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On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] New 650 PSU     brendano25​7 0 87 brendano25​7
08-22-2008 at 12:18 PM
On [CPUs] Desktop CPU Mid-Range     brendano25​7 7 226 jimmysmitt​y
05-11-2008 at 10:40 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] PSU for Nvidia GTX 260
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^+1 on the Corsair 750TX it's a great PSU, I'm using it w/ an Antec 900 aswell, powers my XFX 780i, E8400, and 8800GT SLI without a problem, [...]
    Death Drea​m 18 309 raider37
11-17-2008 at 04:10 PM
On [CPUs] Is Intel too far ahead of its time?
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Seems like the premiums are what every company wants off of us <_<
2   jaydeejohn 67 1449 jaydeejohn
10-20-2008 at 06:09 PM
On [Other Components] evga 8800gt akimbo ssc vs 8800gt stock in sli
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That makes sense now that you tell us the AKIMBO cooler is giving you crap with it's size. That makes sense if you want to rid yourself of t [...]
    pcbuilder_​rob 9 258 brendano25​7
10-05-2008 at 07:22 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Case help, dusty environment
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You can always just not get filters and once a month take an air compressor to the inside ^_^ That's what I've ended up doing, just make sur [...]
    goldenp51 8 202 Superhal
09-29-2008 at 04:44 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] PSU help, need educated opinion on what to buy...
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The corsair 550VX, or the 650TX will suit you, but in the case you go SLI the 650TX will not support it simply because of cables. To that en [...]
    Blak op bl​ob 34 352 invisik
09-07-2008 at 03:25 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] is this PSU good for GTX 280?
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Sadly, it's the same price as SLI'ing two 8800GTX's a year or so ago. Even though the 280 started at 600-$650
    isaacrobot 7 319 brendano25​7
09-01-2008 at 08:07 PM
On [Other Components] Building a cheap but a powerful rig
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The combination your asking for isn't really possible, and @dagger, you cannot get a CF board and a 9800GX2, you need an SLI board for that.
    nightmare1​06 11 274 Grimmy
09-01-2008 at 02:55 AM
On [CPUs] Does Temperature affect performance?
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I voted "no" because it does not have a direct impact. In a cooler environment more OC'ing is possible. The only way there will be [...]
    customisbe​tter 14 409 customisbe​tter
08-27-2008 at 05:30 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Is my Antec power supply good enough for a Core 2 Duo?
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If it is stable now, don't expect it to stay stable with an OC/any further OC'ing than you might be doing now. I am running and E8400, XFX [...]
    mreda 9 932 invisik
08-27-2008 at 01:20 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] PSU for g280 in SLI Dual & Tri
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I was looking at a PSU for 8800 GT sli and saw a little * about the GTX 260. The corsair 650TX psu is rated for SLI, but not approved for th [...]
    stove 4 353 brendano25​7
08-23-2008 at 12:49 AM
On [CPUs] E8400 revision
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^+1 Yup mine is C0 too, revision 6 here.
    mxsi64 9 647 Grimmy
10-08-2008 at 04:02 PM
On [CPUs] 800$ Gaming PC? Help!
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That's more like a 600$ build because a 19/20" monitor will set you back 200$-ish.
    febtiger 31 705 gnatt
07-12-2008 at 07:31 AM
On [Other Components] FINALLY!!! need opinions on my new build
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If you still want Zalman cooler look at the CNPS9700 instead, it's the 110mm fan one, it's the one Tom's uses in most air cooled builds.
    uhxto 7 362 uhxto
06-24-2008 at 05:14 PM
On [Other Components] how do you guys like firefox 3>?
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It's not bad, new interface is nicer graphically, Windows Hotmail does force classic for me too. Gmail works, and appears to load faster too [...]
    Maverick7 42 1012 batkerson
06-19-2008 at 04:28 PM
On [CPUs] Console proccesors compared to Desktops (?)
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A PS3 runs one menu/game and a real computer runs 50-100 processes simultaneously. Just look at task manager in XP or Vista. A PS3 or 360 pr [...]
    starcraftf​anatic 18 844 sweetpants
06-12-2008 at 02:57 AM
On [Other Components] New Gaming PC
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I would wait for the so called 9900's they have built in AGEIA physX stuff, and the lower lvl one is $450 it'll be the GTX 260.
    h4cky0u 25 722 M@Sc0T
07-06-2008 at 10:05 PM
On [CPUs] Q9300 or Q6700? Which to get
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The Q9300 is a newer version w/ less speed (2.66 vs 2.5) but the 9300 has 1333 FSB not 1066 FSB, and has the 6 MB L2 cache, and it is 45 nm [...]
    illinikevi​n 10 1392 pauldh
05-07-2008 at 11:43 PM

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