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    Harddrive question

    I have a harddrive from my early 2000s Dell which has died. Would i be able to swap out my current HD and replace it with my old one? Would i be able to set the old HD as a slave and retrieve data from it? Yes, i have the necessary cables to connect the old HD to my MB. Thanks
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    Buying different ram

    i currently have 2gb of crucial ballistix. im upgrading to 4 gbs of ram and wanted to get 2 more gb of crucial but have been hearing shady things with crucial. is it alright if i mix my 2x1 gb of crucial with 2x1gb of gskill?
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    Watching videos fullscreen with sites like youtube.

    i can't watch videos on youtube with fullscreen. it comes up as a gray/white screen. is this supposed to happen?
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    dual screen problem

    i just put up 2 dual screens with my second monitor being a 19" CRT and my main being a 19" widescreen. now heres the problem, when i play games and my main screen goes to full screen, is there ANY way to move the mouse cursor on the second screen without alt tabbing? example: for those who...
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    Best thermal paste TODAY?

    whats good these days in the thermal paste world?
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    HD3870 and Accelero

    http://www.insidehw.com/Hardwa...on-of-Accelero-S1.html just read that. does that mean that the old S1 won't fit on a HD3870? i just bought 1 from newegg a few days ago and came in today.
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    Question about HD3870

    how come the stock clock speeds are777/1125? aren't they 777/2400? also, the GPU temp is 50C idle. is that wrong? i've read in other forums they got lower.
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    what does enabling aa/af in CCC do?

    say u turn aa to max in CCC, would it neccessarily be better than setting aa and af in game? would it neccessarily make cs1.6 look better and other older games? this might be a stupid question, but just wondering.
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    Just using my CPU for the first time with new build

    just turned on my comp for the first time today. ASUS P5E x38 E2160 HD3870 Ballistix 2gb(2x1) opened up core temp and got the following L2 revision 1.325 v core#0: 38 core#1: 38 is that normal? packaged on 10/17/07. i plan to overclock this to about 3ghz.
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    Why isn't HD3870 beating up the 8800GT?

    the HD3870 outclasses the 8800GT in pretty much every category. why does it perform slightly slower rather than much greater than the 8800GT? HD3870 Core clock: 775MHz Stream Processors: 320 stream processing units Memory Clock: 2400MHz Memory Size: 512MB GDDR4 Memory Interface: 256-bit...
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    The Choice of Video Cards

    originally, i had planned to get a HD3870 from dell with the paypal discount, but Dell was taking so long that i canceled it and ordered it from NCIXUS where it was in stock. It was $250 after shipping. The card from NCIXUS hadn't shipped in 3 days waiting so i went and canceled that one too...
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    just got my e2160

    how do you tell what stepping the processor is? mine says that pack date is 10/12/07. and the heatsink, i can assume the thermal paste is already applied to the bottom of the heatsink and all i have to do is install it on top without applying anything? thanks
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    for those with a supremefxII audio card.

    i have an OLD TB santa cruz from years ago and im getting a x38 that comes with the supremefxII. how does the supremeFXII compare to decent sound cards? how does it compare as an onboard sound card?
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    newbish question about ram

    is there really a point to get PC6400 if you aren't using the full 400 FSB on it? take the E2160 for instance(im getting), it has a multi of 9 and fsb of 200. wouldn't 200mhz of my ram be going to waste unless i overclock?
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    Decision on processor with questions

    im deciding whether to get a cheap cpu first then upgrade to penryns sooner(4-5 months)(e2140?) OR get a e6750 and wait longer for the penryn replacement(a year or so after) questions how much does the cache size really matter.(4m and 2m and 1m) between the higher and lower end...
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    which speakers for computer entertainment?

    well i'll mostly be using it to play games and listen to music. i currently have an OLD logitech 5.1 in which i dont even use the rear speakers because it is a hassle to put them behind my chair every time. so i've decided to go with 2.1 audio. nothing too expensive. i've been looking at the...
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    Which motherboard for CF

    ive been thinking it over and wanted to get a CF setup later on after the initial build. currently, im aiming for HD3870 and maybe a year or 2 down the road, CF it up and get another 3870 or better card. i am also putting in C2D into the machine so my choices for MB are limited. which should i get.
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    P182 and P180B

    well im looking at a new build and have been eyeing the p18- antec cases for a while. just wondering what the differences are between the 2. the p180b is currently 130 with a $40MIR making it $90. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811129017 the p182 is $150 with no deals...
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    New Build for me

    well its been about 3.5 years since my last build. just need some help with whats good these days Current Comp: AMD 64 2800 Asus K8VSE Deluxe Ati Radeon 9600 Pro 2x512mb 3200 crucial 8t ram Antec Sonata II Antec 380w PS(came with tower) ViewSonic 19" Widescreen New comp im looking...
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    Question about TV-Tuners

    i was reading up on this tv tuner and was wondering what kind of channels i would get http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815100015 i have basic cable in NYC. ppl talk about HDTV/OTA-HDTV and other stuff, just wondering would i get those channels.
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    Question about the Westinghouse 24" LCD

    so i've been looking at this monitor for a while now. its been recently uncovered as a TN panel instead of a MVA, what is the difference? and it says it is a multifunctional lcd, what does that mean? can you watch tv on it? cuz i want a monitor that can play tv. thanks...