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    VGA cooling help please

    Hi all, i was wondering if maybe someone here could help me. i just bought a 7600 gs evga card and installed it in a brand new pc and now i can't hear myself think. this thing is ridiculously loud. can anyone recommend a good quiet cooler that i can replace the stock hsf with? i'm not sure...
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    asus striker help needed

    hi, i recently put together an asus striker system with 2 8800's qx6700 and ddr2 1066 from corsair with an 850w tt toughpower psu. i was wondering about voltages. pc probe ii is showing me alarms for the southbridge voltage at 1.71v and the 1.2v ht at 1.5v. are these acceptable voltages...
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    power supply question

    hey, i was wondering if anyone could tell me whether or not they think this psu will work. i will be running a quad core @3.2 with 4 raptors, 2 dvd burners, 1 zalman cooler, 2 8800 gtx's and am purchasing a thermaltake 850w toughpower. this psu got an excellent review with a similar setup but...
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    asus striker and p5n32-e

    i was wondering if anyone knew whether or not the p5n32-e board or the striker would unofficially support 1066mhz memory clocks. i know the evga officially supports it but i was wondering if either of these boards can run memory at those speeds. I am looking at getting either an evga or one of...
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    PCI-E x16 motherboards

    Hi, I am looking at the possibility of buying a motherboard with 2 or 3 PCI-E x16 slots but I am stuck at the different "types" of PCI-E x16 slots. For example, intel's badaxe 2 mobo says they have 1 pci-e x16 slot (electrical) and 1 pci-e x16 slot (x8 electrical). What does this mean? EVGA...
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    What exactly is a Quadro?

    Hey all, I was wondering. What exactly is a Quadro card? It is far more expensive than anything that i've ever seen in the gaming market. I'm not quite sure what it is? What is so different that it would be worth 3 times the cost? If anyone can help me understand a little bit I would...
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    New system build, new builder

    hi all, i am new here at anandtech and i have to say, after having gotten an email account other than aol, i am excited. anyway, i have a system that i was looking to try and build. if anyone wants to give any advice and switch out parts or w/e then please feel free to. thank you for any help...