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congrats to the winning folks...and if you want to pitch your old ddr sticks, feel free to pm me ;-)

SDSU just beat Missouri State in an NIT basketball game... just saw it on the news this morning... Just thought I'd post a connection to San Diego and Missouri.... :) Oh, and welcome! haha...you know i think most of the country think of sdsu as south dakota state, which i guess is a school as well....

just a quick thank you to those who helped -- I ended up getting the Zalman about a week ago and it has been outstanding. Nice and quiet, and definitely cooled things off well. The sad news is that I have been working my tail off, and thus am unable to play any games -- so I haven't really been able...

Thanks guys for another awesome contest...I've signed up for the newsletter and I'd like to enter the contest as well

Wow, that's awesome dude!

I hope they asked your permission before using the quote. They should pay you for the privilege of using your reviews to sell their products

(ok, maybe not, but congrats anyway!)

haha nice one black pumpkin. in all seriousness though, (to echo the above) overclocking for dummies would be sweet! i should be getting a cooling solution for my graphics card today, so i look forward to cranking up the speed. of course, that will make it run hot again, and i'll be back in the same...

Haha yeah.....the beach doesn't help get work done

SDSU has a neat campus. I just went there this weekend for the Snow Patrol concert at the open air arena -- what a great place to see a show! Hadn't been there before, really impressed with the venue.

awesome -- thanks for the links

awesome, congrats black pumpkin, and thanks to legit reviews for the great contests

cool, good to know. of course, i won't be trying anything until i get a cooling solution, but after that i would definitely be interested in trying some overclocking. i'll google it and see what comes up...i saw your post on OC with ATI tray tools (interesting results) so I'll read more of your old ...

not sure if i'm too late, but if in time i'd like my name added to the hat please

great contest!

Thanks Matt -- those reviews on NewEgg look great. Mind if I ask you another question? When I bought this card, according to NewEgg it was an x800 pro (OEM). Every program seems to identify it as an 800 GTO, including ATI tray tools. Is that normal? I don't even know the difference between the two, ...

i don't know if this is the right place to post it, but I think woot.com is a great (albeit random) site for any tech enthusiast...didn't see it listed. i only recently found out about it, but apparently all my friends have known about it for years :roll: edit: i think it would qualify under "d...

Yep...I think I might just wait, after all March is only a couple of days away. If it doesn't pan out then I'll get one of the Silencers once they are restocked.

o rly? (insert owl here)...i didn't realize accelero was a better option...in that case, this should work for an x800, right? http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=125 oddly enough it looks cheaper as well, at least according to the msrp on arctic's site? edit: oof. "According to Arctic Co...

ooooh ok thanks...i didn't realize that was even an option. edit sorry that was an nvidia model i referred to...looks like e powerhouse pc is the only available one from a site with ratings. xoxide is out of stock as well. i guess there is a silencer 5 rev 3 out now, so maybe arctic isn't manufactur...

p.s. congrats on winning that gfx card...i was just checking out the contest forum and saw you got one. glad your altruism has been rewarded in a roundabout way

yup, unfortunately i tried froogle before and all it came up with was pcextreme...which has a decent price ($25) but they are all sold out. http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=arctic+silencer+5&hl=en&safe=off&checkout=1&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=checkout-restrict :( thanks for the h...

hrrmmm the silencer v. 5 rev 2 looks best, but it seems to be sold out everywhere...newegg, svc, pcextreme are the three i tried so far. newegg wont have any in stock until the end of april it looks like :< pricewatcher doesn't have anything listed either. anyone have any suggestions on where else i...

wow that was fast! thanks for the advice, that's exactly what I was looking for...I do think I'll just go with a fan kit, one of the two you mentioned. Maybe someday if it's well cooled i'll be bold enough to try unlocking and overclocking