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+1 for the X2 555. The lack of L3 Cache hurts the X4 620 and it's siblings. +2, even the 550 would be a great choice, save a little coin and take advantage of it being a Black Edition, unlocking cores isn't a 100% guarantee but I've already unlocked a few and each time they unlocked to a stable qua...

We keep the Thermaltake Contac 29 in stock at work, used it in several high-performance builds and its a great cooler for $36.99

Sick points Darkstar! I just might have to buy you a beer when I move back to CA

Direct link to your latest BIOS revisions and how-tos for each! (just scroll down)

I'm not quite sure what you're concerned about here, but I have had great luck with the Western Digital Black series drives and Seagates 7200.12 drives as well. Just pick the capacity you want and read the reviews before you buy. I'd take a drive with 32 MB cache over 16 MB as you can find similarly...

Ooooh, I just convinced one of my customers to get the NH-D14 at work today and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit jealous! Consider me in!

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Flashing the BIOS these days is usually a pain-free process. You go to your motherboard manufacturers website and look up your specific model, then navigate to their downloads section - the latest BIOS should be there with instructions for your specific brand. Is this PC a custom build or was it pre...

Not sure yet, but tomorrow I'll borrow our surface temp reader and find out

Well my faithful if not bulletproof, three year old Motorola SLVR L7 is going to be retired within the next few days/weeks. My boss has a Droid, and my coworkers either have Blackberries or G1s. Having seen the Nokia N9000 up close and seeing all it could do that my phone couldn't do, I decided that...

How to spot the defective person: look at the normal responses and then look at the last one on that picture

We talked about it at work today, and the general consensus is that this product will fade away quietly after a year or so. It does nothing new, is NOT revolutionary, and to be completely honest it just looks like a giant prop iPhone... very deterring. Also the people who are most likely to buy one ...

Our main source of income (my dad) walked out on our family last year, is unemployed, and TBH the only reason why I splurged on a [email protected] war was because I threw caution to the wind. I'm still putting out a few PPD but not like before. As much as I love the community here, I literally can't afford to fo...

Oh wow, seems to be a decent victory for rambus

Definitely! My HX620 went out on me and they had a replacement to me real quick! I think it was under 2 weeks turn around time...

In! Already a FB fan too!

Having owned this board previously, I recommend just buying the best clocked CPU you can and go for a *very* mild overclock. It's a great board for dual-cores but its chipset is known to run a bit too hot for quads. Anyway you could get a Q6600 @ 2.4 and push to maybe 2.75 before your temperatures w...

Congrats guys! Put those CPUs to good use!

Yeah, shamrok3 its about trying to help other people not nitpicking on people trying to help others
/hijack

Hahaha I know what you mean, but really though a good computer will last and age well ;)

I've owned great performing boards from both companies! I prefer ASUS only because of their BIOS options, but I'm running a Gigabyte-based system right now and they're a great choice, make sure you invest in a decent offering from either company and keep it and its CPU well cooled to ensure the best...