into Windows at 2500 but it's not stable. I'm wondering that since my temps are so low, should I try to up the voltage and clock higher for a stable o/c at 2500?
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    Good program(s) to test stability

    I've heard of Memtest and Prim95 any others? And which do you think are best?
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    PCI video card in nforce4 mobo

    Can anyone tell me if there is a problem with this set up? I've got a Chaintech VNF4 with AMD 64 3200+ and 1 gig of ram. But I'm using a 10 year old PCI video card (Trident 1 MB). Any idea if/why this would not work? Edit: 2 MB but you get the point... hehe
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    Need PCI-(E) vid card suggestions

    I want something that'll work in my new mobo Chaintech VNF4 (PCI-E and PCI only). So I'm looking for a cheap (~$50-70 or less) that will be around the speed of a Geforce 3 or so. Any suggestions? The cheaper the better, I rather go cheap than get a good performer!
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    Asus A8V-E (PCI-E mobo not AGP!)

    As the topic suggests, I'd like to start a discussion on this particular mobo (PCI-E not AGP). It seems to me that people that are interested in a non-SLI PCI-E mobo should at least consider the other options available. I personally can not find a single review for this mobo which is very...
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    Athlon 64 3500+ OC?

    Since the discussions on the forum has led me to believe that the 3000+ (90 nm) seems to be the best overclocker (percentagewise) compared to the 3200+ (90 nm), I was curious if the 3500+ (90 nm)overclocks well or not at all compared to the other ones. If you have a 3500+ (90 nm), please post...