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  1. scooterlibby

    Wiping A Chromebook, Installing Win?

    My friend wants to know if they can wipe Acer C7 Chromebook and install Win 8. I've never played with one, so I don't know if you can go into the BIOS and boot to an external DVD drive and wipe and install. Thanks
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    MicroTower With Largest Discrete GPU Capacity?

    I kind of fell in love with the Falcon Northwest Tiki. They custom built their micro tower and can fit a GTX680 in it. I want some advice on which micro towers have the most room for a graphics card. I know it's a balancing act, but clearly it can be done.
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    HDMI to DMI Artifacting/Instability

    I have my PC (specs below) normally hooked up to the DVI port on my 1920x1200 monitor. The line that runs into my main GPU has an adapter for DMI and runs fine. However, I tried to hook my PC up to my 50'' LG Plasma using an HDMI to DMI cable and immediately had artifacting and would crash...
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    Open air case during the summer?

    I have an Antec 1200, which performs beautifully, but during the Texas summer my OC'd CPU and pair of 580 generate a tremendous amount of heat. I've toyed with removing the side panel and just letting it air out. My question is, am I actually improving airflow by doing that? I know I can...
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    Nvdia and ATI Cards On the Same Workstation?

    Forgive my ignorance on this matter - I am not an IT hardware expert. I have been building gaming setups for myself for years and was aware a few ways you could use more than one GPU. I have personally tried SLI and Crossfire. There is also the mix and match Lucid Hydra and 'switch between'...
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    What will you use your high end 7xxx or 6xx series card for?

    For those planning on purchasing the high end range of next generation cards (7970, *7990, *680, *690 - some of these are obviously not released yet and the dual GPU variants may never be) what will you be using it for? I started wondering about this because there is not really a game that...
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    Name that cooler!

    http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=32022544&postcount=8 I ran across a picture of this auxiliary GPU cooler, but cannot find the name of it online. I also asked the guy who posted it, but it's not his rig, just a stock pic for the H20 CPU cooling setup. It'd be helpful for my roasting...
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    BFBC2: Can't Find Servers but Can Join if Friends are Playing

    Having a weird problem. Specs are in my sig but I don't think it is a hardware issue. I play BC2 through Steam and now, when I search, I can't find any servers at all. Yes I have checked and double checked my filters, turned them all off, as well as reinstalled. Still no dice. When I try to...
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    How to reformat Crucial C-300?

    Silly question, I know, but for years I have only used WD drives and used their boot utility software any time I wanted to reformat and reinstall Windows. I've done some Googling, but can't find similar software for Crucial. Is there some sort of software I could use to boot and reformat the...
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    USB 3.0 Flash Drive for Key Chain?

    I was looking around Newegg for a usb 3.0 flash drive with a loop for a key chain but didn't see one. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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    'Slim' 120mm case fan?

    Hi all. On my recent new build I installed a CPU cooler that was so big (specs in sig) that it made it so that I could not mount my 120mm side case fan. I was thinking that if there was some sort of slimmer version of 120mm case fans that I might be able to put in the side fan bracket that might...
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    Program for Analyzing Hard Drive?

    I am looking for a program that will identify what is taking up the most space on the hard drive. Basically it would do do a a ranked distributional analysis of the hard drive. At work we are often asked to clear stuff up of our drives and it's a chore to figure out what is taking up the most...
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    Confused By Low Profile Adapter Bracket

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=14-102-829 Ugh this is embarrassing, but I am trying to install an ATI4650 low profile in the 2nd computer in my signature (swapping out the GTX 260 which I will sell). As it stands now I cannot push the card into the PCI-E slot because the bracket...
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    HD4200 Adequate For Star Trek Online?

    Please see the 2nd rig in the signature below and subtract the GTX260. I am thinking of giving that rig with the on-board video for a friend who's sole goal is to play Star Trek Online. Minimum requirements for the game: * OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)...
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    Starcraft 2 Thread Regarding 11 Starcraft 2 Threads

    http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2094476 Can you believe this? That's too much. What do you guys think about the Starcraft 2 thread about how there are 11 Starcraft 2 threads? That's a paddlin'. Anandtech PC Gaming Moderator KeithTalent
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    Voltage baseline for 5870 speeds on the 5970?

    The overclock of my 5970 to 900/1200 has not been stable lately at a voltage of 1162 mv. Frankly, I'd be happy with a standard 5870 clocks in each GPU and was wondering if anyone with experience had a suggestion as to what would be a voltage baseline to start from to ease back and simply do 5870...
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    Any plans to move past Source?

    I know that the Source engine gets updated, but it is damn old nonetheless. Has Valve made any comment about a new engine if the future? I'd love to see a new CS or L4D with better graphics (not that they're horrible at all, but, you know, something on the level of Dunia or Frostbite).
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    Bemoaning April Fool's Day

    Hey everybody, looking forward to trash news that gets you interested for a minute until you realize what day it is? I, sure as shit, am not: GTX485 with 512 CUDA cores! - http://plaza.fi/muropaketti/nvidia-vuoti-kuvan-ja-tiedot-tulevasta-geforce-gtx-485-naytonohjaimesta Tweakboy was right...
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    *Possible* New 470 Benchmarks

    http://vr-zone.com/forums/576902/gtx-470-benchmarks.html Their source: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,706260/Geforce-Fermi-GTX-470-und-GTX-480-Bilder-und-Benchmarks-von-GF100/Grafikkarte/News/bildergalerie/?iid=1257484 To be taken with a big grain of salt, but they say it is roughly...
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    HTPC card for 200w PSU?

    I want to put a card in my friend's old P4 Dell to replace the Radeon x300 so he can play HD video at 1080 res (no gaming or anything more intensive than that). I've been looking at the passively cooled, low profile Radeon 4350 as a good replacement, but his PSU is 200w and the HD4350 has a...
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    Brink

    I've been waiting a long time for something similar to RTCW and ET (that is actually good). This looks like an awesome game. Too bad the release date (at best) is next Fall: http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,700931/Brink-Bethesda-releases-four-gameplay-videos/News/