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    770 SLI to 780 SLI for 1440p

    Been running SLI 770s Lightings since release in June last year and over the xmas period one of my lightnings started to artifact I returned it to the store but they no longer stock it so they have given me a full refund instead When I got my Lightnings they cost £360 each and they have...
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    SSD Secure Erase/format question

    ive had my OCZ Vertex 2 for around 3 weeks but i got a new motherboard so i am about to reinstall windows 7 i was orginally going to use HDD Erase 3.3 to wipe the drive but ive heard that might not be nescessay as quick formatting the drive from windows 7 will do the same thing is this...
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    SF-1200/C300 SSD now or wait for intel G3

    Finally saved up enough for an 120GB SSD but after doing more research im not sure if i should get a SF-1200 or C300 based SSD now or wait for intels latest G3 SSDs as 160GB would be perfect and will allow me to dual boot and still install some games on my SSD and the intel controller is likely...
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    WD10EALS Blown PCB

    something blew a fuse in my house and it seems it took out my 1TB Caviar blue (other drives and components survived) i removed the faulty drive and it had that "burning" smell so i took off the pcb to get a closer look at it and i noticed that the connections near a chip (Smooth L7251)...
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    Q6600 to Core i7

    currently have a Q6600 @ 3.6 and im tempted to get a i7 920 D0 and clocking it to 4Ghz i can sell my old cpu mobo, ram to my dad and the money from that should cover the x58 mobo and ddr3 all i will need to do is pay for the cpu think it is worth the upgrade i know alot of people will...
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    WD320AAKS Access time

    i just bought a WD 320GB AAKS SATA drive and im disappointed with the access time the drive will be used for game install only and will be partitioned right down the middle with my favourite & new games on the first partiton and old/rarely played games & demos on the second think with...
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    Q9650 4Ghz or Keep Q6600 3.6

    i currently have a Q6600 @ 3.6 Ghz and its great but i am thinking of getting a Q9650 and clocking it to 4Ghz the thing is i want to do one last upgrade by the end of this week and then not have to worry about upgrading till the nehalem refresh is out which will probably be Q2 2010 so the...
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    Broken Q9450

    i bough a brand new Q9450 and it didnt work i sent it back to the store i got it from and they are claiming the heatspreader has come off and one of the corners is round instead of square and because of this they refused the RMA wtf is going on has anyone ever heard of heatspeaders...
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    Albatron 845PE

    im getting cold boots and errors when i try to reset through windows and the system wont go past 158fsb i flashed to the latest bios is my albatron faultly? should i get a IT7-MAX2 instead