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    Building new gaming PC

    Ok so I finally stopped changing my mind every 2 seconds and ordered my new PC. I decided to stick with XP for another 6-12 months since i'll be playing mostly DX9 games anyways during that time. I can't wait to get my PC!! I feel like i'm 12 again! Here's what i'm getting for 850$...
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    Building new gaming PC

    Thanks again for the quick replies guys! About the noise issue, it seems that for every person saying the GT is quiet, there's one saying it's too noisy. I had a bad experience in the past so I think i'm gonna play it safe and go with the GTS. As for Vista, the more I think about it, the...
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    Building new gaming PC

    Thanks for the advices guys! I changed the video card for a 512MB GTS since i want to make sure that noise won't be an issue. I also changed the OCZ memory for Corsair. At the moment, would I see a big improvement by going from to 2GB to 4GB? Any other advices/comments?
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    Building new gaming PC

    Hi! First here's the quick infos... The PC will be use for gaming, internet and movies. My budget is 1000-1100$. I will be buying the parts from Canada. I have no brand preference. I intend on using my old monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers. I have searched and/or read...
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    New gaming computer

    Wow thanks for all the advices! About the Asus A8N-E, i'm curious about the comment that I should not plug the chipset fan into a fan controller, could you explain why? The chipset fan is suppose to be very noisy and if I can't reduce the noise I will have to choose another MB. About...
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    New gaming computer

    Hi! I've been wanting to build a new pc for two months and now that the venice are here I think it's time. This pc will be mainly for games and I don't plan on overclocking. I want it to be stable and not too noisy. Here's what i'm thinking of building: MB : ASUS A8N-E : I don't need...
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    Another thing that worry me is the noise of this future computer. Can someone tell me which components could be a problem on that level. I know that the fan on the video card and the one on the motherboard are a little bit loud. I could buy new fans but I don't like the fact of loosing my...
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    OK I think I will finally go with an nforce4 motherboard. So far I've counted five recommendations for DFI, two for MSI and zero for Asus. Since my priorities are more about stability and my pc being quiet and not so much about overclockability, do you guys think I should still choose DFI...
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    All very good advices... thanks! Do you guys see a problem if I decide to buy the Asus A8V-E (K8T890) ? As I said, I don't mind if it's not the best at overclocking, I don't need SATA II and I don't care for a built-in firewall. I want stability and compatibility with the other components...
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    Here's the situation. I know which components I will buy except for the motherboard. Every Nforce4 based motherboards seem to have problems. I'm wondering if I should choose the Asus A8V-E with the K8T890 chipset instead. What do you guys think? Just keep in mind that for me stability is a...
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    I read a little about SATA hard disks and some people seem to have problem with windows not recognizing them. Do you guys think I could have this problem? Also it will be my first time builing a pc so do you have some advices or some links to good guides?
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    You guys are great, thanks a lot for the advices! I will go for the SATA HD since I really like the idea of having small cables. I will also go for the 3200+ since you guys tell me it will overclock easily. Will the ram be good for overclocking? About the MB, the choice seems to...
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    To tell you the thruth I didn't think too much about it.. i just read that the performance of SATA and IDE drives was about the same.
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    My soon to be new computer, do you think it's good?

    Hi! I once thought of going the S734-AGP route but now i've finally decided that it would be better to go for S939-PCIE since the price are lower than I expected. Here's what i'm thinking of buying : CPU : AMD ATHLON 64 3500+ ***Changed to 3200+*** MB : I want an Nforce4 board without...
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    Well there is clearly a division on the S754 vs S939 issue. I think each side have good arguments but all the advantages of the S939 seem to relate to upgradability and all the advantages of the S754 relate to the cost. Since I don't want to upgrade (I know i'm repeating myself!) I think S754...
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    Again I have to thank you all for your advices.. they have been very useful. Right now i'm pretty much confident about buying everything that is on my first post except for the ram and the case fan. About the ram, I know it's hard to predict the future but do you guys think that 1gig...
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    Damn you guys have expensive advices! :) Maybe I should have said that I have a budget which is around 1500$ US (1800$ CAN). Right now if I change the 2x512MB PC3200 for 1x1024MB of Corsair Value Select I will reach 1800$CAN. If I would change the 6800GT for a 6800U it would put me at least...
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    I have look around for an affordable stick of 1024MB PC3200 and I have found this one (Corsair Value Select) but it cost me about 70$CAN more than 2x512MB of Corsair Value Select. Do you think it's worth it?
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    Thanks again for all the answers! I understand why some of you guys like the S939 route better that the S734 but since I really don't want to upgrade this computer I really don't see the point in going with S939. When the computer will begin to need more juice I will try to overclock the cpu...
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    Thank you guys! Your comments are very encouraging! I think I will place my order tomorrow. If somebody thinks I should not do it please tell me!
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    Will this computer be good for at least 2 years?

    ***UPDATE*** I just realised that some prices have drop for the components below and I have also decided to try to build this computer myself so in total I have 175$CAN (about 150$US) that I can use to make this pc better. Tell me what I should do and keep in mind that the main goal is...
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    Computer instability in games... I need help!

