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    Info DirectStorage 1.1 benchmark

    13900KS, DDR5-7000 RAM (36-42-42, 2x16 GB), MSI MEG Z790 Godlike, WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB, Asus Strix 4090 OC. Moderate OC on the CPU/GPU since they're still air cooled while I wait on custom loop parts.
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Just coming back in for an update on my build with the P5N-E. Just made my punch list and it looks like I'll be waiting until tomorrow, pay day, to get a few things done. :P This build's gone overbudget, but I haven't had this much fun since Abit made the best overclocking boards (BX6r2 FTW!)...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    I've initiated a return process with NewEgg. Never done their RMA before, but hopefully it won't take long to process. Ugh. I just realized that there is a restocking fee of $41 on the RAM if I refund. I don't know what my options are, but I can't eat $41 just to exchange the stuff.
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    http://compatible.corsairmemory.com/ Looking at my RAM on that list, it shows it as being the basic "compatable" RAM for the system. Digging deeper into the specs, it looks like Corsair specs it out as 2T ram. That's probably the issue, since it's simply not guaranteed to operate at 1T. I may...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Mine are labelled "XMS6404 v2.1". According to this thread on Corsair's forums ( http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56940 ) they're 90nm Promos chips rather than the Micron D-series. Some other revisions of the same chips are, but mine aren't. 1T is no-go for me at any...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    "Auto". I'm not sure what it's setting it as, probably the SPD default on the DIMMs. I'm trying different settings there now to see if these will make a difference. So far in my tests, I found that the MemTest errors out much later in the testing with the Vdimm bumped up from default to...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Yeah. 1T is a no-go so far. MemTest86+ 1.70 doesn't just paint the screen red with errors, it eventually locks up completely. :) I'm going to keep poking around and see what I can turn up. Been scouring all of my old forum sources, newsgroups, and websites for any info I can find and coming...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    NB Heatsink Research: After reading here ( http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1142928 ) and here ( http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1139486&page=5 ) about NB cooling, I'm pretty much set on getting an HR-05 for the NB. It's a beastly piece of gear that should tame the beast...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Where can I procure this 0404 BIOS you speak of? The 0401 is nice, but I'm sure Asus has more up their sleve. I wish there was a changelog for these BIOS updates to give us a clue about what's modified. I know Asus must have one internally, it's a shame they don't publish them.
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Thanks for the pic! I see now that the HR-05 SLI or the original HR-05 will work wonders for my setup. Now I've just gotta find one online. :D Thanks for the welcome. As you can see by my join date, I'm a little oldschool. Learning about "FSB holes" has proven more difficult than I had...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    I haven't posted on AT for a long, long time but I've been following this thread while doing my P5N-E SLI build. It's the first build I've done in two years and the first overclocking I've done since I set up my Abit BP6 dual celeron board with 2x366@550. :) I'm still trying to learn about...
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    Best Buy notebook Deals - This Sunday?

    If the screen's damage by the user, there's nothing a BBY can do - or any other factory/store warranty or service plan out there. If they can deny the claim, they will and at the store level people can't do jack about it. Other than the physical damage exclusion the plans at BBY are great...
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    19" silicon graphics monitor 189+35s&h, hot?

    Thanks for the clarification Lanyap. I ended up running into that when looking at a shadow mask monitor at Best Buy today. Advertised a .20 (.26 diag) dot pitch. Kinda scratched my head then thought about it a sec, realized that the SGI had the same thing. :P Gotta read up on this shadow mask...
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    19" silicon graphics monitor 189+35s&h, hot?

    Okay, here's the pics of the monitor, courtesy of Skypix7. Thanks for the images man. http://www.kalie.net/files/back.jpg http://www.kalie.net/files/notflatscreen.jpg http://www.kalie.net/files/insigniaonfront.jpg http://www.kalie.net/files/front.jpg Searching by model number, CMNB024B, has...
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    19" silicon graphics monitor 189+35s&h, hot?

    Send me an email with the pics attached and I'll host em on my webserver.
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    19" silicon graphics monitor 189+35s&h, hot?

    Yeah, if you've got one of these puppies some more info would be nice. I've been looking for a high-end flat 19" CRT or a -20ms response 17" LCD for a few weeks now. This is smack in the sweet spot of my price range, but I don't want to commit to a monitor that I can't find any solid info on...
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    Warm deal on BB VPR brand desktop -$615 after MIR

    These systems aren't that bad at all. They have a good board (D845PEBT2, OEM version with firewire and IDE raid) and a quite cool case/PSU. For the cash it's a darn good deal IMHO. At some stores you might still be able to get display models too, which can be priced really low if you haggle with...
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    *DEAD* - P4 2.53Ghz Processor, Intel D845PEBT2 Motherboard, and WinXP Pro for $175 - Retail Employees Only!

    Just got my code yesterday, placed the order, and hit up Pricewatch for some of that juicy XMS ram too. :) Of course, now I've got a stick of ram that cost almost as much as my mobo/chip, but who cares! It's pretty!
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    Best Buy - 11/29 Black Friday Ad

    BB doesn't do comission at all, and they don't offer any direct incentive for employees to push service plans. On the other hand though, to them a customer with a service plan is a happy customer - and eight to nine times out of ten they're absolutely right. When their product breaks a year down...
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    Best Buy - 11/29 Black Friday Ad

    Eh, I wasn't really criticizing anyone at all, I understand the beefs you guys have. It was really just a venting after spending an otherwise beautiful Friday cooped up in a computer department with only 6 employees and an average of 100 customers at any given time. :P Just one reply though...
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    *DEAD* - P4 2.53Ghz Processor, Intel D845PEBT2 Motherboard, and WinXP Pro for $175 - Retail Employees Only!

    Woohoo! :D Rock on, it's great to hear that they're finally shipping. Of course, alot of us had given up on it and spent the allocated cash on Black Friday... Might have to wait till the next paycheck rolls in to actually put the cash down for it. All in all though it's quite a relif to hear...
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    Best Buy - 11/29 Black Friday Ad

    Hey... I work at in the PC department at a local BB and I've gotta say that if anyone had a beef with service in my department it had nothing to do with the employees. We worked harder than we've ever worked before from 5am to 12am, some working 14 hour shifts - not to mention the hundreds of...
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    Best Buy - 11/29 Black Friday Ad

    At the Best Buy in Brandon, FL the WD drive and KByte ram combos dried up within the first 30 minutes. I camped out from 4am to get my kit. I sifted through the KByte stock to find some Samsung chip/board modules - there weren't many in my store's stock but there were a few. The others were...