Being banned on this site is nothing more than taking my ability to post away. Honestly, how hard is it to make an alternate account if I do receive a permanent ban? Am I poking the "bear"? Sure am. Do I care? Sure don't.
Good luck looking, but you'd be better off upgrading your entire RAM kit to the Samsung 30nm DDR3 and overclocking/tightening the timings.
Sure, you'll lose a bit of cash in the process, but x58 users are few and far between, especially ones that run your current RAM.
You said it's your wife's rig, right? Easiest trouble shoot would be to try the card in your rig. If it's running WoW correctly, I'd do as Wyluiraven suggested and just do a simple Windows nuke and start from scratch.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/85mm-MSI-ATI-NVIDIA-GTX-460-550-HD-6970-Fan-Replacement-42mm-4Pin-PLA09215B12H-/180920365041?pt=US_Video_Card_GPU_Cooling&hash=item2a1fb1aff1
Does that look compatible?
Yeah, but honestly, how many of the Spaniards were above 6 feet tall? I'm 6'6 230lbs myself, but I'm not "fat' by any means. I have trouble buying jeans in the states, unless I shop online. "Oh, you wear a 36" inseam? You must be fat, here's a 40" waist! :(
That's total system draw, not the GPU draw.
Their test system is using a 980X, a much higher TDP processor than your 2700k. Do you have access to a Kill-A-Watt? You'd be surprised how little your rig draws in comparison.
Gotcha. Just noticed that it's actually a MXM 3.0a slot, not b. :(
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-HD-6600M-6630M-6650M-Whistler-DDR5-1GB-MXM-A-3-0-Vedio-VGA-Board-Card-Module-/120814615805?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item1c211cbcfd
I'd love to have one of those, but no way in hell for that price.
Currently doesn't contain a MXM card. :( Having no luck finding the stock assembly either.
Wondering if I could use a modified CPU heat pipe, but I doubt it.
I'm looking to throw one in my current Notebook, a Gateway NV75S02u. The question I have is, where would I obtain the heatsink for the VGA card? I've tried looking around on Ebay, to no avail.