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    Help with a build

    Just checking for compatibility and to see if there are any easy changes to the build. I'm looking to buy it tomorrow probably so any help would be great. Thanks! I'm pretty near my max budget but slight price changes for significant performance suggestions are welcome...
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    Let's talk about hair!

    Do it: Post your hair, at various stages in your life or just what you're wearing now. If you're as bored as me you can make it a storyline as I've done, or just show us what ya got... My hair: So I tend to get bored with my hair. I have goofy hair, and enjoy getting comments on the nature...
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    Any bakers in here?

    So when studying in Sweden I had some time on my hands and, with the help of a Norwegian guy learned the basics of bread baking. It's certainly a fun way to pass the time, easy, and delicious, but it's incredibly easy to make breads that are pretty terrible for you and freshly baked bread is...
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    Reasons for PSU's exploding?

    So basically I had an Enermax 460w PSU from the Axp era and was convinced it would work on a new build (HD 4850, Q6600, 2 HDDs) as it had solid rails and enough amps. Last night when I was building I essentially turned on my computer when it was only enough to get into BIOS... video card, cpu...
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    Old 460w Enermax (Athlon XP era) still usable?

    ENERMAX EG465P-VE http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817103443 Link goes to specs. I know 460w will be enough wattage, but the connectors are where I'm worried. This works great with my old XP rig with an x850xl (agp), but I really don't know if the rails and connectors are...
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    SSE4.1 F@H optimizations?

    If you can't tell from the title, I'm planning on upgrading my computer shortly and I'm trying to justify spending the additional cash for the 45nm process, largely for the power consumption reduction. However, at this point, if you can even find it in stock, the 9450 is rather overpriced for...
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    F@H Top Crunchers...

    As the title states, for the 30 or so constant top producers what kind of folding armadas do you run? With the advent of quad core processing and gpu folding I imagine, at least, that many of the higher crunchers these days are using a mere 1-3 rigs to generate the massive points, but it'd be...
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    Motherboard died, need cheap replacement

    Alright, my motherboard has been messed up for some time and I'm looking to replace it with a solid pcie, socket 939 motherboard. Some overclockability would be nice but I'm basically interested in a very solid board for as cheap as I can get (without sacrificing too much quality). I have no...
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    2007wfp owners!

    I bought one of these before any revisions and sent it back for the banding issues which have now been all but fixed. As much as I want to gamble with the lottery again, I can't pay the money down because there was a second problem I had which was the horrible flickering it had when displaying...
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    Question about the "screen door effect"

    I while back I ordered a Dell 2007wfp when it was brand new. I got it knowing about the chance of banding and when it was clear the banding was putrid I sent it back, but after a week of playing around with the monitor. The banding was bad, but I was almost willing to live with it if it...
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    Business Firm bent on 'doing good.'

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6207136.stm Interestingly enough (though not surprising), Salesforce is being attacked for not "increasing profits and adding to a nation's wealth" enough. Obviously helping charity should be avoided by businesses cause, well, it's not lucrative enough...
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    If you like even remotely heavy music

    You need to listen to Agalloch's "Ashes Against the Grain". Or the Mantle. Or Pale Folklore. In that order from most listenable to least (all amazing IMO). And I suppose for sake of discussion what cd's have you heard before that we're common radio material that hurt you a little inside to...
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    Considering a new E6300 system

    I've been tossing around the idea in my head to upgrade from my Axp2500+ mobile system to a c2d with an x1900xt. I'm trying to save as much money as I can while still getting excellent performance, so I'm obviously going to OC. I have an Enermax 460w, will this be able to hold over on the new...
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    A question about Conroe (among millions).

    I've done some light research (been out of the game since mobile barton's reigned supreme), and am considering a considerable upgrade. What's the difference between the 2 processors? Is there a multiplier cap on the 6300 and not the 6400, or is the stock ghz the only difference? How do they...
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    Installing Windows, can't copy sata drivers

    Tried 2 different harddrives and 2 different Windows cd's and the same thing happened. Hit F6 to load additional raid/sata drivers and it appears to work (hit S, load the WinXP set of drivers, it recognizes it) but when it starts the setup it says that "Setup can't copy the selected file ...
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    Whatever happened to GolfGeek...

    Just looking at our Top 100 (hoping to someday be on that first page) and noticed 3 people in the top 25 who went from folding like crazy to not at all :( We could use them again! :P
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    Opteron 146 @ TigerDirect for $180

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...46&SRCCODE=SHOPPINGDF&CMP=OTC-SHOPPING Not exactly hot, but if it's indeed in stock...
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    What's your plan?

    I know that seti classic is finally coming to an end and was wondering what people's plan was after that project ends. I assume some will move to BOINC seti, but I know I'd be pretty pleased if we saw some migrate to F@H :D
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    Northbridge fan died (no surprise)

    I have an Antec P160 case (no side fan). Would passive cooling be as good as another small, horrid northbridge fan? I can no longer OC my mobile athlon xp anymore without my system bluescreening, and it's getting pretty annoying. Also, what would work well either way?
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    Saddams defense lawyer found dead!

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq *sigh*
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    Annoying clicks, whines from speakers during games..

