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  1. daw123

    Time for a re-build (and testing) in a new Banchetto 101

    Hey Guys and Girls, It's been awhile since I was last here and even longer since I bought a new computer case. I've had a few issues with my main computer, such as knackered HDDs, a leak to the water cooling due to a faulty component, overheating graphics cards, etc. I think I resolved some...
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    Why does the word 'post' get changed to 'signature' in a sig?

    See the above question detailed in the thread title. What is the purpose of this? btw I ironically re-wrote my sig to overcome this peculiarity in the (unwritten?) signature rules. Fixed. See last post. Admin allisolm
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    Red Dwarf Appreciation Thread

    I've been re-watching the earlier seasons of Red Dwarf. I created this thread so that the awesomeness which is Red Dwarf can be discussed. For those who have never watched or know nothing about the show, here you go: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/...
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    Wish me luck ATOT

    It is 24 hours until my interview to become Chartered and I'm nervous as hell. The interview is an hour long and comprises a 10 minute presentation on one of my projects, 40 minutes of general questioning and then 10 minutes of questioning on rules of conduct and ethics. The pass rate is...
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    ** SOLVED ** Will a Lian Li 5.25" Bay Air Intake Cooling Kit fit in my case?

    I've got a Lian li PC-A70A case, where I am missing one of the 5.25" drive bay bezels. I have at least 3 of them spare and I can't find any of them after a couple of hours of looking. I need to fill the gap left by the missing bezel and I was wondering if one of these would fit (plus the...
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    Motorbike riders - have you been hit on the body whilst riding?

    Earlier today, my house mate went for a ride on his Honda 1100CC something or other (I don't know the model no.) where he got hit on the chest / helmet by a bird. He hasn't ridden the bike for a while, so he was stretching his legs so to speak, and took the bike briefly up to about 120mph...
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    Mods, please lock.

    I can understand it with web links, but it changes all words in posts containing 'c o m' to '***'. For example, if you type c o mputer, c o mmon, etc. in your post it gets changed to ***puter, ***mon, etc. Seems like a daft security measure to me, since the c o m in all words (even...
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    Infractions

    Hello guys and girls, I got an infraction for a post I made against someone. I'm not going go into the specifics of why I got the infraction - can infractions be viewed on your public profile??? Anyway, the reason for this thread is that I have an infraction against me dated 1/17/2010...
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    What is the "best value" method of replenishing b&w toner?

    Hello Guy and girls, The company I work for wanted to get rid of about 15 laser printers. They offered the printers to employees for free, on a first come first served basis. Any printers not taken by employees, would be disposed of. Anyway, since my own old Canon Bubblejet was knackered...
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    I've built the Most Useless Machine Ever

    I fancy a small project, so I've decided I'm going to build the most useless machine ever. My project is inspired by this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2039398 I've found a website, which shows you how to build it...
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    Nokia 5800 or Google G2?

    Hi guys and girls, I'm upgrading to a Nokia 5800 Chrome from the Blackberry Storm and I was just wanting your thoughts on whether the 5800 is any good and whether it would be worth the additional $130ish to upgrade to a Google G2? My new tariff is through T-Mobile in England and includes...
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    I can't 'Edit Your Details' in User CP

    IE times out every time I try to edit my date of birth and location in User CP. I've tried three times without success.
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    Watercooling set ups - might be useful for wc noobs

    Hello guys, Reading Aigo's posts for new stickies, got me thinking about the questions noobs post regarding recommendations for water cooling components. So, for this reason I though it might be an idea to create a thread where people can post their water cooling set ups, system spec and a...
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    Virgin Broadband - increase in download speeds?

