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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 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

    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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    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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    Buying Q6600... Suggestions on P35 DS3 board

    Hey all, Out of all the DS3 boards im not sure which one to get and I dont wanna skimp on the mobo. I saw the thread with the differences. I do like the DQ6 because its has good cooling. I just want to make sure it works with the memory i purchase. Can anyone post any experiences? I do plan...
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    G0 or wait for Penryn

    Hey everyone, Im getting ready to build a system (intel/nvidia) and i was wondering if i should jump on an intel G0 stepping chip or wait for Intel's next baby... the 45nm Penryn. Ill probably get the DS3 mobo to go with it. I just want to get some thoughts what what you guys think i should...
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    xbox 360 and hp L2335 - please delete

    I have an hp l2334 23" lcd which im gonna use when i purchase my xbox come dec (2nd shipment). Ill be using the built in component input to hook it up. Anyone else out there have this setup? Just wondering what its gonna look like come december. I know it looks good with the dell 24" screen...
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    3 disc RAID 5 seperate o/s drive - win2k questoin

    I have a general question about a raid 5 setup w/ seperate stand alone drive for the os. I wanns setup raid 5 as follows: 3 200GB - RAID 5 setup 1 40gig drive - o/s drive Software raid. Win2k/cpu handles raid My question is... if my 40gig o/s drive fails on me, can i recover by...
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    LEAF, Monowall or other firewall solutions? which is best? any experience?

    Hi all, Im getting ready to setup a firewall since my old compaq acer 233 died. I was using linux with a bunch of iptables rules, but since that machine died its time for a better solution. LEAF and monowall both seem like a good way to go, but im curious if anyone here has had any experience...
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    Question about system fan converter cables

    sup ay'll I just received my order and instaed of a 3 to 4 pin i got a 2 to 4 pin with only black and red cables, not the yellwo. my question is, can use these even though its missing the yellow cable? Whats the perpouse of the yellow cable, is it a feature or a necesity. Although the 2 pin...
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    Received my Arctic Colling VGA Silencer :D need advice

    Sup ya'll, Just received my vga cooler and will attempt to install it once i get home. my questionm is, should i use AS5 or the goo that came w/ the vga card. Are tehre any potentiakl dangers associated with using AS5 on a video card? Thanks in advance and ill post my resulvts after i install...
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    cpu running @ 51c after ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure installation

    Any ideas? it was running like at 44-45 w/ the intel stock hs/f and when i installed the salman the damn thing is now as i type this message @ 50. Anyone else having any issues? I even used as5 high density polysynthetic silver thermal compoutn. Help please. Thanks in advance, cheers
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    Arctic Silver 5 Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound Good?

    This stuff any good? Just got a 3.5gram tube and im wondering if its woth putting it on. Any thoughts? At this very moment my cpu is idleing at 44c and case is at 26c p4 3.2 stock hs/f 1g mem
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    Will a Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Revision 3 cool softmod 9800se

    Will Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer Revision 3 be enought to cool a 9800se with a softmod?
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    Is there a better skt 939 mobo than the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

    This is the motherboard i will be purchasing, and as far as ive seen the ASUS A8V is the only thing that comes close. Anyone know a better performing mobo thatn the msi. Features are somewaht important to me, but id rather have performance. Kind of like video games where id rather have good...
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    Any thoughts on a Fortron FSP300-60PN? Need some reccomendations

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-937&depa=1 Howdy all, im building a semi basic system for my cousin which consists of A P4 2.6/533 or possibly a 1.6/533 512 kingston generic vid card/ will eventually be upgraded to a radeon 7500 2hdd cdrw right now i...
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    Your thoughts on my case/system

    Howdy all my next system is going to consist of: amd fx-53 msi k8n neo2 platinum x800xt PE dual sata raptor drives Havent decided on a heat sink/fan yet or the memory im going to be getting. The case im going to buy is a CM STACKER case adn i was wondering what you guys though about my choice...
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    My next system is going to be... Need case/cooling rec

    Next Rig: CPU: AMD A64 FX-53 S939 MOBO: MSI MS-7025 (K8N Neo2) MEMORY: NOT SURE PROBABLY 1G OCZ VIDEO: X800 XT OR 6800 ULTRA EXTREME I need some case recommendations for good cooling/airflow plus a heatsink and fan or maybe a good water cooling solution, not totally noiseless but not a boeing...