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According to EasyTune5 (Gigabyte's little overclocking utility) my idle temp for the CPU is 20°C, and my system temp is 31°C.

Thanks for the help.

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Know any good places for overclocking Gigabytes

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Hey do you guys know what the vdrop on our motherboards is?

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Originally posted by abuzar1:

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Hey do you guys know what the vdrop on our motherboards is?

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I think I might get this:

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Originally posted by NuckNFuts:

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abuzar1,
Open is cool, since you get the same warrenty and most agree that Gigabyte is customer friendly.

Instead, I'd concider that the X38-DQ6 since it is gonna offer more for the money and a step forward chipset-wise. ZipZoomFly in CA has the X38-DQ6 for $264. new or $225. open box. Not bad for X38 solutions. Remember, unless you're wiling to go DDR3, then Forget X48 for a few months and stick with X38, since it's likely to be the last best supported DDR2 solution till the end of DDR2. It's performance has already passed up prooven P35 and BIOS is growing as we speak, so it will likely only get better in the months to come till X48 takes the lead market.

Good Strong Power; I 2nd that. Look for good amps on the 12v and 3.3. For duals, look for dual 12v rails as well and for quads, concider quad 12v rails. I can OC w/ a SilverStone high amp 600w quad 12v better then my friend can do with a dual 12v lesser amp 800W (I dont remember the brand). But just to show, you do get what you pay for when it comes to PSU and Mobo.

Happy New Year!

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