    We're on the 2Mb/s connection and before today, my download speeds were max. 250kB/s during off-peak and 120kB/s on-peak. Just noticed today that the speed has increased to 1200kB/s. Its generally around about this time that the connection speed halves. I wonder if this is the new minimum...
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    Formating/flashing an OCZ Vertex is a PITA

    Hi Guys and girls, A little bit of back story: Returned from work last Thursday at 5:30pm switched computer on and Windows froze on the 'Starting Windows' screen. wtf. Looks as if registry / Windows had become corrupted for whatever reason. Tried a Windows repair and it didn't work, so...
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    My external harddrive is dying :(

    My 1TB external HDD seems to be on its last legs. It basically a WD 1TB HDD in an external enclosure with a USB connection. I've owned it from new for exactly a year. Recently (the last couple of weeks) Windows has been detecting the USB connection repeatedly, which suggests to me that the...
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    Low fuel efficient cars

    Wow, my car gets really crap mpg (I've never bothered to work it out before): It costs me £25ish to do a 92.8 mile round trip to a client I visit regularly. My car uses Super Unleaded, which is £1.149/l at the services I use very regularly on the way. That works out at: £25.00 /...
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    I'm looking to buy a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo

    Hello guys and girls, I currently own a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX with PPP (265bhp) and after owning it for over 2 years, I'm bored with the performance. I have been persuaded by my brother to look at an Evo instead. Hence, I'm looking to purchase a second-hand 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX...
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    Running dual monitors

    Hello guys and girls, I've just bought a Benq G2400WD 24" monitor and I'm thinking about buying a second one. My question is how does it work with running dual monitors: 1. does one monitor display half the screen and the other half is on the second monitor? Or; 2. can you display...
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    One DIMM different to the others

    Hello guys, I recently bought 6x 2GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24 RAM (ref: HX3X12G1600C9). I understand that this RAM supports XMP. My suspicions first arose about my RAM when the XMP option was not enabled in my BIOS. My MB is a GA-EX58-Extreme. My system passed 9hrs of Prime...
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    Quad-fire HD 4870 X2s

    Hello guys and girls, I've now installed my second HD 4870 X2 and after updating the drivers to 9.6, it now works properly. btw the new drivers (released on 16.6.09) also give you manual fan control, whereas the older drivers (ver 8.612) did't. Here's some photos...
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    Over-clocking an I7

    Hello guys and grils, I'm dabbling in over-clocking my I7 950. I've read quite a few guides, but the voltage people use vary dramatically. Here's the general spec for my rig: I7 950 GA-EX58-Extreme 6x 2GB Corsair XMS3 DIMMs 9-9-9-24 I've flashed the BIOS to version F7 whereby D0...
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    Is the Windows 7 RC 64 Bit Firewall any good?

    Hello guys and girls, I've recently upgraded my PC and I'm now running Windows 7 RC 64 Bit. I used to use Zone Alarm when I had Windows XP 32 Bit and I liked it for its simplicity and effectiveness (I had very few viruses / malware get on my system in the five years plus of use)...
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    My HD4870 X2 is lonely

    Hello guys and girls, I've already got a Powercolor HD4870 X2 and I would like to buy another next month (June). I've found this on the 'Net at just over £250 inc. VAT. Is it likely that ATI will be releasing the HD4890 X2 shortly, so the prices for the HD4870 X2 will drop? My time...
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    Large Capacity HDD for General Storage

    Hello guys and girls, Unfortunately, my 1TB external drive is almost full (100GB free space) and I would like to buy a 1 or 1.5TB internal drive for in my new PC. I'm thinking of this: Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM It costs £100.00 inc. VAT in...
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    60GB OCZ Vertex

    Hello guiys and girls, I'm looking at buying a 60GB OCZ Vertex SDD soon and I understand that it uses a SATAII interface. I would like to know if the SATAII interface will connect happily to the SATA connection on a MB (specifically the GA-EX58-Extreme). If it does, will I likely...
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    What car would you buy if money was not an issue?

