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    Best LGA1155 Motherboard option from Tigerdirect?

    I decided to build up a new system to go with a new 7970 come Monday. I'm going to use the 0% financing option from Tiger Direct so I'm limited to the options they have available. Here are the options I was considering: ASUS P8Z68-V LX : 129.99 (119.99AR) Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 : 134.99...
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    Considering 7970 to replace dead GTX 460 but worried about CPU limits

    The GTX 460 on my HTPC is starting to exhibit artifacts and I've done all I could to fix it (various driver versions and underclocking), I decided now to replace the card and upgrade. The AMD 7970 results look really promising, but I'm not concerned with my CPU bottlenecking it. I have a...
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    Power supply just died and need a new one.

    My old PSU just failed and I'm looking to replace it. I am running an Athlon X2 4200+ with a PNY 8800GTS 320MB, 2GB RAM, and two SATA HDDs. The video card recommends a PSU with >27A available at 12V, I haven't seen too many PSUs that have a 12V rating of >27A. Is this requirement referring...
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    What is the cheapest decent CPU cooling solution for socket 939?

    I just ordered an OEM Athlon 64 X2 4200+ socket 939 from newegg as a drop in upgrade to my Athlon 64 2400+. I was originally thinking that I would use the heatsink that originally came with the retail version of my 2400+. Is this still a viable option or is a significantly better solution in the...
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    Just bought an Antec Smartpower 2.0 500 watt PSU and it doesn't work...

    I picked up an Antec Smartpower 500 watt PSU to replace the crappy no-name 480 watt one that came with my case. However when I install it and hit the power nothing really happens. The only thing that happens is that the optical sensor on the mouse turns on. Before I RMA it I wanted to see if...
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    Just ordered an EPOX EP-9NPA+ with 2 1GB sticks of DDR400

    I just ordered an EPOX EP-9NPA+ with 2 1 GB sticks of OCZ Performance DDR 400. The board has 4 slots for memory and it is described as being able to support 4GB of memory so I am assuming it allows for 4 1GB sticks. I have however heard of people having problems running the their systems with 2...
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    How much can I overclock a 2.4a w/ crappy MB/RAM

    I just bought a P4 2.4a that came with a free ECS 848P-A motherboard, it has 768 megs of PC 2100 DDR. With this ghetto setup how much is the most I could overclock to with out damaging the system?
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    2.4C Processor 533 FSB or 800 FSB?

    I thought that all P4s with a C in the name were 800Mhz FSB, I just bought a chip advertised as 533Mhz but the label says 2.4C. Is it infact a 800Mhz FSB processor?