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    Where are the GF9300/9400 boards?!

    You can get the asus at newegg.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131348
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    AMD 4870 x2 on Gigabyte P35 DS3L

    My cpu is a Q9450.
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    AMD 4870 x2 on Gigabyte P35 DS3L

    Thats cool. Now I can finally do some hi res gaming in my 23" screen :). Thanks for the response. Peace.
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    AMD 4870 x2 on Gigabyte P35 DS3L

    Hey everyone, Im thinking on buying a 4870 x2 video card, but im not sure if the card is too much for my ds3l motherboard, being that its a pcie 1.1 as opposed to 2.0. In the mobo i have a q9450 with 4 gigs or ram. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Dont really want to upgrade my motherboard...
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    Hey Shadow! Thanks for your response. Ive actually been reading about the sensors being inaccurate on these 9450's. Im debating whether to go to fry's and exchange it and try my luck. Im going to try Noctua's thermal paste just for kicks to see what it does to my temps.
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    Yeah its tight. ATM the highest one of the cores get is 60 after 15mins of prime95 with my Noctua and 1 fan. This is at stock speeds. Im going to mount my second 120 noctua fan to see if it helps. Thanks for responding mate.
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    temps went up about 3-4 degress with the tuniq tower. Back to my Noctua
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    well dual core are always going to be cooler so thats normal. I just mounted a lapped tuniq tower to see the difference between the two.
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    Im using REal temp and i believe tjmax was 95. My bios reads cpu temp at 24 at idle.
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    Those are the exact instructions i followed and i didnt spread it around.. Thanks for replying though
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    Q9450 High Temps Please Help

    Hey everyone. Today I got my Q9450 and i put it in my DS3L (Rev 2.0) mobo to test it out and my temps seem abnormally high when idle'd. My buddy gets better temps with his Q6600 with a below average asus HS/F. This is all out of the case and on a test bed setup. Real Temp 2.41 (idle) core0...
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    No frills Mobo w/ IGP for 24/7 box

    Thaks for the reply. I actually have a ds3l mobo that im trying to RMA at the moment (bad support). I even have G.Skill memory :). Do you know how much power you're drawing? Ive gone through several scenarios in my head. Ive actually considered putting my 1950 pro vid card in along with my ds3l...
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    No frills Mobo w/ IGP for 24/7 box

    No one has any suggestions or experiences? Can someone maybe post whats inside there 24/7 system? Im just trying to get some ideas.
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    No frills Mobo w/ IGP for 24/7 box

    First ill explain what i use the system for. I store a bunch of divx/xvid files which i like to stream with my xbox360. I remote into it while at work and queue up some very light a/v transcoding. I also use it for Torrenting, occasionally FTP to it when i need to fetch a file and while at work...
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    Gigabyte P35-DS3L good for Q9450?

    Well I can tell you my experience with the board has been mixed. I can OC a E2180 to 3Ghz which is great, but the ds3l has problems retaining bios settings. Ill successfully boot with my OC settings, but the next day after booting again the bios settings are set to default. A quick google will...
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    AMD 780G vs Intel G35 - Graphic Performance

    I wanna build a 780G based htpc so bad. Thanks for the link
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    DS3L v DS3R

    Be weary if you plan to overclock. There are a bunch of posts across different forums regarding the bios settings on these boards DS3L is the one I have. When oc settings set and saved, POST shows stock upon boot, go back into the bios to investigate, but the OC settings are still there. So even...
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    When Is Anandtech Going To Expose Gigabyte's Failure To Support Its Products?

