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everybody thought the GTX280 was going to be more powerful than it actually turned out to be.

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Originally posted by navskin:

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hello everyone

i am buying a new case because i want to show off my hardware lol. when friends come etc. here is the case i have been looking at do you think that all the hardware will fit in to the case worryed about CPU cooler tho.

http://www.mt2k.co.uk/thermaltake-case-s...indow-635-p.asp

my rig

MB: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (full ATX)

CPU Cooler: Artic Freezer 64 Pro (recermend by sammorris)

CPU: AMD Athalon Dual Core 64 X2 5000+

GPUs: XFX 8800GTS 320MB And 8600GTS XXX as PhysX Card

HDDs: Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X2, Western Digital160GB IDE

PSU: Corsair HX620 watt

thanks

graham

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Yeah, it's certainly against Russ' philosophy to tell someone to get something different after they've already bought their stuff, I know that much :)

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Originally posted by spamual:

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Gm I forgot to thank you for the crossed fingers for the e0 q9550 just my luck that I'm one of the first people to get one retail from a normal shop In the uk :D love u

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Originally posted by greensman:

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My computer is not "seeing" them for some reason and that's bothersome but the original problem, trays NOT opening, is still there. They are IDE ODD's, one BENQ and one Litey. Has anyone had similar problems and if so any ideas on the cure. ;) tia..
....gm

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Originally posted by sytyguy:

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Originally posted by greensman:

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My computer is not "seeing" them for some reason and that's bothersome but the original problem, trays NOT opening, is still there. They are IDE ODD's, one BENQ and one Litey. Has anyone had similar problems and if so any ideas on the cure. ;) tia..
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I have both a Litey and Benq in one of my systems, and the Benq sporadically will not open, so I have to use the paper clip to get it to open, and then it works normally thereafter. However, both are always seen by the system.

So not much help here.

Do they light up at boot time, if not, then it could be a controller problem, or the drives have malfunctioned.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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The RC690 is a decent enough case, you just have to buy extra fans for it to get its cooling up to scratch with other cases of its type. the Green nvidia branding however is usually very tacky on coolermaster cases, I'd stick with the plain one if I were you.

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Originally posted by navskin:

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yes but 10 to 15% is not that much of a proformce increse at all in my book. think of how much you would pay for a decent am2+ board thease days because it was not long ago that i bought this rig. I paid £63 just for my m2n-sli deluxe and i am very happy with the proformce, that i get from it. i have read an articalthat you have posted on the AMD buliding thread and i think you talked about the 780G or i think it was called that, but you said that you would get a proformce increese just by using the motherboard you were talking about. But what i will do is take it under advisement.i have heard that AMD are bring a new socket anyways so what would be the point of of buying a new motherboard if the are going to change from the am2 platform to am3. i am planing to upgrade to quad core anyways around summer so was just going to get a new case some LED fans and stuff. There is also the money factor that comes in to it as i am buget pc bulider.

sorry if i sound a bit harsh russ.

thanks for the info anyways.

graham

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Yeah, it's certainly against Russ' philosophy to tell someone to get something different after they've already bought their stuff, I know that much :)

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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All the triples and Quads, including the Phenom II are 940 pin, regardless of the socket name.

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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I think I've only done that once, and that was when someone bought a known fire hazzard when they bought an Ultra PSU that was on the "Bad PSU" list! As I remember, you and I both warned him about it and he returned it for a different brand. Someone even included a video showing one bursting into flames!

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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All the triples and Quads, including the Phenom II are 940 pin, regardless of the socket name.

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Careful on that one though, Socket 940 and Socket AM2 are different though. I don't think S940 stuff is around much any more, but it used to be, and people ended up getting server grade CPUs thinking they'd fit in AM2 boards because shops actually called it "Socket 940" not AM2.

Originally posted by theonejrs:

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I think I've only done that once, and that was when someone bought a known fire hazzard when they bought an Ultra PSU that was on the "Bad PSU" list! As I remember, you and I both warned him about it and he returned it for a different brand. Someone even included a video showing one bursting into flames!

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As you know, ALL rules go out the window to make sure someone doesn't buy a dodgy PSU, whether it was a gift, a deal, a steal, who knows? who cares?

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