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    Good brand for GF 6600GT

    I'm planning to buy GeForce 6600GT (PCIe) for myself. Please suggest me a good brand. Asus, XFX, Leadtek, BFG. You can order them in descending.
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    TwinMOS memory

    Is this brand good...?? Is it better than my Kingston ValueRAM??
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    K8N or K8N4-E...??

    One of my friend wants to change his mobo from K8S to some nVidia chipset (nF3 or nF4)......which is better choice?? K8N (nForce 3 250) K8N4-E (nForce 4-4x)...?? Is there any kind of issue in nForce 4-4x chipset??
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    Hard drive

    I'm looking for 160GB HDD for my Asus A8N-E motherboard. What's the differenece between Seagate normal SATA and SATA with NCQ..?? Is NCQ drive more expensive than normal SATA..?? And also tell me about SATA-II........are these drives available?? Any performance gain.....what's the cost compared...
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    GeForce to Quadro...???

    While surfing on the internet, I got this thread.....the guy is saying that you can convert your GeForce to Quadro......but the thing is that he has mentioned only Ti4x00 series. I have Ti4200 on my machine. But before doing any experiment on that I want to do this on diff machine which has...
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    What maximum speed can be achieved..??

    We all know that DVD has maximum speed limit upto 16x due to physical limit. But it seems there is new invention every month in other formats of DVD...like RW or DL. Till date we have these speeds (according to my knowledge....and after release of 1693) +R = 16x -R = 16x +RW = 8x -RW = 6x...
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    Which connector..??

    I have NEC 3520A and LiteOn SOHR-5238S in my system. And I have connected these drives by 40 pin conductor cable to my mobo. Is 80 pin conductor cable recommended...?? Is there any harm to drives, if I connect this cable?? And will performance increase after doing so..?? While reading this...
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    Which DVD-ROM..?

    I'm looking for a DVD-ROM but confused about the brand. Which brands are good?? I'm thinking of LiteOn, Sony and LG. Please suggest me good DVD-ROM between these...!!
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    Good 17" flat CRT monitor suggestion

    I'm working in computer graphics and looking for good 17" flat CRT monitor. Which one is better......Samsung 793MB or ViewSonic E72f+SB?? One of my friends has ViewSonic E71f+SB and Altec Lansing ATP3 speakers. But whenever he turn the volume of ATP3 higher, his E71f+SB gets distorted. But I...
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    nForce 2 mobo crashing in dual channel.

    My friend has following configuration- AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton) Gigabyte GA-7N400-L1 motherboard (nForce 2 400 Ultra chipset) Kingston ValueRAM 512MB DDR at 333MHz (PC2700) (2x256MB) Samsung 80GB 7200rpm IDE PowerColor 256MB DDR ATI Radeon 9550 The problem is that whenever he...
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    msi rs480

    How is MSI RS480 motherboard?? And what is equivalent to X200 graphics?? Is Radeon 9550 better than X200?? I'm looking for value 939 board. I have seen the performance of Radeon 9550 and I'm pretty impressed....I don't need a high-end graphics like X850XT or so.....just looking for budget solution.
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    CPU Fan Problem

    Just now I have built a Athlon 64 system for one of my friend. The config goes like this- 1. AMD Athlon 64 2800+ CPU (754 socket) 2. Asus K8N mobo (nForce 3 250 chipset) 3. Kingston 1GB DDR 400 (2x512MB) 4. Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA 5. PowerColor 256MB Radeon 9550 6. Sony CD Burner 7...
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    custom IE toolbar

    Does anyone know, how to make custom made toolbar for IE. I want my company's name on this toolbar....!! Please help...!!
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    Maxtor vs Seagate

    Is Maxtor's DiamondMax 10 (with 8MB buffer) better than Seagate's current Barracudas?? I'm looking for 120GB Sata hard drive....!!
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    Two Memory Modules??

    Guys....I'm planning to buy Asus K8N mobo (754 socket) with A64 3000+. I want to install 1GB DDR400 memory on this. Now, as socket 754 doen't support dual channel config......is it wise to buy two modules of 512MB?? Should I buy one module of 1GB or two modules of 512MB?? Is it safe to use...
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    BIOS Update

    I have Asus A7V266-C mobo with VIA KT266A chipset. I have updated my BIOS from Asus Update. But the release date of that BIOS is 2003. I have checked Asus' website, but no newer updates are there..!! Can I update my BIOS from Award's site?? (I guess Award merged with Phoenix). And can I update...
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    Corsair ValueSelect

    I want to buy 512MB DDR of Corsair ValueSelect (400MHz) for my Asus K8N motherboard. On Corsair website I can see two modules namely- VS512MB400 VS512MB400C3 What's the differance between two?? I think it's something related to CAS Latency. One has 2.5 and other has 3. Which one is better...
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    is this a normal with SATA HDD??

