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    Q6600 core temps

    Update I bought and changed everything over to a Antex 900. With the sides on idle temps are at 34,34,32,32 and its hot inside the house. I have yet to see them break 50! Oh and I changed from cheap stuff to AS5
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    Another What GPU Should I Get Tread

    I currently have the 8800 gts 320 mb and play on a monitor thats 1680x1050 (with the possibility of getting a bigger soon). I am looking to upgrade my GPU and PSU and currently looking to get a 9800 gtx. Is this going to give me that "huge" performance upgrade? How big of difference is the...
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    Canon EOS 40D

    A big thing as with any camera... Know the controls. The settings for M & AV (2 that i use mostly) change, if you know your controls you will spend less time looking at the camera and more time shooting pictures. You have digital camera dont be afraid to take pictures... thus buy a large...
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    3870 x2 or 2 3870s? or?

    well like I said I have the 8800 gts 320 mb... I find it hard to buy another 8800 gts for the added mb. I dont mind spending the extra money as long as it will be a noticble upgrade.
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    3870 x2 or 2 3870s? or?

    Right now im looking to replace my 8800 gts 320mb. I went with the ASUS Formula so dont have the option of SLI. I was wondering if their have been any benchmark/reviews or any users that have used both. For around the same price range one can get 2 3870s in crossfire or one 3870x2. Now is...
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    Q6600 core temps

    hmm some good insight. I will try to re apply the AS5 when i get it... This case seemed fine for when I first bought it but as always its fun to buy and build new stuff. I might look into buying another case. Something with some room with more options for later on. As far as adding to...
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    Q6600 core temps

    So when my AC5 comes in you reccomend I re apply the compound? Also how can I tell if I am able to upgrade to 120mm fans?
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    Q6600 core temps

    Right now with my case open my temps are 44/44/38/38 when I put the side on all temps jump up around 5-6. Is this normal or should I look into helping the airflow around? These are idel temps. Under load they normally top out around 60 during gaming but 3Dmark06 I seen one hit 70. Thats...
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    Any suggestions on low-weight, quiet HSF's?

    I bought the Zalman 9700 and noticed it to be a little big in my case. I will be ordering the 9500 beings its almost 2 cm less in height and tossing the 9700 in the wifes computer. From what I could tell The HSF seem to be well built and surprisingly enough seem fairly safe when I move my...
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    Best Motherboard to OC Q6600

    I bought the ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA and have been using it for about 3 days. I OCed it to 3.2 then back turned it back down. No real need for me to OC a Q6600 :-\
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    Trouble multi-tasking with 8600GT

    you delete old and change/update new drivers? If not I would suggest that first.
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    Need to recover info from HDD

    I got my photos back no problems. Thanks all for the help! oh and the new setup is working great.
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    Need to recover info from HDD

    well i bought an all new upgrade and just got the parts in today. should I install everything as before and it should read all the info from storage drive?
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    Need to recover info from HDD

    ya sorry. I bought COD4 a few weeks ago and when I went to open the DVD tray it wouldn't open. So I then though I will just shut down the system and use a paper clip to open it. I did that. I shut down and unplugged then hit the power button... nothing happened. So I went asked a friend...
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    Need to recover info from HDD

    My computer recently took a turn for the worse (using wifes now)... I have my Raptor as the main and a storage as the 2nd. Is it possible to save the files from them? I would really like to get all the photos from the storage drive... any help on how I should go about this would be great.
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