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The (new) Official PC building thread!

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by creaky, Nov 27, 2006.

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  1. Mort81

    Mort81 Senior member

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    I must have missed something.

    to anybody that likes antec tricool 120mm fans and doesn't care about leds, here is an awsome deal. I ordered 6 so they only cost me $6.75 ea. and shipping was only $12.60.
     
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    I read somewhere that the TX series ranks right up there with the Corsair HX modular ones boozer...you should be happy with it.

    EDIT: MY bad boozer, the review was VX vx. HX

    http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQyMCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
     
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    Anything obvious in Rebuilder's logfile Rob ?

    ps i think i'm using the same RAM as you (just an observation); yup, i am
     
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    Just got some benchies for the 9800gtx.

    [​IMG]

    Clocks about the same as a GTS.

    [​IMG]
     
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    dont think it got to make a log as soon as i put something in the sorce location and clicked backup it shut down.


    heres a question.. i have this puter along with my other puter and 2 printers a cordless phone all pluged into a powerstip do you think im not getting enough power from that strip????
     
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    You are probably getting plenty of power from the strip. Have you tried unplugging anything while you are using it to see if there is a difference?
     
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    @ abuzar1
    there is a 700 watt ocz PSU and it was 99 after MIR and instant discounts + free shipping...thats what i got :)
     
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    its running right now bt i havent tride dvd-reb again.im thinking im gonna take it downstairs all by itself for now. just wont have the internet to it
     
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    Yeah that's worth looking at. The only thing is, that OCZ is AFTER rebates. I can get that 650TX for 87ish with free shipping and no rebates.

    Also I think Corsair units are better than OCZ ones, I'm not sure on that one though.
     
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    rob,

    set everything back to default and try dvd-rb/cce again. something just ain't right. btw, this is the PSU I recommend corsair 620HX. modular, powerful and almost silent.
     
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    cincyrob,
    I reviewed what I could see of that error message, and if I was you, I would RMA the CPU. I had a similar problem using DVDRB and changing the CPU solved it. Something in the instruction set is not working properly as you are getting security errors where there should be none. That's what that Invalid Signature means. They go a little overboard in claiming that it's been shut down to prevent damage, but that's M$ for you! LOL I would get another CPU while you can still deal through who you bought it from. Intel's very good about that, but it takes a bit longer. If you do have to deal with Intel, they will want the numbers on the heat spreader on the CPU and the tiny numbers on the edge of the cPU board itself, just outside the heat spreader. It will take about a week!

    Best Regards,
    Russ
     
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  13. tripplite

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    dam this thread is fast!
    theonejrs&greensman thanks i scrapped off the grease and slabbed down some artic goodness, its a cheap sprite for my 478pin at home, its running quieter then the original Pentium fan though so i cant complain!!!!

    thanks for the advice
     
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    @Russ
    i got the CPU at microcenter. ive talked to them allready. its been 42 days since i bought it and there return policy is 30 days so i have to send it to INTEL. right after i send post this. im going to intels site and see about a RMA.
    kinda bitter sweet if it is my CPU. get my problem fixed but be out a puter for a few weeks...lol if this is truely the problem. god i hope so...

    since this morning when it shut down 3-4 times theres been no problem but then the only thing i have done is burn 1 movie and am uploading 1 thing
     
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    take that back i just restarted it and it went haywire on me again took 3 times of reboots to stay up and running
     
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    Rob,
    You have run memtest, and I've never seen memtest fail to detect bad Ram, while it's possible that it could be something with the MB, all the signs point to the CPU. Hang in there Buddy, It will all come right in the end. I also know if there's nothing wrong with the CPU, they'll send it back, or at least contact you if they have any questions. Just play dumb if they do! LOL!! Intel doesn't support overclocking! LOL!! Yup, but they sure want you to make it perform better than the AMDs! They just don't come out and say that! ROFL!!

    Best Regards,
    Russ

    Oh! Intel sent me an E-mail that they had shipped the CPU and it came the next day!
    JRS
     
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    Tripp,
    My distinct pleasure! Glad it works well.

    Russ
     
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    should i shut it down and not run it or is it ok for internet?burning?
     
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    Got 'er done and oc'ed @ 3.15 GHz...

    [​IMG]
     
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  20. tripplite

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    beautiful!!!

    beautiful!!!

    cincyrob- ddp once told me about some sort of chemical build up that occurs on the ending gold pins of RAM (can come from factory?), his solution is to gently rub a very soft eraser on those parts of your ram to wipe of the chemicals.....well it worked for me:)
     
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