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    Software to transcode HD video to netbook

    My brother has a netbook that is having some trouble playing 720p video (fast moving scenes) and can't play 1080p at all I've tried google searching and I can't find anything, looking for something similar to Air Video for the iphone where it has a server on a more powerful computer that...
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    Thought on this build, need some help choosing components

    I need some help for my uncle the budget is $1000 Canadian but I'm trying to make it less than that..this is where I'm at I need some help on choosing the motherboard, cpu (instead of that athlon 2 should I go with the Phenom 2 955 for $127) and vid card also a nice sleek case don't need one...
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    Just bought a 2001 Acura 3.2cl type s

    I went and impulse bought this it's my first car at 20 I'll get some pictures up when I go to pick it up Friday. Just wanted to find out if I got it for a good price paid $9500 Canadian with taxes, license plate everything all in Anyone with the car or know someone with it.. any problems...
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    Corsair 550w enough for my system?

    I recently put in a 4870 plus my old 8800gt for phyx I'm trying to figure out if I should upgrade the power supply. the system currently is: -antec 900 case it's 5 fans I added one on the side and the one large fan on top -e8400 overclocked to 4 ghz 1.32 on the vcore -4X1Gb sticks of...
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    E8400 and EP45-UD3P

    ******Gigabyte EP45 UD3P****** E8400 445 X 9 4005MHz Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Standard ] CPU Clock Ratio.....................................[ 9 ] Fine CPU Clock Ratio..............................[ 0 ] CPU Frequency...
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    I'm stuck here I don't know which to choose these prices are in canadian the evga gtx 260 can be had for $240 + tax with a $20 rebate and the 1gig 4870 for $249 + tax bought from ncix I only gotta pay the GST.. which would be the better card is it worth upgrading from a 8800gt. I play at...
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    Dual channel RAM memory slot order

    I have two sticks of 1 gig ddr2 memory I was just wondering if it matters if I put them in slots 2 and 4 over 1 and 3...the computer doesn't want to restart with them in 1 and 3 but works perfectly in 2 and 4
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    Odd problem when I shut down computer

    I had a virus on the comp and I formatted (I formatted again and it's still doing the same thing) if I shut down the computer and turn it back on it won't boot says disk failure insert system disk.. If I go into the bios the harddrive is showing up I just click auto detect then save it will...
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    Rock band 2 or guitar hero

    I need to get my bro's a birthday present..both in the same week and they want one of these games..I know nothing about it which is the better one? thanks
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    Need some help with lower back injury

    I work in construction and the other day I ended up pulling something in my lower back, it's just a dull ache but it's right above the butt on both sides of the spine. I'm doing the Bill starr's 5x5 program so squats and deadlift are main exercises for me.. Every time I seem to do the squat...
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    Need some help recovering password for USB key

    I just found one of my old usb drives..it's password protected and I can't figure out what I had put as the password.. tried using the forgot password but all it says is that it needs to be erased. I want to check what's on it first before I erase the files. Is there a way to get into it or...
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    Choosing new heatsink e8400

    Hey could really use the help here, from what I read the Tuniq tower and thermalrights ultimas are really good but I can't get them from the store I'm buying from.. the choices I got are Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Cooler Master Hyper TX X2 OCZ Vendetta Scythe Ninja Mini 6 Heat Pipes...
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    Confused with all the ddr2 memory

    I'm building a new computer with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R and a intel core 2 e8400 and I really can't figure out which memory to choose 2GB pc-6400..want some that are capable of high speed overclocking.. choices I got are cruicial corsair xm2 mushkin 1 mushkin 2 patriot - enhanced...
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    OCZ DDR3200 2gigs, slower than spec.. less performance?

    Quick question I got a new opteron chip and have it overclocked the ram is some value series. I had to use a divider but now its ending up being slower than the 400 mhz, it's at 388 at 2.5-3-3-6 1T.. now would it really make a difference if I were to go buy some faster ram..does it really need...
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    CES: Blu-Ray filth is go

    did a search didn't see anything Text
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    Sharp 46D82U

    Bought a 46D82 yesterday from futureshop and set it up and was really dissappointed in the picture the colours kept fluctuating too much red and no matter what you did it would just go back to the way it was giving it a very horrible pq, and a few dead pixels, there was also slight horizontal...
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    Trying to find song name

    Was watchin the amc channel and they had this commercial come on was only shown in canada, http://youtube.com/watch?v=g1G8P3hSo5o the song in the background cannot find it ANYWHERE, all you can hear is "Take me away, I wanna go, I gotta get away, I wanna go, Take me far away..." if...
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    Buffalo routers which would be recommended..

