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    Cat needs help

    Hey guys, I mainly lurk here and don't post very often, but I felt the need to with this. A friend of mine's daughter has a cat that's less than a year old who decided to jump out of a 2nd story window and severely broke her leg. His daughter has recently lost her job and can't afford to pay for...
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    256mb performance on newest games?

    Hey guys, I've been considering buying a Sapphire 1950xt 256mb to replace my aging 1800xt 512mb. I know it's an upgrade to what I have, but I'm wondering if the faster 256mb on the 1950xt is gonna get the job done on games like Crysis, Call of Duty 4, Team Fortress 2. Would it be better to...
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    Does the hard drive really matter in gaming?

    In your personal opinion does the HD really matter when it comes to getting the most out of games. Besides the obvious faster loading levels is there any advantage?
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    IDE hard drive with SATA Raptor

    I currently have a Maxtor hard drive in this computer and I'm fixing to install a Raptor. My question is...if I leave the Maxtor in on the primary ide will I be hurting the performance of my computer any? Thanks
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    nForce or realtek drivers on ac97

    I've got a Msi Plat.2 with Realtek Ac'97 onboard. My question is I know I can install the nforce audio drivers and it will work, but is there any difference between the the nforce and the realtek drivers in quality? Thanks
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    Heatsink sticking to cpu = broken cpu

    I've got a A64 3000 Winchester with MSI plat2 and a Zalman 7000. I used Arctic Silver 5 when I put the cpu in back in November and my temps have been slowly getting worse. So I decided to take the Zalman off, clean it up and reapply the Arctic Silver better. Well When I went to pull the zalman...
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    Fixing to buy new ram need help.

    Ok guys I'm currently running a Athlon 64 3000+ you guessed it....Winchester. Well, I'm fixing to buy some new ram and I can't decide on the Patriot 512x2 (http://www.newegg.com/app/View...20-220-006&depa=1) or 2 sticks of Patriot 1gb (http://www.newegg.com/app/View...20-220-030&depa=1)...
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    How bad does running memory at 135mhz hurt performance?

    I've got a Winchester 3000 running at 2430ghz, but my memory is some sucky Hynix 3200...so I have to run it at 100mhz. My question is how bad will this hurt my performance for gaming until I can get some good memory? Should I just clock the cpu down and run the memory higher? Thanks guys.
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    Best overclocking bios for msi k8n neo2 plat.

    Ok, I know newest isn't always best..so from experience what bios version do you guys recommend on the 3000+ winchester?
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    Question about stock dell dimension ram

    Hey guys, about a year ago I bought a dell deminsion (yah I know stupid)...I'm getting ready to build a a64 3000+ winchester with msi mb. My question is..when I run cpu-z on this dell it says my ram is Hyundai Electrionics (256x2). Does anyone know anything about this ram...is it good?..bad...
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    Thermaltake 480w Silentpower?

    Is this PSU any good? For a little over 50 bucks if this powersupply is worth a crap thats an awesome price. Anyone have this or have experiences with it?