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    Cool, thanks for all your help guys. Will let you know how it goes when I get it.
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    From a lot of reviews, they are saying they are overclocking the i7 920 to 4.0 ghz without problems. I am a complete newbie at overclocking but I do love the idea of it. Would I need to get any cooling system if I intend to boost it up to 3.0 ghz or should I just not bother? Is there a...
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    Thanks guys. I'll go for the i7 build then :), in regards to power supply, isn't it worth getting the Corsair 650w just to be safe and be sure that I can add more components in future without it crashing on my pc again, like it did before? The last thing I want now is for another psu blowup...
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    Ok. I have compared the i5 overclocked bundle - to what would be if I were to manually buy those parts and it works out about £50 cheaper. Here's the new i5 build: I have included the cooler like in the "overclocked bundle", and to be extra safe I'll just overclock mine to 3.2 ghz. How does...
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    Thanks panta and enginurd. I had a look at the overclockers website and saw that they do overclocked bundles. Are these guaranteed safe and come with a warranty shall it cause damage to my hardware? Here's an updated build: I've decided to go with the overclocked quad core instead of...
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    So my 350w PSU has taken out my computer parts, including the motherboard. I had recently plugged in a new 1tb HDD from Samsung (HD103SJ) and it ran for 2 months before causing multiple blue screens of death. About 5 weeks ago, the HDD stopped working and I get the occassional BSOD and just 3...
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