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    Coming Back To You Folks For Suggestions

    Thanks so much for all the replies, I'll try to handle everyhting in one go: First, regarding the case: I'm hard-up on the CM Stacker 830. Case was made for me, it's big, it's sturdy, massively upgradeable, and above all I can stuff more fans in it than anyhting else out there. I don't give a...
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    Coming Back To You Folks For Suggestions

    Four years ago I had a plan to built a decent Northwood rig (references: One, Two, Three) and I came in here and got just some spiffy advice on a few things I wasn't absolutely sure of, and I ended up with what's been a fantastic machine for the interim. It's time for another, though, in fact...
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    Bravo To Zalman, GVS Case Concept

    In case you haven't already, check out this pic from Anandtech's coverage of Zalman's exhibit at Computex: Design For Quad-CPU Board, Check Out Component Spread Maybe I'm not the case-wiring neatnik I thought I was when I ordered that first spool of split-loom and broke out the old gas-station...
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    Anyone Have experience With TTGI/Superflower TT550SS?

    You have the old version with the 120mm and what looks like a 60mm, or the new one with the 140/80? I can't imagine needing to get more juice out of the rails, but you never know when some AGP card manufacturer is going to ask something untoward of you (I think it was HardOCP that somehow got...
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    Anyone Have experience With TTGI/Superflower TT550SS?

    As some of you may remember, I'm going to be running an Asus P4c800-E Del./2.8C/OCZ 3700 Gold R.2 setup OCed (hopefully) to a FSB of 1GHz. I was hoping to use my old PSU from my 2.0a system, but it's at best a 320W, and lowest-bidder OEM crap at that. I only run one ATA HDD, two opticals, five...
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    2.8c@3.2 229FSB have I forgot anyting?

    As always, take your articles and benchmarks and comments (especially those from online sources) with a few grains of salt... In my opinion, the Prescott is getting bad press. Sure, they run hot, and that sucks, and they're finicky about their motherboards, but they're a more advanced chip, and...
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    UPDATE - 300watts enough? (Obviously not)

    I was thinking about this the other night while looking at cases my wife wants to put her upcoming rig into, and I think if we all get together with these paperweights, we can somehow put them to use (perhaps the Latvian military has an extra purchase order they're itching to justify, or the...
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    2.8c@3.2 229FSB have I forgot anyting?

    Forgive my ignorance, but the way you're explaining it, a 5:4 CPU:RAM ratio changes the memory multiplier to 1.25 (5/4), and the FSB of 250 multiplied by 1.25 comes out to DDR400 speeds (effectively 800MHz). Am I ignorant or does the math not work out? I get effectively 625MHz...? The reason I...
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    HELP! CPU TEMP 76 C?!!?!

    Or you could spend thirty, forty bucks and get a brand-new HSF that's more efficient, quieter, and in the end will make that CPU last longer, never have to worry about that aluminum HS being gunked-up.
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    Couple Of Dumb Questions Regarding Thermal Paste And Memory OCing

    Damn. These chips are even tougher than I thought. Assuming you're using good memory, of course, do you ever have stability issues with the processor that high? With the way Thermalright advises me to install the thing, as long as I have ample wiggle room I think I'll be okay. I'll be all...
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    Couple Of Dumb Questions Regarding Thermal Paste And Memory OCing

    Aha. Lowered my blood pressure some. Exactly how is this done, which setting? Thanks for your advice and your time.
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    Couple Of Dumb Questions Regarding Thermal Paste And Memory OCing

    Ah. Thanks for the info. Good to hear from someone with the same setup. Well, since I'm going to be OCing the system, then, is there any way I can take a lead from the MB to my fan controller so's I can keep an eye on those temps? Or do I have to just keep the software up or handy? (I'm real...
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    Couple Of Dumb Questions Regarding Thermal Paste And Memory OCing

    I put a chunk of my tax refund cheque into a major upgrade for my current patchwork system, consisting of a 2.8C, a Thermalright SP-94, an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, and some OCZ 3700 Gold R.2, and my intent is to get this setup running, ideally, at 1000MHz FSB, as this is where that particular...
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    New Case First Time Build (Suggestions)

    I'm doing my first "ground-up" build here in a while (you're in the right place to ask qustions) and have been doing extensive case-shopping recently. If you're not going to build it right this minute, wait for the Cooler Master CM Stacker. I wouldn't want to persoanlly show one to your wife and...
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    A Few Dumb Fan Controller Questions

    As some of you may remember from my previous posts, I've recently acquired a Coolermaster ATC-201C-SX2, and all I can think to do with it is to stuff my current PC's innards into it until I build an upcoming system I have planned. I also got a great deal on a Coolermaster CoolDrive 4 (their...
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    How Cool/Loud Do You Think My Config Will Be?

