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    Best way to run 5-6 monitors with Eyefinity?

    Hi All, I'm doing a build for my father (who trades commodity spreads) and I'm running into a wall of market jargon and conflicting advice. He wants to be able to spread his commodity graphs across 5 or 6 24" monitors. I was figuring I could just get a 6970 (5 inputs) but I wanted to make...
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    Gateway FPD2485W

    Hey guys, I've been looking to upgrade my 19' to something larger, and i've been having a tough time finding something in the $300 range. Then, tiger direct comes along with a 24' gateway for $299 (it is refurbished, is that significant?). Anandtech gave it decent ratings, but is this actually...
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    CPU + Motherboard Burning up, whats the dealio?

    Hey guys, I just recently got my new system parts in the mail, and after having both a faulty MB and memory, I was finally able to post (whew). Unfortunately, my idle and load temps are insanely hot, and I have no clue why. I have installed the zalman 2 times already (with AS5), and moved my...
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    Will this overclock well?

    Hey guys, My new setup (in the mail as we, er, speak) is : E6400 Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 T2 5-5-5-12 (@ 1.9v) 8800 Gts Zalman CNPS 9500 Basically I know the processor is great, the mobo has very good reviews; but the memory i'm not sure on. I made the mistake of...
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    PSU needed for 8800 gts

    Hey guys, I'm probably going to be doing a min-overhaul of my system (going from x2 4400 to core 2 duo) and I wanted to know if my OCZ powerstream 520 would be able to handle a 8800 gts. My setup will be as follows: e6400 (to be overclocked) 3 Sata drives 2 Dvd Burners Sound Card 8800...
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    Core 2 Duo Mobo with DDR400 that doesn't suck?

    Hey guys, I'm considering a sort of half upgrade (keeping everything but the CPU and mobo), but don't want to have to ditch my ddr400 and chip out more cash for DDR 2. Is there a motherboard that will allow me to keep my ddr400 and have a core 2 duo with good performance (and overclocking)? Or...
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    Worth it to upgrade to 8800 gts 320 mb?

    Hey guys, I'm considering upgrading to a 320 mb GTS (from my 7800 gtx), but wondered if I would be held back by my aged processor and memory. As you can see i have a x2 4400 and 2 gigs of ram, with no overclocking, would having the card net me decent performance gains (in hl2, COH, Oblivion...
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    Installing a Zalman 9500

    Hey guys, I just picked up a Zalman 9500 and some artic silver, and I was wondering if there are any things i can do to maximize the cooling performance. Specifically: how much AS5 do i put on my chip? According to AS i put a 3/4 of a BB size of as5 on my cpu heatspreader, and zalman 's...
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    Cooling solution for a8n Sli-Premium

    Hey guys, I have an A8N Sli-Premium with an X2 4400 and 7800 GTX (the gtx has an AC silencer on it). My temps are: Mobo Idle @35 load 38-41 CPU Idle @ 36 Load 39-44 GPU idle @ 42 Load 54-60 These temps don't seem to extreme to me, but i've been having some problems that might be due to...
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    Low Memory With 2 GB of ram?

    Hi guys, I've been encountering this windows error for awhile now, It happens semi randomly although I've have encountered it most frequently while gaming. I'll be playing when the game suddenly loses connection to the net, after I exit I am unable to connect to the net. If i try to bring up...
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    Unable to Get t-1 with A8N-SLi Premium

    Hey guys, I finally got my system up and running stable after a fried powersupply and some faulty memory. After I installed the new ram I went into the bios to set to 2-3-2-5 timings @ t1 and got a boot failure. After resetting CMOS i was able to get 2-3-2-5 @t2 running stable and have been...
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    Memory Problems

    Hey, I just got my system working again after some powersupply problems (and having to reset the bios) everything was working fine, but i noticed that my memory timings were off (266mhz t2, instead of 400 t1) so i changed those in the bios. Restarted and was unable to get any signal to the...
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    PSU or Bios problems?

    Hey, I recently finished my build of a new gaming rig, after some problems with the hard drives everything seemed to be running fine except the USB ports (devices wouldn' power up and were not recognized by bios or winXP). I called asus and they said to update the chipset drivers, then the...
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    Fried HD's?

    Hello, I'm building a new system and have been having problems with my HD (2 250GB WD SATA's). I'm not sure if I accidently fried them somehow, or If my mobo is just being finicky. My Bios Recognizes the hd's, but either locks up halfway through boot, or somehow hides them from windows setup. I...