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    M-ATX ATI XPress Gigabyte GA-K8A480M-9 availability?

    Presently, my MSI M-ATX Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPress mobo is starting to crap out. Looked at the Gigabyte GA-K8A480M-9 board and by adding/changing heat sinks on the northbridge/southbridge/MOSFETs it will work better for me. The MSI board does not have overclocking/voltage settings and is...
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    Velodyne 5 piece home theater speakers! $159!! Free shipping too

    Velodynes for $159?! :eek: They would be a good match for my AR 12" sub (20Hz of amusement) Have a pair of Infinity Overture 1 speakers and they sound great...but it is only a pair. Have Logitech Z5500's so the family can have surround sound but my Onkyo receiver is not being used...
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    Are PSU's the most important part ?

    Yes, The power supply makes or breaks all the other components. Crap in equals crap out and many problems with cheap computers have to do with cheap power supplies. Would I spend more than $120 for one? Not at this time but if I want dual processer/dual core CPUs and SLI, I can make an...
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    Fan size make a difference

    I have two Vantec Stealth fans, one 60mm in my HTPC rig and a 80mm on my sons CPU heat sink. The 80mm fan is quiet, not as quiet as my Panaflo L1 (Japan version) but quiet enough. The 60mm Stealth is another story, that thing has serious bearing whine at 12 volts so I put it at 6 volts via a...
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    3000+ Overheating?

    You are on the right track with dropping the voltage. The main thing is you are overclocking with a stock HSF so the temps sound about correct. My 3000+ is not overclocked :mad: the motherboard won't let me. It runs at 34C idle and 42C loaded down with a Thermalright XP90 and Panaflo L 92mm...
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    your highest temps EVAR

    73C with my Socket 939 3000+ It has a XP90 with Panaflo L fan on top, a rear 80mm fan (on 60-->80mm adapter) blowing in and two 80mm fans running at 5 volts for air flow. Normally, I get 34C idle and 42C load with the fan running at 7 volts. I turned the fan off on the XP90 and shut down...
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    Venice 3200 @ 2.8ghz, too be good to be true?

    I have a use for dual-core Athlons, my HTPC could use one. Since it will run dual monitors and send a TV display out, a game on one monitor, the internet on the other and a recorded TV show on the TV. That seems to be the hot ticket for my use, have one processor deal with MPEG2...
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    IS your 9600 pro/XT still [H]ard?

    nst, Yes, you get the idea... but my main this is to "upgrade" my computer by transfering the older stuff to theirs. :D My latest plot is to transfer my TV Tuner card (Theater 550 Pro) to their box and throw in a PVR-500 dual tuner if need be. Since my mobo does not overclock :mad: I...
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    X700 Pro Benchmark question..

    APE stands for Automatic Performance Enhancement (or something along those lines) The Sapphire X700 Pro Toxic Edition is not really "overclocked" as it uses a Radeon X700 XT chip and the memory is 1000MHz anyway. Did a little research and there was supposed to be a X700XT but ATI did not like...
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    Help with HS/Fan for my AMD XP 2800+

    I agree with DFI, the L1BX is not that quiet at full speed. Very quiet at 7 volts were I keep the rheostat set. My 3000+ runs at 34C idle and 42C with 3DMark and CPU Burn In running for several hours running at 7 volts. What would be interesting is two of the SI97 "grills" stacked...
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    Thermalright XP-90C

    Read the review between the XP90, XP90C and XP120. What I gather, there is a 1.4C difference between them. I might be a bit soft but, I don't want the extra 330 grams of weight for only 1.4C! This computer moves around on occasion and a cracked mobo is not in my plans. That is my common...
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    X700 Pro Benchmark question..

    I also get 3100-3300 (can't remember the number) but my X700 Pro is the Sapphire Toxic Edition with an Artic Cooler Silencer stock and uses APE to "warranty overclock" to 475/1000. It could be Tom did not use the latest drivers, just enjoy the added performance and don't worry about the slight...
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    IS your 9600 pro/XT still [H]ard?

    My son's computer uses a 9600 Pro (not overclocked yet, they don't know how and I won't tell them) All the games they play are so far, so good with the XP-M 2400/512MB system. They have a 17" monitor and play at 1024x768 with no AA (again, they don't know how to change the settings yet...they...
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    My temps. too HIGH?!

    38C is a great temperature! My 3000+ S939 is running at 38C while I type (fan speed at 1638 RPM) I am also using a XP90 heat sink but use a Panaflo L 92mm fan running at 7 volts. For amusement, I shut off the fan and my idle temps jumped to 62C. Hit it with CPU Burn In, ran the CPU at 100%...
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    Good Cheap Heatsink/Fan for Athlon Mobile

    http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2327&cat=47&page=1 Arctic Cooling Copper silent 2TC - Rev 2 $18.57 shipped! It has a thermally controlled fan so just short across the resistor so it will push 36CFM and keep you cool. It will be very quiet and if you need more...
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