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No power but still works?
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pbmaster
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| Processor | AMD Phenom II 955 |
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| Motherboard | Asus Crosshair III Formula |
| Cooling | Cooler Master V8 CPU cooler, 120 mm and 200 mm exhaust, 3 x 120 mm intake |
| Memory | 4 GB OCZ DDR3 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 |
| Storage | Western Digital 500 GB Blacks in RAID 0/ Wesdtern Digital SE16 250 GB |
| Display(s) | Acer 19" widescreen |
| Case | Antec Nine Hundred |
| Audio Device(s) | Supreme X-Fi |
| Power Supply | Seasonic M12 SS-700HM |
| Software | Windows Vista Home Premium x64 SP2 |
| Benchmark Scores | 3dMark 03-~62k 3dMark 05-~22k 3dMark 06-18268 |
Yes, you do ask many ummm...odd...questions...it's common sense that if the power plug is there and your PC tells you it's needed, why unplug?
ex_reven
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The plug is for extra power when the core REALLY kicks in.
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| Processor | FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x |
| Cooling | Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB |
| Video Card(s) | Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300 |
| Storage | Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games |
| Display(s) | 3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23" |
| Case | AeroCool XPredator X3 |
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| Power Supply | Corsair HX1000 Modular |
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May be we should have one more category under "Other" as "Real Dumb Questions"
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| Motherboard | ASRock Z590 Taichi |
| Cooling | Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 (with stock CM fans), 12x Pccooler Moonlight Series ARGB 120mm fans |
| Memory | (4x16GB) 64GB Mushkin Redline Lumina 3600MHz 16-19-19-39 XMP |
| Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID 24G (not using stock fans) (+150MHz core, +1000MHz memory) |
| Storage | Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB Gen4 NVMe |
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| Power Supply | Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W (12VHPWR) |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 X Plus |
| Keyboard | Too many custom mechanical builds to list... |
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Yea.......... Plug it back in...
DaMulta
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| Processor | AMD 955---4Ghz |
| Motherboard | MSi GD70 |
| Cooling | OcZ Phase/water |
| Memory | Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000 |
| Video Card(s) | CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz |
| Storage | SSD 64GB |
| Display(s) | Envision 24'' 1920x1200 |
| Case | Using the desk ATM |
| Audio Device(s) | Sucky onboard for now :( |
| Power Supply | 1000W TruePower Quattro |
You do know without the fan your card would more than likely die because if the heat right?
Casheti
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We were all noobs once leave him alone!
...now I'm off to format.
...now I'm off to format.
pt
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| Cooling | stock |
| Memory | Nanya 2x1GB ddr2 667@5-5-5-15-2T |
| Video Card(s) | ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz |
| Storage | 160GB on laptop+250GB external |
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| Power Supply | 1:30minutes battery |
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pt
not a suicide-bomber
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| Processor | AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60 (Trinidad) |
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| Motherboard | ASUS F3Ka (ATI RS690M) |
| Cooling | stock |
| Memory | Nanya 2x1GB ddr2 667@5-5-5-15-2T |
| Video Card(s) | ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz |
| Storage | 160GB on laptop+250GB external |
| Display(s) | ASUS 15.4 |
| Case | Asus Laptop F3Ka chassis |
| Audio Device(s) | on-board |
| Power Supply | 1:30minutes battery |
| Software | "genui xp", 'cause i hated vista |
