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    Question Is it possible to buy a custom Integrated Heat Spreader for an i3-370m ?

    I have yet to buy the motherboard, but from the sources that I read from say that the i3-370M fits two socket types, the BGA1288, PGA988 socket types. Here is 2 links to two somewhat different boards : (Has DIMM slots) https://www.ebay.com/itm/225114238908 (Has SODIMM Slots) ...
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    Question Is it possible to buy a custom Integrated Heat Spreader for an i3-370m ?

    Just want to do some experimenting, surprisingly I found a motherboard for the cpu, its some chinese board (like 30-60 bucks), not sure if it will fully work, but again its just a experiment. But since most Mobile CPUs just have the dies exposed I know that I can't just slap the cpu into the...
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    [SOLVED] Making a build for a friend

    Wow, this is great, I know how to put together a pc, just trying to get better at configuring them. Appreciate the feedback (y)(y)
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    [SOLVED] Making a build for a friend

    My friend does a lot of coding not sure what coding, but he also wanted to have a gaming rig that can at least play at 1080p ultra settings on most games. His budget is around 1700 with some wiggle room. I have this build set, just wondering if its a bad suggestion or not for the price point. He...
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    [SOLVED] HP 280 G2 SFF Power Supply Adapter ?

    Appreciate the feedback, I was trying to go the budget route, but I will do the next best thing and purchase a new motherboard for the processor so I dont have to deal with workarounds on a OEM board. (y)
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    [SOLVED] HP 280 G2 SFF Power Supply Adapter ?

    Been trying to figure out how to get power from an ATX PSU to this board. I bought a adapter that was apparently meant for the boards on HPs, well it doesn't work. I have tested the psu to see if it works with the 4 3 pin (Clipside) with a wire, psu turns on. Also when I plug the old psu in the...
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    [SOLVED] What would be a good 32gb set of ram for my build

    My current build CPU: Ryzen 7 5700g GPU: RTX 360 TI 8gb SSD: 2x 870 1tb Mobo: MSI B450 Tomahawk Ram: (Currently) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB Currently struggling to find a solution if I should get new ram or keep what I have. If i did buy new ram Id just put the old towards a vr...