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    Case for upcoming build.

    Hey MrAK, thanks for the info! I actually ended up going with the Antec 902. Microcenter had it on a good sale so I picked one up. I was also looking at the Silverstone FT01 at Microcenter, and after seeing it in person there were a few things I didn't like about it. Still haven't seen a P50...
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    Recommendation for free anti-virus For WIN-XP?

    A vote here for Avast. I used to use AVG, wasn't too impressed. About a year ago I started using Avast! and I've been very happy with it. Haven't had any problems with it running on all of my PC's and my Parents' and Sisters' (probably 6 total machines). Haven't tried Avira, so can't...
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    Case for upcoming build.

    Nice!! I thought it wasn't supposed to go on sale for awhile! I'm going to do a bit of reading on its cooling effectiveness, but I think I may end up going with the LanCool. Although I do think I prefer the look of the Silverstone FT01, I've not read or heard very good things about its cable...
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    Case for upcoming build.

    So cable management edge goes to the Lian-Li, anyone else agree there? Cooling wise, fairly equal?
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    Case for upcoming build.

    Actually, I don't think the Lian Li has a PSU compartment. One of the Newegg photos kind of looks like it does but if you look at the view from an angle you can see that it doesnt. One thing nobody has mentioned yet is cable management. I'm really curious how these two compare in that regard.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    I didn't know you could fit an Accelero on a 4870. I have an Accelero S2 I was going to use on my X800XT, but I'm looking at getting a 4890, do you think it would fit that, and keep it cool enough?
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    Case for upcoming build.

    Thanks for all the advice and suggestions so far. As far as not getting my value out of a case upgrade, I figure I have the money to spend, and the case is what you will see all the time, so I want to get something that I like for sure. Now I won't sacrifice good performance for looks, but...
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    Case for upcoming build.

    That looks really nice actually. Nice design and aluminum to boot! Have you ever used one? How is the cable management / airflow?
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    Case for upcoming build.

    So I'm looking at case selections for a build I'll be doing shortly. I've pretty much narrowed down to two Lian-Li models: LIAN LI PC-60FWB and LIAN LI PC-P50 I like the look of both about equally, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience with either one. How would they...
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    a/c unit as my new case side cover?

    The difference is that the computer would be the same temperature as the surrounding air. (or, at least much closer to the same) Condensation tends to happen when the object is colder than the environment it's in, if there's any moisture in the surrounding air, it will condense onto the object...
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    Micro-ATX board that will unlock Phenom II X2 550 / X3 720?

    Thanks for the info Stoneburner! :beer: I did a search based on that, and it seems these may work (AM3 boards, AM2+/AM3 boards and AM2/AM2+/AM3 boards): ASRock A790GMH/128M Review from the Egg: "Pros: I got this board hoping to unlock my Phenom II X2 550 to a quad, and it did! It is...
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    Micro-ATX board that will unlock Phenom II X2 550 / X3 720?

    I did a search for this topic but I couldn't find anything. I've been seeing that a lot of people have had success unlocking cores on Phenom II X2 550's and X3 720's, and that there are certain mobos that tend to be better at doing this than others. If I were doing it I'd probably get the...
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    New AMD build - *budget* high performance gamer for 19x12

    Anyone have any experience with a Micro-ATX motherboard that will unlock cores?
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    Wanted some feedback on Build and i7 vs AMD

    That may be true, I don't have any experience w/ the cheaper drives. I did however recently purchase the Intel X25-M 80GB SSD, and wow, I could not believe the difference it made. It breathed a bit of life back into my aging (5+ years) A643500+ system. :) Made the difference between WoW...
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    Micro-ATX i7 build

    What about one of these? LIAN LI PC-V351B SILVERSTONE TJ08-B COOLER MASTER Elite 341 RC-341C-KKN1-GP This one looks interesting.. ZXT ROGUE Crafted Series BLACK Or with this one, I could use a full size ATX mobo.. COOLER MASTER Elite 360 RC-360-KKN1-GP, but it seems like...
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    Micro-ATX i7 build

    Haha, thanks!! I'm sure I will enjoy having a smaller system, my previous ones have all been honkin' huge things. It will be a nice change! :beer: (as long as I don't have to give up too much performance) My plan was to use a single card solution, was leaning towards the Sapphire Vapor-X...
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    Wanted some feedback on Build and i7 vs AMD

    Wow, nice post deputc26, very informative. :thumbsup:
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    Micro-ATX i7 build

    So I've been kicking around these upgrade ideas for awhile now. I was originally going to just upgrade my current system's RAM and video card, but now after getting some suggestions and looking at all the newer stuff out there I can't shake the itch to build new. After all, it's been 5+ years...
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    Running WoW - poor performance

    Exactly, that was my idea actually. :) I figured DDR1 was not exactly cheap and I wasn't sure how much effect it would have on my performance, but if I got an SSD I could get some idea how much gain I might see. Then, later, I could use the SSD when I do build my new system, so if I got very...
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    New AMD build - *budget* high performance gamer for 19x12

    Oooooh, this is so exciting!!! You're making me want to buy a bunch of new parts and try things out!! For now I'll just follow your progress :) *Pulls up a seat and grabs a bag of popcorn & a beer* :beer: :thumbsup:
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    New Computer (Time for a)

    Very similar to me as well. My system is 5 years old and showing its age (and I've been out of the loop since then!!) Since I have some extra cash, and with the decent prices right now, I had been contemplating building a system around an i7 920. This may be just over the price/performance...
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    Running WoW - poor performance

    Update: I picked up an SSD, the Intel X-25M when it was up as the shell shocker over at the Egg with the intention of using it my new system when I got all the parts together. Figured I'd drop it into my old system in the meantime to play around ( A64 3500+ / 1GB / ATI X800XT, see sig), and...
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    Do SSD's have a real world noticeable benefit?

