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    Seasonic M12II-620 PSU Drawing

    Yes, please!
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    What Are You Going To Be For [H]alloween&#63

    Dr. House! All I needed to buy was a cane.
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    Shopping for a new mobo..S775

    I think that was a function of being able to turn the voltages up REALLY high on the old Conroes. I remember going up to 1.5v on the vcore. With the die shrinks, it's dangerous and almost unnecessary to raise the voltages a lot.
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    Shopping for a new mobo..S775

    You can go above 60C. The chips don't throttle or shutdown until they hit 95-105C depending on the TJmax.
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    Intel Core i7 Full System Drawing @ [H]

    No, me!!
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    Q9550 voltage question

    What's your VID? I'm pretty sure most Q9550s can hit 3.00ghz at VID voltage. My extremely high 1.275VID chip hits 3.00 at 1.2 vcore. General rules of thumb are to stay below 1.4 vcore and vtt. You definitely do not need either of those that high for a low overclock. Don't forget about the NB...
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    Need Help Choosing Best Upgrade Option (Q6600 vs Q9950 vs i5/i7)

    I think your best bet might be a simple Q6600 upgrade. From the Anandtech benches, the C2Quads keep up quite well with the i5 in gaming and dvd encoding. (Caveat, I hear their codec isn't very optimized and that newer ones might take better advantage of the i5/i7. I use handbrake's x264, I know...
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    Post Your Workstation 2009!

    A lower monitor is a good thing! It's recommended to look down on a monitor than up at it.
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    Q9550 Normal VID Range

    I've got a VID of 1.2750 on my Q9550, the highest I've ever seen anyone report. :mad:
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    What makes more sense, i7 920 or i7 860?

    If you look at the Anandtech charts, the Q9650 at 3.0ghz isn't very far behind in games and video encoding, the two things I need cpu power for. Too bad I'm limited with my Q9550 to about 3.6ghz due to my motherboard whereas the Nehalems are pushing close to 4ghz. The Yorkfields also lose in the...
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    Post Your Workstation 2009!

    Different strokes. :) If only there were reasonably priced long keyboard trays available. All the special ergonomic ones I've looked at cost upwards of $100! I just decided to buy a bigger desk instead.
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    why would anyone buy a i5?

    Exactly why I don't think the i5 is the greatest idea as of now. In a few months when prices stabilize, the price difference will be sufficiently wide to warrant the performance difference. Until then, why buy the i5?
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    why would anyone buy a i5?

    The i5 doesn't seem significantly cheaper. Most motherboard previews I have seen estimate price to be about $200+, the same cost as a budget x58 mobo. Granted, most P55 previews have been high end offerings, but it seems most early P55 boards will be just as expensive as the X58 until more chips...
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    Post Your Workstation 2009!

    I had the Ikea keyboard tray and I'm not a big fan of it. It's not wide enough to fit a decent sized keyboard along with a mouse, so I abandoned that idea after a few days. I'm also curious, doesn't having a tower on top of the desk bother you guys? My computer is much louder when it's not...
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    Q9400 ovcerclocking

    The Q6600 is built on the 65nm process. The newer 45nm (Q9xxx) procs are much more sensitive to voltage.
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