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Recent content by DPete27

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    Project Mini-AMD

    Just wanted to follow up here as I had posted before. I'm using the MSI A75IA-E53 mITX FM2 mobo with the Zalman CNPS-8000B and G-Skill sniper series memory. I fitted the CPU cooler up last night and it DID fit over the ram, but with an almost imperceptible amount clearance. (definitely not...
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    Project Mini-AMD

    I know he said "I'm glad I went with the special low-profile memory. I cleared the Zalman heatsink by about .2 inches!" "About .2 inches" sounds like an estimate, not a measurement, unless you've got a dial caliper (which I used to measure the extension of the heatspreader past the top of my...
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    Problems with stock cooler and temperature measurement

    I had the same problem last night setting up my A8-5600K HTPC. Under Prime95 load, my MSI A75IA-E53 was reporting 60C in BIOS, HWMonitor was reporting 94C, and Coretemp was reporting 47C. I was running the stock cooler with Arctic Silver 5 and the fan wouldn't spin above 2900rpm (since the...
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    Project Mini-AMD

    I'm planning on doing almost the exact same build with the exception of the RAM. I'm using G-Skill Sniper ram whose heatspreader sticks exactly 0.4" above the top of the dimm. Can you verify the exact clearance between your ram and the bottom of the CPU cooler. It's going to be close and I...
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