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    New PC build, looking for suggestions or huge glaring problems I've missed.

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($197.99 @...
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    Putting together a PC for a friend, and wanted to check with you guys. :)

    My friend wants a new computer. He wants a really great gaming machine that can run basically everything at something approaching best quality. Unfortunately, he doesn't feel like he can build it himself, and I live too far away from him to build it for him. So we're going to use Mwave's...
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    Non-technical cloud storage?

    A friend asked me if there was any way she could backup her files somewhere online, and have the files be updated automatically or semi-automatically. A place where the data would be safe, but kept up-to-date. It would be even better if new files were automatically backed up, as well. I...
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    Old, lying computer advertisements

    Back in the 90s, I remember seeing these ads all over magazines like Computer Shopper that were advertising computers with absolutely stupid specs. Like, stuff that I knew couldn't be right. While I only had a 486sx (33 mhz!) at the time, my friends were beginning to get things like Pentium...
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    New computer--weird problem.

    So I got a Gateway off Tiger Direct. Refurbished. Just got it today, and it's already being odd. So I don't know if I should keep it. When I first turned it on, nothing happened. No video was sent to either monitor. It wouldn't even post. Unplugged both monitors, tried again. Nothing...
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    Best way to test a new computer for faults?

    I just ordered a new computer from Tiger Direct. I built my last two computers, but the price on this one was too good to pass up. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&srkey=fx6831 i7 860, 8 gigs RAM, 1.5 TB HDD, HD 5850, 750 Watt PSU. The problem is . . . well, there are...
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    New wireless router problems

    I just started renting a house that I was previously renting only a room of. My roommate (whom I was renting from) had a wireless router, but it was constantly plagued with problems. Often (several times a day or more), no one would be able to connect wirelessly to the router. It would try...
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    Help me choose a laptop. =)

    I'm starting what should be a painfully difficult couple of years at college this fall, and to treat myself (and to give myself the ability to stay at school longer and take faster, better notes), I'm using some grant money to buy myself a laptop. All I need is something that will let me do...
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    System temp higher than CPU temp???

    I just built this machine a couple weeks ago. Now, I don't have the best air flow I've ever seen... but it isn't horrific. (I'm not very good at cable management, honestly.) But up until today, my temps have been about 35 or 36 for my CPU, and about 30 or 31 for my system. But today the...
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    Opteron 165

    Got FSB at 270, memory set at 133, volts at '+0.025.' (Ends up about 1.42 volts) I can't seem to get it to boot at 280. Hrm. What is the upper limits for volts? Probably 1.45-1.50 max, right? (For me to be playing it safe, I mean. I don't like risk.) What's the max safe temp? Right...
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    I've got an Opteron 165. I installed the dual core drivers. I haven't installed the hotfix, because everything I've read says that the hotfix only helps with problems encountered with Cool 'n' Quiet, and I don't have that activated. Now, let's say I run Prime95. It will immediately jump up...
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    Problem with 3DMark05?

    When I attempt to run 3dMark05, it errors out. When I click 'Run 3dMark' it flashes my screen black and then goes back to the desktop. There are two error messages. One from 'epunsydima' that says, "Unable to write to F:\Program Files\EPoX\EPTP\TYPE13-1.INI." Another from '3DMark05.' It...
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    WOO! Just built my new computer! A few problems though.

    I just finished building my new computer. It has a 250 gigabyte Seagate HDD in it. I'm installing windows XP right now. It's formatting. But it's only recognizing 131062 megabytes of space. Why is this so? Will this get better when XP installs? Or is something else wrong? Thanks. =)
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    Question about Opteron installation

    I mostly built my new computer today. (RAM is coming tomorrow.) I installed the Opteron 165 I got. I lifted the lever on the motherboard, lined up the arrows and it fell right in, didn't need to be pushed at all. I made sure the chip was all the way in, and pressed the lever back down...
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    Whoa.. .I'm lost.

    I've pretty much put together my new computer. (Waiting for RAM to show up tomorrow.) But there's something I'm completely clueless about. I have cords from my case for power, reset, spkr, and HDD led. And I found those pins on the motherboard. But they aren't keyed. What direction am...
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    Help about heatsink and Arctic Silver 5

    I just got an Opteron 165. It's got a really nice heatsink that came with it. The bottom of the heatsink is covered in a thin layer of silverish goo. Is this goo thermal compound? Should I remove it before I apply AS5? I think I should, but I wanted to ask before I removed something I...
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    Question about widescreen LCDs

    I would like a widescreen LCD, but I've read that many games (especially older ones) don't support widescreen. Is it possible to play these games in their normal aspect on a widescreen monitor, with 'black bars' on the right and left of the image? Or is the only option to have the image...
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    I just got a Centurion 5, question about it.

    This is the first computer I've built. I can't start on it yet, all my parts have not arrived. However; I have a couple questions about my case. It came with two fans. One in front and one in back. On the side panel, there's this black 'duct' like object projecting into the case. What is...
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    Opterton 165 or 170?

    I'm building a new computer soon, and I'm starting to think it might be a good idea to go ahead and buy my processor. I've heard that Opterons might be going away? In any event, they recently went up in price... wondering if that might happen again. Anyway. I'm trying mainly to decide...