    Absolutely made a huge difference for me. I just installed an X25-M in my 5 year old Athlon 64 machine and I can't believe the difference I saw. Everything just feels so snappy now, I love it! Aside from simply load times, I think I've seen an overall performance boost since I only have 1 GB...
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    Interesting CPU affinity results from WoW

    Wow, this is really interesting stuff! Although it doesn't effect me currently since I'm running on a single core Athlon64, I'll have to keep this info in mind for the WoW upgrades I'm looking into.
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    Does thermal paste expire?

    Yea, it's kind of hard to tell what shape it's in while its in the tube. I'd have to squirt a little out to check. I think I'll probably just toss it and pick up a new tube though. No sense taking a chance ruining a new CPU with such a cheap item to replace. Thanks for the replies everyone.
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    Running WoW - poor performance

    Thanks for all of the input so far, it's much appreciated. About the laptop, I'd rather not take any chances with doing any OCing or anything like that to the laptop, since it actually belongs to my work. In fact, I'd really like to stop using it for WoW, I'm only using it currently since my...
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    Does thermal paste expire?

    Haha well, considering this was just sitting in a box which a various points was in my basement, and in a closet, it probably wasn't stored properly.
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    Running WoW - poor performance

    Good call on the laptop, I think the details may be on a higher setting, although I know for a fact shadows are off. I'll still give that a try and post what happens. Even if this helps, I'd like to not have to play on the laptop all the time, I'd much prefer just to do it on the desktop...
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    Running WoW - poor performance

    Hey everyone. I hope I'm posting in the right forum, if not let me know where I should put thisl. Anyway, I'm having problems running WoW as smoothly as I'd like to. I've got 2 computers which I can run it on: The first is my main desktop which I built about 5 years ago: Athlon 64 3500+...
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    Does thermal paste expire?

    Hi guys, I tried a quick search but couldn't find any info on this. So I've found some old Arctic Silver thermal compound I picked up for a build 5 years ago that I never used. Does this stuff go bad? Would it still perform well if I used it today? I'd hate to have it not work, and screw up...
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    Starting a new i7 build

    yh125d, Nice,do you post on the WoW forums or the Allakhazam forums? I seem to recall the last line in your sig from one of those 2 places. :-)
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    It's finally time.... Upgrade / New Build

    Done a bit more research. Here's a combo on NewEgg that will get me a pretty decent upgrade for about $250 --> http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.194586 It's a Pentium E5200 Wolfdale Dual Core, Motherboard, 4GB DDR2 and a 9600 GSO 1GB. Do you think I'd get acceptable...
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    It's finally time.... Upgrade / New Build

    Well, I think option 1 is out the window. Since WoW is such a CPU intensive game, I agree with brblx about upgrading the CPUI think I would pretty much need to if I wan to see any significant improvement. Well, I did a bit of checking, and was not able to find any S939 chips to be had on the...
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    It's finally time.... Upgrade / New Build

    Hello all. So it?s finally time. My current rig was giving me acceptable performance? until the latest WoW expansion came out and I got an HDTV and started playing at 1080p resolutions. Now it?s crapping out on WoW, as well as when trying to play HD content (movies, TV etc). I built it...
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    Which fan positioning?

    Hello, I have a PC I was wanting to add a fan to and I was wondering which would be more efficient, an 80mm intake fan at the front of the case, or a 60mm exhaust fan at the rear of the case. Currently the only fans installed are the CPU fan and the fan on the PSU. Thank You,
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    Shuttle AN35N Ultra AGP Lock??

    Hello. I recently built a system for a friend with this mobo, I used a Mobile AthlonXP 2600+ and set the multiplier to x12 and the FSB to 200, using ddr 400 ram. After about a month of use it would no longer boot, would go to the safe mode screen and if you try to boot it, would just...
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    X800Pro VIVO

    So, you're saying if it has the Yellow CD In and the 1.6ns memory w/o the rage chip it should be ok to flash and have vivo then?
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    X800Pro VIVO

    Hello, I am looking into buying an X800Pro, but I'm not sure if it's a VIVO that will flash to XT. It does have the VIVO characteristics, 1.6ns ram etc.... however it does not have the Rage Theatre chip. Does anyone know if there are VIVO's out there that do not have the chip and if it's...
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    Problems installing WinXP, 2K

    Well, i know that this topic is a bit old by now but I thought i'd give it an update anyway. Yes i have tried with different ram, i took ram from my computer and tried with that, and still the same. I have also tried to swap hard drives, and still the same, it seems like the problem is...