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    Biostar TP45 HP @ 700 FSB

    $120 budget board hits over 700 FSB. Biostar seems to make pretty good boards? http://www.xtremesystems.org/F...howthread.php?t=197155 http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=457106 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813138123
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    Gigabyte Cold Boot / S3 Fix

    I can't take the credit for this because I discovered it in another forum. However, it works flawlessly. I've now reached 3.92GHz on my EP35-DS3R and no longer have to worry about cold boots wiping out my OC setttings. This should work with S3 as well because the problem with those is also FSB...
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    TR Bolt-through kit may mess up temps?

    In this review of a Xigmatek S1283 paired with a Thermalright FX-10 they noticed that the Thermalright bolt-through kit may not work as well with the S1283 as originally thought. The backplate may need 2-3mm filed off the pillars for the S1283 to have good contact with the CPU. Xigmatek's...
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    EP35-DS3R + E7200 BIOS Bugs?

    Either my EP35-DS3R is defective, or I'm pretty sure that it has a compatibility problem with the E7200 under certain configurations. Over 365 FSB, the board will not cold boot most of the time at any setting. I've tried basically every trick known to get it to post with overclocked settings...
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    TRUE dies in testing against Xigmatek Achilles 2

    The poor quality of stock TRUEs is exposed yet again. In the end, the stock Achilles v.2 still didn't win against a lapped and pressure-modded TRUE, but a stock TRUE failed to complete the test, while even the S1283 kept going. I wonder how the Achilles would do with a pressure mod? Also...
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    Who has the best tech support?

    You should base your vote on your overall experience with a manufacturer, not necessarily RMAs. Overall, was it easy to get their board up and running, or was it a hassle? Some things to consider: When you needed tech info, or needed BIOS updates, did you have to look around in obscure...
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    TRUE dual fan test results

    Doesn't seem to make much of a bloody difference! http://www.digit-life.com/arti...hootout-may2k8-p4.html Matched up against other heatsinks (single fan), including the Ultima 90: http://www.digit-life.com/arti...hootout-may2k8-p3.html Unfortunately, no HDT heatsinks were included in...
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    Tell Microsoft about your Vista problems

    Look: http://www.istartedsomething.com/taskforce/index.php
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    P35 Double Boot

    My EP35-DS3R is suffering from the infamous double-boot problem. It reverts to stock settings after every cold boot if I OC higher than ~3.4GHz. It's 100% stable in Windows at 3.8GHz, tested with games, prime95, video, multitasking, etc. If I reboot it maintains the OC, but if I shut the power...
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    E7200 vs. E6600 vs. E8200 OC Battle

    In case you were wondering how the E7200 fares against the E6 and E8 series with their larger caches... E8200 @ 4.1GHz E7200 @ 3.8GHz E6600 @ 3.7GHz http://www.frazpc.pl/artykuly/...jek/w/45nm/ciag/dalszy
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    Strange XP permissions incident

    What would cause the permissions on a file like dsound.dll to suddenly change? A few days ago it became inaccessible even to dxdiag. When I looked at the permissions for the file, they were the same as before, administrators and system both had full access, but the file was still locked and...
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    "Best CPU Coolers of Q1 2008"

    OCZ Vendetta 2 wins it seems. I'm curious as to what Thermalright and Zalman's response to this new wave of HDT coolers that are beating them at half the price will be. Will they jump on the HDT bandwagon (which requires a patent license), or come up with something new? Who thought CPU coolers...
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    Xigmatek Achilles

    In case you haven't seen this yet. Xigmatek is on a roll. http://www.xigmatek.com/product/air-achilless1284.php The extra heatpipe is probably going to be enough to decisively defeat the TRUE and Zalman 9700 once and for all. They've also changed how the heatpipes are aligned, which I...
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    Is this some kind of joke, Intel?

    "Intel churning out 100,000 45 nm processors every day" Hmm, they must be ones other than the e8400? :disgust: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36367/118/
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    ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi Unveiled

    ASRock continues its tradition of doing the impossible with surplus chipsets. But with dubious cooling as usual. Come on ASRock, how do you expect anyone to run 3 cards and Yorkfield on a 680i board with this cooler, when it wouldn't even be enough for a stock 680i board and a Conroe...
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    ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+

    ALC890 audio, Firewire, Wi-Fi (Linux-compatible too), DDR2/3 slots, solid caps, Yorkfield support (the hopelessly inadequate Northbridge will need active cooling). Unlike previous ASRock boards, which were primarily good only for extending the life of old PC components, they've finally added...
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    Horizontal vs. Vertical Orientation

    VR Zone made an interesting discovery in their review of the new Scythe Zipang heatsink. By turning the heatsink so the heatpipes were horizontal, they achieved a 9c temperature drop. If you have one of these Big Typhoon type coolers, you might want to experiment with the direction the heatpipes...
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    New MSI 8800GT + Zalman

    Another option if you're looking for an 8800GT with custom cooling pre-installed. Boycott Nvidia's defective single-slot cooler! http://www.cpu3d.com/index.php...3438&Itemid=53&limit=1
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    8800GT - Accelero, RAMsinks Preinstalled! $269

    Accelero, 2 fans, and RAMsinks preinstalled. $269. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814134035 The only gripe I have with it is the fans are small (60mm?) rebranded AC fans. I would put two silent 80mm ones on there, it looks like even a 120mm would fit. But since this is...
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    Arctic Cooling Freezer Extreme

    Muahahahahahaaaaaaaa! "Arctic Cooling has a new CPU cooler available called the Freezer Extreme that features 8 heat pipes, 226 fins and pre-applied MX-2 thermal paste." http://www.legitreviews.com/article/632/1/ I must see benchmarks immediately!
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    KINGWIN RVT-12025 / Xigmatek HDT-S1283

    Any last words before I buy it? According to numerous reviews across the Googlenet, the native Xigmatek version performs very well. I am not sure if Kingwin has cheesed it up with a cheap fan or some other cost-cutting scheme. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835124019...
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    C2D vs. Socket T Xeon - Why Intel, why?

    What is the difference between Core 2 Duos and Core 2 Duo Xeons? I know this topic has been lightly discussed before, but I've only seen speculation without any benchmarks. Do they overclock better? Do they have different optimizations? Or is it, as I suspect, purely an Intel marketing scheme?
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    Computer Browser Service Mysteriously Shut Down

    Does anyone have any idea why the Computer Browser service in XP would shut itself down even though it was set to Automatic? The mysterious part is this happened on 9 PCs on the network and remained that way until I manually started it on each PC. Now it's running again. There are no...