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    Would You Bother With an AC Accelero Twin Turbo II?

    The Twin Turbo II should be a bit quieter, and possibly a bit cooler as well. But the tradeoff isn't free. In exchange, you'll need more room in your case. (Three slots vs. two.) That said, 75C on a GPU is nothing to worry about and it may not be worth the trouble.
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    Phenom II X4 965 BE temps & OC'ing question

    That's about right. Your ambient of 26.6C is a touch on the high side, which would account for it being a couple degrees warmer than "normal".
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    Haswell, and the 10-year rig revisited

    5-7 years seems like a more realistic lifespan for a system. 10 years is pretty much the same thing but with a couple years of stubborn, grudging unhappiness before you upgrade tacked on the end. ;)
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    7.38 GHz AMD APU on MSI FM2-A85XA-G65

    They could've saved everyone a lot of time and hassle by just painting racing stripes on the CPU. (Seriously...even though you're just going to smoosh some TIM on it with a heatsink, I bet they'd sell.)
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    AMD Brazos E-350 Processor For Heavy Surfing

    I have one as an HTPC. It mostly just shepherds data from the TV capture card to the NAS via iSCSI, and plays back video to the extender (X-box 360). I wouldn't ask it to do anything hard, honestly...
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    NF-F12 very noisy :(

    Yeah...with the cost of Noctua fans and a 6-year warranty, I'd definitely give them a call and see what they can do for you. My P12/P14s don't make any noise beyond air woosh.
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    Post your HTPC builds!

    Mine's a bit different. The HTPC itself is a cheapo Acer Aspire from Futureshop, (AX1430-ER20P), to which I added an HVR-2250, 4GB of decent heatsinked RAM I had lying about, and I strapped a quiet 120mm fan to the grill for good measure. Storage is on a Synology DS410 and view downstairs on...
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    Not happy with Coolermaster 212+ Evo

    Yup. With so much intake, that exhaust fan is pretty much just getting in the way -- the hot air is going to go out due to positive pressure anyway.
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    Searching for the best 140mm fan

    +3. (I have three, and they all wanted to vote.)
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    which 2TB drive for NAS?

    I have four Seagate Green 2TB's (ST2000DL003) in my NAS as they were the cheapest at the time (pre-flood). They've held up pretty well and I have no complaints.
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    Worth upgrading to Phenom II X4-975 or 1100T?

    As the others have said, you'll see an improvement from a Phenom II 955 or faster quad. But I wouldn't throw more than $100 at it.
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    Steelseries Sensei mouse review

    I vastly prefer my Sensei to my previous mice -- Deathadder Black and G5. It does take a while to get used to it. Higher DPI is more useful with multiple screens, when you have a lot of real estate to cover. It's nice to have the option, and of course you can drop it easily enough. One of the...
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    560 Ti vs 560 Ti - Which to buy?

    2nd link appears to be the base model. 1st link is a "TOP" model; these have a higher factory overclock and may be better binned. 3rd link is the same as the 1st, but with 2GB RAM. 4th link is a special edition with more cores, slightly more memory, but lower stock-570 clocks. I'd go for...
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    Worth upgrading CF HD6870 1GB cards?

    I wouldn't upgrade at this time. (I'm not; I'm running 6850CF on 5760x1080). Just turn some stuff down if necessary, and wait until a single mid-range (and more importantly mid-price!) card will perform as well or better as your current CF.
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    Official Improvements of Piledriver Cores.

    I just wanted to say thanks for spelling that out (literally), because for the longest time I thought it meant "Inter-process communication" and I couldn't figure out what you guys were on about at all.
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    LIAN LI Lancool PC-K58

    Great all-round case for a reasonable price.
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    Anyone Recommend a Case with a Handle on It

    1. Take the guts out of one of these 2. Mod the case for modern hardware airflow. 3. Scare the crap outta the people at the lan party. 4. Profit. http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/compaq/index.html
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    How much RAM is too much? 32gb? 64gb?

    Unless you have a particular reason to install more, I'd suggest 4GB per slot is a good maximum.
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    i5-2500k at 5Ghz.. wow..

    I like your case. I'd consider repositioning the fan on your radiator, though. From the picture it looks like it's blowing the hot air back onto the mobo. Not a big deal in open air, but it's not helping. (Or just get a 10-12" desk fan and call it a day.)
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    Which Thermal Paste to Get?

    I'd just get the MX-4. It's good. Whether it is the best isn't particularly relevant unless you're trying for a record.
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    Does the size of the monitor affect FPS?

