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    Quad SLI GTX 295s vs. Triple SLI GTX 285's?

    It's amazing the speculation you see on SLI from people that have never run it. I've got triple GTX-280s, Triple GTX-285's and Dual GTX-295's and run them in every configuration. The sweet spot for SLI is Dual GTX-285. They SLI a lot better than 280's. They outperform a single 295. Quad...
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    best fluid for loop ?

    given no aluminum in your loop no more than 5-10% antifreeze and distiled water, or over on frozencpu.com they have ultra pure fesser water 6.99/32 ounces no color. It's non-conductive and at idle 1 or 2 c higher than antifreeze and water, under load 1 or 2c cooler than freeze and water. I...
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    Bios hanging 30+ seconds durning the 'detecting drives' boot stage.

    Hangs during drive detection are usually improperly configured drives, bad cables or a drive croaking. Try running each drive as a stand alone drive, if one causes the hang and not the other you'll know which one to work on. One should be set to master and on the end of the cable, one set...
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    Naked Vista MS Says is not Recommended

    No point in arguing politics, religion or operating systems. Run what you like, I run both dual boot to different drives, both successfully. Xp is tried and trusted, but at some point Microsoft will stop supporting it, then Vista will have it's little time in the sun. It's the way of things...
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    Why cannot AMD beat Intel by just underpricing them?

    I don't have a favorite processor, Intel, Amd both are fine. Intel lately has a faster processor, Amd has new 45nm 6meg L2 cache chips due out 2nd quarter 2008, higher frequency quads, 45nm duals. Insider information has it their comparable to the Intel offerings. I hope so it'll be good for...
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    Which heatsink should I get for my Q6600?

    I've used the TRU 120 with Vantac Stealth and Yate Loon 43cfm with really good success, if you go that way make sure it fits it's honkin big. Load temps on Q6600 were low 50, average temps normal use 40-42C
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    M3A Asus or something else

    If you update to bios 0501 or 0601 the readings are accurate in AOD, it over clocks the X2 series like a demon. 5000 black editions up to 3.2. FSB wall between 360-380 with out extra NB cooling.
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    Asus M3A?

    it's a good board, been running it since they released it. If your cooler supports AM2, or AM2+ it'll fit. There's a thread over on Legit reviews dedicated to the M3A, and one over at XtremeSystems forums. It's a better board for over clocking the X2 than the Phenom, but nothing is Ocing the...
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    What is the best AM2+ board out there?

    We've had good luck with the Asus M3A, not micro ATX though. It overclocks the heck out of the X2, upgradeable to phenom but lacks voltage controls for good over clocking on it. It's only on the 4th bios revision so it'll get better over time. When I got it it was around a hundred. Clocked...
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    Corsair HX620w died after 4 weeks!

    I had a Corsair 620 go on me, same model, didn't damage any thing. The over volt protection on those is really good. The power stream from them is really clean with only a small small high frequency fluctuation that's hardly even worth mentioning. Mine is plugged into a UPS, APC brand...
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    Are you guys happy or regret the cooler you have?

    Lovin the Thermalright ultra 120 on M3A w/ x2 6400 Idle at 30-31 full load 40-41 x 1 hour. Big honker though, spring screws hard to install.
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    6400+ Black Edition and heat questions

    I run the x2 6400 @3.52 on the Asus M3A, I was using an nMedia PC Icetank which did fine normal load. Full load temps went up quickly. For air cooling I went to the ThermalRight ultra 120 with a Vantec Stealth 120mm 53 CFM fan. Temps now run 30-31C idle 40-41C full torture test load X 1 hour...
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