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    Good mobo for E8500 OC'ing?

    Hey guys, i'm looking for a decent DDR3 motherboard for overclocking a C2D (E8500), without going extravagantly. What'd a decent one that can reach high FSB's overall? Should i get a X48, P45, or 790i Ultra? (It should fit a Thermalright 120 extreme and be decently featured)
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    Am i doing this right?

    Ok, my ram can run at its rated speed of DDR400 3-3-3-8. However, i got it to work at 186Mhz and 2-3-2-5. Suggested course? Do i go get a warrantly claim or do i keep it. What's better, DDR400 3-3-3-8 or 2-3-2-5 at 186Mhz? And BTW, what's the average life span of a dual core AMD Opteron...
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    Ocing Opteron 170 Results

    Opteron 170 is the 2.0ghz 10x200 version i can run at 280x10 (dual fx-57s) at 1.55 volts i usually run at 275x10 at 1.475 volts. so which one do i choose? however, i think i an getting screwed somehow. when using DVD shrink, i get bsods at both. max stable is 267x10 BUT i am...
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    Something wrong with my DFi - cant oC!

    Yes, above. Max FSB is 253..... I think i have the June rev of the board with the June bios Rest of system: Opteron 170 currently at 2530 (253x10) - max multi IS 10, have a feeling it can go much higher Corasir 2G of ram, 2x1ggb sticks, 3200C2, can' run in dual channel,. and single...
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    OK, right, what can an AGP 6800LE be modded to?

    Ok, it's a 128mb, AGP,256-bit product. 8 Pipes, 6800LE. Im thinking it can be modded to a quadro 1300? yes/no? and plz suggest more ways to get cheap quadros, like normal 6800 price
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    Cheap, Good Motherboard, full featues, OCing, with INTegrated graphics?

    Any suggestions? S939. Tyan Tomcat K8E seems good, but need OC potential
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    What the hell is a good psu for a SLi-DR expert?

    Nothing too excessive in price. the powerstream 520 is slightly over the top. ANything cheaper with pots, 8-pin eps, and 24-pin atx?
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    Im a cheap: soft modded quadro?

    right, does anyone know of a way to get a soft modded quadro form a pci-e card? i have a second-hand copy of gelato and i am also making a 3d movie, so i need a new graphiocs card. real quadros are to expensive, so does nayone know how to make a quadro 4400 or 4500? yes, i am cheap
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    New Relatively Budget Workstation w/OCing....

    so yep you gues, can you rate this planned workstation? It for my DT Movie 3d project for school... yes im still in year 9 in australia so: here goes: Antec P180 Performance One Black/Silver Aluminium case Antec TrueControl 2.0 550W with voltage regulation PSU ABIT AN8 Ultra S939 64-Bit...
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    max volts for an X2 4400? and G.skill Winbond

    I can get up to 4V RAM, and 2.1V CPU. What are max safe volts? I'm using high end air cooling, and no spreaders on the ram
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    DFI SLI Infinity?

    Hey, DFI's go this new budget motherboard. THoughts on it? Can it overclock as well as my SLI-DR?
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    7800 Series

    Can the 780GT's pipelines be unlocked, seeing as it is based on the G70, like the GTX? Will there by a 7800LE? / or 7600GT? anytime soon? Will the 7800 LE have unlockable pipelines?
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    ANY DFI NF4 Chipset cooler?