    My beff is something ive seen across many forums, but has no solution and its seems pretty basic. I think im going as far as RMAing my DS3L. I set all my OC settings and reboot, POST shows stock upon boot, i go back into the bios to investigate, but my OC settings are still there. So even...
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    Gigabyte P35 DS3L not holding overclock overnight

    I have the same problem. here's how my issue goes. I set all my OC settings and reboot, POST shows stock upon boot, i go back into the bios to investigate, but my OC settings are still there. So even though the OC settings are saved in the BIOS when thy system goes through POST it shows stock. I...
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    Abit IP35-E Review (500MHz FSB board)...$90 @ NewEgg + $6.61 ship

    these boards require a 65nm chip to go through the bios update for Penryn support right?
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    780G motherboard available now

    Man this board looks pretty sweet. I currently building a new gaming rig, but im also really interested in an htpc. the case i wanna rock is http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811166047. I really hate lights and shit like that, but this thing is pretty solid and you can fit a tall...
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    booting from harddrive

    I believe he went through the windows xp installation.
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    booting from harddrive

    Try unpluggin all drives sata and/or ide and only plug in the drive that houses your OS to see if that will boot.
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    booting from harddrive

    So you installed the mobo and went through a fresh windows xp installation? Or did you just install the mobo. I want to help, but i just need more info.
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    780i running hot?

    are your voltages good? check these links it seems common man. This is why im most likely going x48 on my next build. I would like sli, but i dont know how much faith i have in nvid chipsets and the only intel / sli solution is skulltrail and you can kill that noise right now cause i dont have...
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    Mobo recommendations for HTPC/file server

    are you building a sff to go with your entertainment center? It looks like youre going full ATX. I think thats why kjb suggest that board. its mATX and i believe you can get hdmi which is ideal for someone building an htpc.
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    780i running hot?

    they have a rep for running hot, i believe 70's is ok. Is your system acting funny or are you just concerned?If possible (not sure about this board) remove hsf clean the chip throw on some thermal compound and reseat that puppy. Also are you going by what the bios reads?
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    My father has CANCER! HELP!

    Good luck man. My thought are with you and your family. I hate that with all the technology we still have to resort or archaic radiation treatment.
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    9600GT SLi review

    I have read the same. First they're known for running hot. One look at the 790i cooling solution confirms that. Also for the predicted price of 350+ and the only diff is ddr3/pcie2.0 and official support for 1600 i just think that its not worth it (to me). Also they're using the same ol' MCP and...
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    Validate my Gaming Rig Components

    I say its worth waiting for and youre not going to be waiting much longer. Im on the verge of building my system as well. Currently i just have my antec p180 case and my corsair620. Im debating between x48 or 790i and im leaning towards x48. 790i has some hectic chipset cooling which means its...
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    booting from harddrive

    are you getting any error msgs?
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    NO POWER-UP Brand New Asus P5B

    Hope you have spare parts. like Amaroque said, youre going to have to pull out everything excep proc, and vid to see if you get any output. Do you get hard drive activity? This is why i like keeping a low end psu around for cases like this. gotta rule out shit systematically.
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    Budget system to hold me over 'till mid '09

    Ohh.. i just pulled the trigger on the 620. thanks man. much respect.
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    Budget system to hold me over 'till mid '09

    almost forgot :). Thanks again
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    Budget system to hold me over 'till mid '09

    So this is what im thinking. E4300 (if i could find one) - $129 GIGABYTE DS3L (if i could find one) - $95 Need Memory recommendation if possible Antec p180 (already have it) Radeon 1950 (already have it) Corsair 520W PSU - 129 aftre rebate Thoughts?
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    Budget system to hold me over 'till mid '09

    My bad, I meant a Corsair http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139001 Thanks for your advice. I understand what you're saying, but I want to avoid being in the same position i am now. Where nothing is upgradeable it LICKS HELMET! Again, thanks.
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    Budget system to hold me over 'till mid '09

    First of thanks in advance and i hope all is well with everyone. Here's what im trying to accomplish. I'm in serious need of an upgrade, i'm on a socket 478 Northwood (I know right). Now i had intentions of a massive upgrade that would've included a Quad-Core Penryn chip and an Nvidia G92 video...
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    Thermalright Ultra 120-E or Tuniq Tower for Q6600?

    Did you lap the chip?
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    Is NVIDIA ever going to come out with a Next Gen card?

    Never mind. That article doesn't mention the high end cards.
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    Corsair 520HX or 620 HX

    Why not go with the Tuniq Tower?