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  1. NickR

    m4 64GB- Marvell or Sandforce!?

    Alright I'm getting rather confused. When I look, the Crucial m4 64GB, sometimes says it uses a Sandforce controller, and some say it uses a Marvell controller. Which is it? I just ordered one on newegg to replace my X-25V, but I want to establish this.
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    No pics thread? Then tiem.

    Come on, let's see your ride(s) 2011 Chevy Cruze 1LT Itty bitty 1.4L Turbo 1985 Honda Shadow VT500C These pics are old,. back before we traded in our cars for new ones.
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    What oil do you use?

    What car and engine do you have, and what oil & filter do you run? How often do you change it? Me, 2011 Chevy Cruze 1.4T, Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 w/ACDelco Cartridge filter. I change it when the Oil-life-monitor drops down to 20%, so about 8,000 miles. The 2011 Equinox 3.0L SIDI V6...
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    2500k overclocking tips

    Read through a bit,still want to ask. I will be getting an i5-2500k and ASUS P8Z68V-Pro/Gen3 for Christmas from my awesome family this year. Replacing my current Phenom II X4 965BE. (Also considering upgrading from my X-25V to an M4 64GB but that's another story). Anyway, I have a couple...
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    Safe laptop CPU temps?

    I have a Lenovo Z565 laptop with the AMD Phenom II N660 (3.0Ghz Dual Core) and it's pretty excellent. It's fast, the Radeon 4270 is enough to run WoW and Starcraft 2 which is all I need to run on my laptop. It's well put together, the keyboard is excellent and all. I still can't believe it was...
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    Call of pripyat using too much ram

    So I have the STEAM version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat, and I'm using the Atmosfear 2.1, and the Absolute Nature Texture pack. Well, everythings going great, running great, about 30 hours on this save game. And then... Today I go to load up the game... X-ray 1.6 keeps crashing when...
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    Lenovo laptop wireless driver

    Alright guys, I have a Lenovo Z565 laptop, it has a crappy Broadcom 802.11n chip in it that maxes at 65mbps. That isn't the problem though. the problem is that other devices will get 20ms ping, and 25-30mbps download on speedtest.net. But this laptop will do 50ms, and no faster than 6mbps...
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    Phenom II Overclocking

    I have an AMD Phenom II X4 965BE, a ASUS M4A88TD-V motherboard, 8GB (2x4) Corsair DDR3-1333, and 2x XFX 5770 in crossfire. Now, stock clock on the 965BE is 3.4Ghz. I was effortlessly able to bump it to 3.75 at stock voltage, using 250Mhz HT and a 15x Multiplier. Now, the annoying part. I...
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    laptop temps

    So earlier today I picked up a Lenovo Z565 laptop from Bestbuy for $449.99. It has the Phenom II X2 N660 (3Ghz, Dual Core), 3GB of RAM (soon to be 4), 320GB HDD, 15.6" Screen, Radeon 4270 graphics. Alright so did a little testing. First of all, the laptop itself is great. It has great fit an...
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    Sound Cards

    Ok so to start, I'm a partial audiophile. I don't spend thousands of dollars on equipment, or mod stuff to sound better. But I do enjoy sound enough to spend $200 (at the time) on some Harman/Kardon Soundsticks III, $160 on a Logitech G930 headset, Polk Audio speakers in brand new car... You get...
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    HEC Orion 485W PSU Review

    Hello guys! Not being an expert on power supplies, and lacking real testing equipment, I decided to do a basic teardown and review of a power supply, using the hardwaresecrets reviews as a template. (I would have more pics but the forum limits to 10) Also note, this is my first real attempt at...
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    5770 crossfire- 4x PCIe

    Hey guys, quick question. Question on upgrade. Current system is.. AMD Phenom II X4 965BE OC 3.75Ghz 8GB Corsair DDR3-1333 ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3.0 Mobo XFX Radeon 5770 (1GB) Intel X-25V SSD WD 640GB SATA HDD Corsair H50 Water Cooling kit (Dual Antec Tri-cool push-pull exhaust config) Antec...
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    Negative wear level?

    So I have a Gateway NV53A24U laptop (Athlon II, 4GB RAM, AMD 4250, 320GB) that I bought during the summer. I've had a few brain farts and left it on sleep mode on battery and the battery went dead, or I've used it till it worked. So in 6 months my battery wear level went to 12%. Well, the...
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    New build and question

    So I haven't updated in a while..... Have a new build. CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE oc' to 3.75Ghz (250x15) Mobo: ASUS M4A88TD-V Evo/USB3.0 RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 (CL9) GPU: XFX Radeon 5770 HDD: Intel X-25V SSD OS/App + WD 640GB Blue Storage Sound: CL Sound Blaster Audigy SE...
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    Upgrade Ideas

    I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU and motherboard. And maybe memory.. That is why I need some help. It's the 2nd or 3rd time I've posted it in two days, but anyway, this is what I currently have Case: NZXT Alpha. Black CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 3.6Ghz (400Mhz FSB, 9x Multi, 1.365vcore)...
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    Won't post- Beeps

    So I have a Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L, core 2 E7300 @ 3.6, Antec Neo Eco 400C, etc. It's been running great for coming up on 2 years. I've upgraded since I originally got it. The last thing to go in it was the Graphics card, about 5 months ago. It's been running great. Until today. Earlier, it...
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    Antec Neo Eco 400C

    Hey guys. I bought a Antec Neo Eco 400C about 6 months ago. Normally $59.99, lbut I got it for $39.99 with free shipping (love newegg shell shockers) anyway, it's been great so far. Quiet, voltages steady. 12V hardly drops under load. 30A on the 12V rail. Powering... Intel core 2 Duo...
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    My PC feature?

    Lost password (and email) to old account, so had to make a new one. Where in the new forum control panel is the ooption to add the "my pc" info now?
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    CapXon Caps bad?

    Last May I purchased a Kingwin ABT-450MM Power supply from newegg. It had good reviews, and I found a Hardware secrets review that had quite good results. It has been working flawlessly for over a year now. And I have to say, it is a quiet, well performing, stable power supply. My worry is...
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    Windows DVD Maker- CPU Usage

    I have some old videos from a while back, among other things that I would like to burn to DVD-Rs using DVD maker. Don't get me wrong it works, and works great! But the CPU usage never goes above 80% consistently, with all the codec packs necessary to work properly. It is not accessing the...
  21. NickR

    Should review....

    I plan on building a pc this christmas. I happened across this motherboard on newegg, and it is good priced, with nice features. It supports 140w Phenom processors, and appears to be a stable board. I figured I would post and give my 2c that Anand should review this board, since it appears to...