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    Overclock - Corsair A50 Cool to Touch?

    I've been trying to overclock my 2500k. I have a Corsair A50 HSF on it, but it does not get hot even at 100% load. I've tried touching the heatpipes and the heatsink portion. It gets a little warm, but thats it. I've tried re-attaching it, and even turning it 90 degrees and attaching...
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    i2500k Temps Stock - Overclocked?

    So, I just built my new PC, and just testing it out. I have not tried to overclock it yet. i2500k Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Corsair A50 Cooler 8GB RAM Idle temps are around 28-32c. When I load it up with prime95, I get up to about a max of 52 on one of the cores. Running IntelBurnTest...
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    Best software to monitor temps? (2500k)

    I just built a new PC with a 2500k with a GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard. What is the best software to use to monitor the temps of the cores? I haven't done any overclocking yet, but want to make sure everything looks good first. I tried some of the gigabyte bios software, but it only...
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    New Gaming PC Build - Help!

    OK, its time to build a new gaming PC, and I'm looking for some help. Is this a good time to build a PC? Anything new right around the corner? I want to build something new for Battlefield 3 and other newer games. My current PC is now 6 years old. It seems like the Intel i5-2500k may...
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    What Power Supply?

    What are some decent power supplies for an i5 750. I'll probably grab a Gigabyte UD3R motherboard. I'm thinking of also getting an ATI 5850 card. I will do some overclocking, but nothing extreme. What is a decent, yet not crazy expensive, power supply?
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    What RAM for i5 750?

    I'm looking to buy an i5 750 with a Gigabyte UD3R. Probably 4 or 6 GB of RAM. What should I be looking for when looking for RAM? I'll probably do some overclocking, but nothing extreme. Its been about 5 years since I've built a machine, so I don't even know what to look for anymore.
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    Problems overclocking DFI NF4 Ultra

    A friend of mine bought a DFI NF4 Ultra motherboard. We're having some very strange issues when overclocking with the RAM. We're running the latest bios - 3/10 I lowered the RAM multiplier to 100 so that we could find out how fast his processor would go. (3200+ winchester). We can get it...
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    Problems overclocking A64 3200+ Winchester - Followed guide

    I'm having a hard time overclocking my system. I am running the following: Chaintech VNF4 Ultra A64 3200+ Winchester 2 x 512MB Mushkin RAM ATI X800XL video Right now I'm running the FSB at 240, multiplier is 4X (960), memory is at 166, so its about ~199Mhz, processor at 2400Mhz...
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    Major static/interference with onboard sound on VNF4

    I have a Chaintech VNF4 nforce4 motherboard. I am getting MAJOR static and interference when using the onboard sound. Yes- I know onboard sound generally sucks, but I've been using it on my old Asus P4 motherboard with these same headphones without any static. I get major static whenever...
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    Chaintech VNF4/Ultra with PCI Video (NOT PCI-Express)

    Has anyone had any luck with this motherboard and a regular old PCI graphics card? I don't have my PCI-Express graphics card yet, and I want to test out this system to make sure it works. I have an AMD64 3200+ (Retail), 1GB Mushkin DDR400 RAM. I cannot get anything to display on the...