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Stop it! I'll end up buying a liquid cooling solution if you keep that up.

Agreed, but I don't really have much of a guide to what they should actually be? Any ideas?

Ok, so a few updates on this. Decided to buy a new case (Silverstone Fortress) and got the Noctua Heatsink. initial impressions were not good, at stock with the Noctua under load, was still hitting 75C. Then I realised that the CPU Voltage was 1.3V which was a bit odd, so lowered it to 1.15...

It's from 2002! It was a value server. Specs are here: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/1q00/cmatcs/cmatcs-1.html It's only 7.5" (192mm) wide, so with the MB, tray and so on, it's very close if the Noctua will fit. (I think not). How wide is the 840?

I nearly went and bought a Noctua, but i'm not convinced it will fit my case (Coolermaster ACTS ATX200). the website says it's 158mm from top to bottom, but not sure where that measurement is from/to..

Temps from a program called 'coretemp'. Seemed to be the one recommended around here. I do have the speedstep stuff turned on, so it's dropping the multiplier, etc at idle.

So, I re-applied the Arctic silve 5 using the instructions on their website (let the heatsink do the movement, don't scrape it over yourself) and get better values: Stock Speed, Stock Cooler idle: 36C load: 72C Huge improvement. Still goes over 100C at 3.0GHz though :(

Yikes, so I have to be happy to do no overclocking? Seems fair enough. Might go and get a new cooler then..

Hi all, Just put in my new Core i7 920 D0 and getting surprisingly high temps at stock. This is a retail chip with the stock cooler on it. At Stock speed, idle is ~50C and Prime95 load puts it to 87C When I oc'd it to 3.5GHz, Prime 95 put the temps over 100C and the machine shutdown...

Hi all, Does anyone know of any boards which support more than 8GB RAM for a single (or dual if possible) Core 2 Quad, or Core i7. Cheers for any help..

I really wish people would get their facts straight. I went through this exact situation recently. Was over 28 days since I bought it from retailer. Was told I had to wait 28 days for manufacturer repair. 28 days came and went, we then told that I had to wait for replacement from...

Absolutely. Why are you guys taking these waits of 5-7 months, that's insane. I just won my Small Claims court case against a retailer who took longer than 28 days to repair my card.

I've just been through this process and ended up taking the retailer to small claims court. Firstly, the 28 days is an OcUK specific amount of time, it's not set in stone by law, so I'd ask OcUK what they think about the repair. Phone them and plead your case, don't use webnotes, since you...

Bear in mind that the step-up cost is from what you paid for the card to the EVGA Recommended Retail price of the next card. I would suspect that there is a significant difference between the retail price and hte price you might actually pay for a card on the street. Might be worthwhile...

I bought a set of Sharkoon X-Tatic 5.1 headphones for my xbox - comes with a little Dolby Digital breakout box which you connect via optical to the Xbox360. This has the advantage of having a mic on the headset as well (which is a bit of a problem with the xbox360) so you get 5.1 surround in...

I doubt very much that anyone on here will be able to help you. Either phone them up, or go elsewhere.

Oh, no idea, I was just going on what people have said on here. Sorry for any confusion. Still unacceptable waiting 8-10 weeks for a RMA, especially considering that a graphics card is a critical component of a PC.

I believe that ASUS, HIS and Connect3d have very long times. Can't comment about the rest. Some peopl swear by EVGA and BFG but I've never had one. However, know your rights regarding RMAs, you don't have to wait 8-10weeks for a replacement - that is deemed 'unreasonable'. EF

Glad to hear that you aren't backing down. It's amazing the gamut of reactions you get when you actually use the law to enforce something. I'm in the midst of taking a retailer to small claims court for failing to turn around a RMA in a reasonable amount of time. They are saying that my...

Waiting that amount of time is 'unreasonable'. Know your rights.