Recent content by JoeGuy34

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    Building a new Computer, suggestions needed.

    he has got that covered already...
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    Building a new Computer, suggestions needed.

    I am getting ready to build a computer for a friend and i need some suggestions as to what to put in this baby....He wants to keep it under a 1000 dollars and only thing he wants for sure is a dvd burner so about 180 dollars is already taken that leaves about 820 dollars to build with...He is...
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    Overclocking 2.4B: sound problems!

    Thanx man you are a savior, sound works great! i really appreciate it..... Just another quick question for ya, what temperatures do you go by. in the bios my temp for my cpu is 49.5 degrees but when i fire up motherboard monitor and Pc Wizard 2003 the cpu temp measures 33 degrees and my system...
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    Overclocking 2.4B: sound problems!

    I am a pretty much a noobie to overclocking but i have done alot of reading I feel it is time to experiment alittle.... anyway here are my specs... Abit BH7 mobo Intel Pentium 4 2.4B CPU 512Mb of Cosair XMS PC2700 When i push my fsb to 140 mhz the sound is fine but when i go to 141 mhz the...
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    want to overclock, should I?

    I have a P4 1.6A with a crappy motherboard that won't allow me to overclock i think it is a pc chips mobo or something. The bios says the fsb is "locked" my question is if i buy a new mobo most likely an asus, will i be able to overclock my comp.... If so what board should i look into...
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    Is my new 80 Maxtor 8MB loud or am I just spoiled?

    i just bought a new maxtor 80gig 8mb cache this weekend and i too have noticed the noise it makes when running some applications.... I checked for errors with the utility they give on maxtor.com and found none so i am hoping that the drive will last awhile and if not i hope it isn't longer than...
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    Will new mobo with same chipset run any faster!

    i knew that my hard drive was a real bottleneck in my system.....i think for now i am goin to just slap some more ram on my mobo and wait till i can find a good deal at best buy or somewhere with rebates and what not on a 7200 rpm hdd... Thanx for the info
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    Will new mobo with same chipset run any faster!

    First i would like to say hello to everyone on the forum, this is great place! I have been coming here alot lately and just now joined..... O.K. when i first put my system together i was just learning all there is about computers and at the time i didn't know much about hardware and the likes...