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How Critical Is Replacing Thermal Interface Material?

Okay, great, so this will do? http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2216879
- Hastibe
- Post #8
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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How Critical Is Replacing Thermal Interface Material?

Wow, okay--thanks for the info! I've been trying to figure out what type of stuff to use--I have a Athlon II X4 CPU. Any idea of where to find on AMD's website what stuff is recommended? I haven't had any luck searching on it (just found one really outdated page).
- Hastibe
- Post #4
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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How Critical Is Replacing Thermal Interface Material?

My motherboard died (the RMA replacement will arrive on Wednesday), and I was looking at the AMD CPU installation sheet that came with my processor, and I noticed that it says: "Note: If the heatsink is removed for any reason, all of the old phase-change thermal interface material must be...
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- Jan 15, 2011
- Replies: 21
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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PSU "Upgrade" Offered for Free--Should I Take It?

Yeah, I know what you guys mean. They actually did look into the OCZ700MXSP and OCZ550FTY, but were out of stock on both of those, as well as on my original PSU (OCZ600MXSP)--which is a little hard to believe and is really lame warehousing organization if true (and I said as much), but no luck...
- Hastibe
- Post #10
- Jan 13, 2011
- Forum: Power Supplies
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PSU "Upgrade" Offered for Free--Should I Take It?

It's back-ordered, apparently. Anyways, I decided to go ahead with what the ModXStream 780W--it is a higher spec PSU than the one I had, and still holds a selling price of twice that of my old PSU ($140 vs. $70)
- Hastibe
- Post #7
- Jan 13, 2011
- Forum: Power Supplies
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PSU "Upgrade" Offered for Free--Should I Take It?

Thanks for the input. Why don't people like OCZ PSUs (especially the older ones)? Because they unexpectedly die like mine, I presume? :P
- Hastibe
- Post #5
- Jan 13, 2011
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

I could wait until my model or a similar current model is available (they are all back-ordered/out of stock, right now, apparently).
- Hastibe
- Post #17
- Jan 13, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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PSU "Upgrade" Offered for Free--Should I Take It?

Could you explain? The OCZ 780W ModXStream-B only has about ~80% efficiency, compared with the OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro, which should have around ~86% efficiency, but that doesn't seem like a very significant difference. ...Beyond that, the OCZ 780W is much more powerful than the OCZ 600W...
- Hastibe
- Post #3
- Jan 13, 2011
- Forum: Power Supplies
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PSU "Upgrade" Offered for Free--Should I Take It?

I had to RMA my OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro, however, OCZ can't replace it. Instead they have offered me a OCZ 780W ModXStream-B. It is a slightly older unit and is re-certified, but still will keep the warranty. Should I take it? I need to reply to them soon.
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- Jan 13, 2011
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

I had to RMA my OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro, however, OCZ can't replace it. Instead they have offered me a OCZ 780W ModXStream-B. It is a slightly older unit and is re-certified, but still will keep the warranty. Should I take it? I need to reply to them soon.
- Hastibe
- Post #15
- Jan 13, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

The part of the PSU that supplies the video card with power is what burned out, and the PCIe slot that the card was in, in the motherboard also burned out. I have a SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 1GB video card (which is fine, ironically)--do you think my PSU was insufficient (I was thinking that it...
- Hastibe
- Post #14
- Jan 10, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

UPDATE: Took it to a computer repair place. The PSU burned out and took the motherboard with it. Luckily, I can RMA both. *crossing fingers that RMA process takes less than a month...* CPU, RAM, video card, and hard drives still good, thankfully.
- Hastibe
- Post #12
- Jan 10, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

Don't know anyone nearby that I can borrow one from, unfortunately. What makes you think that it's a dead video card, though? As I mentioned above, I get diagnostic beeps when there is no RAM in (just the CPU plugged in), but once I put the RAM back in, my computer is silent when I turn it on...
- Hastibe
- Post #9
- Jan 8, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

Thank you for all your responses! I've replied to each of you--please let me know what you think! I did try that, and in fact have my motherboard out of the case and on a piece of cardboard right now. Plugged in the PSU and the front panel wires and powered it on like that, but no change...
- Hastibe
- Post #7
- Jan 8, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Broken Computer--please help! (No POST; only beeps with RAM removed)

I came home from work today and found that my (home) computer had frozen, so I turned it off and then turned it back on. ...And nothing happened. :( It powered on, but no POST, no beeps, and just a blank screen with nothing happening. Turned it off again, turned it back on, nothing. Tried it a...
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- Jan 8, 2011
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

Alright, decided to go with the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w--just ordered it off of Newegg.com! :)
- Hastibe
- Post #13
- Mar 2, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

P.S. Here's the list of PSUs I'm eyeing now, if my 430W PSU isn't enough (see above, please): HIGHER QUALITY Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W $40 +12V1@25A,+12V2@18A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0TR2%20W0379RU OCZ StealthXStream 600W $50...
- Hastibe
- Post #12
- Mar 2, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

Hmm, so, are y'all sure I can't just use my 430W Thermaltake PSU for my build? The PSU provides 18A on the +12V rail... My graphics card (HD 5770) says it needs a 450W PSU, and these power consumption tests by Xbitlabs indicate that the HD 5770 needs about 7 amps at max load. My CPU (Athlon II...
- Hastibe
- Post #11
- Mar 2, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

Ah, I was looking for that information! How/where did you find out that the max amps it can deliver is 44A?
- Hastibe
- Post #8
- Mar 2, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

Shoot, really? What happened? Has anyone else had this problem?
- Hastibe
- Post #6
- Mar 2, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

QUESTION #1: Okay, thanks for your thoughts... Here are a few, which all seem CrossFire capable, that I'm considering--please let me know what your thoughts on them are! AZZA Dynamo 650 650W XION XON-630P12N 630W Eagle Tech ET-PSVT600E OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP Do I have it right that the...
- Hastibe
- Post #3
- Mar 2, 2010
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Dearly needed: power supply advice!

Hi friends, I've been really confused about what type of PSU I need--when I built my first gaming rig in 2003, I slapped some $18 dollar PSU in it and never thought about it again. Now, having just built my second rig, I have a spare 430W Thermaltake PSU in it, and am wondering if I need a...
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- Mar 2, 2010
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Power Supplies

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