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    Need Suggestions for Gaming Rig/Virtualization Host

    I need suggestions on a rig for occasional gaming and to run a virtual lab. Haven't built in a few years so I don't know what's hot and what's not from a brand perspective. I need to be able to run 3 VMs at a time, possibly while gaming on the same box. So I'll need at least 16 GB of RAM...
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    Help, PC Overheating After Cleaning Fan Filter

    This weekend as I was playing a game on my PC I consistently smelled that "hot PC" odor. I use an old Corsair H50 in a pull configuration with a front case fan pushing and a top case fan in pull mode. So I shut her down and noticed that the radiator exhaust fan filter was caked with dust and...
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    Have Hard Drive Prices Come Down Yet?

    Haven't bought a platter drive in a couple of years so I don't know what a normal price is. I saw a 500 GB drive for $90 on New Egg. Is that normal or still too high?
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    Need Advice on a New Build (~$300) for My Parents

    I'm replacing an old PC that I built for my parents back in 2004. It was a P4 2.8 GHz ATi Radeon 9600 with 1 GB of memory. It's basically dead (I think the PSU), but even before that it was slow. I think it's time to build them a new one. Here are the details: 1. What YOUR PC will be used...
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    Purchasing Larger SSD: Fresh Install or Image?

    I foolishly bought a 40 GB SSD thinking that it would be a great idea for just a system drive. Wrong. Windows being the bloated OS that it is has rendered my SSD useless and poor performing. So I had to bite the bullet and upgrade it to 120 GB which should be enough for a boot drive. I'm...
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    TV Tuner Issues (AverMedia HDDuet), Anyone Had Similar Issues?

    Has anyone purchased this card and have the same issue with the card sometimes showing up as an installed device in Device Manager and at other times not? The New Egg reviews for this product were all over the place. Alot of users were having the same problem I'm having now, but others were...
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    AverMedia HDDuet Tuner Card Drops Off System

    Has anyone purchased this card and have the same issue with the card sometimes showing up as an installed device in Device Manager and at other times not? The New Egg reviews for this product were all over the place. Alot of users were having the same problem I'm having now, but others were...
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    Looking to Replace My Cable With Netflix and Hulu Plus...

    ...how do I get started? Basically I want to replace my cable box with a HTPC that can stream Netflix, store movies that I download and run Hulu. Do I have to use Windows? Can I build this using Linux? I'm paying so much for channels that I don't watch that this project will pay for...
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    Two Scythes Dead After a Couple of Months

    I was using two Schythe fans purchased from New Egg for about $8 each. One is used as intake on my H50 rad and the other as a top exhaust. They were loud as crap so I purchased a Rheobus controller. Within a few weeks of that, both fans died. Did I do something wrong? Is the Rheobus killing...
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    Michael Pachter: "This Is The Last Gen For Consoles"...

    The often clueless Michael Pachter let's loose another wild prediction in this Article: Xbox birthday signals death of 5-year console cycle He says: Ummm...no. I hope this guy doesn't get paid alot of money, because if he does I'm quitting my day job. First of all, there will be new...
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    How Do We Define a "Stable" Overclock

    I was thinking about this question while perusing another thread. If Windows boots up fine after you overclock and you can work for hours upon days doing a normal workload, is it necessarily stable? Maybe not. However, what if you can run Prime 95 for a couple of hours without errors? How...
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    Can't Break Past 3.2 GHz on a 1055T

    I'm stuck at the 230 frequency stable. What am I doing wrong with the rig in my sig? Going up to 235 in the BIOS and I blue screen in windows. I'm trying to get to 3.5-3.6 GHz. I think my memory might be the bottleneck, but it's rated at 1333 MHz, but even when I drop the memory speed down...
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    Is It Safe to Power on a Computer with No CPU

    I want to test some fans and a waterblock and radiator (for leaks). Can I power up a motherboard with just the memory in it and let it run without frying anything?
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    Help! Noticed Bent Fin In H50 Radiator! Is It Safe to Use?