    Is there any decent one? Could you possibly cut down a Zalman NB47J?
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    Overture II PSU

    450W PSU in Antec OVerture II: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 1M Cache 2.6 GHZ Foxconn NF4UK8AA-8EKR NF4 Ultra XpertVision GF 7800GTX 256MB 2 x Western Digital WD740GD Raptor 74G TCQ GeIL ONE W BH Hand-picked 2x512 DDR400 Kit Pioneer DVR-109BK 16X DVD-/+R/RW 2 x Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250Gb 16M...
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    Differecne between Geil one W and Geil one S

    Wh is the difference? WHich one should i get - the Winbond or Samsung? THey're the 1.5-5-2-2 ram released
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    Kworld Video Magician

    1. Is it any good?
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    Best 250G SATA II Hard drive

    Which is the Best 250G SATA II Hard drive? The WD2500ks seems rather good right now.
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    is the Extreme Gamer Vortec 500W PSU any good?

    is the Extreme Gamer Vortec 500W PSU any good? I'm looking for a new PSU to use with my new system, which i'd call average: X2 4400+ a8n-sli premium 2 x 250G hard drive 2 optical drives around 10 fans - 1-2 watts each 7800GTX 1 or 2
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    Modding Truepower II

    Does anyone know if the fan connector for Antec's Truepoewr II 480W PSu uses a 3 pin connector, or is it soldered on? Is the fan replaceable? Also, is there enough space for adding more fans?
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    Thermaltake 90mm fans?

    Will 92mm fans work in cases that have 90mm fan sockets, such as the Thermaltake Armor I'm getting? I don't like the fans they provide, so I want to replace them.
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    Enough power?

    Is the SilenX ixtrema 600W PSU enough for my friend's new rig: LG GSA-4163BBK Pioneer 109D Black 2 x AMD Opteron 246 CPU Tyan Thunder K8WE 2 x Albatron PC6800GT 256M PCI-E Kingston ValueRAM 1GB DDR400 PC3200 ECC 2 x Seagate 7200.8 SATA NCQ 120G
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    Swiftech MCX159-R Chipset

    Does the Swiftech MCX159-R fit on the A8n-SLi deluxe. and with which types of video coolers is it incompatible? I may be using a 6800GT/6600GT with a VF700-Cu or stock cooler
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    Is the Video Magician Any good?

    Is the K-World Video Magician Any good? I'm looking for a good editor for a school movie project, and I would like a breakout box. From what I've seen from it, it had both good and bad reviews
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    Overvolting Graphics

    Hey - my friend currently has a Leadtek PX6600GT TDH Extreme. He wants to overclock it even higher. He says overvolting is good, but he doen't know how to do it. How do you do it? I wanna try as well.
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    Zalman Chipset cooler on nf4?

    Hey, does the Zalman NB47J Passive Northbridge Cooler fit on the A8n-SLI deluxe?
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    Sonic tower vs. XP120

    I'm thinking of a new heatsink/fan combo for my new rig, and these seem pretty good. Which one is better? I plan to use either 1 or 2 SUnon 120cfm fans.
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    Peltier Usage

    Hi guys - I need some help with peltier cooling. I was just investigating something. If I bought a Silverprop 172 W unit, and used it with a 109W cpu, with a Thermaltake SOnic tower with 2 120mm fans, would it work?
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    PCI COnnectors

    Is the "BIG" PCI-64 type compatible in a "small" PCI slot. FOr example, could you put an Adaptec 8300 iEEE1394B adaptor card in a normal PCI slot? Adaptec 8300 iEEE1394b
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    Does the A8n-e premium have iEEE1394b

    Please tell me it does. If it doesn't then the Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 is better in terms of features
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    DOes Anyone have a 6800LE

    Does anyone know if the 6800LE is unlockable to 6800Gt - i.e. up tp 16 pipelines, and 8 shaders or something? I'm considering a new 6800LE PCI-Express card. Is it worth it if I can unlock?
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    What's a good Video cooler?

    What's a good wideo air cooler for a 6600GT PCI-E? My one seems to be runnignvery hot at 600 core 1150 Ram with a Zalman VF700 CU
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    Need help overclocking - total noob

    I need some help overclocking my system:( I'm a total noob, and this is my first a64 system A64 3500+ Venice Gigabyte GA k8nxp-9 Geil 1G Value Dual Channel - 2 x 512 kit Xpertvision 6600GT PCI-E Zalman VF700-CU Zalman CNPS-7000B-CULED I've tried to prepare for it by buying aftermarket...