Recent content by John Keats

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    20 pin ATX power into 24 pin motherboard?

    For what it's worth, I'm using an Antec 350W power supply just fine w/the Gigabyte non-SLI Nforce4 board and 6600GT PCIexpress just fine with no adaptor and only 20 pins. I'd worry about the power supply more than the pins, myself, but I'm not a tech head. I mean, how good is a 400W Rosewill...
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    Realtek AC850 -- How do I get 5.1 surround sound? I only have an S/PDIF connection...

    I've got a new Gigabyte mobo and I'm having an almost identical problem... The Gigabyte uses Realtek 97 audio drivers and it looks like half life 2 isn't having it... it will only pick up the center channel in my 5.1 system. So I have to be looking DIRECTLY AT someone to hear them... If...
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 - is it good?

    Those are identical specs to the computer I'm about to buy... I've been hemming and hawing over whether to go GA-K8NF-9 or a DFI or abit board... I think I've pretty much decided on the gigabyte board since I'm not heavy overclocker. I hope the board I recieve has fixed the PS-2 keyboard...
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 or Abit AN8?

    Just one bump, as I'm about to order my system. Is the Abit AN8 worth the extra ~25 dollars, in your estimation?
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 or Abit AN8?

    Basically I've narrowed down my mobo choice for a new build to these two boards for the most part... Build is: retail Athlon 64 3200+ Leadtek 6600GT vid card 2x512 crucial DDR PC-3200 Might do a little bit of overclocking since I've heard the 3200s run so cool, but not much at all, I'm...
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    What Mobos def. don't have bad caps?

    Thanks for the responses all. I'm trying to decide whether I want to spend the money on a DFI or Abit to be sure I'm getting good caps. I don't really need the DFI's extra OCing options... Cool. Also, are all the caps in that board (in your board) good caps?
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    What Mobos def. don't have bad caps?

    Ok, so my last board, an EPOX Nforce2, had a bunch of bad caps and pretty much melted itself down. It ended up being ok, since I was planning on upgrading to an Nforce4 A64 board anyway. Basically I'm in the market for an Nforce4 board w/PCIexpress support for a 3200+ winchester. I do not...