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    who changed my account?

    Im suppose to be madeupfacts, what is going on??
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    MMO Question

    Being a long time fan and player of text-based roleplaying games where (in my experience) the quality of roleplaying both from a player perspective and creator perspective is generally high, I am hesitant to make the leap to the MMO"RPG" communities. What I am curious about, and I figured here...
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    Temp Monitoring

    What is the best way to get accurate temperature readings of the CPU? Which program, device, etc? The reason I am asking is because my temps using Corecell (MSI Neo2 thing), MBM5, and Everest and they all report different temperatures. Not sure which one to trust. Furthermore, I just...
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    nevermind

    n/m :)
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    Is this a quality PSU?

    PSU As the title says, is this a good PSU? Has 38amps on the 12V rail.
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    X-530's and Neo2 Platinum help

    The Neo2 has the 7.1 Channel Realtek audio chip and I have just purchased the Logitech X-530 speakers. I hooked everything up according to both manuals (mb and speaker) and yet I am only getting sound through the front two speakers and the subwoofer, but nothing is coming through the center or...
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    CPU or Mobo or me?

    The specs: 939 3200+ Winchester K8N Neo2 Platinum 1GB Patriot RAM w/XBL Alright, I was following Zebo's excellent guide and could only get the FSB to 230 and could go no higher. I took the CPU and the RAM out of the equation as he said by setting them low, however no matter what I...
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    Some assistance please

    Alright, I have the following: 3200+ "Winchester" 90nm MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 2x512MB Patriot XBL RAM @ 2.5-3-3-7 1T The first thing I did was adjust the timings on the memory from 2-2-2-5 2T to the above stated memory. In the BIOS I had the memclock set to Auto, however when I tried to...
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    Temps

    I have a 3200+ Winchester on a K8N Neo2 and a Thermaltake Silent Boost HSF w/ AS5 and after a little over a week of running it, my temps at idle are around 41oC and at load (Prime95 TT, opt 1) around 56oC. These temps are according to Everest and Corecell adds 5oC to every temp. Also the Ambient...
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    Quick Question about Windows XP

    Is there any way to remove items (permanently) from the windows toolbar (I think that is the name for it....kinda having a brain fart atm - it is the list of icons on the bottom right of the screen next to the clock.) Thanks in advance.
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    Uninstalling WinXP Pro

    Alright, I have just finished putting together my rig and installed WinXP Pro and all the drivers last night. I have 2 hard drives: A 74GB Raptor (partitioned 20/54) and a 160GB Samsung SATA. Now, given that it was late, I stupidly (and accidentally) installed WinXP Pro and all my important...
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    Quick help please

    Thanks in advance for helping out. Alright, I was installing my HSF onto my A64 (3200+) with some AS5, however I think I put too much on. The AS5 Instruction page online said only a 3/4 size of a BB amount to put onto the IHS, but I put more like a BB and a half on it. So, I pulled the HSF...
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    XFX 6800 GT @ Monarch

    Linkage Not bad considering the prices I have seen and the low availability.
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    Tsunami Question

    Does anyone have the Thermaltake Tsunami case WITH the 400W PSU? If so, how stable is the power supply unit? I do not trust Newegg reviews, so looking for someone's informed opinion on this here. Thanks in advance.
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    SCSI

    I have been looking around for a new hard drive to put my OS, games and apps onto. My first look was into the 74GB Raptor and although impressed, I have read here and elsewhere that the SCSI drives are a bit faster. When it comes to SCSI drives, though, I am pretty much a noob. I found this SCSI...
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    OCZ RAM

    http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=20-146-950&DEPA=1 I know OCZ is reputable for their excellent RAM, especially the Platinum Rev. 2 PC-3200, but I found this while looking through Newegg. It is their Performance Series PC-3500 RAM, which is about $60 cheaper. Is this RAM a great deal for...
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    Advice Please?

    I am going to be building a *budget* computer, where price and stability are the prime concerns. I have all of the components chosen except for the case. I was wondering what would be the best case in terms of quality for no more than $60.00. Aesthetics are secondary as this will be built for a...
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    Tsunami

    I am considering purchasing this for my next build and am wondering what are your opinions/testimony for the Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA. Thanks.