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Case for upcoming build.

Hey MrAK, thanks for the info! I actually ended up going with the Antec 902. Microcenter had it on a good sale so I picked one up. I was also looking at the Silverstone FT01 at Microcenter, and after seeing it in person there were a few things I didn't like about it. Still haven't seen a P50...
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- Post #17
- Aug 15, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Recommendation for free anti-virus For WIN-XP?

A vote here for Avast. I used to use AVG, wasn't too impressed. About a year ago I started using Avast! and I've been very happy with it. Haven't had any problems with it running on all of my PC's and my Parents' and Sisters' (probably 6 total machines). Haven't tried Avira, so can't...
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- Post #18
- Aug 10, 2009
- Forum: Security
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Case for upcoming build.

Nice!! I thought it wasn't supposed to go on sale for awhile! I'm going to do a bit of reading on its cooling effectiveness, but I think I may end up going with the LanCool. Although I do think I prefer the look of the Silverstone FT01, I've not read or heard very good things about its cable...
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- Post #15
- Jul 28, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Case for upcoming build.

So cable management edge goes to the Lian-Li, anyone else agree there? Cooling wise, fairly equal?
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- Post #13
- Jul 27, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Case for upcoming build.

Actually, I don't think the Lian Li has a PSU compartment. One of the Newegg photos kind of looks like it does but if you look at the view from an angle you can see that it doesnt. One thing nobody has mentioned yet is cable management. I'm really curious how these two compare in that regard.
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- Post #11
- Jul 24, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Help me choose HD4870 Cooling

I didn't know you could fit an Accelero on a 4870. I have an Accelero S2 I was going to use on my X800XT, but I'm looking at getting a 4890, do you think it would fit that, and keep it cool enough?
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- Post #10
- Jul 24, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Case for upcoming build.

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions so far. As far as not getting my value out of a case upgrade, I figure I have the money to spend, and the case is what you will see all the time, so I want to get something that I like for sure. Now I won't sacrifice good performance for looks, but...
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- Post #8
- Jul 24, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Case for upcoming build.

That looks really nice actually. Nice design and aluminum to boot! Have you ever used one? How is the cable management / airflow?
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- Post #3
- Jul 20, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Case for upcoming build.

So I'm looking at case selections for a build I'll be doing shortly. I've pretty much narrowed down to two Lian-Li models: LIAN LI PC-60FWB and LIAN LI PC-P50 I like the look of both about equally, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience with either one. How would they...
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- Thread
- Jul 20, 2009
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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a/c unit as my new case side cover?

The difference is that the computer would be the same temperature as the surrounding air. (or, at least much closer to the same) Condensation tends to happen when the object is colder than the environment it's in, if there's any moisture in the surrounding air, it will condense onto the object...
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- Post #18
- Jun 30, 2009
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Micro-ATX board that will unlock Phenom II X2 550 / X3 720?

Thanks for the info Stoneburner! :beer: I did a search based on that, and it seems these may work (AM3 boards, AM2+/AM3 boards and AM2/AM2+/AM3 boards): ASRock A790GMH/128M Review from the Egg: "Pros: I got this board hoping to unlock my Phenom II X2 550 to a quad, and it did! It is...
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- Post #3
- Jun 26, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Micro-ATX board that will unlock Phenom II X2 550 / X3 720?

I did a search for this topic but I couldn't find anything. I've been seeing that a lot of people have had success unlocking cores on Phenom II X2 550's and X3 720's, and that there are certain mobos that tend to be better at doing this than others. If I were doing it I'd probably get the...
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- Thread
- Jun 26, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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New AMD build - *budget* high performance gamer for 19x12

Anyone have any experience with a Micro-ATX motherboard that will unlock cores?
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- Post #65
- Jun 25, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Wanted some feedback on Build and i7 vs AMD

That may be true, I don't have any experience w/ the cheaper drives. I did however recently purchase the Intel X25-M 80GB SSD, and wow, I could not believe the difference it made. It breathed a bit of life back into my aging (5+ years) A643500+ system. :) Made the difference between WoW...
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- Post #21
- Jun 24, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Micro-ATX i7 build

What about one of these? LIAN LI PC-V351B SILVERSTONE TJ08-B COOLER MASTER Elite 341 RC-341C-KKN1-GP This one looks interesting.. ZXT ROGUE Crafted Series BLACK Or with this one, I could use a full size ATX mobo.. COOLER MASTER Elite 360 RC-360-KKN1-GP, but it seems like...
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- Post #7
- Jun 24, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building

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