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    Questions on Desktop Speaker Setup

    Okay, so you think it's just going to be a preference issue? The amps in the monitors aren't crap compared to the separate amp or the bookshelfs crap compared to the monitor's drivers etc etc?
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    Questions on Desktop Speaker Setup

    Thanks very much for the info guys. I had a read through that thread you linked to and that helped a lot. Can I check my current thinking with you then? If I were to get this: http://www.richersounds.com/product/amplifiers-receivers/cambridge-audio/a1-version-3/camb-a1v3-blk and these...
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    Questions on Desktop Speaker Setup

    Hi, Some advice/answers would be much appreciated. I have an Auzentech Prelude soundcard and am just getting around to buying some decent speakers to go with it. Part of the reason for me buying the card were the high quality analogue outputs which I wanted to make use of. My intention...
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    How often does RAID 0 really fail?

    You're not the first person on here to say that. What is the basis for this? I'm looking to build a RAID0 myself in the hope that it will speed up load times for my OS and programs as well as speed up file transfers and unRARing. Is that what you would call 'average use'? Is a RAID0 not...
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    Apparently slow hard drive

    The time I'm measuring is from when the XP loading screen appears to when I arrive at my desktop. I've downloaded PCMark05 and it's registering 7.55 MB/s for XP startup and 5.08 MB/s for HDD general usage, these numbers stack up fairly well compared to similar drives in the recent WD reviews so...
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    Apparently slow hard drive

    The Asus p5b-e plus, it's on the latest drivers too.
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    Apparently slow hard drive

    Seriously. I would really appreciate some advice. What was left of my old system (identical bar the hard drive which can still only run at sata150) has been sold and when I checked it out it loaded windows in about 15 seconds. A 2.5 year old system is trouncing a brand new thousand pound...
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    High pitch whine when the computer is turned off

    Just turn it all off at the plug socket if the noise is a problem. I've had my speakers whine when they were off before now. My Dell 2007wfp is doing it now. cheers
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    cant get my sata burner to boot windows

    Have you got the drive in one of the specific boot ports on the board? cheers
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    HELP! Accidentally deleted a partition. Need to recover it.

    getdataback has worked very well for me in the past, good luck. cheers
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    Apparently slow hard drive

    Hi, I recently upgraded my system entirely but kept the same hard drive albeit with a clean install of windows. It takes about 40 seconds for Windows to load after post on my e6600 (401x9) p5b-e plus with 2GB DDR6400, 8800gts. I don't run a ton of background processes, only the same as I...
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    For all you ps3 haters

    The cost difference argument between the PC and consoles in general is a bizarre one. Everyone here seems to have a PC of some sort, unless they're using magic to post. This is pretty much the case for most people these days, they already have or need a PC. Now if you want to play games you...
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    WOuld you use onboard audio?

    Onboard sound uses CPU time and RAM whereas a card will only use RAM. The card will improve game performance. I'm not using my SB live card because onboard is 7.1 and the card is only 5.1. I have a 2.1 speaker system. I'm a moron. cheers
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    latest Crysis Trailer

    Sorry, double post.
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    latest Crysis Trailer

    Crazy awesome. I'm actually excited, expecially considering I've just shelled out for a new system including an 8800. The depth of field effect is impressive and I've been waiting for something to replicate doom berserker mode. Seems as though it's going to look amazing and play amazing...
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    No, I am saying that information cannot be transmitted faster than the speed of light and that is an incontravertable fact. Sorry if you don't like that. I thought I lost all credibility with you when I stated earlier that angular momentum was conserved (which I guess you accepted I was...
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    Differnce between sleeping and..

    I've got no idea what goes on in the brain when I'm awake let alone when I'm asleep. I like to think of sleep as defragging the brain. Your brain cuts off outside stimuli so that it can process everything that's been taken in. That's why you can be tired just from doing lots of reading rather...
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    Stating that gravitational waves might exist because you can imagine someone outside the solar system experiencing something to do with gravity doesn't constitute a thought experiment. If man were meant to fly, he would indeed have wings, that's why we built planes. I am unaware of anyone...
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    Instant reboot at high temps

    Cheers, Roguestar. Orthos ran for about an hour before I had to go so it looks okay so far but I'll push it further. You're running a zalman 9500, what sort of temps do you get (ambient versus core) on that OC?
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    Oh yeah I forgot about the study that guy did outside the solar system to detect gravitational waves. I said that in all likelihood they don't exist. Fluctuations in gravitational force is not proof of gravitational waves, they are much more complicated than that. Oh and if something...
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    Instant reboot at high temps

