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    experiences with mini-itx and dedicated GPU?

    Anyone out there have experiences building an HTPC w/ a dedicated GPU in a mini-ITX format? I'd like to be able to run MadVR+SVP and do a little gaming all in a small package. Wondering if folks here have experiences with this and any particular cases and/or cards you might recommend. Probably...
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    Happy sonic co-existence: SPDIF MB Header & HDMI?

    I am planning a PC to use as a streamer for both audio and video. I intend to feed the audio through a DAC. My preference is to use a coax to the DAC but it appears the ITX boards only have optical outs. Most of them (not ASrock it would seem) have SPDIF headers on the board which I could hook...
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    gravis eliminator on windows 7

    Anyone know if I can find a driver for this for windows 7 (i'm running 64 bit). Google didn't turn up anything useful.
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    GA-p35-DQ6 realtek analog ports gray

    The RealTek control panel has the analog inputs grayed out. It certainly does not detect when I plug in anything into the back panel or the front panel. I have cleaned all the drivers and re-installed 1.84 (even unplugged all usb except for my mouse) as suggested was suggested in another...
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    Seems like a deal

    I've been offered an opportunity to by an "overstock" item from a builder (previous buyer backed out). I've been thinking about upgrading my fx-55/6800-sli for a while. This machine will be used for gaming, some modest encoding, and work-related projects (programming/debugging multi-tier...
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    sound gone on dg965wh

    I built a HTPC using an Intel DG965WH. Occasionally the sound goes out. I've not had much luck isolating the issue and I've tried reinstalling the drivers without success. It would go in and out and, in the past, I've been able to get the sound working again but not it seems gone for good :-(...
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    a8n-sli deluxe hang on shutdown

    about a week ago I had updated my bios on this board to the latest official version (1016). I was required to upgrade my chipset driver prior to the bios upgrade. I'm not sure if it started happening exactly then since I was doing a bunch of other stuff (installing some periferals, doing some...
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    Worth it? 6800gt-sli -> 7600gt or 7950gt?

    Contemplating an upgrade to get a little better gaming performance on my current rig. I have an fx55/a8n-sli premium with a pair of evga 6800gt's. I get in the low 4000's in 3dmark06... nearly 10k in 3dmark05. I was pretty much middle of the pack for similar systems with the 7950/fx55 but there...
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    SATA HD Sweetspot in a few years time?

    It seems pretty clear that right now 250GB is the sweet spot in drives today and it seems to have been there for quite some time. I am am setting up a RAID array that I want to be able to expand over time. The question is in a couple of years when I want to buy a couple more drives to throw on...
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    NCQ or 16MB Sata drives for Server's RAID array?

    Putting together a raid 5 array on a server that will serve up media to one or two tv's as well as hosting a SqueezeBox server. Probably do ripping on it as well. Probably will *not* do any PVR functionality on it. I've got a SATA2 raid card that (by definition) supports NCQ. Sticking mainly...