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    Professional Sound Card

    Hi guys, I'm in need of a rig to record audio straight to the hard drive of a purpose-built PC. Will probably need to add a decent video card for vid conversions and so on, but for now, just the audio. I'll be taking in the input from a church's audio systems probably the whole 3+ hour...
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    New Gaming PC (E6850)

    I will be purchasing these in Canada. No newegg deliveries up here sadly. I have no brand loyalties, I'm in it purely for the efficiency. That said, I do like the Antec P182 case but if there's a cheaper alternative I'll go with it. This system will be for gaming primarily but some...
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    CPU Upgrade: Athlon 64 939 3800 Venice or 3700 San Diego?

    It's been a year since I bought my PC and in keeping with my plans to keep it mostly up to date, I've decided to look into the CPU first. I kept that to an Athlon 64 939 3000+ last year. Plus, it was 50 dollars cheaper and on sale. It's primarily a PC gaming system and let me play all those...
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    Medium Duty Office Printer

    Hi guys, I'm in need of a new printer and I don't really follow that scene. I need one that can print color, send faxes and scans. Nothing truly high-end, I just need good resolution and fast printouts on the black and whites. Any recommendations? Non-Dell if you please.
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    Small Office Laser Printer

    Hi guys, I'm in need of a new printer and I don't really follow that scene. I need one that can print color, send faxes and scans. Nothing truly high-end, I just need good resolution and fast printouts on the black and whites. Any recommendations? Non-Dell if you please.
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    Another New System (Non-Gamer)

    Seems kinda odd, but my church wants a new PC for their use and they've asked me to look into getting one, possibly two. As I've been wholly absorbed into gaming I haven't checked out any benchmarks for office applications like Powerpoint which will be used. No one has even told me what they...
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    Samsung 200GB SP2004C Only Has 125GB free?

    Fresh format from a new WinXP installation and I only got this much, is this normal? Also, do I have to do anything special to crank up the SATA-IIness of it?
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    Finally Ordered My Sytem

    Well, I finally ordered my new PC last night. For those that remember, I've been looking for such a new PC since LAST SUMMER! Back then, it was between an Athlon XP versus one of the newfangled Athlon 64s S754. They came to about the same price, around 1500 bucks Canadian. CPU: Athlon 64...
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    Last Minute Changes?

    Alright, after almost a year's worth of procrastinating I've finally settled on a configuration for my Brand New PC (tm). Case: Antec Sonata 480w 12v PSU Mobo: ECS KN1 Extreme (Non-wifi) RAM: OCZ Premier Dual Channel PC3200 512mb x 2 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 939 3200 (0.90 nm) Vid Card...
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    X800 XL - Worth It?

    Is it really worth grabbing an X800 XL? It looks great, performs well, but the high cost... Right now it's about at the MSRP of 300 bucks, but aren't newer cards already overdue?
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    USB 1.0 Compatible USB Wireless Adapter Needed (802.11g)

    Well, two blows to my homegrown Wireless LAN today. I found out that despite the reviews, the ECS KN1 Extreme mobo doesn't come with the WiFi USB adapter unless it's a special order or some-such. The second was my 'discovery' of a USB Wireless Adapter by Linksys...
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    ECS KN1 Extreme - What happened to the WiFI?

    You guys remember the KN1 Extreme right? Came out some time last year to fairly good reviews by Hexus.net (another site I nominally trust) and FiringSquad (uhh). They all raved about the packaging of an internal WiFi adapter with an easy to use USB device for connecting computers and laptops...
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    PSU Enough?

    I have this setup on a system I'm getting within a week (yes I know, it's been forever): Athlon 64 3200 (939) (90nm Winchester) ECS KN1 Extreme Motherboard Samsung SATA-II 200GB HD Sapphire Radeon X800 XL 256 MB OCZ Premier Dual Channel Series 2 x 512 MB I'll be buying the Antec...
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    Give it to me straight, what do I need

    I'm purchasing a new PC that uses an Asus A8V-E Deluxe motherboard. I selected it for its wifi-g capability. http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket939/a8v-e-d/overview.htm From the vague marketing descriptions, I'm guessing it comes with a receiving station. What do I need to install on...
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    Dual-Cores - What Exactly Does It Mean?

    I don't mean the actual definition of dual-core CPUs, but what does it mean for us lowly users? There's a lot of insight in the latest article on the site, but give it to me straight and dumb. Namely, is buying a new PC now a shot in the foot? We haven't been told if AMD will be re-using the...
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    Final System Specs (939)

    Unless I encounter something completely wrong with this setup, that's the components I'll be using. I was going to go for the Asus A8V-E Deluxe, but I read here that it was a total POS. Strangely enough, the ECS KN1 seems to be a better alternative. This is the second, non-SLI system I was...
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    19" Compaq S9500 CRT

    I was wondering if anyone has any experience at all with this monitor? Can't seem to find a decent review online, so your thoughts would be appreciated. It's being sold for 150 bucks Canadian, which isn't a bad deal since a 17" I was looking into was nearly 200 bucks. It's made by HP...
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    Help On New System (754 vs 939)

    Hi guys, my last post here was last summer and I decided to not purchase that system to hold out for what I can get now. It paid off, I'm looking at spending the same amount of money for much more. Here are the two systems, one is an Athlon 754, the other is an Athlon 939 (no intel for me)...
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    Need Cooling Ideas for System

    Hi guys, need a few ideas on this system for cooling fans and such. Not going to overclock this, but they do seem to run hot from online reviews. CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ PROCESSOR S754 2.0GHZ 512KB L2 CACHE Mobo: MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM NFORCE3 250GB S754 5PCI SATA 1394 SOUND 1000LAN RAM: 2 x...
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    Critique this system please

    Hi guys, long time lurker, first time poster, you know the deal. I've decided to go ahead and take the plung to the A64 754-socket cpu and was first of all wondering if anyone can offer a good argument as to why shouldn't I go for it and buy something else. I understand the 939s are going to be...