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    Spec me a 60" tv on a $5k budget

    Hey guys, I've just moved to the US for work and will be here for a two year period, at which point I will be heading back to England. Im in the market for a new tv but am mindful that there may be issues with anything I buy here working back in the uk. The specific issues that I can think of...
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    Spec me a 24" gaming monitor for £250

    Hey guys Theres another thread on similar lines but its getting a little out of date. Does anybody have any suggestions for the best monitor out there for gaming at a budget of around £250? Ive been using a 24" samsung tn panel until now but it packed up today so im in the market for a...
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    Hard Drive Woes

    Having an infuriating problem with my hard drive. I have 2 hard disks, one for Windows, the second for Steam and other games. I was doing a big of cable management earlier and to change something around had to pull the SATA cable out of the second hard disk. After a couple of seconds I put...
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    Wonderfully weird GFX issue

    Hi All Having some incredibly odd graphical quirks going on with my system at the moment which I wondered if anybody might be able to shed any light on. Basically I was playing a game the other day when suddenly my PC bluescreens on me and restarts. I figure no big deal and try again on...
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    Spec me a new GFX card

    Gents, My faithful old 8800 GTX appears to have died on its arse, so I find myself in need of a new card. I'm reluctant to buy myself a whole new rig, so all I can really afford to upgrade right now is the card itself, so I'll be needing a card that will work with my system. I'm a gamer and...
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    Mobo/Ram compatability question

    Morning All, I usually consider myself reasonably PC literate, but this has got me totally stumped. Given how cheap components are at the moment, I thought now was a good time to pick up some nice cheap Ram and storage. Ta-da! 8gb of ram and 1tb hard disk ordered and arrived for under...
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    Intalling a New Hard Drive

    Hello All, Quick question if I may (I've searched, and whilst there is a myriad of info out there nothing seems to fit my specific issue) I'm close to filling my 250g drive and need to invest in a new HD. I'm running Vista 64, and want to add one of the new Seagate 1tb drives so that I...
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    Speedfan Help

    I'm hanging my hat on speedfan for o/c purposes, since it's the only one of the major temperature aps I've been able to get working on my Vista 64 system (G0 6600, Ultra 120, Gigabyte P35, 2g 4-4-4-12 ram) The new version seems to have fixed the +15 degrees thing (for me anyway, my idle temps...
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    Need tool for CPU temp monitoring

    Morning all, Please dont berate me for it, but for whatever reason I find myself with a shiny new G0 Q6600 + Ultra 120 combo ready to overclock.... with Vista 64 as my O/S. I am keen to o/c, but has not realised the unsigned drivers issue in Vista 64 would stop me from using CoreTemp on my...
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    A little defence of Vista 64

    EDIT: Sorry, wrong forum. Will PM a mod to move accross This thread is not intended to antagonise anybody, or to make light of bad experiences anybody has had. The intention is to ease the minds a little of people who are thinking of upgrading to Vista 64 but holding back based on all the...
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    Good deal?

    What do you guys think of this as a deal for about $2500? - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO 2.40GHz Quad Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 3.40GHz and beyond. (8/9 x 400MHz - 1600MHz FSB) - Tuniq Tower 120 Pro Blue LED Intel approved cooler - Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound...
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    Rate my new build

    Hi All Started a thread like this previously but a kindly soul pointed out I had put it in the wrong forum (doh!). So.... - Core 2 Quad 6600 (plan to clock up to 3ghtz or so) - Thermaltake Ultra 120 Cooler - Gigabyte GA P35C Mobo - 4gigs of 8800 Ram - 8800 GTX Graphics Card -...
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    Opinions on new system build please

    Hi Guys A few months of procrastination down the line, I think I have arrived at my planned new system. - Core 2 Quad 6600 (plan to clock up to 3ghtz or so) - Thermaltake Ultra 120 Cooler - Gigabyte GA P35C Mobo - 2gigs of Ram - 8800 GTS 320 Graphics Card - 750gig HDD - 520w Corsair...
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    1900x1280 Gaming

    Afternoon all, Rightly or wrongly, I have gone and picked up a 24" monitor for myself with a native res of 1900x1280. My system is now having to play catch up. So I'm doing an upgrade, and while I have a reasonable budget, I'd like to keep the costs as low as possible. At present I'm...
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    Core 2 E6850 vs Quad Core 6600?

    Hi Guys, Just researching an upgrade and am torn between these two chips, which are roughly the same price. Aware the whole dual vs quad core thing tends to hinge on what you use it for. To explain my own position, I'm going to be using it purely for gaming. I don't need to be using...