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I recently acquired a ASUS A8N32 SLI Deluxe and I threw a Opteron 170 on it with 2 sticks of OCZ Platinum DDR400 totaling 2GB. I've been trying to overclock it, the highest absolutely stable clock I've gotten is 10x 280 for 2.8Ghz w/ ram set at 133 for DDR ~360ish after overclock. I tried...

I just dropped the ball and bought an ASUS WL-520GU, 39.99 after MIR. I have no clue how well it works, but I'm just plain sick with D-links dying and dying and dying. I've been through 5 D-link wireless routers over the last 6 years, enough is enough. Right after I bought it, I realized...

I've concluded that no doubt the Accelero is the better cooler, however, would the V1 fit on a 8800GS? I just checked the compatibility list, it doesn't list it as the cooler is older than the card, but I have one just sitting here doing nothing. Second, would the V1(we are talking about...

So if it mounts, I'm set? sounds good to me. Lets hope the 8800GS doesn't crack its memory chips like the 6600GT did when I pull off the memory sinks.

Aren't those other games also very CPU hungry too? I vaguely remember something about requiring dual core CPUs, and the Opty is a first gen dual core. Plus, I'm currently board bound at 2.6Ghz and its not what I would call entirely completely stable. My board is a really crappy clocker...

word.... That made my day, they are called push pins for a reason lol :D

Thank you very much for you help. You are one of the most responsive admins I've seen, especially to a newb.

Ok I think I'll go pick it up. Second question to you guys, will a Thermalright V1 cool the ASUS EN8800GS I have? Or should I move this question elsewhere so it gets more hits?

I sent you a PM, and I have an approved registration already. I hope it does go through.

Lol reading thru the whole thread provided plenty of laffos. I personally think there is nothing wrong with the pushpins. I'm sorry to say if you are doing it with a loud pop, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG! I think most of you who are complaining are installing the sink in the locked in position...

I have a sneaking suspicion that my PM's haven't been hitting the inboxes of their destined recipents. Is there a limit on new accounts that I somehow missed?

Should I get it? I know it really is pretty much the same as my 8800GS, but I just destroyed my backup 6600GT and need a PCIe card for a second build. It just seems to give a really great bang for the buck considering my other option is a 8500GT for $30. I'll be putting the GSO in my computer...

It didn't necessarily crack in half, more like a little corner of it came off with the heatsink. It was a ASUS EN6600GT, it came with memory sinks OE, and I was trying to peel it off. It was probably some sort of thermal tape(what else can it be?), doesn't look like glue, it looks something...

I have a feeling your P4 is more bottlenecked than you might think it may be. Add on top that the Prescott really isn't the best CPU ever. Coming from a generation a little older than your Prescott, I had a Athlon XP paired with a ATi 9600XT and the Athlon was bottlenecking the 9600XT. When I...

I was trying to put together a secondary computer with a X2 3800 and a 6600GT. The 66GT doesn't have a sink and needed to mount a Thermalright V1 on, which involved removing the memory heatsinks. So I proceeded to heating them up... Long story short, a corner of the memory chip came off...