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    Best case under $100?

    Antec P182 or CoolerMaster 690
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    Delusion and General Stupidity

    "My experience with Phenom is that's it's not a bad cpu, yes it could do with more clockspeed but 2.4 sees it toe to toe with q6600, so I think a lot of people are buying into this negative marketing campaign coming from intel." Well THERE'S a knee-slapper. Hahahaha
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    Reapplying Thermal Compound

    Besides 'jjsole''s "credit card method", you can also try placing a small dot in the middle of your CPU (half a grain of rice, about). An inspiring quote about putting on thermal paste (I forget who told me this, but credit goes to them): "If you think you've put enough, you've probably...
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    Damn it, I think I screwed up when puting my new heatsink on.

    Exactly how much did you put on? Try putting a really small dot of TIM in the middle of the processor. (that's what i do)
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    What do I need to go RAID?

    Yeah...you can check your mobo's manual to see if it has RAID support. For your purposes, RAID 1 or Raid 0 will be your ideal choice. RAID 0: The data you save to a RAID 0 array will be 'fragmented' across your two drives (two minimum). Thus, if one drive stops working, all your data will be...
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    New Moderator Selection

    +1 for Aigomorla
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    8800GTx2 or 8800 GTXXXXX?

    This should cover either SLI GT or single GTX http://www.pcpower.com/power-s...lencer-610-eps12v.html
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    You know you Overclock too much when....

    For the newbies... You worry about amount of TIM you used AFTER you slapped the heatsink on.
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    How does my wiring job look?

    Try switching the SATA cable (on the mobo) to the lowest port then pass the rest of the cable into the HDD bay. Also try moving your USB cable to the bottom of the mobo section of the case and then secure with cable routers and zip-ties
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    E8500 @ 4.7ghz on Air. holy crap.

    Are these clocks even practical? What would we use a 4.4Ghz for? And let's even factor in that this test was some sort of suicide run. Let's say we just had a clock of 4.0Ghz stable. What could utilize the speed (to its utmost potential)?
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    Anyone had any trouble installing the Artic Cooling Freezer 7

    wait! you don't have to! you can just use a screwdriver and turn the push pins in the direction of the arrow. After that pull the pins out of the hole and rotate the Heatsink then voila. its out.
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    Its official Everyone

    8800GT > 8600GTS (obviously) But if you want to churn out an extra 10fps...there you go. haha
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    Best way to apply thermal compound?

    Ah yes. The age old debate. I, personally, do the following: -clean both the heatsink and CPU with Alcohol and lint free cloth -place a blob of AS5/MX-2 the size of half a grain of rice on the CPU -plop down my ACFreezer -lightly rotate the heatsink to get all the air bubbles out...
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    The Northbridge Stock Cooling

    There's this really tenacious "crap" on the bottom of my northbridge heatsink. When I was replacing the TIM for better heat transfer (used ceramique) I just used alcohol to clean off the pink stuff. Then I realized that the pink stuff wouldn't come off. I tried to scrape most of it off with a...
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    Case fans

    Yeah I used Antec Tricools and they were ok. nothing special, but they're kinda loud. I wouldn't recommend getting them. What I WOULD recommend: D12SM-12 (medium) http://jab-tech.com/YATE-LOON-120mm-Case-Fan-D12SM-12-Medium-Speed-pr-3770.html IMO, the medium would be your best bet...
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    Bet you don't know what Lynnfield, Havendale, Ibexpeak, ...

    Some of these codenames sound like the names of quaint cities you'd find in the middle of nowhere... 'yorkfield' 'bloomsdale' 'clarkefield' 'auburndale' :confused:
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    UNDERVOLTING FUN! CORE 2 DUO/QUAD

    Err... i can do 2.66 on my E6400 @ 1.25 pretty good, i think. = D
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    BFG 8800GT Fire Hazard

    I think the OEM one looks better too :Q
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    My PC is Unbearably loud, please help

    I'm no water-cooling junky. But as a rule of thumb, these pre-made watercooling setups are more or less "crap". You're going to have to go with individual parts. Swiftech is a good place to start (not the cheapest but of good quality). google it. Edit: Also look up: Danger Den...
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    FX5200?

