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    Upgrade my system or rebuild

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for? Gaming, Work(Software development), Media(Photoshop, etc), Movies. I am currently playing Deus Ex Human Evolution, will be playing Skyrim with alot of mods next. Also have played things like Crysis, Batman, Civ 5, etc. I work as a software engineer and...
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    Laptop to watch Hulu

    Thinking about getting my mother a laptop for her birthday. She watches hulu and likes to play flash games, Farmville, bejeweled etc. Her current laptop(2 years old) lags horribly while doing flash things so I want to make sure the cpu I get on this laptop is up to the challenge. I recently...
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    New Tax Build i7-860

    Just got my tax return and I am building my computer looking to spend around 2000 total. I do alot gaming and looking to get a build to play Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2 etc. I also do a lot of programming for work and other things as such looking to do dual monitors. Not planning to OC at all...
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    Five Drives for Raid-5

    I am building a freenas system with unraid basically a raid-5 array. Orignally was going to use Western Digital Caviar Black 750gb Then I read about them having raid issues and dropping from raids. Also I realized that I might need more space than 3tb so I got to wondering what drives are...
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    Buying Online Vs B&M

    I am buying a new computer soon and looking for a second monitor to put next to my current 24" 1920 by 1200. I also in the future looking to be getting a 40"+ LCD tv for my living room. Normally I never buy monitors or TVs online and opt instead for B&M stores. I don't know something about...
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    e2180 oc coretemp vs hardware monitor

    OK so I am ocing my e2180 right now I have a 1.36volt with about an 3ghz overclock (333x9) Coretemp reads my temperature as 47c while CPUID Hardware Monitor reads it at 62c while running prime95. Idle the temps are 22c and 37c respectively. Which should I believe because if its 47c I...
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    Critique my build

    My computer was recently stolen so its time to rebuild I bought my monitor and ram alittle while ago Monitor: LG L246WP-BN $380 at best buy RAM: 2x1GB G.Skill ddr2 800 So now i need to get the rest of the parts I am trying to get under 1000 dollars for the rest. Here is what I have...
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    Video Card recommendation

    My computer was recently stolen long story... Anyways I am rebuilding from the ground up and I don't really have anything at the moment to hold me over for new parts like the 9800 show up. I am looking to purchase something by the end of next week. I just bought a 24" LG L246WP-BN monitor...
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    e6600 oc good or no?

    I have my e6600 at a 3.2ghz oc on a 1.4v its stable ran orthos and prime. My 3Dmark06 is 11109 e6600 @ 3.2ghz ddr800 crucial ballistix 8800gtx Is this good compared to others or no?
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    Voltage problem and usb drive problem

    I have a Enermax Liberty 620 and a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard. I was building my computer and got it working and booting great when I went to install Windows I had my usb key in my usb hub which was connected to the usb of my computer and I deleted its partition. I really need help...
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    Gigabyte 965P-DS3 volt problem

    I have run stress tests on my system and checked all cables mulitple times yet in the bios it says that 3.3v has failed and the others are ok, under pc health. I have a Enermax Liberty 620w. I am hoping its just some random bugg thing since everything seems to be going good. Anyone know what...
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    E6600 temps and o/c ability

    I have just finished building my system with an e6600 on a 965P-DS3 Gigabyte board. I have a Zalman 9500 HSU on it and am getting about 20 degrees on idle and 35-40 degrees on load from Intel TAT. The chip is a F model I have crucial ballistix pc6400 anyone have any idea if I could be...
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    New Computer Build

    Like so many threads here I am building a new computer and I wanted to get your opinions plus I had some questions. Anyways here is my rig Case: LIAN LI PC-65B @ $119 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ $199 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965-DS3 @ $129 Video Card: EVGA GeForce 8800gtx @ $559...
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    Sound Card Reccomendation

    I know most people recommend just going with onboard audio but I really want to get something alittle bit better since my computer is going to become my everything computer. TV, Movies, Games everything basically. So I have a 5.1 surround sound speaker setup and I am looking for a sound card to...
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    2 250gb in Raid-0 vs 1 500gb

    The topic says it all I am looking at using either 2 250gb in raid-0 or a single 500gb drive. I am wondering which would be faster. I have never done a raid setup before so not sure too much about it. Also wondering if I will have a higher failure rate in raid-0 then having a single drive. I...
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    e6420 OC vs e6600?

    Hello I am in the process of building a new computer and I was wondering which is a better idea. Overclocking a e6420 or just getting a stock e6600 and doing no overclocking. I have never done any overclocking before so I am not sure to the process but I recently read a review of the e6420 which...
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    Need Help with cooling

    Recently I have noticed my cpu is at 100% usage alot during games and other things I do on my computer. It shouldn't be at 100% I mean I have an amd 64 3000+. Anyways I was trying to figure out why and I looked up the temps of the cpu and at idle they are like 50C then when I am playing a game...
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    CPU Temp Question

    I have a chaintech vnf3-250, a AMD 64 3000, with 2 sticks of 512mb ddr 400 ram, and a 6800gt. Recently Battlefield 2 has been running pretty laggy so I wanted to find out what was wrong since my specs are pretty good. After some testing I noticed I had 100% cpu usage when running bf2 and...
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    VNF3-250 Mobo problem

    I bought a new printer and hooked it up to one of the top usb ports but it wasn't getting recognized so I switched it to one of the bottom usb ports. Instantly my computer turns off. No idea why so I go to turn it back on but it won't turn on. I open the case and don't smell or see anything so I...
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    VNF3-250 Mobo problem

    I bought a new printer and hooked it up to one of the top usb ports but it wasn't getting recognized so I switched it to one of the bottom usb ports. Instantly my computer turns off. No idea why so I go to turn it back on but it won't turn on. I open the case and don't smell or see anything so...
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    Video file problems

    My video card is a 6800gt I am on windows xp and my cpu is amd64 3000. My problem is this whenever viewing video files the video is awful its pixelated and the color is totally drowned out. Its not the video files because I went to some old files that I knew to be good and the same thing...
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    Mp3 player help!

