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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

    is this roadmap confirmed to be real if it was fake out intel come out and say or will they remain silent whether its real or not
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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

    mainly use it for gaming i do encode regularly x264 and xvid for my ps3 and psp but normally i leave it overnight so time to encode is not really an issue
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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

    already used the Hitachi tool to increase AAM to the maximum before i did it was 16.5ms but nm now i am going to keep the drive ive discovered 3-4ms should make that much difference
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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

    well i still need a new mobo and ram so it will come out way more expensive anyway ive decided to wait till summer 09 if my Q6600 is starting to show its age then i will probably get an i7 if its still going strong will probably hold on till the 32nm refresh i need to stop being so...
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    Q9650 4Ghz or Keep Q6600 3.6

    My Q6600 is a good chip has a vid of 1.237 and does 3.6 @ 1.4v i can sell it for around £100 ($157) and the Q9650 is £361 ($568) brand new so its costing me £260 ($409)
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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 dont see why they could want to or need to scam me they are one of the biggest computer hardware sites in the UK
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    Broken Q9450

    The shop just emailed me some pics http://img143.imageshack.us/my...ge=dsc1894smalllx0.jpg
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    Broken Q9450

    its an Online store i sent it back only found out the RMA was rejected today they will send me pictures tomorrow tho
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    Broken Q9450

    i bought it from the UK and rang for a RMA number as soon as it knew it wasnt working i dont really want to mention the shop as their staff are well know for browsing hardware forums will post their name once the issue is resolved (will probably know its me anyway) btw the IHS was attached...
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    Broken Q9450

    the item is still at the shop so no pictures
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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

    doh i cant belive i didnt say what cpu ram i have well i have a P4 2.53 and 512mb corsair pc3500 i managed to reach 160fsb with my asus P4S8X i couldnt test it any higher because 160 is the max FSB that board will go anyway ive given up on this board and i am going to return it for a IT7-Max2
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    Albatron 845PE

    well i got 3 hard disks 1 80gig WD 1 120gig WD and 1 maxtor 40gig i got a GF4 ti4600 promise tx2 controller card, audigy liteon cdrw
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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