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intel igent

intel igent

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intel igent said:
here is the link to applying thermal paste i was talking about

http://overclockers.com/articles1529/
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thanks, I already redid it.
After it burned in, I started getting some more reasonable temps. I went a bit overboard last night and played mass effect for something like 5 hours, and I actually could see my cpu temp dropping during my playing time (started around 56, ended at 48-50).
 
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Wow. I just finished Mass Effect, and this is all I can say: What a ride! That was probably the most fun I've had playing a computer game in a long time. Well spent $50 =)

Anyways, my cpu is running at 34-36 C idling, and 44-49 under load.
 
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Reynardin said:
Wow. I just finished Mass Effect, and this is all I can say: What a ride! That was probably the most fun I've had playing a computer game in a long time. Well spent $50 =)

Anyways, my cpu is running at 34-36 C idling, and 44-49 under load.
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Man you ripped right through that. :laugh: Glad you enjoyed it though, it was definatly one of my favorite gaming experiences of late. I just started again on hardcore w/ all my high equipment and such, this time doin it renegade style.
 
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farlex85 said:
Man you ripped right through that. :laugh: Glad you enjoyed it though, it was definatly one of my favorite gaming experiences of late. I just started again on hardcore w/ all my high equipment and such, this time doin it renegade style.
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hehe, yea, first time through I went all paragon, I'm gonna try renegade and see how it turns out. Gonna get full intimidation options as well.
 
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Reynardin said:
Wow. I just finished Mass Effect, and this is all I can say: What a ride! That was probably the most fun I've had playing a computer game in a long time. Well spent $50 =)

Anyways, my cpu is running at 34-36 C idling, and 44-49 under load.
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cool deal man, now let us know when you wanna start to OC that beast :rockout:
 
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BarbaricSoul said:
cool deal man, now let us know when you wanna start to OC that beast :rockout:
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Already started OCing the GPU, trying out 701/1752/1022 (core clock, shader clock, and mem), I'm going to test it for stability then work up from there.

Right now I'm going to wait a bit on the CPU, and just enjoy the games I have because I'm going away on Thursday and am not coming back until 11 days after that. Going to referee at this "Olympic Development Camp", where basically the best under-14 girls in california go for training(this is soccer). Either gonna be fun, or hard as hell, I can't decide which...
 
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