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    z5500 and HT omega claro halo. good combination?

    Hi. I currently have z5500 and yesterday I ordered ath-m50 headphone. Now I am trying to buy a soundcard that can offer better sound quality over my x-fi extrememusic. I was determined to purchase Omega Claro halo but it seems like it doesnt have a subwoofer jack. I do hear customer...
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    Will addinga new HDD affect the speed of Raid 0 HDDs?

    I am currently thinking about configuring my system into followings. Option 1 Primary HDD - SSD ( will be installing O/S and games ) Secondary HDD - HDDs ( Samsung Spinpoint 1TB) ( will be putting movies, musics,data ) or Option 2 Primary HDD - RAID 0 ( Using two Samsung...
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    Relationship between speaker and headphone

    I currently have Sennheiser HD 280 headphone ,which is plugged into headset slot in my 5.1 logitech speaker. ( the speaker itself is plugged into Creative x-fi soundcard.) here is my question. if I hook the sennheiser headset onto new 2.1 channel speaker's headset slot, will I be able to...
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    Best gaming headset under $100?

    I really want to be able to distinguish the difference between behind/front/top/down when playing fps games like bf2 or call of duty 4. Seinheinner hd280 does look like a very good headphone. But my concern is that it is still stereo headphone and im not sure whether it would...
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    Best gaming headset under $100?

    So whats the difference between open headphone and closed headphone?
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    Best gaming headset under $100?

    I am thinking of getting headphone Sennheiser HD 280pro. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826106328 What do you think?
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    Best gaming headset under $100?

    What headset do you think is the best?
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    P5Q-Deluxe vs Foxconn P45A-S

    So which one should I go for? I was gonna go for P5Q pro but it seems like there are so many issues with that mobo so Id probably choose between those two. Foxconn P45A-S http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813186148 Foxconn p45a-s seems to offer good oc capabilities and...
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    How do you determine whether CPU or GPU bottlenecks?

    How do you determine whether CPU or GPU bottlenecks? Is that based on clock speed?
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    PhysX worthless with ATI?

    I am the original OP and it was a... PAIN reading through reading 11 pages of hot heated debates. But it was worth it. :) Beginning seemed a bit dramatic as people from both sides clashed and chopped each others on the face and became drenched with each others blood. getting...
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    CPU bracket for Xigmatek s1286

    Im trying to get xigmatek s1283 from newegg. But I see tons of complains on how the heatsink should be installed. ( mostly pin problem ). Ive never installed a healsink of Intel's 775 socket before and it seems the installation procedure is extremely painful. So.. I am going to buy this...
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    Two partitions better for gaming?

    I am getting WD 500gb harddrive along with win vista 64bit I know that win vista takes at least 15 gb so I am thinking about dividing the drive into two partitions ( 100gb / 400 gb ) So 100 GB segment will have Windows Vista 64 bit with all other system files and remaining 400 GB...
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    Best method for applying TIM?

    Someone recommends the method of manual spreading. Like manually spreading the TIM with tool such as razor blade. Is that better over using line or grain method?
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    How do you know whether TIM is properly applied?

    Hi. This is my first time using TIM. So do you actually have to remove the heatsink to check? How do you know whether TIM is properly applied?
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    ATI 4870 vs. nV GTX 260

    answer can be kinda subjective since the price cut of gtx200 series. Id definately go for 4870 if Nvidia retained their original price. Now that 280 is coming down to $399, along with physx support,( 260 almost as same as 4970 ) I am re-considering my original plan of buying 4870...