Recent content by Magnadoodle

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    What CPU cooler for E8400 and P5Q Pro?

    Xigmatek coolers. HDT-S1283 for example.
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    Cannot use native res (1920x1200) in games with HD4870 and 24" screen

    Pretty much all games have this problem: Call of duty 4, crysis warhead, quake 4, WOW.
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    Cannot use native res (1920x1200) in games with HD4870 and 24" screen

    I bought an HD4870 and a an LG W2452T (24") and while it works fine in Windows at 1920x1200 and also in quake 3 (I set the resolution in the cfg file), games won't show me the option to run at 1920x1200. The screen is hookep up with a vga cable, but that shouldn't be the problem. I updated my...
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    What do you think of this? (new computer ~1000$ CAN)

    What do you think of this build? I don't know if I should get a P5Q at $144.99 or a Gigabyte P45 ~100$ I'd like to do a decent overclock if possible. Also, what do you think of the Ninja? is it much better than the stock HSF? The purpose of this build is gaming, obviously. (all prices are from...
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    Geforce GT8800 PCIE Compatibility.

    Pci-e 2.0 is only compatible with pci-e 1.1 and up.
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    New build will not POST

    Ok, I'll try removing one ram stick. The OCZ memory is rated at 2.3 volts, so maybe that's the issue. Can I use a ddr1 stick to test it out? Also, what could be the grounding issue? It's true that I have not used one of the spots for screwing the motherboard, but I have a riser underneath it...
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    New build will not POST

    My brand new build will not POST. No signal is sent to the screen. specs: Core 2 duo, Gigabyte P35-D3SL, ocz reaper memory, 8800 gt I made the error of not plugging in the supplementary power cord on the 8800gt on first boot. I don't think that could have fried the card, but... I don't...
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    Help building a computer

    Wow, thanks for the quick reply. I'm thinking about swapping the processor for an E4500 with 2mb of cache even tough it doesn't look like it's that much faster (http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...wdoc.aspx?i=3112&p=14)
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    Help building a computer

    I want a computer, mostly for gaming and Photoshop. I've been looking at this deal that Dell has: http://configure.dell.com/dell...s1&l=en&OC=D5302V_F_1E for 840$ (canadian) you get an E6550 (2.33 4mb cache) / 2gb ram at 667 mhz / 22 inch monitor I was thinking about overclocking the...