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Thanks for the advice, I think I might actually get that one.

I'm having trouble deciding between two laptops: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215004&Tpk=Acer%20Aspire%20AS5750G-9639 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220997 I'm getting one of these laptops for college, and I'll be doing programming, CAD...

AGH! The thermal paste didn't even make contact with the CPU! Well, I'm glad it still works after running around 100c for a few minutes.

I just built s new system with an intel core i7 920 on an evga x58 motherboard. A few minutes after loading the BIOS(Phoenix BIOS), the CPU supposedly reached 85 degrees Celsius. In Windows Vista, the four cores give readings from 98-100 degrees Celsius. I'm hoping there might just be something...

Thanks for the advice! I'll use the Intel Core i7 920 with the EVGA LGA 1366 Intel Motherboard.

I'm trying to design an upgradeable gaming computer that would use one good nvidia card now, but be compatible with a SLI upgrade. This is my first build, and I was almost ready to order everything, but now I'm paranoid about everything but the dvd drive! I've got $2000 to spend, but should...