    Maybe I'm not getting your sarcasm...but in any case...The boxes on those 5200's also mentioned "updated this and that". Obviously people are still looking into this card. For what though? minesweeper? :laugh:
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    Good news for the AGP users powecolor HD3850pro

    Gosh the next thing you know there'll be an 8800 Ultra....in AGP. but in all reality. I guess AGP is convenient for everyone that hasn't jumped on the PCI-e bandwagon. But I think taking a 3850 and making it an AGP version is just odd. Getting a half decent PCI-e system (just mobo and...
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    FX5200?

    I was at CompUSA (it was closing and having a sale :D) and I saw a bunch of nVidia's FX5200's. I wasn't amazed at all that there were like 25 of them still there (not sure of how many people actually buy those). But I was wondering why they still MAKE FX5200's in such abundance. I mean why not...
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    Increasing CPU Contact

    You also might want to look at some cable management. From the looks of it, it looks really cluttered. Zip ties and small stick-on wire routers are a good solution. -one big step- You could try lapping your heatsink since your CPU doesn't have an IHS
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    Increasing CPU Contact

    You also might want to look at some cable management. From the looks of it, it looks really cluttered. Zip ties and small stick-on wire routers are a good solution. -one big step- You could try lapping your heatsink since your CPU doesn't have an IHS
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    Cleaning up my 8800GTS

    duly noted. maybe I'll give it a second thought. Thanks for the heads up. Crazy good info though. Thanks a bunch. thanks a lot guys
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    Cheap and Silent Active Ram Cooling

    Hm. innovative. I should try it sometime. =D
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    Is my case ready?

    Try putting the 24pin wire below all the other wires and try to clip it on the lower right and side of the mobo.
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    Cleaning up my 8800GTS

    Whoops. Sorry. I AM going to put better TIM in there. So what would I have to do? put it on the ram chips as well as the "core"?
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    Cleaning up my 8800GTS

    I'm sure opening up the card will be fairly self-explanatory, but my questions pertain to the stock cooling device on it. Is it mounted by screws? or thermal tape? If its mounted with thermal tape, how do I get it off? Also, where can I get some to replace it (like local Walgreens or...
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    Circular grooves on the base of my Ultima-90.. worrysome?

    the circular grooves, to me, don't seem to be the problem. However you do have some sort of gash/blotch mark in the middle that i would check out.
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    temp delta at idle

    I recently reached a 375 x 8 stable OC on my E6400. However, the temps in coretemp are jumping really sporadically. I have it set so that the temps will change ever 1000ms (1 second). At one point in time i'll have 38C and next i'll have 47C and then it'll shoot back down to 40C and then to...
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    Which PCI Internet Adapter?

    Hey, I've recently been getting the stupid error "400 HTTP Bad Request". Since re-formatting my hard-drive didn't seem to help nor did consulting a Comcast helper, I'm considering getting a PCI card instead of using my Mobo's. Can someone recommend me something? I have a N-wireless , so...
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    Internet Connectivity Issues

    Try resetting. (unplug the power to your modem and router)
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    building a new rig

    If you want to save money in the long run, you can just get an E2140 now, overclock its fanny off, then get a penryn or whatnot later. Its basically a matter of saving money...and how patient you are. lol you probably DO want to go with a 1333/1600 mhz fsb. Probably an X38 supported...
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    thanks a lot guys.
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    how do i boot from the CD?
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    haha. ok. i'm taking this whole thing in a new direction. like i've said, i already backed up both my drives. now i'm going to do a full, clean, installation. (i'm going to re-format my drives) I've also just copied my word documents and CoD4 save files (from Program Files etc.) onto a...
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    lol. nevermind its SP2
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    where should i look for the SP? gahahah what a noob question.
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    Ok. so i have my back'd-up information, and my goal is to have my previous misc files (like game files) yet have my OS brand, spanking new.