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    Have you got pie today?

    Hi CP :) As you can see I have started scaling back: will reach the mil mark soon enough and have a much tougher challenge on my hands. Want to make U.K top 5 at Boinc if possible........only trouble is the guy ahead of me is 80 MILLION ahead :eek::laugh: Do I look scared? :D Gonna...
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    Have you got pie today?

    620 is a decent choice and overclocks well at stock volts :)
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    TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

    Sorry I have crap stats but rig restructuring here and due to running costs the duallies are being retired (again). But I'll be here til just shy of my personal mil.....only right that I go home to actually pass the threshold.:) Oh and one of my rigs took itself walkabout to Climate...
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    TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

    150k to go......chomp chomp chomp! :)
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    TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

    Hi CP and co. :) Back with ya til I finally get my mil at this project. After all, it's only taken me 5 years to get this far :D......can't put it off any longer :banghead: See you in the pie chart :toast:
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    Milestones

    You know you got problems when you build a whole new i7 cos you had a spare floopy :laugh:
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    Temperature of onboard vid card

    Throw the card in and compare? :)
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    Temperature of onboard vid card

    Those chipsets get very hot under extended use so I would imagine the rig would not only last longer but also run cooler with a dedicated gpu. I crunch 24/7 with my onboard graphics overclocked and they do get pretty toasty after a while :D
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    Temperature of onboard vid card

    Should certainly extend the board's life.....but most folk would update to a newer platform long before the board expires anyway.
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    Have you got pie today?

    http://img.techpowerup.org/100529/pamela-anderson.jpg Nice, erm, heatspreaders :laugh:
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    Milestones

    Is my birthday........is that a milestone?.....:laugh:
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    [WTB][EU] [wtb] [uk]-5850

    Greetings. :) Looking to buy a 5850 or two. UK only as I have an aversion to hefty shipping fees :D Can trade/px if I have anything that you want that I don't need. Have a good day :)
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    Giving up on Prebuilts

    Lol, gone the opposite way........in the UK parts are overpriced and the pre-builds are so cheap. Pre-build.....psu swap out....sorted. :)
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    A note from stanhemi

    Lol.......I have post-it stickers on mine so I know which is which:laugh: Starting to rename them....so far I got..... Batman Obi-Wan Shiva As a rule I just name my rigs by the board they have....but that got messy as I now have almost exclusively Gigabytes.
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    My new rig

    Hi :) Just general observations. All modern cpu's are pretty darn quick......personally I would get an 860. You talk about fast app loading times etc therefore I would suggest you focus on ram and disc performance rather than cpu. As much decent ram as you can fit and a fast hard disc...
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