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Ok, thanks for the response.

I need to sell my homebuilt machine that I put together six months ago. Can anyone give me an idea on how much its worth? CPU: Intel Quad Core Q9300 http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=33922&processor=Q9300 MOBO: ASUS P5ND Motherboard http://uk.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=yQYfAtkxxZMjR79G...

I hope this is the right section. I'm a new system builder and on my new rig I have a 160 GB hard drive that has no partitioning. This hard drive contains my OS and all of my program and media etc. (1/) Should I partition this drive? and (2/) Is it good practice to? I think Vista will allow...

I thought it could be that I had too much thermal compound on, so I reseated and took a pic. I followed the instructions from the arctic silver website. Arctic Silver 5 Instructions

Thanks for your input. There are that many different temp monitoring programs i'm lost. Yes, RealTemp shows a nice 10c lower. If that's correct. I have just ordered an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Heat Sink/fan. Hopefully that will bring it down a little. I will try the razor blade check...

Hi all, I'm running a Q9300 on ASUS P5ND motherboard with stock heatsink & fan in Gigabyte GZ-X2 Case which has two 120mm fans. Using Core Temp software my machine idles at 60c and has been up to 74c when playing games. I've reseated the heatsink once already cleaning off the thermal pad and...

Thanks for the response. I wasn't sure and didn't fancy frying anything.

Hi, I am looking for a little advice. I am about to start my first build and have noticed something odd. There seems to be something missing from the motherboard connector. Please can you have a look and tell me if this is supposed to be like this. Many Thanks chuck_morris Open me In a...