Recent content by ChaoticMonk

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    Need help buying a video card

    Got my system today and threw in the card and PSU and they both fitted like a very very tight glove (like a few mm gap) and everything is running great with a vista rating of 5.7. I'm a happy camper! Thankyou all once again.
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    Is my old PSU gonna be enough for an upgrade?

    Hi all. I'm getting the following: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor And I intend on keeping my Radeon x1650 series PCIe card and my DDR400 ram and my system is...
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    Need help buying a video card

    Ok I got the following; MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - $219.99 ($189.99 AR) CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX ATX12V V2.2 450W Power Supply - Retail - $79.99 ($69.99 AR) Thank you all very much for all the info...
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    Need help buying a video card

    dang that sucks :( I know almost nothing about PSU's >_<. So I think I need a 450W+ power supply. What should I be looking for when deciding on one? are the $50-$80 ones anygood? Sorry to keep asking but I don't know what to look for =/
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    Need help buying a video card

    this sounds perfect! now I just gotta figure out if the PSU that comes with the dell is good enough and wether it can run PCI-E2.0
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    Need help buying a video card

    GT or GTS?
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    Need help buying a video card

    is the 8800gts better than the 8800gt? if so, enough to make the extra $$ worth it? I did a look for 8800GT cards in newegg and theres a ton of them within my price range. I have no idea who to go with...MSI? XFX? how do I know which would be better?
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    Need help buying a video card

    Hi all! I ordered myself a dell system (should be here next week) and I decided not to go for the graphics offered there but instead to get my own one and throw it in there. I have around $200-$250 to spend on one. I was looking for a card a few months ago and I had heard good things...
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    Got a wirless N network going but having issues

    Hi all, We recently got ourselfs a Lynksys N router and 2 WMP300N Linksys N PCI cards. We got the network up and running without a problem but my connection/latency is almost twice as fast as my wife's one even tho windows is telling us we have the same connection and signal strength. The...
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    DEAD WD external 400gb SATA $49.99 AR

    I wanted to get a decent size internal HD. Would I be better off getting this and throwing the HD inside it into my machine or would I be able to get a better deal on a HD without the external enclosure?
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    Photoshop help

    My wife came hope and I told her what happened and she told me what to do and it was fixed @_@ Opened photoshop, Edit>Color Settings, chaged the RGB field under the Working Space section from sRGB IEC61966-2.1 to Monitor RGB. Sorry to have wasted your time :x
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    Photoshop help

    Hi all, First off please forgive me and direct me if I've posted this in the wrong section. I'm running Photoshop CS and the last time I used it without it having a problem was on Friday. Now whenever I run it the grayscale isnt gray...instead its tinted with a rusty brown color. This...
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    Video signal stops

    Checked the card's fan and it seems to be working fine. Is there a way I can test the PSU to see if thats the issue? Don't wanna spend 150+ on a decent gfx card and find out its my PSU =/ I do usually leave my PC running and since I've had this issue I've still left my machine running (with...
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    Video signal stops

    Hi all, Yesturday out of the blue I launched world of warcraft and while I was logging in my screen went blank and my dell LCD monitor's power light was orange (indicating no signal) but my machine was still running. I tried rebooting but nothing happened so I powered down and back up...
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    Unable to send emails on my current network

    YAAYY!! turns out our SMTP port is supposed to be 587 as opposed to the one at my inlaws which is 25 :D Thank you all once again!