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YARDofSTUF
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THE jstyr TIP OF THE DAY

Post by YARDofSTUF »

Make sure ur CPUs heatsink is on correctly so that everythign is flush!


just bustin ya jstyr, its good advice in both the threads but i just thought it was funny seeing multiple posts in a couple thread on it from ya :)
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Post by dj_tigger1982 »

another smashing tip, to keep the heatsink completly level all over the processor, get a shimy. They are cheep as chips and help distribute the pressure of the heatsink.




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shims are evil!
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KiSS Philosophy in action baby!!!!

KiSS=Keep it Simple Stupid
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Rig #1- AMD XP 2400+, A-Bit KR7A/266, Gainward Geforce3 ti200 64mb Golden Sample, 1GB Crucial DDR, 40 gig WD HDD (7200), XP PRO, Vantec Stealth 420 PSU, Soundblaster Live 5.1
Rig #2- P4 2.4c, Abit IC7 800 FSB /w onboard sound, Radeon 9700 Pro 128, 1 Gig Corsair 3200 XMS, Dual (SATA) 36GB WD Raptor's in RAID 0, XP Pro, Antec Truepower 400
Rig #3-AMD Barton 2500+, Albatron KX600 (via), 1 gig Corsair 3200, Radeon 9600 Pro 128, Seagate 80 gig HD, Antec Truepower 400
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