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    How hot is to hot?

    livewirec, The thing that occurs to me is something may have changed in your system airflow. Check your fans, blow out the power supply. A good cleaning has been good for 3C for me in the past. Have you changed locations? It sounds a little odd, since you tried a known CPU, got the same...
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    how tight do you secure a heatsink?

    Just snug is good. Crank too tight, you can actually force the thermal compound out of the joint, and decrease thermal transfer.
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    how do you actually damage your cpu by overclocking?

    Don't panic. Overvolting is almost essential to get stable overclocks. Understand the potential downside, and fire away! I rarely have a coherent system in place for more than 2 years. Do I give a rat's ass if I take 5 years off the projected 10 year lifespan of a CPU? Not really. I have yet...
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    how do you actually damage your cpu by overclocking?

    In overclocking, you have to ask yourself if the payoff is worthwhile. In the past, payoffs were huge. A Celeron 300A @509ghz on a BX board was killer. I had a Duron 900 at 1.2ghz for a year before a 1ghz chip even existed. That chip was overvolted for 2 years. It retired to stock speed, and...
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    First time OC'er with a question

    No need for Nomex toilet paper. Your shit will not spontaneously combust. Your voltages are within limit. The benchmark relates an interpretation of hardware closest to the standard of performance demonstrated. Since your stable , there's only one thing to do......... Push it...
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    Which heatsink?

    Me likey the new Zalman 9600. First time Ive ever seen CPU temps 4C below system temps. This is what I'd expect from watercooling, without the hassle. Me really likey.
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    Reinstalling stock heatsink w/as5 question (a64 venice 3200)

    Your cheap bastard solution would be the one I'd try first. Lap and re-install with AS5. if you don't get at least 15C improvement, at least you've got the AS5 for when you replace the heatsink. I'm liking the Zalman 9600(9800?) in the heatsink wars. Fricken huge, fricken expensive, but...
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    Just built new rig, please help

    AI kind of sucks. Serious overclockers need to mess up the bios a few hundred times. Reset is your friend. Using AI, I've only got 5% overclock stable. Minimal bios tweaking got a simple 10%. Relaxed memory timings, bump CPU and memory voltage. I'm using an A8N32. Cool and quiet only...
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    How hot is to hot?

    livewirec, 63C is high. Your setup sounds good. Try the simple stuff first. Pull the heatsink, and lap the base to 600-800 grit on a flat surface. Re-install with some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. With a 1.53ghz Ahtlon, an old copper hedgehog heatsink, 60mm sunon fan, I would...
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    Asus A8N32 Overclocking Tools?

    The truth? Or at least mine? I've so far had fairly shitty results. AI is only good for 5% stable on my combo. Minimal experimentaion in straight bios overclocking has only got me 10% stable. System: AMD 4200 X2 Zalman 9600(?) Corsair 3200 pro Cas 2 PC Power&Cooling 510 Relaxed...
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    The Best Heat Paste

    Arctic Silver 5 vote. I saw 4-5C temp reduction in an OEM Compaq w/1.53 athlon, no other changes. nuff said.
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    Your thoughts on the MacWorld rumors?

    Something occurred to me. Apple could rule big time with a 500-600 dollar HTPC. Something that Grandma could operate. Bring TIVO to the masses, any source, with the added functionallity to view picks of the grandkids, get e-mails from the kids. I'd buy one just for the convenience...
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    Your thoughts on the MacWorld rumors?

    The mainstream processor move is long overdue. Wish they would have gone AMD, but oh well. I'm an Apple fan that's never owned one. Let's see... tighter, more efficient code, modern processor and mainstream periphrials.....I'm getting wood! Might even tempt me to the Inhell/Intel side. PS...
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    help me not melt my new A8N32

    That looks like a really decent case. You might flip the rear 92mm fans to exhaust, rather than intake. You'll create a little overpressure, but no big deal. I've got the A8N32 with 4200 X2, Zalman 9600(?) heatpipe CPU cooler with Arctic silver 5, 1gb Corsair 3200Pro, PC Power & Cooling 510, 1...
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