    Out of these 2 WHR-HP-G54 and WLI-TX4-G54HP which would be recommended I want to do the flashing with the DD-WRT firmware for all the added features, and if there is any other stores in Canada that carries this brand.
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    Hitachi Plasma 42HDS69

    42" Plasma What do you all think of this plasma?
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    Hiding system tray icon but have program running in the background.

    I wanted to get netlimiter running on my bro's computer. He's killing the bandwidth with his bittorrent downloads and doesnt want to turn his comp off, was wondering if there was a way to hide the icon that shows in the system tray yet still have the program running in the background. thanks
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    good headphones?

    I want somethin for use to listen to music on the computer, prefer if it had alot of bass are these some good headphones or is there some others for less that 100 dollars that are better.
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    USR 5416

    Anyone happen to know how to get this pci card working with vista 64bit or 32bit edition..
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    Warner to make HD-DVD and Blu-ray hybrid disc

    Hybrid
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    Asus K8N-E DLX

    So I recently bought two sticks of 512 mb OCZ Gold pc3200 memory upgrading from the 512 generic stick I had in the motherboard..Problem is that the computer will not boot to the 400 mhz memory speed I set it at. Keeps defaulting to 333 mhz, if I take out one stick of ram it will run fine at the...
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    Best audio encoding

    Was just wondering what the best audio codec was transfering some music and wanted to know what to encode them as..mp3, mp4, lame? i think was one anyway thanks
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    cpu stress test

    title thanks
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    Headphones just fell

    So my headphones just fell and the right side the volume is extremely low what would be wrong with it? what can i do to fix this? thanks
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    lost 20 GB on a 250 GB HD

    basically I bought a new drive stuck it in partitioned it C being 50 GB and E supposedly 200. Now on the E partition there is only 184 GB. Can anyone let me know what happened here? thanks
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    video editing card?

    My friend is planning to use Avid and some other video editing stuff on his new comp he just told me to ask around so i'm posting here. Would the normal vid cards be fine for this? I was telling him he might not need to spend $660 (CAN) on a ATI x850xt which he was planning to buy could someone...
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    3500+ or 3800+

    hey since a friend of mine is planning on doing some video encoding and what not with a new comp he's buying I was wondering which would be the better processor? how much of a difference would the 500 mhz is it? be to the entire computer. thanks
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    MSI K8T Neo2-F

    this board any good? any problems with it? and what's the differences between this and the platinum board thanks
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    A good capture card

    for plugging in a vcr to change to dvd format and burnt to disc or could you just go with one of the all in wonder cards by ati there will be little or no gaming on this computer also comes with software that is easy to use since the person that this system will be built for is not that great at...
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    ASUS A8V Deluxe or MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum

    which would be the better motherboard since I've been seeing that the msi board seems to have quite a few issues and this comp is for someone who is not all that computer "literate" I guess I could say. He needs something that will run and will keep running. thanks
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    P4 or AMD 64

    Now I'm building up a computer for a friend. He mainly wants to use it for changing his video tapes into dvd's..along with some light gaming. Now my question, is there really that big of a difference if he were to choose P4 over the 64. I have the athlon 64 and I love it but I use it for gaming...
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    Which HD based mp3 player would you all recommend?

    for about 150-250 Canadian thanks
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    Your thoughts on the Asus K8v-X

    My friend is on a tight budget and he was looking at the asus K8v-x for the motherboard and the Amd 64 3000+ as his processor. I was just wondering if anyone has used this board and if they would recommend it or something else. thanks
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    anyone know when the asus k8n-e new bios is coming out and the differences

    basically what the title is asking.. thanks
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    should I leave FW enabled with athlon 64

    I've been reading that Fastwrite gives no performance game but creates quite a few problems..so I was wondering if I should disable it? thanks
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    program to check agp speed

    is there a program to check agp speed? I'm not too sure if my agp/pci lock is working.. thanks
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    vcore 1.55 or 1.6?

    I got my Athlon 64 3000+ running at 2.5 Ghz now it seemed to be running fine with 1.55v vcore I was just wondering at full load whether the comp would shut off or something. Anyone who has increased it past 2.4 Ghz can you all tell me what your vcore is at.. thanks