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I'm in the same boat as you about making a new desk. Luckily for me, I have a very old 2" thick door to use instead of the pricey butcher block options. As far as legs goes, I was actually looking into the galvanized steel like the picture you linked shows or this one.
I also have the same general question as the OP, and saw a round-up review on tom's hardware. Not sure how accurate it is but I am leaning toward the SILVERSTONE AP121. Has anyone had any experience with this fan or any reasons not to go with it, or maybe some alternatives that's better? I would...
The manual states that it recommends it in the first two slots if using two sticks. So far as I know no boot issues.
EDIT: During the post screen I noticed it says, "unengaged," after the type of memory.
EDIT #2: In the manual it show two sticks can also be used alone in the far spots but...
Well, I got my computer running and so far the temps was fine. Max at idle is 32 degrees c, but Idid run into a prob and was hoping to get it answered before I set everything in the the case. My cooler is covering the first slot of ram so my ram wouldn't fit. So, myquestion is will it matter if...
Thanks for the link, this should help alot. If I somehow screwed it up while following that guide is there anyway to tell besides starting it up and watch it go poof? lol
Ordered today, and now I have another question. How do you apply the thermal paste onto the heatsink/cpu. Tried looking onto Arctic Silver's website but it seems the page for the instructions is down. I heard something about just placing a pea sized drop onto the cpu and then apply the heatsink...