the zalman heatsinks come with zalman heat sink paste. but i am going to get artic silver 5.

does artic silver not require a layer on both hsf and cpu before you apply?

am worried about using too little or too much, or scratching it off when i apply the zalman 9700?

sounds like a motherboard fault to me.

on your motherboard, what error code does it show?

Here's my rig, just waiting for cpu and graphics card to arrive.

• Antec Nine Hundred Case (With extra fans)
• EVGA 680i mobo
• Zalman 9700 nt hsf
• Antec Truepower Trio 650w
• 2gb (2*1gb) Kingston hyperX RAM
• 3 * Western Digital Cavier SE 160gb 8mb cache (Arrive tomo, all 3 in RAID 0 config)
• Core 2 Duo e6750
• EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
• Windows Vista Ultimate x64bit
• Saitek Eclipse keyboard
• Razor Copperhead mouse + Razor Mantis control mat

Later on will be upgrading to 4 gig RAM and 2nd graphics card in sli config, and a 22" dell or samsung monitor.

Please rate

Question #1 : My case(Antec 900)came with both Hd audio and AC'97 connectors. I can only plug one on my motherboard. Which one should I choose?

Question #2 : I will order a core 2 duo E6750 soon. I will need thermal paste. Does it come with the processor?

Thanks

Dwarfius2

to your first question, it all depends on what your motherboard is compatible with, if its hd, then you use hd, if its ac 97 then you use ac 97. if you post your motherboard i am sure someone can find out which one you use.

your second question, if your serious about cooling your new processor i would go for an aftermarket cooler like zalman, thermaltake, or the scythe ninja, and also use arctic silver 5 which is the choice of the enthusiast and is only 5 pounds. most stock coolers come with a thermal pad on them to cool your processor, but putting it nicely there rubbish and dont do much for cooling at all to be quite honest.

[QUOTE="jamie_swaz192"][QUOTE="ncderek"][QUOTE="PatPending89"]

Ok heres one for you, been running about a month now:

Pentium D 3.2 GHz (stop-gap until July 22)

Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi

BFG 8800 GTS 640MB

2GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800 MHz

WD 7200RPM 250 GB

Corsair HX 620

Samsung DVD Burner

Samsung DVD Rom

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream

Samsung 226bw 22" Widescreen

PatPending89

your case is very open and clean, nice. i have the same monitor, love it

i been looking at that 22" samsung, how does it perform, thinking about getting one?

the monitor is great all round, but especially good for gaming

£240 delivered from play.com

£220 on ebuyer.com but i cant decide between this and a dell 22"?

[QUOTE="PatPending89"]

Ok heres one for you, been running about a month now:

Pentium D 3.2 GHz (stop-gap until July 22)

Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi

BFG 8800 GTS 640MB

2GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800 MHz

WD 7200RPM 250 GB

Corsair HX 620

Samsung DVD Burner

Samsung DVD Rom

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream

Samsung 226bw 22" Widescreen

ncderek

your case is very open and clean, nice. i have the same monitor, love it

i been looking at that 22" samsung, how does it perform, thinking about getting one?