    I uderstand that if it were to overheat it would crash but I've seen tests on the net where e6600s have hit 70 in testing and they never said they failed. Isn't ~60 degrees a bit low for the CPU to be crashing. Also, dual sp2004 causes the same problem. cheers Edit: Okay, sp2004 failed...
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    Instant reboot at high temps

    I thought non stable OCs would fail checks like sp2004. drum, if I back down the OC what am I supposed to look for? This rig will run games for hours with no problems, it's only when the CPU is put under a full load and it hits the 60s that it reboots. cheers
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    Instant reboot at high temps

    I've OCed my e6600 to 3.6 GHz (9x401). Speedfan is telling me that in my relatively cool living room my HDD is at 27C, mobo at 35 and CPU at 37. If I were to run intel's TAT and give the cores a full workload the temps would quickly hit the 60s, this is with a Zalman 9700. The fan speed has...
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    Planets in the solar system. Why do they travel in the same direction around the sun?

    One of them does, I'm not sure which. I was taught this stuff in one lesson ten years ago so I can't really remember. One of the orbitals arranges the electrons in hourglass orbitals in three orientations vertical, horizontal and the other-one-al. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. cheers
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    It wouldn't violate conservation of angular momentum.
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    Planets in the solar system. Why do they travel in the same direction around the sun?

    Orbitals. So no they don't orbit. There are regions of space around the nucleus in which there is a certain likelihood of finding an electron. However one of the orbitals, p I think, is hourglass shaped and passes through the nucleus. cheers
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    Excuse the non sequitor but I reffered to wikipaedia because I noticed you refused to agree with someone's statement because they didn't provide a link rather than trying to understand what they were saying or accepting that if they've (biftheunderstudy) done a degree in Physics they might have...
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    Most important research areas in technology

    Stem cell research and fusion technology. Correction to the damage for all diseases and almost limitless energy, what else could you want? cheers
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    nothing can travel faster than the speed of light...

    I guess my Masters in Physics is a waste of time as well then. I should have read a FAQ and Wiki instead. cheers
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    Medusa 5.1's?

    I got the medusa pro gamer headset. Waste of money. I have no idea why anyone thinks they're 'awesome.' The sound quality is poor and the actual surround sound is non existent, it never sounds like anything is behind you. Just by a decent pair of stereo headphones and buy a 7.1 surround...
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    *** Official ASUS P5B / P5B Deluxe Thread ***

    jaded25, If I were you I wouldn't bother babying around with the fsb, just go for the fsbs that match your ram timings. Just go for 500 fsb adjusting voltages as you go. Or try 401 MHz and run the ram at ddr2 800. My p5b-e plus works fine. You say this is your first rig, have you...
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    Overclocking an E6600 on a P5B-E Plus

    Thankyou, I'm going to go for 500 MHz fsb so will those timings still be okay even though the RAM would be running at ddr2-1000? cheers
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    Overclocking an E6600 on a P5B-E Plus

    Looks like Qfan was stopping speedfan from working. With the zalman at max speed the temps are currently running at 50 according to speedfan although TAT is saying 45. I've got TAT running 100% workload tests as well as dual sp2004. The fan is pretty noisy but that won't be a problem when a...
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    Overclocking an E6600 on a P5B-E Plus

    Hi, I'm in the uk. I think the plus is like a hybrid between the revised p5b-e and the deluxe. It's nice. I'm using the latest speedfan. Intel's gives the same readings. I'm back at 3.6 now and idle temps are around 35. Load temps push 60. I think the temp probe must have had an...
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    Overclocking an E6600 on a P5B-E Plus

    Evening all. I recently purchased the aforementioned cpu, mobo combo along with 2 gig of ddr800 corsair ram. I'm reasonably knowledgable when it comes to OCing but when it comes to OCing intels, temps and pros and cons of fsb speeds I'm a bit limited. So, I pushed the fsb to 400 because...
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    Banned from Nvidia Forums by Chris Ray (Update: Situation Resolved, Mistaken Identity)

    I can't really comment on the fact that you were banned but it is a little worrisome that the 8800, technically the only card 100% compliant with vista, is the only card that cannot run vista, even if it is in the RTM stage. It is especially worrisome when you are waiting for yours to arrive...
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    Upgrade recommendation

    I do have a socket 939 mobo but it's a bit pricey to get a new CPU for it when it's still going to be rubbish compared to an e6300. To be honest, I can probably wait it out a bit and just re-equip, it shouldn't cost too much and will still last for ages, I think. If I get a decent 775 mobo...
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    Upgrade recommendation

    Oh and another thing, my budget could cover either a 7600 GT 256MB or a 7600 GS 512 MB. I know clock speeds are much higher on the GT but would the extra video RAM of the GS be more important? Also, I thought system RAM wasn't particularly important these days for gaming outside of loading...