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    Newbie with E6600 needing help on first steps!

    Hi all! New C2D overclocker here wanting to know the FIRST step I should do tonight, so I can prime95 it while I sleep in an hour or two... IMMEDIATE advice/suggestions would be great!!! thanks :) My FULL setup is: SCREENSHOT E6600/stock cooling GigaByte 965P-DS3 Motherboard...
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    Hi all easy external HDD question :)

    Hi all, kind of a silly question... I have both a PVR FTA unit which records to an external USB HDD , and I also have an HTPC beside my TV. Surprisingly enough, the Vantec NexStar 2 enclosure that I have: Has both a USB interface and _2_ Firewire ports.. My question simply is, am I...
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    Can someone help a RAID newbie please :)

    Hi all I just built a brand new C2D rig, its using the eVGA 650i Ultra motherboard, and I have 2 SATA drives hooked up to it.. However I am having a problem now when I am trying to install XP onto the RAID setup.. I have never done raid before, but what I did was enable RAID in BIOS for...
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    Newbie Networking question! Regarding 2 networks on 1 PC

    Hi folks! I currently have a setup like this: EXAMPLE PIC Essentially; 2 Cablemodems, each going through a router, which then connect to the 2 NIC ports in my PC. My problem is; I keep enabling one and then disabling the other, inside of the NETWORK CONNECTIONS list in Windows XP...
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    Which of these 2 sets of RAM is better for my gaming rig?

    Hi there everyone I want to upgrade my system to 2GB, I have an ABIT KN8 Ultra 939 nForce4 motherboard and was just wondering which set of RAM is better: http://www.infonec.ca/site/main.php?module=detail&id=15311 OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) DDR PC-4000 Gold GX XTC 2GB Dual Channel 3-4-3 timings...
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    Easy question, need advice on the absolute BEST wireless router

    Hi all.. I recently just got a laptop and need to go out now and buy a wireless router. I want one with all the most-recent technology like WPA2 and such and one that wont overload and/or have to be reset when lots of bandwidth intense programs are running. Someone on another forum was...
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    Help! First time PCI-E card installer a bit confused :(

    Hi all.. My PCI-E 7800GT CO SE just arrived from a boxing day sale, and I am just installing it into my new motherboard, but am a bit confused about the power source. It is powered through one of these: POWER SOURCE But I am so low on free MOLEX spots from my PSU already, do BOTH ends...
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    Help! Need video card help asap, about to upgrade

    Hey all.. Right now I currently have a 6800GT OC AGP card, however looking at the NCIX deals tonight, the 7800GT CO SE is on sale for only $299. Is this a noticeable upgrade? I'd like to move to PCI-E, but is this a worthwhile upgrade? This 6800GT can be sold again, they are pretty high in...
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    FireWire drive corrupted after spontaneous reboot?

    Hey guys.. I just got a Vantec NexStar drive enclosure, and put a 200GB WD harddrive in it and started to back up VIA FireWire, but my computer locked up and I had to reboot without "Stopping" the device VIA the taskbar.. Now the entire thing is corrupted, and this has happened twice now. Why...
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    Need help with an AMD RMA please ASAP!

    Hi there I currently have a 3500+ Newcastle core, I bought them right when 939's came out, and sadly, it really is just a bad OC'er.. I can't get it past 2.5 because it runs too hot, even though I've reapplied the custom Hyper6 Heatsink along with AS5 numerous times, but I'm afraid maybe my...
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    Can someone explain to me 16MB Cache vs 8MB Cache on an HDD?

    Hi all. Right now in Canada, they've got Maxtor DiamondMax ATA133 16MB Cache drives on sale for only around $120CDN, which is a pretty damn good price, but I've got a couple quick questions.. 1. How reliable are these drives? Maxtor always has ALOT of people saying bad things about them...
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    How can I view packets here in Windows XP?

    Hi all.. Lately I've been having alot of my common sites slow down alot due to all kinds of ads, and mainly having to wait for the ad servers to display them properly, thus slowing down the whole page.. Now, I do realise I could just get some kind of ad-blocker extension for my browser...
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    Question about Windows 2003 Server, please advise!

    Hi all.. Eventually, I am going to go the MCSE route, which requires good knowledge of Windows Server 2003, so I figure I might as well go ahead and install it now so I can start getting famliar with all of the aspects of it.. But my question is this.. I've got an AMD64 powerhouse, and...
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    Question about Windows 2003 Server, please advise!

