Recent content by PICBoy

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    Best Anti-virus for a PC Gamer

    Thanks but not all anti-virus reduce the footprint to 0 when you disable the active protection. I need to know which one can actually do that. What's your opinion regarding Zone Alarm's FREE firewall?
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    Best Anti-virus for a PC Gamer

    Hi. I want to hear your opinions regarding which Anti-virus software is the best for a PC Gamer. The same goes for Anti-malware and firewall. And finally, whats your opinion regarding Advanced SystemCare.
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    Can you access www.razerzone.com ?

    Thanks, I tried the IP address and got access. However, I tried downloading both firmware and drivers and FAILED. It says the size is 0.00 bytes. Do you guys also see that size for those files? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
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    Can you access www.razerzone.com ?

    Hi. It seems the webpage is down and it's been that way for some time. Can any of you access it? I can access razersupport.com but I can't access their main site and when I try to download drivers/firmwares it fails. I need to get the latest firmware (v1.40 DC) and driver (v3.03) for my...
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    3 best brands for "regular" HD 4890 1GB?

    Hi. Which one do you consider are the 3 best brands for a HD 4890 1GB and specially "why?". I guess Asus is on top because of their voltage tweaker, then it would be XFX because of double lifetime warranty which is good if I plan to re sell the video card (and I will) later on. Right?
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    2x WD360 Raptor in RAID 0

    Ok, thank you, I'm buying that Caviar.
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    2x WD360 Raptor in RAID 0

    Hello, I have the opportunity to buy 2 WD360 Raptor used (with warranty) for less than 80$. Is this a good solution? will this speed up my load times and make gameplay smoother overall? I've never done RAID 0 before and never had a 10K RPM drive. I know they dissipate a lot of heat, any tips?
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    What's the best SSD for a "Gaming only" rig?

    Thanks everyone. So I was wondering: 2 WD360 in RAID 0 is a good idea in my case?
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    What's the best SSD for a "Gaming only" rig?

    Hello, I'm planning to build a very cheap but super effective Gaming PC and considering using SSD exclusively for DX9/10 Gaming. This PC would have 2 hard drives as well as 2 operating system, the mechanical one would hold Win XP SP3 and would be used for storage and every day computing and old...
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    XFX 8800 GTS 320 MB vanilla @ 650 MHz / 1512 MHz / 2 GHz... Is it safe?

    Then why on earth do people risk their videocards flashing the BIOS if the shaders will scale upwards with the main core? what's the benefit in that? :confused:
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    XFX 8800 GTS 320 MB vanilla @ 650 MHz / 1512 MHz / 2 GHz... Is it safe?

    Hi everyone. This is my first time overclocking a video card and I wanted some tips for what I've done and how to improve it. First of all, I'm using 2 programs: ATITool 0.27 beta 2 and Riva Tuner 2.03. The first one if for overclocking and the second one for monitoring and controlling the...
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    Which one runs cool @ 400MHz

    Thanks. Can you post your temp?
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    Which one runs cool @ 400MHz

    Hi. I would like to know which of the following mobos run cool @ 400 MHz FSB under load: * Gigabyte P965-DS3 (estate which version) * abit IB9 QuadGT * Asus P5B-E Plus (now @ newgg :Q) In case you know another 775 mobo under 200$ you can post it too!
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    Testing FPS in Oblivion

    Hi. I know that I must use a program called FRAPS for that, but where can I get a savegame where the gpu suffers the most for testing purposes?
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    Best CPU cooling solution for 30$-35$

    Hmmmm. What about 3 GHz? is it still going to be around 60ºC with a 30$ HSF?