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Think of it this way. Any decent modern CPU can dissipate anywhere from 65 to 125 (or more) watts, depending what it's specs are and how hard you are pushing it. Now you know how hot a 60 watt light bulb gets. Basic premise: the cooler your electronics run, the longer they will last. Also...

Each of the 4 sticks fails only the Stride Isolation test. Everything else checks out ok. It must be a setting or compatibility problem. Is anyone using this same motherboard and can you tell me what memory works for you. This is the second set of memory that I have tried to use with the...

I recently built a computer containing a FX-8120 eight core CPU, liquid cooled, a Sabertooth 990FX motherboard and CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9B and also installed two Nvidia GeForce GTX560Ti video cards. I am...