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    Heatsink Recommendation to replace stock Phenom II 940

    I'm looking to replace a relative's stock heatsink for his Phenom II 940. Seems to be overheating in this summer time. Idles at ~45C but any activity like playing videos can spike it up to 60-65 degrees from 45 very quickly. I already tried replacing the thermal paste but the temperatures were...
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    System Partition low on space mean slower speed?

    So if a hard drive doesn't have much space left, I hear it slows down. But what about a partition running out of space? My System partition has about 8GB/100 GB left. But my HDD is still only about 50% full. Will the partition's performance be affected?
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    Case Fans and PWM Signal

    In general, does setting the PWM signal to 0V or 0% duty cycle turn off the Fans or does it set it to a minimum speed?
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    Crucial M4 on Intel G31 and ICH7

    I'm planning to get a Crucial M4, but the computer uses this old Intel G31 and ICH7 chipsets and E5200 CPU. I don't believe the motherboard supports AHCI either. It's an ASUS P5PKL-CM. The computer is running Windows 7. Will there be any problems running off the chipset and without AHCI...
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    Hard Drive Virus?

    So my sister got a virus on my parent's computer. It first gave a fake warning message saying my HDD was dying and hid all the files. I couldn't get rid of it so just reformatted the windows partition. The files stopped getting hidden, but the warning still came back. Also SMART HDD got...
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    Help picking between laptop

    I'm not too familiar with laptop hardware. I'm going to computer engineering next semester, so it's mainly for reading books and school work. I do all my gaming on my desktop. I've come down to 2 laptops around my price range of $500-600 Which one do you think is the better speed and quality...
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    Browser adware prompts

    Sometimes when you are browsing you get those message prompts that have "cancel" or "ok" and send you to a site or make you download something. I know you shouldn't click on it , but what about the [X] close button on the message? Can it still trigger something?
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    Why better FPS on HDTV than on monitor?

    I plugged in my comp onto my 46" 1080p TV today, I was expecting crysis to lag bad since on my 22" at 1680 x 1050 my fps can drop pretty low. But to my surprise at 1080p I was getting about the same frame rates. If i changed it to 1680 x 1050 on the TV I would get even better fps, so I don't...
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    Overclocking 5850, not getting artifacts with memory

    My first time overclocking. I got my asus 5850 direct CU top today. So I was overclocking with MSI after burner and GPU tool and Ati tool. I was only doing stock voltage. I got up to 875 core and start getting artifacts so I stopped. But with my memory I couldn't get any artifacts. I went up...
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    5830, 5850 or gtx 460 best value?

    So it's boxing day in canada so it's time to get a video card, upgrading from a 4670. Deals still ain't good as in the states though. Which would you get: XFX 5830 for $120 Galaxy 460 768mb for $170 with $60 rebate GTX 460 1gb, most of the non-overclocked models are like $180-190 with $30...
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    wifi caps at around 100kb/s?

    I'm using WRT54GL router with default tomato settings. WPA2/AES. I've tried different channels but my wifi caps at around 100 kb/s. If i'm uploading 20 kb/s i can only d/l 80 kb/s on torrent. But it also occurs with direct downloads like off steam. However if i disconnect and reconnect to my...
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    Good games for friends to play?

    So 4-6 friends want to play some games together over the break. What's some of the best games that you find awesome with a group of friends? Probably besides anything MMORPG or something. We do like FPS, but a lot of the times it feels like we are playing by ourselves, maybe we just need more...
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    Good wired mouse for smaller hands?

    I started off with one of those cheapo $10 logitech mouses but my hands starting hurting so I got deathadder but turns out this is too big. Fanatastic mouse otherwise. Any suggestions what are some good smaller mice? Under $80 would be nice. thanks.
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    New comp, how is it?

    Hey, So my dad wants me to build him a new computer, just mainly for browsing and small office tasks. His P4 is way too slow for him. I'm not sure what is the best these days. Ram: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=42868&promoid=1019 Mobo...