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    Wondering about a server creation

    I've been looking at creating a gaming server for some games (Minecraft, Terraria, L4D2,etc) i'm just wondering what all should I look to do in order to run a flawless server? The only issue I forsee is the 1mb upload of Hawaii. This would be my first server and I have no idea where to start...
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    Well bull nuts.

    I was restarting my computer yesterday and during the shutdown I had a power outage, when I go to login to my windows 7 account it just locks up and doesn't do a thing. I've tried doing a checkdisk /r and /f Did a Windows repair and system recovery. I also waited all night for it login...
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    Best or worst MoBo's ever

    I'm just curious to see what your guys/girls favorite and most hated companies and specific motherboards are. :P My favorite motherboard is the one i'm using now an Asus M4a88TD-V EVO, I remember the worst I had was some weird mobo that we picked up at a swap meet..... stupid thing blew up XD
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    Tax Build

    I just like to build computers... Blasted addiction. $1500 budget None the less, this is a gaming compy For the CPU and Mobo I'm wanting to try my hand in the Sandy Bridge processors. So If you guys can sell me (as in make me purchase) one of the older models go for it. GPU: 6950...
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    DC Universe Online

    Has anyone played this yet? This video is the only reason I want it. From what I know is that you can have Batman, Superman or Wonder Woman as a mentor if you are a superhero I haven't really put much research into villians though.
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    Putting a PCIe 16 2.1 Video card into a PCIe 1.0

    I can't really remember off the top of my head, but if I were to take a 16x 2.1 card and put in a 16x 1.0 slot wouldn't it just give me half of the actual bandwidth? Is there any other issues that would arise from this?
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    Good Heatsink

    Whats a good heatsink for my Phenom II 1090T. I just want one that looks better and is a wee bit more efficient than the stock cooler. I'm willing to spend 80 at the most.
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    Can my AMD computer run Physx

    Can it run physx or am I a little hosed?
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    How do you "Verify" a raid array?

    I have a Dell Precision 490, its booting slower than the other 490's we have. When I check the raid configuration it says Raid "Verify" while the other computers say "good" or what have you. My question is how do I go about checking or what is the process to get this drive back to normal?
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    One of my friends needs a gaming computer

    Alrighty, i'm helping out one of my friends build a computer for $1500, he's no fan-boy of anything he just wants a good gaming computer. The only thing that he chose so far is a Cooler Master Storm Sniper case.
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    Last build (For awhile that is) How'd I do?

    Alrighty this is my build for my wife. Case: XClio Windtunnel CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Video: EVGA GTX 470 PSU: Corsair 750TX Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2x4GB) MOBO: ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Optical: Asus 24x DVD burner Good...
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    Whats the "right" amount of thermal paste?

    I usually just use stock paste, but this time i'm wanting to be more "dangerous" so to speak :P I'm honestly not too sure what the right amount is, any tips or pointers?
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    Whats a good game to benchmark with?

    I'm just curious, I see alot of builds wanting to run StarCraft 2. I'm just wondering if there is something that would better test any new build out there.
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    Difference Between Ati and NVidia

    Honestly, without anyone with a bias. What is the true difference between these two? From my knowledge it really just seems to be that NVidia has better tessellation. I dont mean to start a war or anything. I just need a bit of clarification.
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    Need help for an HTPC build

    I'll just be using it for movies and that is it. What would be a good build? I'm new to this whole thing. I'll use $800 for it. I'm not going to be picky about this so anything will do, Amd or Intel I dont care.
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    Yet another Build request

    I'm trying to build a great gaming computer. I'm going to work with $1500 so I'm going to put some stuff out and lets see what you guys have for me. Thanks in advanced. :) Mobo and Cpu: AMD I dont like Gigabyte hardware I'd like to get the new 890 chipset Six GB of ram I'm also wondering...
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    Akward question about Laptop cooling

    If I were to take apart my MSI Megabook g620-001 and replace all the current thermal paste with arctic 5, would it make the laptop as a whole run cooler? or am I just doing something silly?
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    Athlon 2 X4 Quad or Phenom 2 X4

    What is the difference in performance game wise with these processors? I know that the Athlon cpu doesn't have a L3 cache on it but what else is different about it? \ I'm just looking to see what will benefit me more for my gaming computer i'm planning on building.
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    Wanting to upgrade my Laptops CPU

    I have a MSI Megabook GX620-100, Its has a Socket P Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20Ghz Processor. Will putting a new CPU increase anything I currently do on my computer or should I look at increasing RAM first? My setup CPU: 2.20 Ghz Processor GPU: NVidia Gt9600m RAM: 4 Ghz (I'm not sure about...
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    Looking for a good computer for my mom

    I just finished building a good gaming computer, but I want to either make a good cheap computer for my mom or just find a good laptop or netbook. Can any of you give me any build specs? This is just for basic computer purposes i.e. Internet browsing, minor gaming such as bejeweled. Thanks in...
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    Building a new computer

    I'm just wondering, without spending much more than needed what can I do to the build i'm thinking of? BIOSTAR TForce TA790GX A3+ AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard BFG Tech BFGEGTX260MC896OCDE GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video...
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    Credit

    What are some good ways to build credit? i'm tired of not being able to get anything, starting life sucks.
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    Good gaming laptop for $600 $900

    I just need something to take with me, and is reliable. Thanks in advance!