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    For sale\Trade courtesy

    How does the courtesy work in the for sale\trade section? I expressed interest in a part in the thread and asked a question, but no PM, yet. 2hrs later the part was sold. I would think that since I expressed interest I would be first in line, right? Guess I just have sour grapes or...
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    Overclock HBM on Fury X

    There is a glitch that allows you to overclock the HBM in CCC http://www.overclock.net/t/1547314/official-amd-r9-radeon-fury-nano-x-x2-fiji-owners-club/1680#post_24104606 http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37519644&postcount=201 Not sure if this is worth a new thread or not...
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    Monitor I/O activity on hard drive

    I am looking for a program that will get me the breakdown of IO activity for a hard drive. For example; if there was 100MB of reads/writes, it would give me a breakdown of the IO sizes. I would like to get an idea of what my database activity is like.
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    SPDIF and Headphone question

    Can the Creative X-Fi Titanium out put to SPDIF and a heatset at the same time? I currently have it connected to my receiver via SPDIF for my game sound and would like to get a headset for voice communication. I only want the voices to play via the headset and the game sounds via my...
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    5830 upgrade ideas?

    I'm looking to upgrade from a 5830. I would like to keep the price to around $200 (can do $250 if its worth it) I do not mind buying used. As for games I play, pretty much anything and everything. Right now I have been playing a lot of Skyrim, iRacing, rfactor 2, Witcher, and Witcher 2. I...
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    New Full Tower Case-Air Cooling

    I'm looking to get a new full tower case. I'd like to keep it around $100, but willing to spend more if the performance is there. Looks and noise are no concerns, I just want the best cooling i can get. My main concern is hard drive cooling. I just had a hard drive go out on me because of...
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    Improve Boot Time to <15 secs

    I just got an Intel SSD a X25-V. A fresh install and a few tweaks later my computer boots up in 15 seconds. Of which 7 are due to the Bios. What can I do to improve the boot time further? I'd like to try to get it down to 10, it seems like speeding up the bios would be the easiest way. My...
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    Overclock Suggestions

    I have a E0 Q9550 on a P5Q-E motherboard with 8 gigs of 1066 GSkill Memory. I just received my NH-U12P cooler and decided to overclock to 3.4ghz. I decided on a moderate OC because I run this computer 24/7 and would like it to last 3-4 years. My Settings: 400mhz FSB 400FSB Strap to NB...
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    New Build questions

    My old computer finally died. (A7n8x Deluxe, Athlon XP 2400, ATI HD3850AGP) I am looking to build a new gaming PC (looking for Higher end of Mid-range). I would like to be able to play today's newest games at MAX, but still allow games in 4-5 years to still be playable. It will also host my...