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    How often the CPU fan comes on under normal use

    Just put together my first system using E4300 on DS3 rev 3.3 board. When I turned it on, the CPU fan wouldn't come on. I was scared but then read online that CPU fan would come on only when needed. It did come on for short time when I was installing WinXP. But it remained off when I was updating...
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    DS3 rev 3.3 question - Where to connect case fan

    Do I just connect it to the PS or to the SYS_FAN connector on the MB? My case Cool Master Mystique has an additional fan on the front for hard drives. Where do I connect that? Sorry if these questions sound stupid. Building for the first time.
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    Need quick help with Power Supply

    Trying to put together my brand new system but the power supply seems bad. The fan doesn't turn and my system didn't boot up. So I disconnect the PS and and tried turning it on couple of times. The PS fan still won't turn and when I measured voltages they all read 0 volts. So I am assuming PS is...
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    Question about SATA DVD drive and DS3 rev 3.3

    Going to order this DVD drive for my new system Samsung Will I be able to install windows XP by just installing the XP CD into this drive? I keep hearing from some folks that you need to have SATA drivers installed before it recognize the DVD drive.
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    Will this PS be enough for my system

    Looking at this FSP 400W FSP My system E4300 Gigabyte DS3 rev 3.3 2GB SuperTalent DDR2 5400 2 - Seagate 80GB HDD SATA2 2 - Seagate 500GB SATA2 HDD Lite ON DVD Video card (still looking) No gaming, this is photoshop system. Will be doing OC.
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    Power Supply for my new system

    E4300 Gigabyte DS3 2GB DDr2 5400 Lite-ON DVD 4 SATA drives Cheap video card. Going to OC but no games. Only photoshop work. What kind of PS would be enough for me? I heard about FSP being good. Looking for something <$50 if possible.
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    E6300 plus MOBO for $150 at Fry's

    I see that proecssor alone is around $170. MOBO might be junk. Link
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    Video card for photoshop

    Putting a new system together. Would be either AM2 3600+ TForce 550 or E4300 Gibabyte DS3 Need to decide about the video card. No gaming on this machine. Any recommendations for cheap card
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    Difference between these 2 GigaByte MB

    I was looking at GA-M16P-S3 MB for 3800+ system GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX but local Frys has GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX for same price. Which one would be better option. Another one i just saw is GIGABYTE...
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    Please help - Motherboard for AMD X2 3800+

    Total newbie here. Reading lots of articles for past couple of days. I need to put together not too expensive system ($500 range). It seems people say good things about this Gigabyte GA-M16P-S2 MB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128034 Is this good board? Went to...