    Hello guys and girls, A hypothetical question (or not if multi-millionaires frequent this forum): What car would you buy if money was not an issue? I'll start this thread off by saying that I would, if I could afford to buy, run and maintain, get a Bugatti Veyron. It's an awesome...
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    Decent I7 Over-clocking Guides

    Hello guys and girls, In readiness for my I7 rig, please can you recommend decent I7 overclocking guides. What I'm looking for are guides, which show what the 'safe' voltage ranges are for the various BIOS settings. i.e. Voltage A shouldn't be greater than Voltage B and Voltage B shouldn't...
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    **** Mini-Review: Hauppauge HVR-900 USB TV Stick with Remote Control ****

    Copied from my other thread. Thought some one may find this a useful mini review.
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    Intel Release Dates

    Hello guys and girls, Anybody know what the actual release date is for the I7 950 and 975? Some shops are claiming 21/4, 22/4, 28/4 and now I've also seen 6/5. Obviously the first two dates have been and gone with no news (or stock updates). I've searched on the 'Net and all I can...
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    Problems with Wireless Adapter

    Hello guys and girls, I am having the following problem with my brand new USB wireless adapter. It randomly disconnects from the router and when I click repair in Window's Network Connection Status it always re-connects immediately. The router is a Belkin N 150 wireless router (1 month old)...
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    Motherboard question (GA-EX58-UD5/Extreme)

    Hello guys and girls, I'm looking to buy either a GA-EX58-UD5 or GA-EX58-Extreme. I'm leaning more toward the Extreme because of the water block on the NB and its only £20 more than the UD5. Plus the NB gets a much better air cooling system as well. Any way, I've got a couple of questions...
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    New High-End Build

    Hi guys and girls, I'm looking to re-build a high end PC (I dropped my QX9770 on the floor by mistake and killed it in the New Year), using the following components: CPU: I7 950 MB: GA-EX58-UD5 RAM: Corsair XMS3 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz DIMMs 9-9-9-24 TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-900 TV...
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    Digital Flow Meters

    Hello guys and girls, I'm looking to buy early next week a digital flow meter for use with the M Cubed BigNG controller. I have the following two choices: M Cubed T-Flow. Cost: £18.50 Alphacool 17206 Stream Control SC1 Optimised for Highflow with built in sensor. Cost: £13.70 What puts...
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    Will a GA-EX58-UD5 fit in a Lian Li PC-A70A?

    Hello guys and girls, I've just had a very worrying thought that the UD5, which I want to buy. Thankfully I haven't placed the order yet. I think it may not fit in my Lian li A70A case because of the PSU being in the way. Here's a picture of my case (with my old components fitted to give...
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    M Cubed BigNG and Analogue Extension Set

    Hi guys and girls, I want to buy the M Cubed T-Balancer bigNG 4-channel Fan Controller, Analogue sensor extension kit, and a flow meter in the next 2-3 weeks and I would like some advice. First of all, I want the BigNG set up so that it automatically controls my case fans and pump on my WC...
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    Fastest media for booting and/or running Windows from?

    Hello guys and girls, I'm just curious as to what is currently the fastest media for booting and/or running Windows from? Would this be SSD or high speed HDD (such as a Raptor)? Or are there any others (assume that cost is not an issue). This is purely a general question and doesn't...
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    I7 920 or 940?

    Hello guys and girls, I'm looking to buy a I7 rig (CPU, MB and RAM) and I was wondering how the 940 compares agaionst the 920 in terms of over-clocking. This is just a general question because I know one 920 will not overclock the same as another 920. If any one has any real-world...
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    GA-X58-UD5 or Exteme

    Hello Guys and Girls, First of all I have to apologise to Aigo, because I know he already recommended the UD5. However, his recommendation was based on the assumption that I would be adding a second loop to my system, so the difference between the Extreme and UD5 would become a moot point...
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    A way of monitoring loop flow and shutting down a PC if there is a problem

    Hello guys and girls, Do you know of a product that can be connected into a loop, presumably via a flow meter, so that if there is a drop in flow (a leak or blockage), the PC will hard shutdown. I'm not that bothered about loosing data prior to the hard shutdown, i.e. having a time delay...