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    New XBOX 360 Study Released

    I saw this article on Gamespot, thought it was interesting. I had a feeling that the 54% reported failure rate was a little skewed. According to this article, Jasper Xbox's have a failure rate of less than 4%. I'll be picking up one of those new Jasper Elites tomorrow. They are supposed to...
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    360 Price Cut Officially Official

    I went looking for that exactly today. Went to 2 Best Buys and a Target, no luck. The employee at Best Buy said they sold all those when they first opened this morning.
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    Are the new Xbox 360 Elites Jasper?

    Yeah, I was at Best Buy today. I checked one of the Elites in the new, white packaging, it was a Jasper. You do have to tear the cardboard just a little bit, but just push it back, no one will know.
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    Got roped into helping someone else.

    I agree. Backup everything she wants to keep before doing anything. Sounds like a nasty virus, which, usually in my experience, can only be totally eliminated by reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling and/or re-imaging. Those restoration CDs are going to be pretty important.
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    Monitor disappointment

    Lanyon, welcome to the forums. I'm really surprised no one mentioned this before, but "300" is SUPPOSED to look grainy. It was made to look that way on purpose. If anyone here has ever watched it on bluray on a large TV, it looks like CRAP. Try watching something like "Finding Nemo" or...
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    E8500 E0 @ 4.17Ghz and 1.29v good for 24/7?

    I don't. I've had a system pass after 2 hours of OCCT and then crash as soon as I fire up Prime95. I'm still an old school fan of letting Prime95 run overnight before I'm satisfied.
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    Vcore & Prime95

    My experience has been that sometimes I'll get an error in prime95 after about 10 hours. It's kind of weird, but that's happened more than once. So for me, I don't feel my system is stable unless it's stressed 24 hours, but then again, I'm kind of OCD.
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    trouble overclocking my q6600

    That ram is rated to run as high as 500mhz. 1:1 is what you want, so that's good. Just make sure to watch your temps using something like Coretemp or HWMonitor since you're raising the voltage. 71c is the threshold for that cpu.
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    Video card fan runs at 100% after Vista resumes from sleep

    I'm curious about this too. I'm running the same setup and I've never been able to get it to come out of sleep mode and not be screwy. I don't get it because XP's sleep mode worked just fine. So far though, that's my only complaint against Vista.
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    Weird Crysis crash?

    Have rivatuner record your video card temps in the background. Sounds like your card might be overheating. Also, make sure you've installed the latest patches. Crysis would crash on me all the time until I patched it.
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    trouble overclocking my q6600

    You can go up to 1.5 vcore on that thing. Give it a little more juice.
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    Vcore & Prime95

    Like DSF said, instability can cause some pretty nasty problems. I'd let prime95 run for 24 hours to really know you're stable. As long as your reported vcore isn't exceeding the chip maker's specs, you don't have to worry too much about damaging the chip.
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    faulty temperature sensor?

    You're just being a worry wart. I have the exact same cpu also running at 3.8 at about that same vcore and my temps are around 43 idle and get up to about 55 under full load using a zalman cnps 9500 cooler.
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    Do I need to re-seat my heatsink/fan

    Those temps aren't bad. However, I agree with everyone here that you should redo the mount. It won't hurt anything and may drop your temps a few degrees.
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    e8400 thermal grease

    Just FYI, you might be able to get a few degrees cooler if you used Arctic Silver 5. Just scrape off the thermal paste that's on there, clean the heatsink with isopropyl alcohol, and follow Arctic Silver's instructions (website) for applying it to the cpu. Good luck with the build!
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    CPU or GPU upgrade?

    Your cpu is perfectly fine for now, especially if you overclock it a little. For gaming purposes, it would cheaper and more effective for you to change your motherboard to one that supports pci-e x16 and upgrade your video card.
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    which brand of 4870 1GB should i buy?

    As far as the card goes, all the name brands are the pretty much the same, reference. The only differences are the support/warranty (which generally/hopefully, you'll never have to use), bundled games/accessories, and sometimes slightly different clock speeds. I usually shop at newegg.com and...
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    Noob OC a q6600 - temperatures over 100c! HELP!

