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    Re-Use the old CPUs/systems, or get rid of them?

    Whenever I upgrade I use my old parts to upgrade the wife's machine or my kids. Wife's current machine is my old? Q9550 and she likes it. Jr is using my old E8400 and games run just fine for him. When the parts get all passed down I build machines to give away to the kids friends if they don't...
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    Zune dead

    Good riddance. I had 2 Zune's die within 6 months. Now have an iPod Touch and an iPhone. Even the new Gen Sony Walkman is better than Zune as far as an MP3 player.
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    Motherboard randomly died during Prime95...why?

    2 mosfets blew on my MSI board with a hexcore running Prime at stock volts. Now running a Gigabyte board with no problems.
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    What's your windows experience index?

    cpu 7.5 ram 7.5 gpu 7.5 gaming graphics 7.5 primary hdd 7.4 sig rig
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    Who is Your Favorite Recent U.S. President?

    Hands down it's Ronald Wilson Reagan.
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    AMD Thuban X6 OCing database

    It's been a long time since I've been on the forums lol. I picked up a 1090T to play with at Christmas. I haven't clocked it much but I did find that some boards thay say they are compatable with the higher watt Hex core just aren't able to handle it even with updated bios.I'll start clocking...
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    A little dissappointed in SSDs

    Until the prices come down a bit more,I'll stick to my 300gig Velociraptors in RAID0.
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    Dynex® - 42" Class / 1080p / 60Hz / LCD HDTV

    About 6 months ago BB had the 32 inch version of this for $299 so I snagged 2 of them:D Edit: 720p but I like mine!
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    CM Stacker 830 Silver Edition $99 + ship

    Great price for a great case:thumbsup:
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    Battlefield 2 1.5 FINAL patch released 1-Sep-2009

    Downloaded last nite and it works flawlessly.Now I can work on getting my expert Sniper.
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    OCZ still a good company?

    I have 4 different sets of OCZ running on P35 and P45 boards with no problems.ymmv.
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    Preferable Q9550 batch

    From what Iv'e read those week 35-40 seem to clock well on decent volts.I'll be keeping this one a long time.
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    Preferable Q9550 batch

    Thanks. I didn't know about the c's either. Got mine off of Ebay about 6 months ago.
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    Preferable Q9550 batch

    I certainly can't complain about batch# L835B078
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    Velociraptor still good choice for performace?

    I'm still keeping my VRaptors till the price/GB comes down some more.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    yeah it does fit close. I tried modding the original sink but that didn't work.I don't O/C my video cards (never felt the need to) so stock volts and good temps on the core. I do have good case airflow with 5x120mm fans.I might sell this card and get a 4890.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    I'll probably switch to copper sinks and add another 120mm side fan.That should do the job.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    I tried the latest version of GPU-Z and it doesn't have any VDDC readings at all.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    Never said they were.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    Feel free to believe whatever you want.The stock fan died so I installed a Musashi. I also have a 120mm fan in the side fan holder about 3 inches from the 4870. Right now RivaTuner shows core idling at 40c and memI/O at 53c Edit:Running 3DMark06 and core temp was 53c and memI/O hit 72c.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    Yup No probs here.YMMV.
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    It came with a nice selection of various heatsinks.:thumbsup:
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    want to OC C2Q 9550

    Yeah let it rip!!
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    Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

    The stock cooler on my 4870 died after a month so I replaced it with a Scythe Musashi. works great.No problems.
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    BF2

    Probably Sniper 80% and Support/Medic/Spec Ops. Rarely assault.
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    OCZ2P1150LV4GK arrived!

    Nice! Iv'e always had great results from OCZ.
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    Yet Another Q9550 OC Thread

    Iv'e run my 9550 EO at 4.0 with 1.275v LLC on Prime 95 for 24 hrs. Took some tweaking to get it there with P45 chipset.
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    Martial Art that is best workout?

    All I'm saying is that for me it was the best of both.for someone else YMMV. I guess because I did a traditional non-Americanized style my perspective is different. As far as workouts i considered it excellent,granted there are many styles/forms of Karate. To the OP all I would say is try...
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    Martial Art that is best workout?

    Sure everyone has their own opinion,but having used it in self defense myself is good enough for me.Putting 19 stiches on one attackers face and breaking the other's jaw using only my feet.I was specific when I said Shorin-Ryu and not "karate".Our workouts were also very intense almost...
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    Martial Art that is best workout?

    When I was in my mid-20's I studied Shorin-Ryu (Traditional Okinawan Karate) Awsome workouts and a devastating fighting style.
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    Cheapest power 120mm fans?

    On my Vendetta2 I use a Panaflo 120x38mm 115cfm fan.Front panel Sunbeam controller keeps it just the way i like it.:cool:
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    Best newegg cooler for Q9550?

    This gets my Q9550 to 4.0ghz. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835202007 Plus you can always put a Panaflo on it with a fan controller:cool:
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    My Truck Driver Workout

    Update: After several times starting and stopping my program I also remodeled my home office/gym.And Iv'e started using my treadmill for HIIT training follwed by an intermediate level workout on my Bowflex Xtreme 2 SE. With my schedule as an over the road driver the only times I can get in a...
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    CS: Source

    No he just knows where to aim to hit when players come around corners etc.He always aims at head level. Lol He enjoys hunting AWPer's with an M4
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    CS: Source

    Lol Iv'e seen my son kicked many times as he gets accused of hacking but he is DEADLY at the game.
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    Is BF2 still a popular game?

    It is my all time favorite game.:thumbsup:
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    CS: Source

    I just join the same team my son is on and follow him around while he kills everyone lol.
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    Dynex 32" HDTV $299 Sun and Mon only @ BB

    Lol couldn't resist so I picked up one for myself.I do notice a marked difference between using VGA or HDMI,the latter is much better.