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Need suggestion on CPU fan/heatsink for Opteron (K8)

We have a Tyan Thunder Quad Board (S4882). For some reason, the CPU fan does not register the RPMs of the CPU if it spins below a certain speed on CPU 2,3. I need a CPU Fan/Heatsink that meets the following: Spins greater than 3000RPM to be safe (2700 RPM is probably ok) No bigger than...
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- Sep 13, 2004
- Replies: 1
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Opteron CPU Heatsink Fan Suggestions

Hey, I'd like to get anyone's input on what kind of fans we should get for our opteron servers. I am told we need fans that do upwards of 2,700 RPM. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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- Sep 13, 2004
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Major League Baseball Tickets for $1.00!!!!

$1 dogs on Wednesdays at the A's game. And yes i was implying the SF Giants have never one a world series.... ;) Despite the necessary Giants bashing SBC Park is a great park...I'm going to the game on Tuesday :)
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- Post #26
- Aug 25, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Major League Baseball Tickets for $1.00!!!!

Oh, and the A's have $1 tacos on Tuesday and boy is my body paying for it today. And on a final note...I'll listen to a Giants fan once they win a world series....maybe.
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- Aug 25, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Major League Baseball Tickets for $1.00!!!!

You can get $2 upper reserve tickets to A's games on Wednesdays and on any other day you can get $4 upper reserve tickets with a Triple A Card.
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- Post #3
- Aug 23, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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The **OFFICIAL** GMAIL Thread

if anyone else wants a gmail account PM me...I can send you an invite
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- Post #169
- Jun 16, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Even hotter this week: Compaq Athlon64 laptop $1199.99 AR Circuit City or Best Buy

I believe a 3000xp runs at about 2.2 GHz
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- Post #4
- May 23, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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San Francisco Chronicle newspaper- $24.99 for a full year Wed-Sun

I think you can get this same deal for $10 for a full year...There is a sales guy outside of walgreens in the financial district (corner of front and sacramento st) that always tries to sell me a full subscription to SF Chronicle for $10 / year.
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- Post #7
- Jan 7, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HOT HOT HOTTER than HOT - Saks 5th Avenue Sale

Confidence can make a person "less fugly" and if expensive clothes increases someone's confidence, so be it.
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- Post #120
- Dec 24, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HOT HOT HOTTER than HOT - Saks 5th Avenue Sale

Hey, I drive a Mazda Protege, a crappy $10,000 car. It gets great gas mileage and gets me from here to there without a problem. But, I would much rather be driving a Mercedes SL 500 if I could afford it. The thing is, though, it would get me from here to there the same way the Mazda would...
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- Post #42
- Dec 18, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Let it be naked Beatles 11.99(preorder)

Doesn't Michael Jackson own all the rights...Don't know if Paul will see much from this.
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- Nov 10, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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17" LCD $299 AR eCost

Anyone?
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- Post #4
- Sep 30, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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17" LCD $299 AR eCost

Anyone got a review on this specific LCD Monitor? Thanks
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- Post #3
- Sep 29, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Great Deal on Futurama and Family guy DVDs

Family guy is my favorite show, hands down.
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- Post #9
- Jan 30, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Best Graphics Tablet? (for under $100)

cool, i'll take a look at it...any other suggestions? :)
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- Post #3
- Dec 9, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best Graphics Tablet? (for under $100)

Hey all, I am seriously considering the purchase of a graphic tablet. I have gone to quite a few sites (cnet) to name one but I haven't been able to find much as far as reviews and advise when it comes to buying a graphic tablet. Since it will be my first tablet and want to use it for simple...
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- Dec 6, 2002
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Computer is crashing frequently, please help.

For a while now I have been having a problem where my 3d games would crash after playing them for a while... I always thought it was because my video card was overheating. So, in an attempt to remedy the problem I popped open the case and pointed a house fan at the card. Even after doing this...
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- Oct 5, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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100% CPU Usage - Can't Find the Problem

I had a similar problem at one point but it turned out to be a software program (not driver related). A program called gmt.exe was causing the problem. Once I ended its process the problem stopped. HTH
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- Post #8
- Oct 1, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Non overclocked system overheating like a mutha

Hey all, I have a amd xp 1800 system with a Gigabyte Motherboard Model #GA7-DX. I have 256mb DDR RAM and a lowly Voodoo3 video card running in my system. Now, when I run any type of 3D game (counterstrike, Warcraft 3, etc.) the games crash after playing for a few minutes. So, I cracked open...
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- May 27, 2002
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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New Video Card (Geforce 2) won't work right

Thanks everyone, I think I am going to return the card for a new one since the bag was obviously opened (anti static bag seal was broken) and it is obviously overheating. I have a pretty huge case. I haven't been turning on my housefan lately though and Counterstrike seems to be working fine*...
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- Jan 25, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Video Card (Geforce 2) won't work right

It's a 300 watt power supply.
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- Jan 24, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Video Card (Geforce 2) won't work right

Well I think I got the right drivers... After a bunch of messing around I realized the card is pretty hot and so I opened up the case and put a normal household fan right next to it pointing towards the card and turned it on full blast. Ever since I did that my games work fine. So, the card...
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- Jan 22, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Video Card (Geforce 2) won't work right

Hey, I just got a Geforce2 MX 400 64mb video card for my system. I am running Windows 2000 and have the detenator drivers for my system. I am also using Gigabyte motherboard (GA-7...something) with an athlon xp 1800 For some reason when I play any 3d game (half life, max payne, etc) after a...
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- Jan 19, 2002
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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I won one of those AMD XP/Mobo combos...I need advice on rest of the system

So these Radeon LE video cards are better than the: $52 - GeForce2 MX400 64MB $54 - GeForce2 MX400 32MB $41 - GeForce2 MX200 64MB $36 - GeForce2 MX200 32MB $62 - GeForce2 GTS 32MB as listed on pricewatch? thanks for all your help, this is great!
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- Post #17
- Dec 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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I won one of those AMD XP/Mobo combos...I need advice on rest of the system

thank you
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- Post #13
- Dec 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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I won one of those AMD XP/Mobo combos...I need advice on rest of the system

Is it easy to use the hack? I have never really tweaked hardware before....I usually just pop it in and cross my fingers...hehe
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- Post #11
- Dec 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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I won one of those AMD XP/Mobo combos...I need advice on rest of the system

crap so many posts while i was replying lol...anandtech newbie here =P
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- Post #9
- Dec 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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I won one of those AMD XP/Mobo combos...I need advice on rest of the system

Thanks for your suggestions guys...Now for some straighteninng... Ok, I know I need more than 256mb RAM....that is a must basically...Don't know if you are familiar with Everquest but this new expansion is a resource hog and 512mb is the minimum I want for it and that probably wont be enough to...
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- Dec 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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I won one of those AMD XP/Mobo combos...I need advice on rest of the system

Hey there, I got one of those AMD combos from the online contest... A friend of mine got one too and he actually doesn't like it compared to his already existing system...I think it is because he has some components that are seriously bottle necking the XP and mobo and I really don't want this...
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- Dec 10, 2001
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Computer Building

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