Recent content by Truthiness

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    Where's the Slow Down Coming From in my Computer?

    Awesome, I will probably pick a pair up of OCZ since I see them being talked about very highly on here frequently. Thanks for all the help everyone; also Howard, that actually did help out a great deal. Thank you for opening my eyes to that problem I had no idea about! -Truthiness
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    How badly can an old hard drive cripple a system?

    Hm, this situation/question is the same one I am having at the moment. I'm using a 120gig Maxtor 2mb cache drive from a little while ago for data storage and to install games on. I'm wondering if my slow down on loading times is due to that factor because I have an X2 +3800, 7800 GT, and 1.5gigs...
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    Where's the Slow Down Coming From in my Computer?

    My Scratch Disk is set to Startup. Should I maybe set it to the G:\ drive which is a small SATA drive that I'm using for video editing? I notice it being a faster drive than my D:. Thanks for helping :) -Truthiness
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    Where's the Slow Down Coming From in my Computer?

    Hm, alright it seems as though have 3 sticks of RAM is hurting me rather than helping, so I will look into getting a new pair (2x1GB). But yeah, all my programs other than ones I feel are absolutely necessary to be on the main drive are on either my D: or G: drives. I try to keep the C: drive...
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    Where's the Slow Down Coming From in my Computer?

    Howard: Right now with Photoshop open (and yeah, there's the same lag I receive after about 1 or 2 hours into usage) my Available Physical Memory is 618696 Pkme2: I checked that thread, my drives are set in Ultra DMA mode and I'm not sure if re-formating would do the trick. I thank you for...
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    Where's the Slow Down Coming From in my Computer?

    Hey all, I upgraded a few months ago going from an Intel P4 2.8ghz to AMD X2 +3800, a KN8 SLi Mobo, and an EVGA 7800GT while still keeping my old RAM in and my hard drives from before. I do web design which requires me being incredibly involved with Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, Flash 8...
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    What External Casing is Good for a WD4000KD Hard Drive

    Hey all, I'm in the market to purchase a new hard drive. This time I need it to be huge, fast, and reasonably priced. After searching through the forums and just doing some of my own research, I've come to the conclusion I should pick one of these up...