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Looking for alternative to fat-arsed Tuniq Tower

I replaced my old motherboard (dead) with a an EVGA 680i ( 122-CK-NF68-A1 version) and unfortunately, the cpu is located relatively close to the edge of the board. This puts the Tuniq Tower right up against an internal wall of the case (Lian Li V1200 Plus II). I had to mount it rotated 90...
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- Jul 12, 2007
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- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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DDR2-533 vs. 667 vs. 800 memory and 680i mobo

Buying "Top-of-the line" pc equipment is always a bad investment in the sense that faster, cheaper tecnology is usually just over the horizon. What your friend advises is more or less true about processors, motherboards, video etc, as well. When new memory comes out your friend could easily say...
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- Post #8
- Feb 4, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Stable 680i ??

Something like that, at least if normal SLI is important. Other people could probably give you a more informed recommendation about particular good stable boards, as I have managed to put off replacing my main system for over five years. I have been obsessively reading everything I can find...
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- Post #6
- Jan 26, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Stable 680i ??

I don't think stability or ease of use is a standout feature of any currently available 680i board. Possibly future bios upgrades or upcoming boards will change that but for maximim stability you might be better off with an older SLI board. The newest 680i from Abit sounds less glitchy than the...
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- Post #3
- Jan 26, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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The 680i conundrum!

Ah Ok, general good feeling about Gigabyte quality? Fair enough. Although isn't the board made by a joint venture between Gigabyte and Asus called Gigabyte United? Asus and Abit have good reputations too but the 680i seems to be a truculent beast. I may get an IN9 as well --I kinda have to...
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #5
- Jan 25, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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The 680i conundrum!

The IN9 certainly looks interesting, but of course there is not much info yet. It sounds to be easier to set up and get running than earlier 680i products. There are few complaints already but also positive buzz. It seems to be getting evaluated as more stable and easier to set up than most of...
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- Post #3
- Jan 25, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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SCEPTRE x22wg-Gamer LCD Monitor

Lamp is set to zero which appears not to make a lot of difference. For VGA I have it set to "auto color", which seems work better than any manual settings I have tried. I havent played with the settings much though--I am hoping to build a new system soon and will prolly pay more attention to...
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- Post #6
- Jan 25, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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SCEPTRE x22wg-Gamer LCD Monitor

I have it. It's OK but far from perfect. Very flexible and pretty nice looking picture, but kind of cheaply made. for more details see my post about it here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...RTPAGE=2&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear#top Also see this 17 page thread on the HardOCP forums...
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #2
- Jan 24, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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where is the official ASUS STRIKER EXTREME thread

I think the Striker Extreme disappointed some people because it seemed to not offer the main thing that its high price and macho-sounding name would imply--noticeably higher performance than the other boards. Both Asus boards were free of some of the worst problems that some reference-design...
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #9
- Jan 22, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Needs opinions on an LCD screen.

I have the Sceptre 22 inch, and I am not unhappy with it. It is far from the highest quality monitor out there though. Pros are low price, fast response, hdmi port Cons are light bleed issues, flimsy stand, cheapo DVI cable It looks pretty good--bright and crisp, except for the light...
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- Post #27
- Jan 20, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Dell 2407WFP or BenQ FP241W

I called up BenQ to ask about this monitor and the 1-1 pixel issue, and here is what I found out: 1. The guy I got on the phone was a first class weasel and made it difficult to get a straight answer about anything. Maybe other phone answering guys working for BenQ are not like that, but I...
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #61
- Jan 9, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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EVGA GeForce 8800 ACS3 KO

I don't know if these are worth any extra money, or not, but these seem to be the same cards that were originally announced and then taken off the market until now, for reasons that I am not clear on. These, as as reviewed by Anandtech were one of the few initial 8800 card to depart from...
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- Post #8
- Jan 6, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Asus 680i board for sale now P5N32-E SLI

Seems to be back: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1459&l1=3&l2=11&l3=397
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #113
- Dec 27, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus 680i board for sale now P5N32-E SLI

There seem to have been several main issues with 680i boards in general: Sound crackle when using SLI Data corruption on SATA drives Failure to work at all Widely varying overclock potential The first two problems seem to have mainly been mentioned in connection with EVGA boards as...
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #98
- Dec 20, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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Any 680i SLI boards that you can actually use the two PCI slots when also using SLI?
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #14
- Nov 18, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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Any 680i SLI boards that you can actually use the two PCI slots when also using SLI?

As a semi-novice system builder, physical configuration seem to be among the murkiest and least-well covered issues. There are many guides to selecting compatible ram, cpu, cooling solutions, about overclocking, bios tweaking, etc, but very little on "will these components actually fit together...
- StrangerThanFiction
- Post #10
- Nov 18, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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Multiple questions regarding multiple monitors.

Just to elaborate a bit on #1, different game/hardware/driver combinations seem to behave differently. For me, some games turn off or blank the secondary monitor automatically, while others seem to be OK with it on. Others won't run at all unless I turn it off first. UT2004 used to run just fine...
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- Post #3
- Jul 21, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How is AMD 4x4 gonna help gamers??

It might be a good thing for game modders--people that want to make content and then put it into a game and then see their work with the settings cranked up. It seems like a compromise between workstation and game hardware. Game performance may be more dependent on GPU power, as pointed out by...
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- Post #24
- Jun 9, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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