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    Good mobo for E8500 OC'ing?

    Probably a 4870 or 4870X2. I most likely won't be running XF. Yeah, after shopping around for DDR3 it seems kinda expensive. So, lemme rephrase? Good, Decently priced OC'er for an E8500, with DDR2. Hoping to reach ~500FSB easily. Any specific brands? ASUS, Gigabyte, DFI, etc? Or do all...
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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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    Help me Overclock my Opty

    hey what are max safe volts on this opteron dual core? is 1.55 too much? life span 5 years plus? max temps are 41, running at 2.8 thnx
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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

    whats the life expectancy? 5yrs or so is fine.
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    Ocing Opteron 170 Results

    Is the 1.55v too much?> I wanted the dual fx-57's! my temps are unusually lower than i expected - 38 is not high, right? I thought only temps killed procs. oh yeah my RAM doesnt even run at ddr400 properly. i dialed it down to ddr 186 and its ok now. no more bsods. yeah my opteron is...
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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!

    oh yes i have a divder on... its just that my RAM is incapable of running in dual channel and its also incapable of running at DDR400 (max is ddr381) yeah ive done all that other stuff..... just is, my FSB sux0rs
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    Something wrong with my DFi - cant oC!

    no, my probelm is that im being screwed over because of my RAm - which cant run up to spec of its ddr400, only ddr361, and my fsb. i have a feeling that my CPU is much more capable. see currently, my max fsb is 253, my max multi is 10, and therefore my cpu runs at both maxes at 2530.... limited!
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    Something wrong with my DFi - cant oC!

    yeah its already at 4x253 = 1012... not that high now is it? and yeah, i tried the new bios - cant work. even at 255 fsb windows doesnt boot
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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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    single ati card in sli mobo

    yes, if they're both pci-e if one's agp, and other is not, then no deal
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    single ati card in sli mobo

    yes
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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?

    goddam to bloody expensive for me. anything cheaper, 8-pin, with pots?
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    What the hell is a good psu for a SLi-DR expert?

    are any of them with pots? like the powerstreams?
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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?

    oh no, i will be buying a new 800 or 7800 pci-e card to go with my current system in the sig for my movie. how can you unlock proness stuff in 7800's? so yeah, how do you get a 6800 gt/ultra to quadro? anmd does gelato only run on quadros or not? cos if i get a quadro with a gefoirce name...
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    Im a cheap: soft modded quadro?

    YEah, ive seen loads of soft modded agp cards, but no pci-e? can someone help?
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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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    Mouth Watering Socket 939 Opteron Goodness

    isnt the packaging like clear?
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    Mouth Watering Socket 939 Opteron Goodness

    So how can you tell Is it on the processor or something? Or in cpu-Z only, Or shown in bios? Cause i really realy want a new cabne....
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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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    bang for the buck gaming PC

    so say i got an opteron 165 (1.8GHz dual core) and shoved it into a sli-dr expert, with rather good air cooling (xp120), what kind of oc will i expect?
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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?

    can you do that? r u sure? please say yes
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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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    Artic Cooling Freezer 64

    try thermaltake sonic tower. Add 3 delta 220cfm fans later on if u're extreme
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    Artic Cooling Freezer 64

    try thermaltake sonci tower. Add 3 delta 220cfm fans later on if u're extreme
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    I think I need a new CPU HSF

    CNPS7000 is good
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    Gigabyte Geforce 6800 cooling

    get the http://www.wintschlabs.com/store.asp Wintsch tlabs peltier cooler
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    Recommend a fan controller

    use a 5.25" controller and get some 4 pin to 3 pin connectors. They're available in Australia at PCcasegear.com.au, don't know anywhere else
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    Kworld Video Magician

    anyone? HELP!!!!
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    Best 250G SATA II Hard drive

    CUrrently, with the system in my sig, I get max 133mb/sec in HDtach and average o121. Is this good? SHouldI resuse these HDD's