    I checked out the radiator on my H50 and in one of the corners where the screw hole is, there is one or two bent fins on the radiator. The fins are extremely tiny. Is it still safe to use or should I send it back? What's the possibility of a leak? Does water actually flow through these fins...
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    How Often Do SSD/Memory Prices Fluctuate?

    If I have the money to buy memory or an SSD now, should I buy it or can I wait? I'm worried about prices jumping all of a sudden. What should I do?
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    Doing This The Right Way: Budget Is $1000-$1200

    I'm about to pull the trigger on this based on the input I got from some of you. I decided to repost and get final confirmation before I swipe the card. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Light gaming, running virtual machines for...
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    Haven't Built a PC In 5 Years...Rate This Build

    AMD Phenom II X6 Thuban: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103851 ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131398 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4 GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226135 Antec Neo Eco 400W...
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    Removing the Thermal Compound on Stock HSF?

    I bought a Phenom X3 with a stock HSF in the box. As I understand it has a default thermal compound/pad on the bottom. I want to put on some AS5. Can I just put that on the CPU or should I remove the thermal pad from the HSF? If so, what's the best method?
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    Hottest First Ladies/Perspective First Ladies

    Whose the hottest in your opinion. You have to choose one. I'll go first. I have a fettish for women in power so definately Hillary Clinton...while Billy is home to add some heart-pounding suspense. We would call it "Pay Back". T.H. Kerry comes in second because baby has that sexy...
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    ***Might Be Old*** Athlon XP Users, Drop Your Idle temps 10C!!!

    This "hack" is only for VIA chipsets. In a nutshell, it basically tells your Athlon XP to slow down when it's idle. I implemented this and my idle temps are nearly 10C lower than before. The only time it goes up is when I play games and stuff (like it should). However, with stuff like...
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    Microphone doesn't work with my PC

    I built two computers and tested two microphones on both of them and I can't get any sound from the Mic. I can't record any sound. Both PC's are using intergrated sound. I run the dxdiag sound test and I can only hear myself if I turn the volume way up and blow in the mic. What's the...
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    Can a SATA Drive Function in IDE Mode?

    I keep hearing people having to do all kinds of funky stuff with the BIOS in order to get the SATA working. However, I just plugged my HDD into the SATA port and the computer recognized it at bootup. Hell, it even went a step further and I could install WinXP on the drive without installing...
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    While the NAACP Is Too Busy Bitchin' Bout Flags and Bush...

    Read the rest here Those statistics are depressing, especially when you're black and trying to buck the trend. It seems ironic that little old Billy Cosby is the only one with enough balls to speak up while the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is too busy whoring...
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    Holy Crap!!! On the Phone Now With a Dumb@ss Dell Rep

    Holy crap! I'm a network tech and people from the office often ask me to repair their computers. Well, my latest job is an old Dell with a busted hard drive. Routine overnight job right? No, because it's an 8GB drive. I don't think those are mass produced anymore, so I couldn't purchase it...
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    Proud Non Voters

    I've been debating this over and over again, and I keep coming to the same conclusion: If I don't vote, I'll have to pay taxes, grow old and die. If I do vote, I'll have to pay taxes, grow old and die. Maybe I have the problem of looking at the big picture way too much. Have fun in...
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    ***The Official: My CPU is TOO HOT FAQ***

    I'm posting this here as a one-stop thread for all of your air cooling needs. I consider myself pretty adept at optimal air cooling, so I will just devote this FAQ to air cooling. It would be cool (no pun intended) if we could get a water cooling expert to post a Water Cooling FAQ to keep this...
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    Dammit! All Downloads Hang at 99%

    I'm pretty sure it's not a browser problem because it happens when I download with both IE6 and Mozilla. The download will work like normal until it hits 99% and then it just stays there like it's trying to download something. It never hits 100% and it NEVER stops? What could be the problem.
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    Show Off Your Rig

    Big-Rhonda (Road Trip Fans know...): :camera: Front Open :camera: Front Close Up :camera: Shatty wiring :camera: Close up of Dragon decal Specs: Antec Plusview 1000 Case Antec SmartPower 450W PSU Soyo Dragon KT400 Ultra--Black Edition Motherboard AMD Athlon XP 2800+ "Barton" Aerocool DP-102...