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    Quad monitor setup - How to switch to PCIe video cards?

    Hi everyone, I'm running a quad 24" monitor setup. I keep getting an error message from Windows: "The color scheme has been changed to windows 7 basic: The current color scheme has exceeded its allowed memory so the color scheme has been automatically changed to improve performance..." Here...
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    Help building budget DVR based on InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner

    Hi Everyone, I'm trying to build a home theater PC based on theCeton InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner Card. I do need it to be small or quiet, and would prefer to build it in a regular PC framework to allow for future upgrades (blu-ray drive, more HDD's once the prices drop). I currently have DirecTV...
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    Quad Monitor Setup - Where do I start???

    Hi Everyone, I am trying to setup 4 monitors, and don't know what video card I need, or how to figure out what will work. Here are some questions I have: When I install it, will I keep 2 monitors plugged into the MB and plug 2 monitors into the graphics card? Will my 430W power supply...
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    Is my processor really running almost 90C???

    Hi Everyone, I was thinking about adding on a water cooling setup, so first, I downloading AMD's Overdrive. According to it, my processors are running 85-90 degrees C. Could they actually be that hot??? I have handbrake running and I'm showing 100% on all 4 processors. Thanks for the...
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    Building a computer for Grad School, Will this all work?

    I am starting graduate school next week in simulation based engineering. Thus, I want a computer that can quickly run simulations. Much of the code is not written in parallel. That is why I chose a faster 4 core processor instead of AMD's 6 core processor. Here is currently what I have...
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    First time PC build for computationally intense program

    I am trying to verify that this setup will work well. This is my first time building a computer. A big focus of the build is to reconstruct images. Currently, it takes around 45 minutes per image on my '05 HP laptop (1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, XP). I would like to make this much faster. Also, as...