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    Building my first computer. Need some tips and advice for grounding.

    wear pure cotton, touch a water tap before install any thing like ram, cpu, mainboard, gpu, etc, the if case is painted, touch the cutted part of the case will help too. if you still worried, wire your self to any water tap with help.
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    i5 3470+r9 280 for AC unity, vrm so hot

    thanks, just tested using amd powertune, i lowered the tdp 10%, set the clock at 825 not the factory OC 960 and set fan runs at 80%, now vrm at at 62 when 1080 with AC unity, will msi afterburner works with powercolor? seems to me, factory OC does not affect FPS at all, I got 50-60 in ac unity...
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    How to re-use a ssd cache?

    many thanks, the only problem is that I dont have the key for win8.1 on this notebook, so I can only clone the HDD to intel 520 with the intel migration tool, should I remove the cache before that or should I just leave it there and it will become a drive later?
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    i5 3470+r9 280 for AC unity, vrm so hot

    thanks, how do i lower the voltage of gpu and increase fan speed, there is no software from powercolor, can i use amd powertune to do so?
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    How to re-use a ssd cache?

    Thanks It is a msata, i will remove the 2.5 HDD and install ssd,
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    How to re-use a ssd cache?

    i have a asus vivo book, s500c, it comes with a 24gb ssd as cache and 500gb hdd, i am planning to swap out the 500gb hdd with intel ssd, using intel migration tool, Have done such migration with my 13inch vivo book and it was very good. now I wonder how can i reuse that 24gb ssd cache, it is a...
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    i5 3470+r9 280 for AC unity, vrm so hot

    I recently upgrade my gpu to power color r9 280 due to the fact my 6850CF no longer able to run AC unity(even CF, only 12 FPS at 720p), why ubisoft games always need so much power!!! by set everything to max and runs at 1080p, my r9 280 got to 72 c and vrm of gpu goes to 88 c. the room temp is...
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    can CPU fail, never OC, normal cooler, cooler never failed

    it is in a metal case, so static discharge are shelled by the case, when put away, i did not take anything out from the case or open the case
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    For gaming: A10 5750 + 2gb Radeon 8570 vs i5 3210M + GT635M?

    i5 + a better gpu, at least r7 240 or 250x wait, u mean notebook, 635m is better http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1495&gid2=654&compare=radeon-hd-8570m-vs-geforce-gt-635m
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    can CPU fail, never OC, normal cooler, cooler never failed

    maybe, and it somehow short the cpu and mainboard? then i should see burns?
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    can CPU fail, never OC, normal cooler, cooler never failed

    Thanks, for the old mainboard, cleared CMOS, removed battery. still no boot, so I was very much believed mainboard fail, and removed the CPU to another working system to test, but it seems CPU fail. they are both am2+ boards, one is 780 and one is nvidia 630, can not remember, but they were...
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    can CPU fail, never OC, normal cooler, cooler never failed

    already tested with anther board, this board is working
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    209mm wide case able to fit a 159mm coolering heat pipe?

    is a ThermalTake H21 430x480x209mm case able to fit a aftermaket cooler max hight 159mm? thanks
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    can CPU fail, never OC, normal cooler, cooler never failed

    I had a system that was bought 5 years ago, worked fine for a long time, some day I put it away for few month, and try to use it again later, it stopped working, black screen, no mainboard check sound. tested ram, gpu, finally think it is either mainboard or cpu, since I never had a damaged cpu...
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    Peoples thoughts on new build

    support ur idea I agree with u. just one thing, the only thing that can go up and down in price of a PC parts are rams and ram related(SSDs). Other parts is less often regain price but just drop slowly. See what is the ram price now compare to Sep 2012.
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