    I have build a Athlon 64 system for one of my friends. I used MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum board along with Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA hard drive. For the first time I used a SATA HDD. Now when I plugged this drive to SATA 1 port, then in BIOS it was showing as Third boot device. My Primary Master...
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    Help me to choose...!!

    Which is better for 80GB SATA.......Western Digital or Seagate?? Which is ideal manufacturer for Radeons......Asus or PowerColor??
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    Looking for silent SATA HDD

    Recently I have seen many Seagate SATAs and they're very loud. Actually Seagates were popular for their silence. But this is not true for their SATA drives. I have seen two 80GB and one 120GB Seagate SATAs, but they're much loud. I don't like Samsung personally. I'm confused about the SATA hard...
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    Problem installing Windows XP...!!

    My friend has compaq machine with Pentium 3 650MHz, 256MB SD RAM and Quantum Fireball 15GB hard drive. Whenever I try to install Windows XP, the following error occurs on first restart. The error is something like this on black screen "Couldn't open drive multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0)...
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    Flashing a video card

    Can anybody tell me how to flash our video card?? I don't know anything about this!!!!
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    K8N or K8N-E Deluxe

    I'm planning to buy Athlon 64 3000+ (754 pins), but I'm totally confused about mobo. I can see two good mobos in market. Asus K8N-E Deluxe and K8N........I know the later one have less features compared to first one. Like K8N don't have Sil RAID, Gb LAN, and IEEE 1394 ports. But is there any...
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    machine for Oracle..!!

    Iam planning to build a machine and run Oracle on it. What is better for me...a Pentium 4 or Athlon? I am undecided about Oracle's hardware reqs...and does it run on Athlon 64?
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    Best mobo for socket 754!!

    Hi guys, Please suggest me the best motherboard for socket 754 Athlon 64. Is nForce3 250Gb is better than VIA's K8T800 chipset?? I'm basically looking for Asus or MSI mobo.
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    ATI graphics in nForce3

    Hi there, I'm planning to buy Asus K8N-E Deluxe (nForce3 250Gb) mobo for my Athlon 64 (socket 754). I have PowerColor ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AGP. Now my question is......is this ok if I put ATI based card in nForce3 chipset based mobo?? Or will there be any conflicts between ATI graphics drivers...
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    combo drive

    I'm planning to buy a combo drive.....please suggest me between LiteOn or Sony!!
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    PSU to new Asus SLi mobo.

    I'm planning to buy Asus A8N-E Deluxe mobo. I have read that it requires 24 pin power connector (ATX 2.0) instead of normal 20 pin power connector. What should I do if I have older PSU with 20 pin connector?? Should I have to replace it??
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    6600Gt brand...!!

    Looking for 6600GTin AGP version......for what I should look for?? Which brand....XFX, MSI or Leadtek or something other??
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    PSU for 6600GT

    I'm planning to buy GeForce 6600GT.......how much minimum PSU I need???
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    Radeon Selection Help

    How is this Club3D brand for Radeons?? Is it good??
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    Monitor help

    Hi, I'm looking for 17" flat CRT. I have decided to go for either ViewSonic or Samsung. Here are links for both.....suggest me better one!! ViewSonic- http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=24-116-254&depa=0 Samsung- http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=24-001-168&depa=0
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    Radeon 9600XT Brand

    Hi, I'm planning to buy Radeon 9600XT, but confused about brand. Asus or PowerColor?? Here are the links for both- Asus- http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-121-509&depa=1 PowerColor- http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-131-239&depa=1 Please help me deciding the brand...
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    Case for Prescott

    Hi, I'm looking a good case for my P4 3.0E with Asus P4P800-E Deluxe mobo. I can see some Antec cases specially made for prescotts with blower inside. Like solution series SLK1650B or SLK2650-BQE etc. Can I use Sonata or Wavemaster for my kind of CPU. (I love the looks and buid quality of...
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    Confused about brands...!!

    I'm about to build my next PC. I have decided all components, but fully confused about hard drive brand. I'm planning for 120GB SATA....but not sure whether to buy Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 or Seagate Barracuda. Can you help me regarding that?? I'm looking for reliable, fast, long lasting and...