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    RAM causing crashes, want to confirm my theory

    Before I start I should say I think I have solved the issue but wanted to get some confirmation that my thinking is correct. I recently built a new 2011-3 PC using an MSI Gaming 9 motherboard with 64Gb of RAM. One of the sets of RAM were faulty and had to be warrantied and while I had 32Gb in...
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    Decision time, 4790k vs 5930

    So tax time is coming and it's time to upgrade but I'm not sure which direction to take or even if I need to upgrade CPU at this stage. I'm currently running a 3770k and trying to decide between upgrading to 4790k, 5930k or staying where I am for now for the following use-cases; 1. Gaming...
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    NAS advice please

    I'm looking to get a 4-bay NAS to setup as a media server to pretty much sit and stream content to my 360's and PS3 around the house as an energy saving measure so my main comp can be off most of the time rather than on 24/7. Essentially I want to stay under $400AU and am looking at the...
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    7970 vs 680 for WoW multiboxing.

    Ok, am about to pull this trigger next week on a 680 or a 7970 in my gaming rig to upgrade from a 6950....used for dev work and gaming including 5-boxing WoW, which is where the question mostly comes into play. Looking at the difference between a 2Gb 680 and a 3Gb 7970 (looking at direct cu2...
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    Nvidia 3D questions

    Hey all, just a (hopefully) easy question looking for an answer. If I run a HDMI out of my NV460 setup (or 580 next week) into my panasonic 3D plasma will it work natively (ie with just needing the glasses from the TV) or do I still need to get the Nv3D kit? And is it better for 3D 1920x1080...
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    460sli vs 480sli

    Am about to pull the trigger this weekend on my new build and I only have this choice left to make but I haven't seen any benchmarks comparing the two, only 460sli vs a single 480. I'll be running an i7-930 with 3 24" monitors at 1920x1080, using the system for development work, playing...
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    Tax time - new gaming build ~$2500Aus

    PC will be used for * XBLA & Windows development using Visual Studio * Light graphics work using PS * Audio work using Ableton, Reason, Sonar, Guitar Rig * 5-boxing Warcraft * X-Plane & Flight Sim * Upcoming games such as SC2, Rage, etc Budget is max $3k Aus but will be reusing monitors...
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    6 monitors, 1 PC

    Hopefully a fairly simple question :) I currently have an evga 780 SLI mobo with 3 PCIE slots in it. I'm running 2 7800GTX's to run 4 monitors on it, and then another 2 on a second PC but it just occurred to me that I could perhaps place a third card in the free slot and run the final two...
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    Tax time.....rate my planned build :)

    Ok, heading into tax time here in aus and looking to build a system up asap to take into account tax benefits. PC will be used primarily for games development and video/DAW work, along with multiboxing WoW (5 instances) and a file/sql server...ie, it will be my general goto pc in most...
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    Best option for wow multiboxing?

    Hey guys, currently running a Q6600 with 4Gb ram and a 9600GT for multi-boxing WoW with 5 instances on the pc, 1 fullscreen on 22" @ 1650 x 1080 and 4 on the other 22" 1/4 screen each. I'm currently having some framerate issues (eg only getting around 15fps on all instances) so have decided...
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    8800GTS vs 9600GT

    Hey guys, haven't seen any comparison benchies between these two so thought I'd ask for opinions before the markets this weekend. I recently built up a Q6600, 4GB Ram, Gigabyte DS3-R system running into dual 22" widescreen lcds @ 1680x1050 but, being unsure of which direction to go and no...
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    New Build opinion

    Hey guys, looking to build a new pc to take over as my main development, DAW and gaming pc as well as perhaps fileserver but thinking that running up a second box (or 6th as will be the case really) running WHS could be a better option...but guess with the current system spec I am posting, if I...
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    Core2 Quad SMP + Quad SLI

    Looking to build a new system for work and play around the time Vista is released and figured I might as well build the one that will actually help with my productivity, as such I figure a board that supports these features is what I need to look at if I can get it so my question is, does anyone...
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    SLI benchmarking issue, looking for help

    Hi all, first time posting here and hoping I can get some help on a perculiar problem. I brought a new system last week comprised of: 1. Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI motherboard 2. 2GB GEIL PC3200 Ram 3. 2 x Pixelview 7800GTX Cards 4. Athlon AMD64 3800+ X2 5. 2 X 250GB WD SATA II drives...