    Hi all.. Eventually, I am going to go the MCSE route, which requires good knowledge of Windows Server 2003, so I figure I might as well go ahead and install it now so I can start getting famliar with all of the aspects of it.. But my question is this.. I've got an AMD64 powerhouse, and...
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    Need laptop advice, and want MANY suggestions! Come put your 2cents in.

    Hi all.. I need to purchase a primary laptop for a number of things.. It's going to be my main learning computer, for when I start MCSE training (so it'll be running Windows Server 2003) but I also am a a frequent gamer (I know people say gaming laptops are silly, but I plan to invest the...
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    Anyone else think McDonalds is trying way too hard to be black?

    I just came from McDonalds, and had the woman at the drive-window tell me "Shes Lovin It" and to have a great day. I was like "What a stupid thing to say. Whats with McDonalds trying to be hip?" Then I looked at the bag they gave me the food in, its decorated with some loser white guy...
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    Converting a 6CD set into DVD?

    Hi all.. Before I had a DVD Burner (Plextor! PX-716SA rox!), I purhcased UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 on CD format, it is a 6 CD set.. My question is, how can I go about creating 1 large DVD out of these CDs? Any help would be appreciated ASAP! Thanks all!!
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    How do I disable the START (windows) key?

    Hi all.. Like many of you, I have one of these keyboards with the stupid WINDOWS key on it (inbetween CTRL and ALT) and i keep accidentaly striking it during gaming, and it always brings me back to desktop. It's extremely annoying. How do I disable it? Thanks
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    Whats the next big video card?

    Hi all.. I've got a nice budget that I plan to re-invest into a computer upgrade, and am going to go with an SLI setup.. Just wondering, before I go out and spend my money, is there anything better than the 6800 Ultras planned for any time in the immediate future? I was going to go with 2...
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    How do i turn off these GAY CT SKINS

    any CS:S fans? WTF is with the GHEY new skin for the counter-terrorists. i understand if I cant change it on other servers, but how can I change it on my own? if im playing with bots? these new skins are wizzack
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    IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!!

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    best potato chip flavor?

    ill go with ketchup
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    unreal championship 2 for xbox sucks

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    Where is the FX-57 San Diego??

    Man, I was planning to buy an FX-55 S939 but everyone told me no way, to just wait for the FX-57 San Diego (which I'm doing) and someone said its due out THIS MONTH? Is it true?? I'm so sick of waiting with this cash, its burning a hole in my pocket!!
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    Easy FX-55 question..

    Hi all I am going to be purchasing a FX-55 processor soon, and I just had two questions.. a> are there any plans to release something bigger and better than this in the immediate future? (there's no "fx-60" or something like that due out right??) b> there is alot of talk these days...
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    OMG!!! ITS AL QAEDA !!!OMG

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    Some SLI questions :]

    Hi all, love the site & the forums :] I had a question.. I've got a faulty ABIT AV8 S939 motherboard right now (AGP) that is giving me loads of trouble, and I'm going to RMA it.. In the meantime, I figure I might as well make the leap to PCI-Express and sell my current BFG 6800GT AGP...
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    NEED HELP URGENTLY, SATA+IDE boot related

    hi guys.. I am LOSING my mind.. I have 2 SATA drives, SATA1 is a 74gig raptor which contains XP and i boot from, SATA2 is a 200gig storage device, and I just bought a 200GB Seagate Barracuda IDE drive today.. I hooked up the IDE drive to IDE interface 2 as Master, and have tried EVERY...
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    URGENT! Power up problems! ALL RESPONSES APPRECIATED!

    Hi.. Anyone who reads this, please offer your input.. I'll take all the suggestions I can get.. I'm having a severe panic attack.. heres my full system specs abit av8-3rd eye amd64 3500+ 1gb ocz platinum ram nvidia geforce 6800 gt OC WD 74g SATA Raptor WD 200g SATA Caviar DVD drive...
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    Craziest 80mm and 90mm fans for cooling? Noise isnt much of an issue

    just wondering.. i purchased a thermaltake xaser5 for only 100CDN on boxing day, and it holds 5 fans (3 90mm, 2 80mm) but I noticed that all of the good fans that usually come with the case are missing.. I already know for a fact I will not be experimenting with water cooling yet, so I was just...