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    New build, old hard drive

    First of all, sorry if this is a small problem, easily fixed by 90% of members here, but I'm stuck. New build finished today (E8400, 4GB DDR2, Gigabyte Mobo, same stuff everyone is getting). I am using old hard drives, one (a Raptor) has Vista installed and is selected as the boot disk. But...
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    I have a chance at good deal, worth it?

    Our local CompUSA is going out of business and I can get any of these for 40 percent off. Looking for advice on which is the best deal, which is more reliable. Specs below the PSUs. Antec NEOPOWER Blue 650W $179 Antec TruePower Trio $159 Antec TruePower Quattro 850W $250 Corsair HX 620W...
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    Need quick help: Just upgraded to an X2 4600

    Machine boots fine and in Windows Task Manager I see two boxes under cpu usage history. The first thing I wanted to try was to encode a dvd for my iPod. On my old setup (AMD 3000+) it would encode a dvd in about 35 min. maybe more. Now, it's taking the same time. I just thought maybe things...
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    CPU Upgrade (s939) question

    Hope I can get a little help here. I want to upgrade my chip. Currently running a single core AMD 64 3000. Want to go to a dual core chip. But, I can't seem to find the one I want. I'm a Newegg/ZipZoomFly shopper. My question, what will I lose by getting a chip with an L2 Cache of 2 x 512...
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    Dual monitors. Any experience?

    I currently have a 7800GT vid card and want to run dual monitor. Will this card be able handle two 22" monitors? Or, do I need to grab another 7800GT and run SLI? If that's the case, I probably won't get another monitor. Thanks in advance.