    In BF2 and WoW recently I've been getting seemingly random clicks and an occasional, long whine from my speakers. This ends when minimized or when the games are quit. I have an audigy2 zs sound card, antec trupower 430, and a mobile AMD rig with an NF7-S. What should I be doing to find out...
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    Argh

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    New system needs to be built

    Alright, I generally like to do this myself, but with being busy and lacking current technology knowledge I find it easier to get some general ideas and morph them to my situation. I have a fairly tight budget, but I'd like to get the best computer possible for the money. It will be used for...
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    Building a new computer (for a friend)

    Hey guys. My friend's looking for a nice gaming computer with $1500 to spend. No real loyalties, though he's most likely going the AMD route. He'll be overclocking a decent amount. What's a decent setup? SLI or no? I've been out of the game apparently for too long (With my mobile xp setup), so...
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    My band is amazing.

    If you're even reading this then props to you. This is a whorish band website plug, but hopefully it can live up to the unneeded expectation I set up for it when entitling the thread. http://www.purevolume.com/midriff http://www.midriff.cjb.net 2 songs are in the purevolume, and we'd like...
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    Nf7-S NB fan died...

    As the title states, the fan over NorthBridge on my NF7-S is dead. I just noticed it now. It's probably been dead for a couple weeks at least, and I have been getting some blue screens and random quits when playing games like CS:S and HL2. I downclocked to 2.2GHz (from 2.4... my ram is eh), and...
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    How reliable is CPU-Z?

    I was just bored so I downloaded CPU-Z so I could compare my computer with some screen shots I had found. I went into the SPD tab and was confused as to why it told me I had PC3200 (200MHz) ram stated as my max bandwidth. The ram I bought a while ago was clearly labeled Kingmax PC3500 and also...
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    17" or 19" LCD

    I'm a monitor newb. I've had a KDS 15" LCD for a couple years now, and though it's pretty nice, I would like a larger screen as 15" is pretty lame sometimes. I have a fair amount of money to spend and I want to make a purchase I won't regret within the next 2 years at least, hopefully at least...
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    So confused, in need of lots of help!

    It started for me after a LAN party with a bunch of friends. I installed a bunch of games and such and everything worked fine, but once I brought it home it was having a problem. After a lengthy logging in screen (normally like 1 second) it would show my awesome background... and that's it. No...
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    Corsair XMS PC-3200...sweet deal!

    http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-416&amp;depa=0 Am I like missing something, or did the price on this drop dramatically in the past week?
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    The over-asked question about OCing.

    I know this has been asked a million times but in my search I somehow managed to avoid the answer i was looking for. Sorry. But anyways, as the title so states, I was wondering whether or not there is a performance difference between, say 200x11.5 (2350) or 166x14 (2332 i think). IF there is...
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    RAM problems

    When running games or 3dMark my computer (build a week ago) randomly freezes or restarts. I figured it could be my processor voltage, so I raised that a bit, and no avail. I thought it may be my video card, but I then ran Memtest86 and at 35% through the first pass I had 36 errors. I just...
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    3dMark01 SE problems... random quitting?

    As the title states, when running 3dMark01 SE it usually, and randomly, quits. No error message, no freezing, just back to desktop. It does it sometimes in the 1st minute, other times in the 3th minute, and I got all the way through once. Is there something I can do to make my system more...
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    SATA problem with NF7-S

    I actually have a few problems I need to work out. First of all, when it detects the harddrives all it comes up with is my 52x Lite-On cdrw drive, which is certiainly wrong. I'm not sure why it's doing this, maybe the wires hooked up wrong? The second problem is that my SATA harddrive (36.7gb...
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    Questions about overclocking

    I was almost positive of what I was going to buy, but now I'm confused. I need a few things cleared up. Running a NF7-S motherboard and a mobile 2600+, I don't know what type of ram I should buy. I see most people buying PC-3200 ram, and that will run perfectly with the motherboards FSB of...
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    Where to buy the ram?

    I've decided on the Samsung PC3500 ram as it's supposed to be a quality part, nice CAS, and is good for overclocking. Should I buy it from http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-221-002&amp;depa=0 or http://www.komusa.com/samsung.html? I think they're the same ram, but I'm not positive. I trust...
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    Window or no window?

    I've decided on the Antec P160, but I'm not sure if I should go with the window or non-window version. The window version has 2 120mm fans however, but I'm not sure if I want the guts so exposed. I have this thing about looks. If I were to get the non-window case, what would be a good 120mm fan...
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    RAM suggestion...

    Okay, so I've chosen every single part in my computer and am 99% satisfied with it. Many agree everything is fine, and I'm fairly confident. However, the 1% is still slightly bothering me. AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Mobile- $99 ABIT NF7-S - $86 Samsung 1GB (2 x 512) PC-3500 - $192 Western Digital...
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    Need a heatsink and fan, help?

    I've decided on getting the Thermalright SLK947U as I guess the Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu may not work with the Athlon XP 2600+ mobile and NF7-S Motherboard, but I need a fan with the heatsink. What is a good fan for heatsinks? I don't really know anything about this, so all info is helpful.
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    First build, would like comments or suggestions.

    So yeah, after quite a bit of research I've come up with this setup. I plan on OCing it to 3200+ or more if I can, and I plan on playing games such as Halflife 2 and all of the other new games coming out. I'd like some suggestions on changing it if nesessary, and though price is of some object I...