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Closing the loop on this. The socket in the motherboard ended up with some bent pins that could not be fixed. Expensive lesson learned. Next time I'll run it a little hot to get the paste to soften up.

good point I didn't think of.. I did have a wrist strap on when I pulled it out, but took it off for the photos. Probably should leave it on anytime I'm handling the CPU.

Thank you for that. I have cleaned off the cpu but wasn't able figure out the socket. I have since found a video that shows how to take the top off of the am4 socket. I'll do that later today and report back.

I was hoping the same thing and it would be an easy fix. I did check the manual and it lists fan2 as Ana optional connnection point for the water pump. I even tried connecting the original cooler fan to where it was connected before and it did not seem to help.

I have an ASROCK X570 MB with a Ryzen 7 CPU. While removing the stock CPU fan to replace it with a AIO watercooler the thermal paste was "glued" pretty solid to the CPU. While trying to loosen the thermal paste, the CPU pulled out of the socket. I did not unlock the CPU from the socket and ended...

I went with an Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 Looks like it should be ok...only 24amps though. Dave

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lol, gts cards have one pcie power plug and gtx has two Most I have seen use an adapter that takes two Molex connections into one that goes on the board...I ended up going with the eVGA. One has a lifetime warranty so I went with that one for $370.00

Good points...Newegg is OOS on the Foxconn with none in until after the rebate, which makes it loose some of the alure. Wish the GTX's were a little cheaper...my new system build budget is maxed already :( Looks like the eVGA's only have a two year warranty. The Foxconn is 3 years. XFX cards...

I was just looking at the Foxconn FV-N88SMBD2-ODOC GeForce 8800GTS factory overclocked. It looks pretty good according to the specs at Newegg I tried to read up on it, but there is not much information around. My concerns are whether it will run too hot, and/or be less reliable. Foxconn...

Valtiel, you are right...The only difference is whats in the box with the board....straight from eVGA. "22-CK-NF68-TR * 1x HDD (ATA133) cable * 1x Floppy cable * 2x SATA data cables * 1x SATA power cables * 1+1 warranty 122-CK-NF68-AR * 1x USB 4 port bracket...

of course! if they didn't I would be angry... @heyyou No thanks I think the 680i Chipset is better (for me) than the 975X. It was basically a choice between 650i, 680i, and P965 chipsets :) I meant the same quality of parts =)

You suppose they use the same parts in both cards?

According to the write up the only difference between that and the other EVGA is the warranty....the $249 one has a lifetime while this one has a 2 year one. How important is that? Dave

I have, but it only has 4 sata's and one esata (how many should I want?) I would like more than that for future add-on ability. Really, the popular 680i board is only $50 more than the 695's I am looking at. I am more interested in having a board with room to grow, rather than cutting edge...