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ASUS P5K Deluxe

Zardnok and orion23, Thanks for the replies. By the sound of it the new NB heat pipe is actually working pretty well. Somehow I think my plain vanilla board will not cool as well as the deluxe but I'll see if I can find a fan to squeeze in there somehow. In theory with the heat pipe I could...
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- Post #76
- Jun 6, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS P5K Deluxe

Since you mention the DS3, maybe you could help me out. I'm wondering how the NB heat compares to that of the DS3. On my DS3, even at 9x333 I could only touch the NB for a few seconds w/o burning. Does it seem like these new heat pipe coolers on the P5K boards work well? Also, I know this is...
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- Post #69
- Jun 3, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

Well, obviously I still trusted anand at that point...
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- Post #86
- May 23, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

jgigz- I don't know if the idea of anand getting custom parts is so 'assinine.' after all, if it is pre-production, it is custom by definition, no? And funny I passed right over it but I'll quote you: "Here is what you're missing, just because anand says its expected to run in a certain...
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- Post #84
- May 23, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

jgigz, Thanks for the reply and I actually agree with you on most points. I cannot definitively prove that anand is getting binned parts and that they are not just obscenely lucky in all the parts they get for review. If it is just luck, hey they are the luckiest people I've ever seen, and...
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- Post #82
- May 22, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

Still nobody can talk about the topic at hand??? Does the 3.4-3.6 anand says to *expect* from an e4300 reflect production parts? YES or NO? Does the DS3 board in production work in the 9x350 to 9x380 range? YES or NO? DO ANAND PARTS MATCH PRODUCTION PARTS? YES OR NO?
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- Post #80
- May 22, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

Nope. Simply not true. I said that I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. B/C someone with 4000 posts is as suspicious of being biased in a thread like this as someone with my few posts. MY POINT WAS IGNORE THE NUMBER OF POSTS AND TALK ABOUT THE TOPIC! but you intentionally avoid that...
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- Post #79
- May 22, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

*sigh* you still try to say this is about my parts when its about all parts in production *sigh* *sigh* *sigh* E4300 can not be expected to run 3.4 let alone 3.6, extremely rare few can... DS3 does not run in the mhz range tested by anand. *sigh* *sigh* *sigh* Still trying to avoid the...
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- Post #78
- May 22, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

I don't expect my credibility to come from # of threads but from the facts of what I'm saying. To dismiss the facts without looking into them is stupid. To make this personal is stupid. To say I'm wrong because of # posts is stupid. Forget who has 10 posts and who is a 4000 post 'fan boy'...
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- Post #74
- May 21, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

I can see how so many posts here have replied that overclocking is random luck and 'you just got a bad one'. Maybe I should have said more in my original post about overclocking since the p3-600 days and all the hardare I've had (I buy new parts, not a whole PC but something new maybe every 6...
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- Post #72
- May 20, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

Sorry if you take it that way. But honestly, 4000 posts in less than 3 years is over 4 per day. By anyone's book you have an emotional investment in this site and its reputation. Rather than saying that this fact makes your particular post here biased or flat out untrue, I noted that I was...
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- Post #68
- May 20, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

Interesting, the only two posts I've ever seen of someone running this board successfully in this range are both in this thread and from people who have invested significant portions of their lives in anandtech forums. Assuming you're not just a fan boy making this up, and giving the benefit of...
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- Post #66
- May 20, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

Fine, translate this how you will: Given our selection of processor, we can pretty much choose any of the midrange performance motherboards on the market and come close to our target 3.6GHz. But this is not a reasonable target for this chip. And no as you've already said and as I've...
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- Post #65
- May 20, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

sanitydc and xman: No offense, I'm sure you just missed it in the details: the hole is at 9x350-9x390. Most ppl hit the hole and bump up to 8x390 and go up from there. If you are running 8x400 it doesn't mean you got a 'binned' part like anand, I'm sure the hole is there for you as with...
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- Post #62
- May 20, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anand Reviews Still Legit?

First, thanks for the detailed and unemotional response. Its good to see someone who wants to talk the facts and not just creatively find a way to flame. OK, so your Thermalright had an uneven base as have so very many now. Obviously a production quality issue. Of course anandtech got a hand...
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- Post #61
- May 20, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling

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