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    Gaming and Video Editing?

    I'm looking to help my son with his next PC. We have built two together in the past, the last based on recommendations from this forum. He enjoys PC gaming and also amateur video editing. He doesn't need workstation level performance and couldn't afford it, but would like to compile/render...
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    Replacement for stock E33681

    I have an old desktop with a Socket 775, Core 2 Duo processor on which the original Intel E33681 fan has given up the ghost. It was cooling adequately for our use before and I don't really need anything much quieter. Should I just find another E33681, or are there sub $20 options you would...
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    Video Editing Build/Buy advice

    My son enjoys creating and editing videos but the older PCs we have built (one WinXP and the other Ubuntu) at home with dual core processors and 2GBs of RAM struggle with the loads. Where do we need to put our focus when upgrading, building or buying a PC primarily for video editing use? Is it...
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    Chess Engines

    Assuming a single CPU desktop PC, what CPU feature(s) have the biggest impact on the calculation speed/depth of chess engines? Threads, clock speed, cores, something else?
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    Upgrade from integrated to a card <$100

    As a gift I'd like to help my 12-yr-old son upgrade the computer he built last year so that it can run Realflight G4.5 (a flight simulator) which requires a GPU with at least 512MB, Pixel Shader 3.0 and DirectX9.0 or better. The OS is WinXP with 3GB RAM and a 19&quot; LCD monitor running at...