Recent content by imported_griegomas

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    question's about campus life

    thanks for the replies, i was leaning in that direction myself but i didnt want to get there and find out it was just my normal life - several thousand bucks. On a side note, does anyone here go to MU(missouri)? If so, how is the campus life?
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    question's about campus life

    I will be moving into a 4 year school in about 3 months and i am trying to decide whether or not to live on campus or with one of my two parents. If my parents cared what i did this wouldnt be a hard decision, but they dont. besides drinking and drugs and women, are there any other really...
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    New system problems: internet connection

    hey there, i just built a new system on an abit kv8 pro with a 3000+ and am using the onboard nic. for some reason, my internet bandwidth is only a fraction of what my previous computer and both of the other computers in the house have. where they will get 1000 kbps from a given server i will...
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    Amd 64 939 3000+ 148 Shipped RETAIL!! DEAD

    they hiked the prices early two weeks ago aswell, only to lower them again later in the week. i wonder what drives the price changes? anyways, i think they are going to drop the price again tomorrow or the next day.
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    help needed with setting up fans in a chieftec dragon.

    i just purchased a chieftec dragon and was about to install a bunch of fans when it occured to me that i have no idea how to best do this. there are two 80mm fan ports half way up the back of the case and two at the bottom/front. there is also a pre installed intake fan on the right side. which...
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    AMD price cut?

    anyone heard anything about this besides the inquirer article? would be nice to know if this price drop is a certain thing.
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    AMD price cut?

    there was an article in the inquirer about this a little while back, but i dont think they specified how much of a drop to expect.
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    is the Antec True 380S ATX Power Supply enough to run my setup?

    i probably wont be overclocking at all, so that shouldnt be a problem. the video card is a little overclocked out of the box but thats it.
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    is the Antec True 380S ATX Power Supply enough to run my setup?

    thanks for the replies, looks like i can save some money then.
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    is the Antec True 380S ATX Power Supply enough to run my setup?

    its the one that comes in the older sonata's, the stats on the antec are at the bottom of this link ill be using: abit kv8 pro athlon 64 3000+ with standard cooling bfg 6800 ultra oc 2 512 meg dimms of pc3200 pqi ram seagate 160 gb 7200 rpm drive maxtor 60 gb 7200 rpm drive couple of...
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    Best 500watt PSU for around $50

    so are super flowers no good? i was under the impression that they had pretty stable rails
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    anyone have any experience with the ASRock K8Upgrade-1689?

    i am looking to build a lower end gaming machine, how does this perform with games? and what kind of overclocking options are there on it? thanks in advance
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    2800+ or 3000+ for gaming? also, how is the abit kv8 pro?

    is there a noticeable difference between these two processors? and how well do they both overclock? i can get the 2800+ for significantly cheaper than i can the 3000+, so if they are virtually identical i will go with that. also, about the abit kv8 pro, how well does it overclock? any help is...