    I can't spend more then like 210 dollars but I need an mp3 player that holds lots of music I have about 4 gbs of music I will prolly have to put on it now. I would also like to store other files like pictures or short clips on it. I don't care much about a color screen but I would like to be...
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    Dead Harddrive or could Reformat save it?

    I have never had a dead hdd so I am not sure might be a simple answer. Anyways I recently have been getting these Machine Check Exception Blue screens when i ever i boot. I came to conclusion that it was my second harddrive that was causing it. Everytime i disconnected it from the computer it...
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    Nvidia 6800gt problems

    Ever since i got this new mother board EPOX EP-8kdaj, my screen has been all garbled and i can't boot into windows. I get lines all over the screen and the boot screen is all garbled text. I can't even read the bios. THough I have the motherboard guide and have been able to set some bios...
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    ERROR MESSAGE

    Ok i am having graphical errors, and get a blue screen error message after windows load. The message is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Not sure what is wrong but this is the whole background. My motherboard went bad so I replaced it with a different motherboard and put all my parts back and thats when...
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    New motherboard new problems

    OK so i inserted my new Epox motherboard and Now when I turn on the system there is all kind of graphical problems. I know the Vid card is good but i have no idea what is wrong. I need help fast! Thanks in advance. motherboard:EP-8KDA3J vid card: nvidia 6800gt More information: Got a...
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    Switching motherboard with out reinstall of windows

    Is it possible I have had a constant problem with this one motherboard so I am thinking about buying a different one the problem is I can't get on to my computer to back anything up because my current board is dead. If i get a different one and pop it in will I have a really hard time.
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    EPoX "EP-8KDA3J"?

    Building my system and I just want to know is this motherboard any good?
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    Good motherboard or no?

    I need a motherboard for my computer. I have an AMD 64 3000 skt 754 a nvidia 6800gt and 2x512mb of ddr400. The question is simple is this motherboard good EPoX "EP-8KDA3J"?
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    Bad motherboard need to buy new one!

    K here is my rig Cd-rw drive dvd-rw drive amd 64 3000 socket 754 nvidia 6800gt soundblaster live ata controller leadtek tv tuner 2x512 corsair ddr400 ram This is my rig I got a bad motherboard and I need a new one anyone know of a good socket 754 motherboard that I could get <$100...
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    The problem from hell

    Ok about a couple months ago I had a problem with the computer i built it had shut down and would not restart at all. I had no idea what the problem was so i replaced the powersupply and mobo, and it worked like a charm. Now it has happened again. This time I was on the computer when it...
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    Mp3 player for use with compact flash media

    I am looking for an mp3 player that i could use with compact flash media and secure digital at the same time. If thats not possible then just compact flash. I have a 512 compact flash card and a 256 secure digital card and wanted to use them with a mp3 player. Any suggestions?
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    NTLDR is missing?

    OK it recognizes my hard drives my cpu my ram everything I think but everytime it goes to the verifying DMI pool data it comes back with this message that says NTLDR is missing Press Ctrl+alt+del to restart. I am like crap what the hell. My system is as follows. Amd 64 3000, ddr400 1 gig...
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    WHOLE NEW MOBO AND STILL NO WORKY??(solved)

    Ok I thought my mobo was fried but maybe it wasn't Because I bought a whole new mobo(same one as last). It still won't power on I thought that with this mobo at least the PSU fans and the case fans would turn on and then I could see if the cpu or vid card was shot but nope nothing turns on...
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    Newegg RMA process

    how does it work do I get rma and then they send me new board and i send old one back or do I get rma number then i send product back and then they send me a new one. Basically I am trying to rma a board but i need a replacement fast.
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    MOBO FRIED?

    A little while ago my psu died and I decided to replace it when i installed the psu and turned it on nothing happened. The psu fans didn't even turn on. Then I touched one of the capictors on the mobo and it was really hot so i know electricty was flowing to it. Is my mobo fried or is something...
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    Installed psu?

    Ok last week my psu died, So i got a new one installed it connected cords and then before connecting anything else i just put in the power cord and tried to start it and nothing happened psu fans didn't come on. It did nothin like it was not hooked up right. Is there a way to test to see if psu...
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    EMERGENCY PSU EXPLOSION!!

    Not sure what happened but all of sudden my computer wouldn't reboot. So i left it alone then I came back to it like 4 hours later opened the case and pushed the power button all of a sudden huge sparks come from my psu. I quickly shut it off and pulled it out. Luckily it looks like no other...
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    9200 se fan replacement

    can someone tell me where i can find a new fan for my 9200 se vid card
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    130 dollar budget which to choose?

    My friend has a 130 limit but lower the better he's not even sure if he will do upgrade his graphics. This is his current machine http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1413583,00.asp . He was thinking about getting an nvidia 5700 or 5500 or maybe something from ati. Any suggestions