    I have find the problem! I tried testing my system with just one stick of ram and it goes perfectly.. prime95, 3dmark03, games, everything works fine. I've tried both stick of rams individually and they both work fine and they get no errors in memtest86 but as soon as I put them together my...
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    Computer instability in games... I need help!

    First thanks a lot for all the fast answers!! It's really appreciated. Now here's some answers to your questions... I use MB5 to read my voltages and temperatures. When the PC is idle, my temperatures are about 36C for the case and 38C for the CPU. On full load, it goes to about 40C...
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    Computer instability in games... I need help!

    My video card was never overclocked and I even tried to underclock it to see if it would help but it didn't change anything. I have the standard fan on it and it seems to be working well. If it would be an overheating problem I guess the problems would have stop when I underclocked to the card.
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    Computer instability in games... I need help!

    ***UPDATE*** I have find the problem! I tried testing my system with just one stick of ram and it goes perfectly.. prime95, 3dmark03, games, everything works fine. I've tried both stick of rams individually and they both work fine and they get no errors in memtest86 but as soon as I put them...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    Hello again! I bought the ram at a place which is pretty far from my home so I just want to be sure that the fact that my new stick of ram is a PC3200 with CAS3 instead of a PC2700 with CAS2.5 is enough for the computer store to give me another stick of ram and if there's a good possibility...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    First thanks for all your help so far! There's finally some new developments!! While looking for informations on the samsung ram that is causing me problems I realized that you could get a lot of data on the ram by entering the serial number that is printed on it. The # of my samsung ram is...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    dclive: If it's not the power supply then what do you think is the problem? I just don't see how it could be the cpu, the mb or the ram.. each stick of ram works perfectly at 14x166 mhz and when I put them together they work perfectly at 14x133 mhz but I can't boot at 14x166 mhz.. I just...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    First thanks to everybody who tried to help me.. from what I understand it seems that my problem is pretty rare.. now I just want to have some opinions on the chance that the power supply is the cause of my problem. I just want to be reassured that I don't make an error if I buy a new power...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    I don't know much about ram settings so I put them all at the slowest.. CAS: 2.5 Ras precharge time: 3T Ras pulse width: 6T Ras to cas delay: 3T SDRAM bank interleave: Disabled SDRAM burst length: 4QW.. should I put it to 8QW? SDRAM 1t command: Disabled Fast command: Normal Should I change...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    The ram timings are set to SPD... BTW today I was able to boot to windows at 14x166 mhz with both my old stick of ram and the new one.. the problem is that it showed a blue screen 2 seconds after loading windows xp and saying that "webroot spy sweeper" could not load. Does this tell you...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    It's weird but the site you went to seems to be outdated.. here's the most current informations I have on my motherboard: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=341 A recent bios update has made my MB compatible with almost all the cpus...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    dclive: Individually each stick of rams works fine and the system is rock stable at 14x166 mhz. When I put the two sticks at the same time, everything is rock stable at 14x133 mhz but I cannot boot when I try 14x166 mhz. Ryoga: Here's my system... CPU: Mobile 2500 (14x166 mhz) POWER SUPPLY...
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    Computer won't boot after installing a new stick of ram

    ****UPDATE**** I found out that my new ram is actually a PC3200 with CAS3 contrary to my old ram which is a PC2700 with CAS2.5. Could you just confirm that there's a good possibility of this being the source of my problem? Thanks a lot. Hi! I just installed a new 512mb stick of PC2700...
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    Mobile 2500 overclocking problems

    Well I don't know what happened and I don't care too much because everything is now working!!! Like I said earlier Prime95 is rock stable and I was able to run 3dmark03 for more than 3 hours before it stopped and gave me the message: "wasn't able to bechmark because lost focus" something like...
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    Mobile 2500 overclocking problems

    Here comes another update... Keep in mind that my cpu is currently at 14x166=2337 mhz. BTW the multiplier is stuck at 14x because of my motherboard. It's also because of my MB that I cannot put more than 1.675V on the vcore. Ok so I did some benchmark today and the results are starting to...
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    Mobile 2500 overclocking problems

    Here's an update... Using memtest86, I realised that one my two sticks of ram had problems.. Now I'm using only 512 PC2700 ram and it passes all the tests in memtest86 without any error. BTW, my power supply is an Antec SL300S 300W. It comes in the Antec SX630-II case. So after getting...
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    Mobile 2500 overclocking problems

    First off sorry for my poor english.. it's not my first language. Now here's my system: CPU: Mobile 2500 HSF: Vantec Aeroflow with AS5 CASE: Antec SX630-II with SL300S 300 W Power supply MB: MSI KT3 Ultra2 RAM: 2x512MB PC2700 VIDEO: Leadtek GeForce 4 TI4200 The temperature is about 43C cpu...
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    Weird cpu problem

    I know my explications are not very clear.. I will try to draw a little plan of the inside of my case.. Back Front |......................................| <Power supply............| |......cpu...<Fan#3........| <Fan#2.........................|...