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    E6600 High Stock Temps

    I built a C2D system on the ASUS P5N32-E SLI (nForce 680i) backbone a couple of months ago with an E6600 cooled by a Zalman 9700/AS5 Thermal Paste. The case is an Antec P180, and I am using 4 120mm fans. Despite what I would generally consider a strong level of cooling, the CPU idle temps...
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    ASUS P5N32-E SLI (nForce 680i) Dead?

    I built a new C2D machine on the ASUS P5N32-E SLI platform a few months ago, and up until a few days ago, it had been running entirely smoothly. Recently (the past couple of days) it had been taking to randomly locking up in Windows (i.e. nothing could move, not even the mouse cursor), and...
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    Large Heatsink Compatibility Issues - nForce 680i Boards?

    I am considering doing a new system build with an ASUS P5N32-E SLI nForce 680i board, and I have been very fond of Zalman HSFs in the past, but I have heard that the 9500/9700 models have issues with the eVGA 680i board. Are these issues generic to the 680i architecture, or a result of something...