    I use Coretemp or HWMonitor. Speedfan generally isn't recommended.
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    CPU suggestions for moderate SFF gaming rig

    Hey Freezebyte, I was just in your boat about a month ago. Got tired of my sluggish A64 and geforce 6800. I went with the e8500 and picked up a pny 8800gt for $110 and I couldn't be happier. I agree with Denitor and V8envy, quad cores are a waste right now for anyone who isn't doing heavy...
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    I really want an 8800GT but

    Any of those cards will get you smooth gameplay on a 22 inch monitor for the games you're asking about. However, the 4850 is the best bang for the buck, in my humble opinion.
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    Looking to upgrade my Video Card

    Another vote for the 4870.
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    8800GT

    I recently picked up this 8800GT and the little slugger scored over 13000 in 3dmark06 and runs crysis fairly well with very high settings at 1280X1024. I think it's here to stay for awhile.
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    Should I buy another PSU?

    :thumbsup:
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    Is it true that LCD are easier on the eyes?

    What do you mean by LONG time? Maybe he's going all day without eating, I've done that before, in which case, a bad headache is inevitable.
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    Is this possible?

    :thumbsup: Well said.
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    Is this possible?

    Hey, sounds like someone else we all know. "640K of memory should be enough for anybody.'' -- Bill Gates Anyone trying to make any predictions about technology today is setting themselves up for a smacking.
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    Good Mid price range video card

    For that price range, you're best choices would be either a geforce 7950gt or radeon x1950xt 256mb. The performance for both cards will be very similar. Honestly though, if you aren't much of a gamer and if your max resolution on your monitor is 1280 x 1024, then you really don't need to spend...
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    Quality PSU

    I fail to see how that one is better. The enermax has 22A 12V rails while that one has 14A and 15A 12V rails. It's cheaper, but less powerful. OP, I'd stick with your original pick, that's an awesome PSU.
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    Strange Power Supply/Rebooting Problem

    It shouldn't be incompatible. It sounds like you just got a faulty one. Could happen with any brand.
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    Help me name that game from the Mid 1990s...

    Star Control II
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    Does it make sense getting an 8800GTX over the 8800GTS?

    Honestly either one of those cards are probably overkill. I game at the same resolution and I'm going to wait a couple of months for the midrange 8 series cards to come out. But if you absolutely must pick one, then GTS would get my vote for your setup.
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    I cant say im suprised

    No offense OP, but you've kind of turned a fairly neutral statement like "potential antitrust violations" into a graphics maker flame session by restating it as "price fixing" when there's no way for either you or I to know if that's really the case. Just my two cents.
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    I cant say im suprised

    Am I missing something?!?! Where in that article does it say anything about price fixing?!?!? As a matter of fact....direct quote from article -- "The DOJ has not made any specific allegations against AMD, ATI, or NVIDIA. Both AMD and NVIDIA said that they intend to cooperate with the DOJ...
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    Help me upgrade my GF?s PC for The Sims 2

    My $.02. Spend $150 on another 512 mb ram and a 7600gs and she should be good to go.
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    Cooling a 7900GS

    According to Zalman's website, either of those coolers should fit.
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    Cable internet question

    I agree, I don't know why there would be a problem, guess you'll just have to hook it up and see.
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    New Rig - Suggestions?

    Your picks look good to me, man, I can only drool. Mmmmm 8800gtx, ::Homer mouth open:: aaaauuughghghghg.
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    Never a dull moment in midway.

    Damn, you live WAY out there, no wonder they sent a chopper. Hope your neighbor is alright.
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    mouse question

    Exactly. :thumbsup:
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    Good Headset for Gaming

    I've got a set of Sennheiser PC 150s, they sound surprisingly good for the price. I know where you're coming from on the logitech/Icemat issue. You can't go wrong with Sennheiser, they know their audio. I've had a set of HD 280's on my head and they sound phenomenal, but they don't have the...