    Um...I have to apologize for completely derailing the thread at this point. It was supposed to be a joke, albeit a geekish one. And yes, I flubbed the maths.
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    Does the size of the monitor affect FPS?

    I may have divided where I should've multiplied somewhere in the conversion from metric. Anyway, the difference is tiny but not zero.
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    Does the size of the monitor affect FPS?

    Technically yes...insignificantly. You won't notice and the electronics won't either. Light takes ~12 ns to travel that extra inch. So if we assume a base 60 fps on the smaller display, that's 16666667 ns per frame. Adding another 12 ns delay puts us at 16666679 ns per frame, for a *pathetic*...
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    Poll: Would you buy a case without 5.25" (optical drive) bays?

    My first thought actually was, "But where would I mount the front case fans?" :D I have a 5.25" optical drive, but I barely use it and externals aren't expensive. I wouldn't miss the bay at all. Heck, since this one matches my router...I think I'm sold...
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    What would you upgrade to from a 6870 ?

    Overclock your existing 6870 and CPU if you aren't already. If that doesn't do the trick, reduce settings and save up until the next generation of cards comes out.
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    universal gaming mouse...

    You might take a look at the Steelseries Xai or Sensei. I have the Sensei and I love it. There are a couple Razer mice marketed as ambidextrous (Lachesis and Abyssus), but I haven't used them.
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    Looking for a better cooler from H50

    At first glance that sounds like either an H50 mounting problem or a case airflow problem. Which case do you have and how are the other fans configured?
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    Dumb yet technical question: Heatpipes

    Sounds like it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to combine a liquid cooling loop within a heatpipe, and do some sort of steam cooling loop. Has it been done already?
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    h50 problem?

    I know very little about modern intel sockets, but it looks like that metal bit around the CPU is getting in the way, judging from the paste on it in picture #2. Is it removable, or is it part of the retention mechanism? edit: Nah, that ain't it, but I'd try mounting it again. If you've...
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    16GB over 8GB when I barely use 4GB? lol

    If you do repetitive tasks with large files, you may find the extra file cache useful.
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    recommend good hsf

    Oh. Different temperature sensors, I believe. 1. "CPU" as reported by toverclocker is the same as "TMPIN0" reported by HWMonitor. This sensor is located directly underneath the IHS lid. It's a good overall indicator of the thermal output of the whole CPU/ TDP. 2. The "Core #[1,2,3,4]"...
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    recommend good hsf

    The temperature diode can get messed up when locking/unlocking cores. Used to happen to me with my PhII X3 710.
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    Corsair Vengeance K60 Review

    OP: Thanks for the review. I've seen a few reviews on the Corsair K60/90 but getting personal impressions is always helpful. I already have a mechanical (a Meka G1) and while I love it I'm considering a K60 as a backup, or even a replacement if the switches are significantly quieter. One...
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    recommend good hsf

    +1 for the 212+. You can get better, but probably not better value.
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    Okay, so the 7900 series is rolling out, what of HTPC-relevant models?

    Yup. Performance and features have improved somewhat, but heat/power/noise are the major improvements of the 5770 or 6850 over the 4870. The 7750 will probably continue that trend.
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    Three monitors with one AMD card on Windows XP

    Nope. Check out SoftTH. Not as good as Eyefinity, but cheaper in terms of required hardware. Monitors can be different resolutions as well. http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/
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    Wait... what?

    VirtualLarry: You did indeed miss something else. The first partition on Disk 0 (C: ) is appearing as a 14GB volume in the upper pane, not 45GB as allocated and shown in the lower pane. This is also displayed in the system properties window to the left. But I don't know why, sorry. If I...
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    8 pin pci-express for CPU power?

    http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html "Make sure that you don't try to plug an 8 pin 12 volt cable into the 8 Pin PCI Express power connector on a video card. The two cables look very similar so it's easy to get the two confused. 8 Pin PCI Express power cables are usually...
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    Which SSD to choose?

    You said your D14 is "silent"; if that's a passive config or using really low rpm fans you might have to set the CPU Fan speed sensor to disabled in the BIOS to get it to stop beeping. (Unplugging the speaker works too, though.)
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    ATI scaling issue greyed out options.

    I'm having this issue. I think it was due to a recent upgrade to Catalyst 11.11. This guy over at Tom's seems to be having it as well: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/333994-33-greyed-scaling-options-catalyst-version
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