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    Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic - what's it worth ?

    How far were you able to overclock it ? The few reviews seems to indicate that it's not a magic bullet for overclocking, Techpowerup didn't even break 800.
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    Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic - what's it worth ?

    Thanks, but that's for the 4850 sonic. I'm looking for the 4870 sonic.
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    Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic - what's it worth ?

    I'm not too concerned about the noise, as I'll probably end up swapping the fans for a 120mm loon .. or 2 =P What I'm wondering is if the new power circuitry will yield better clocks out of the box, and if those bioses will play nice with the Sonic. There's 3 reviews so far but not much in the...
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    So, I've finally decided to go with a 4870, but...

    It would - the hsf is akin to slapping a S1 onto it, but I haven't heard of anyone having major heat issues in the case with 4870+S1 yet.
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    So, I've finally decided to go with a 4870, but...

    Palit's 4870 Sonic has a re-worked power circuitry, dual fans and dual bios.
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    Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic - what's it worth ?

    Is it worthwhile getting the Palit 4870 Sonic over a normal one ? Without volt modding, would the new power circuitry yield better overclocks ? Techpowerup only managed a measly 793 on core though. Also, would I be able to flash the Asus Top / Diamond bios onto it since it's a non-ref card ?
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    Open case vs closed case

    consider swapping both fans for some high CFM ones ?
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    E6600 pretty hot, should I bother lapping my big typhoon?

    lapping my 6400 yielded a 5 degree drop, and it's not even a mirror finish. it's actually about the same roughness as the original but my stupid IHS was grossly concave.
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    Control Silverstone FM121 with 3 pin fan controller..

    in that case i suppose that's the only solution ... personally haven't seen such a adapter.
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    Control Silverstone FM121 with 3 pin fan controller..

    can't you splice the cable ?
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    Side Case Fan

    no it won't if you have a normal ATX setup. Your PSU blows air out, and having the back fan blow air in will only cause that warm air from the PSU to be recycled back onto your heatsink. If the PCI slots under the gfx card are empty, simply remove the slot covers and tie a 120mm fan to...
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    question about component selection and overclocking

    you forgot to factor in the cost of a good cooler. a budget oc machine will look something like E6400 @ 3.2Ghz 965P-S3 (cheaper version of the DS3, identical except doesn't use solid state capacitors) "normal (read: cheap)" DDR2800 ram at 3.2Ghz you can actually undervolt the 6400, and...
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    Help me quite down my case (fan related)

    just do a 7v or 5v mod on it - all you have to do is switch the cables on the molex. good tut with pics: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/137
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    nub question to do with undervolting

    i've got my 6400 undervolted to 1.3v and stable at 3.2Ghz
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    Temps up after using zippo to clean off zalman thermal grease

    so .. although acetone is better than alcohol, we still need alcohol to clean up the mess that acetone leaves behind ?
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