Re: Need air flow help in a minitower....

Posted on 2023-04-28, 01:10

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Do you think that the following motherboard would have the same issue with this CPU? AsRock K7S41GX I don't think you'd have any luck in that regard either, that series of Asrock motherboards was very common around here at the end of Socket 462's life, we used them a lot to replace damaged …

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Re: Need air flow help in a minitower....

Posted on 2023-04-27, 04:54

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I think that with that combination of motherboard and CPU, you will never get a reliable CPU temperature reading. Thunderbird and earlier cores did not have their own temperature sensor inside, this was introduced with the Palomino cores. From the images I see on the internet of the different …

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Re: Need air flow help in a minitower....

Posted on 2023-04-26, 09:39

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Cold air is heavier than hot air so, hot air goes up and cold air down, thats basic, next, the cpu fan needs enought space to take fresh air. The cpu coolers for Socket 462 are going to be to cloose to the PSU. A blower fan o a PCI bracket wont help much because it is on the botton of the case and …

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Re: Need air flow help in a minitower....

Posted on 2023-04-25, 06:11

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Those cases were made wirh slot cpus in mind, a lot of people had that problem when they wanted to upgrade their Pentium 2/3 slot based computers. With the PSU on top of your CPU, more photos may help, but, if the PSU is on top of your CPU and if it is a Socket A Thunderbird like I think it is. I …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-04-15, 12:53

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Possibly from my point of view I am one of those people that many would call "idiots" or something like that for not wanting to see the current world, but what I always say is that the world is much bigger than just one person and nobody can see it all. I think that Valve's business model is not …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-04-08, 16:53

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What I think is that Steam abuses its clients because they are mostly individuals, This type of hyperbole, imho, doesn't actually help the issue here. Like I said, even just the security aspects related to older unsupported platforms I can understand why services like Steam are dropping support for …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-04-08, 16:04

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It would be necessary to know what their real reasons for this are. Surely they are ones that benefit them. Just like Google gets a lot of benefit from having bought Android, even though AOSP exists, the vast majority of Android users don't know about AOSP. What interests Steam in its Steam OS will …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-04-08, 14:45

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As far as I know, Microsoft has never prevented Windows XP or Windows Vista, etc... from being unusable despite not supporting them and also needing an activation service. Last year I installed a genuine Windows XP Home and was able to activate it as usual. A few months ago I installed a genuine …

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Re: Supermicro SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2/Dual PIII Coppermine Build

Posted on 2023-04-03, 21:03

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Fron the year 2001 you could also add to the mix an Ati card, the Radeon 8500, if you have one.

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Re: Supermicro SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2/Dual PIII Coppermine Build

Posted on 2023-04-03, 19:19

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That sounds like a jet engine, I also suffered that with a Globalwing cooler, but it was only one, I can't imagine how noisy can be two fans like that ones. Maybe a simple fan controller could help. Dynatron seems to have really good coolers oriented to servers, very interesting. But in the server …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-04-03, 18:02

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The right to use the software is sold as a license. Most licenses include clauses regarding the revocation of those rights. Whether or not the terms of the license are legal will ultimately depend on individual jurisdictions and what the courts decide. So whoever sells software is always keeping …

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Re: Supermicro SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2/Dual PIII Coppermine Build

Posted on 2023-04-03, 17:07

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I only showed the heatsink that I use, I'm not saying that the one you've shown is bad, in fact the anchorage to the socket is the perfect one with three holes. But my experience has shown me that the heatsinks made entirely of copper are not always better, I don't know why, although I think that …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-04-03, 16:07

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DRM systems aside, if they sell you something and then by their own decision they prevent using it as they sold it. Wouldn't that go against the right to property, that is, they would prevent you from exercising your right to the property of the game you bought. Even if they have copyrights, …

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Re: Supermicro SUPER 370DE6 REV 1.2/Dual PIII Coppermine Build

Posted on 2023-04-03, 15:43

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In my 370DL3 I am using a pair of copper base heatsinks for Socket 462 and they give very good performance, after all they are designed for Athlons with higher TDP. They do not have a brand and the fans do not give relevant information. The ones I have I think are this Speeze Spire 5E34B3, the fans …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-03-30, 21:48

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I think the correct path forward is to bring a class action lawsuit against the companies themselves. I don't believe the EULAs should legally protect them from morphing the requirements of software after purchase even if their distribution platform/DRM is separate from their product. The potential …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-03-29, 22:44

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I like the idea of ​​being as independent as possible, and Steam is totally against that and getting worse, and I also try to prioritize the idea of ​​live and let live. And Steam is also against that because they change the rules in their interest without asking. It's just that if I feel harmed or …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-03-29, 20:15

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I understand that here there are three usual points of view on this kind of topic: 1. It's like that, they rule, you put up with it, no problem. 2. It doesn't seem fair to me, I want to be able to decide what I can do or not do with what I buy and the one who pays demands it. (This is an expression …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-03-29, 17:20

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Thanks, I'm not a lawyer for good reason, as a curiosity, I just tried to install Skyrim from the DVD in XP and it's not possible, since there's only one installer for Steam and when launching it, the first thing it does is try to update but of course, it cannot be upgraded so it is a paperweight …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-03-29, 15:23

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The version of the photograph is the one I have, in case someone thought I didn't have it, and of course I paid for it with my own money, they didn't gift it to me at the store. It clearly says that it requires Windows 7, Vista or XP. I don't remember exactly what it said in the EULA regarding …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024

Posted on 2023-03-28, 20:42

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At the time, I bought the DVD version of Skyrim, but didn't pay attention to the fact that it required me to create a Steam account and install it. I still have the computer from then with XP, but now Steam does not support XP for a long time. The same thing happens to me with other games that …

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