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    The NVIDIA GTX580/570 Clubhouse

    Thanks for the link Ross! Does anyone know what brands of 570's are failing the most? I would like to think EVGA uses better components than other companies, but thats just my own wishful thinking. I find it strange that they would provide you with EVGA E-leet to overvolt your card when it...
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    The NVIDIA GTX580/570 Clubhouse

    I like my evga 570 so far. At 1.1v I can do 950/2100 without any artifacts, but after reading the thread about bricked 570's I'm a little hesitant to do it again. I got greedy and locked up my system running Vantage, luckily no damage was done. Good card overall, very low temps/noise at stock...
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    Suggestions for new rig

    If it was me, just sort of thinking out loud, I would get the AIO water cooling (best buy in our town has the h50 for 59$ LOL) just to have liquid bragging rights without the hassle. I also love Gskill Ram, they seem to enjoy working with intel chipsets. Good call on the upgraded GPU cooler...
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    Onboard LAN Disappears When Overclocked?!

    I had to chuckle because the same exact thing happened to me. Socket 775 was a wonderful socket, but if you overclock like a madman sure enough the LAN and audio will flake on you, and in my case the SATA as well. The LAN and audio was Realtek Junk anyway, so I just used a sound blaster and a...
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