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    what's the deal with used athlon 3200+ barton prices

    Me neither, thats why I was so surprised when I saw them selling for $150+ on flea bay.
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    what's the deal with used athlon 3200+ barton prices

    I've got a machine I put together back in Feb-2004. It's got a socket A athlon 3200+ barton processor that I paid $200 for at the time. The computer died off recently and I suspect its the processor so I was out on ebay looking for a replacement part. Damn, there almost as expensive used...
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    can I run multiple network adapters on the same pc?

    Hi, I have a networking question ... my office is installing some web filtering software soon which will cut out many of the news websites I like to read. To get around this I'm probably going to spring for a verizon wireless broadband account. Would it be possible to run the wireless...
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    How much rig do I need to run oblivion with all the eye candy on?

    The my rigs link in your sigline doesn't seem to work. It sends me to a page for myself.
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    How much rig do I need to run oblivion with all the eye candy on?

    Thanks guys, I didn't realize that it was still a fairly new game/resource hog. I got a copy installed on my old machine but had to turn off so much visuals to get it to run smoothly that I decided to upgrade the machine before playing it. I'll probably shelve it until stuff is more affordable...
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    How much rig do I need to run oblivion with all the eye candy on?

    Hi, I haven't payed attention to hardware much since I built my last pc back in 2003. I was wondering if someone could suggest me the least expensive motherboard/proc/memory/vid card combos I could buy that would let me run oblivion with all of the bells and whistles turned on. Thanks!
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    Need help burning data dvd

    Hi guys, I'm trying to burn a data dvd. I have a plextor DVD burner and am using the plextools pro software that came with it. I have never had problems doing this in the past, but now for some reason, when I try to burn a disk, I get an error message saying "unspecified error". Here is...
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    Need help getting windows to access a hard drive

    For the benefit of anyone coming across this thread in the future, problem solved via 1. Going into tools->folder options->view tab go way to the bottom and disable "use simple file sharing" then 2. Right click on the drive and go to security. Click advanced and take ownership of...
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    Need help getting windows to access a hard drive

    No, the drive was never set up to boot off of, just to store data on.
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    Need help getting windows to access a hard drive

    It should work since it's showing up in the disk managment program. It even shows it as having NTFS file system on it. argh...
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    Need help getting windows to access a hard drive

    I have winXP with sp2 installed. I can't test it as a usb drive at home, I don't have the enclosure any more.
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    Need help getting windows to access a hard drive

    Hi guys, I had a drive I was using in an externl USB case on my work computer. I brought it home, took it out of the USB case, and installed it in my home PC. It shows up in disk managment in windows: http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4790/disktrouble1az5.jpg and it shows up as...
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    What the best program for converting between audio formats? (mp3, flac, wma, wav)?

    Hi, I'm looking for a good program to be used in converting audio files back and forth between FLAC and WAV formats, and from FLAC or WAV to either mp3 or wma format. Can anyone suggest a good program? I used to use db power amp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com) but I see that the latest...
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    What upgrades should I get for better gaming?

    Update for those who are interested: I decided to put the major upgrade on hold. I ended up getting a geforce 6600, which while not great compared to what's available, is still way better than what I have now. I'll sock away a little more and at the end of the year build a completely new...
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    What upgrades should I get for better gaming?

    BTW, since I'm getting a little wild here I think I'll up my budget a little bit to $550-$600. So my task now is to pick out the following: MB Processor Vid Card Power Supply hopefully all stuff that will fit in my current case (Antec Solution SLK3700AMB).