    Well, OCZ seems overly confident in the chips' ability to handle 3v, and about the only thing their techs ever tell people to do on their sparsely-populated support forum is to up the voltage, most of the time to 2.75, but that's given standard clocks. I'm going to run them at DDR500, and I...
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    every wanted to get some SERIOUS power from your case??

    Heh. First Xoxide's PC Tach, then do braided-steel-shielded round cables, drill out the fake intakes on the (I'm assuming it's coated plastic, hubcap-style) "supercharger" (no comment), stuff in three Coolermaster Aero blower fans, duct them down through matching holes in the top of the case to...
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    How Cool/Loud Do You Think My Config Will Be?

    Ouch. I guess I asked for that one, but it still stings. I used to think Voodoo was going to end up with my money, but a couple of things happened rather simultaneously to but the nix on that eventuality; first, I realized that I'd not only be getting shafted to the tune of almost five grand...
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    How Cool/Loud Do You Think My Config Will Be?

    I hate to be the one bucking the trend here so early, but I'm an Intel enthusiast, and currently, the 3.4EE leads the Intel pack by a nose for performance. I won't be building this system for several months (unless I get lucky), and by then, assuredly there will be a new king of the proc hill...
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    How Cool/Loud Do You Think My Config Will Be?

    Caution: I tend to ramble, so this will probably be a long post. Get a cup of coffee. I'm kicking around some ideas in my head for a new system, and thus far I've selected most of the components having to do with cooling/noise and I was wondering how well I've chosen. You guys seem to be the...
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    Which is a good trackball mouse

    Logitech Trackman Wheel, hands-down. I've used almost every variant of trackball I can lay hands on (no, never tried the SpaceBall) and Logitech won my money each time, since their first incarnation of the Trackman. Microsoft's drivers are bulky and their hardware isn't the kind of quality...
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    Quickest Internal DVD-ROM?

    Hi, there, and thanks for taking the time to look over my message. I've been poking about, trying to find comparative tests or reviews of internal DVD-ROM drives, and I can't find any. With the amount of knowledge and helpful folks this forum has provided me in the past, I figured I'd pose the...
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    Another Appeal For Advice

    Thanks so much for your time and attention. Interesting that you note the Panaflow L1A; this was suggested to me as a replacement for stock case fans, and, upon inspection, these lack a tach wire, which yould eliminate them from service under a fan control system, I would think...? Thanks for...
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    Another Appeal For Advice

    Hello, again, and thanks for taking the time to read my silly little message. You guys have proven such a fount of knowledgeable advice per my previous case questionnaire that I thought I'd ask of you a few more questions. I'm looking for advice. I'm in the fledgling stages of planning to build...
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    What Would You Recommend?

    Now that I have all this attention, maybe I could direct a few other cooling-related questions your way... As I mentioned, I'm building a new machine ground-up, and I have nothing for it yet. What I'm doing now is working up the component manifest for the things I feel best-suited to the...
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    What Would You Recommend?

    TXMatt: Thank you for the information, but I don't really want to get into the modding scene myself quite yet. Your advice, though, went into that bin in the back of my head in case I decide I do want to. I fully admit that I have been sucked in by the looks and popularity of aluminum cases...
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    What Would You Recommend?

    Let me stop a second to thank everyone involved in this thread. Your overwhelming response leaves me at a bit of a loss, but I cannot go any farther without thanking you for putting your time and hard work into this discourse. I appreciate it more than you know and am finding it quite helpful...
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    What Would You Recommend?

    mechBgon, first let me thank you for your prompt and courteous reply. Always nice to see in a forum. I appreciate your input per the excellent selection of steel cases and may consider them, though the reason I was into the aluminum models to begin with was to shuck that plastic crap that...
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    What Would You Recommend?

    I'm in the infancy of planning for a new system, it'll be my first totally "from-scratch", and I would greatly appreciate your input on cases that you have experience with, would recommend, have been dreaming about yourself, or otherwise would suit my needs. In a nutshell, I'm not going to mod...
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    opinions on coolermaster wavemaster tac-t01 case? And help in general on choosing a case.

    Eh, sorry about that, the code seems to have tripped a little. MODERATORS, bitte sehr incinerate this and the two almost-blank posts, pretty please...
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    opinions on coolermaster wavemaster tac-t01 case? And help in general on choosing a case.

    The sound insulation mashed into Lian-Li's rebuttal to Antec's Sonata actually works, and while I'm too dumb to be able to give you any numbers, I've heard it works quite well. Lian-Li's site description of the case can be found here, and I had a review but lost it somewhere. Stuf all the heat...