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    P8P67 Pro B3 - USB Issue

    Well, I finally picked up my replacement motherboard from Microcenter this past weekend and put everything back to working order. Windows booted, asked to reactivate and I was on my way except for one weird issue which has not gone away. After about an hour or 2 it appears that the USB ports...
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    VirtualBox vs VMWare: Which is better and why?

    I've always been a VMware Workstation user when it comes to creating VMs to run various OSes and applications. I recently discovered Virtualbox which appears to have the same functionality as VMware Workstation v7 and at a much better price. Are there any real differences between the two...
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    Connecting case fans to pwr_fan connector

    I am in the process of building my new PC and have a question regarding connecting my case fans to my motherboard. My case currently has 3 fans (HAF 922). My mobo (Asus P8P67 Pro) has only 2 cha_fan connections. I connected 2 of my case fans to the cha_fan connectors but now am left with one...
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    G.Skill Ripjaws X

    Does anyone know the difference between the Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 and the non-X series Ripjaws DDR3-1600? The specs are identical yet the X series is cheaper on New Egg. I'm deciding which RAM to get for my i5-2500k build. I have not seen any reviews for the X series. The reviews for the non-X...
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    Crucial Ballistix PC6400 4GB

    Not bad. Crucial Ballistix have never done wrong by me. Crucial Ballistix
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    Which memory and type

    I currently have the Asus P5KE board with 4GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 filling up all 4 slots. I just upgraded to Vista x64 and want to move up to 8GB total. I do a lot of stuff with VMWare, gaming, video editing, converting, etc and think the extra RAM will come in handy. I'm confused...
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    Worth the upgrade?

    I currently have an eVga 7900GTO card with 512mb DDR3 memory. I'm not an avid gamer but do like to play the occasional game now and then like Crysis and Far Cry2. Is it worth upgrading this card to an nVidia 8 or 9 series? Will I notice that much of a difference? Mike
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    Intel Matrix Storage driver

    I have a Asus P5K-E mobo with SATA drives running Vista 32bit. The BIOS is set for AHCI mode. I know Vista has AHCI support out of the box. Do I still need to install the Intel Matrix Storage driver/software?
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    AHCI OR IDE

    All, I currently am installing Vista on a Asus P5K-E mobo with a Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA150 as my OS drive and a Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATAII as my data drive. I will not be using them in any type of RAID array. My question is in the BIOS should I set the SATA mode to...
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    Tuniq Tower 120

    Recently got my Q6600 installed with the Tuniq Tower 120 and Arctic Silver 5. This is my first after market heat sink as I have always gone with the stock one that "clicks" in to place. I'm wondering how tight should I be turning the thumb screws with this HS? Obviously I do not want to...
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    Q6600 OC - Which RAM

    Thinking of going with a Q6600 and OC to 3.6 using the Asus P5K-E mobo. Was planning on buying 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 ram. Will I be able to achieve my OC with that RAM? Thanks, Mike
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    Q6600 OC - Which RAM

    Thinking of going with a Q6600 and OC to 3.6 using the Asus P5K-E mobo. Was planning on buying 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 ram. Will I be able to achieve my OC with that RAM? Thanks, Mike
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    RAM Decision for new build

    Building new machine with DC2 E6750 and Asus P5K-E mobo. Which memory should I use with this CPU and mobo combo? Was considering the CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit. Not that interested in OC'ng but want to leave that door open...