Recent content by sophieNveedia

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    US Customs and a brand new rig

    I looked into those regulations :) . The country where I live is a Tier 1 country where there are no regulations plus the limit for Tier 2 is a 190,000 Max Theoretical Operations computer (an 8-way Opteron ri-- PC is 126,000 MTOPS acccording to AMD). Thanks for the reassuring advice guys. I...
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    US Customs and a brand new rig

    Hey all, I live outside the US but I'm planning on taking a trip to Miami for a week or so and pickup a bunch of parts (to make 1 pc) off my godfather's house. I'll be buying the stuff online from home. The total budget is $1000-1300 and I'd like to not check any of the stuff in the cargo area...
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    Data transfer from one computer to another

    I made a crossover cable once just by looking at the drawings on a website, worked like a charm and took less than 10min
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    I can't decide between these two video cards...

    I'd go for the 6600GT. The X800 doesn't include Shader Model 3.0 even with its higher price.
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    Dropped internet connection

    Are you using a wireless adapter to connect to the internet?
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    Mwave.com?

    ordered all parts of my current system from them, plus some recordable media and dvd burner recently. All parts arrived on time and in perfect state.
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    Size of 6600gt cards

    I'm in desperate need of finding out the dimensions of a 6600GT card, specifically the Chaintech model, I'm building a pc for a friend and I have some cool mod ideas but I need stuff like height (including the fan thing and the metal faceplate where the ports are). So if anyone has a 6600gt...