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    Calling all E7400 Owners

    What are your VID's as shown from Core Temp (idle and 100% load)? I just built 2 budget computers using e7400 cpu's. Core Temp list one with a VID of 1.1000 idle and 1.2625 at 100% load and the other CPU at 1.1000 idle and 1.2875 at 100% load. They are coupled with cheepo mobos that have...
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    ECS G31T-M

    The bios has FSB settings in 1mhz increments and I am wondering will it overclock the PCI/PCI-E or are they locked?
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    HIS x1950 and x1650 Graphics cards at Amazon.com

    Ok guys, be gentle on me! Did a search and couldn't find anything. There are very limited quanties of each. Free shipping to boot!!! Anyone have experience with Amazon/HIS rebates? I just ordered the X1950Pro IceQ3 Turbo with the $100 MIR and want to know your experiences with their rebates...
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    Cool n Quiet changes Ram speed too?

    I just built a htpc using an AMD BE-2300. I have enabled cool n quiet for the first time ever in my systems. I know that this feature throttles down the cpu but didnt know it throttles down the ram also. Is there any way to keep the ram speed constant? I am using ddr2 6400 set at at 800ddr...
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    Help with heatpipes on a heatsink

    Gonna build a new rig soon and it looks like al the good heatsinks have heatpipes in them. OK, I understand the whole heatpipe concept - liquid in pipe vaporizes, rises to top of pipe carrying heat away, cools and falls back to bottom. I can see that working as long as the heatsink is standing...
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    Advice on hardware for CAD machine

    :confused:I am helping a friend build a computer for school. Primary usage will be Maya, rhino, 3d max, photoshop, illustrator and autocad (all of which I dont have experience with). I would like to know how graphics dependent are these applications. The buddy is on a tight budget and we've...
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    need help with strange web site running in background...spyware?

    all you network experts out there, please help: It seems that I have a a tcp connection established to a unfamiliar site, even after I close all my internet browsers. There is constant network activity to and from this site and I cant seem to stop it. It is listed as...
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    Dell 1704FPT with 13ms response

    I was looking to upgrade my current monitor and the specs of the 1704fpt caught my eye. when did this monitor come out and does anyone have any comments/info/experience about it... such as type of panal, ghosting in games, etc. It is listed as 13ms but the online manual list 12ms. either way...
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    Idiots

    I just received this email and cant stop laughing. Hilarious! Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 21:13:33 -0500 To: From: "_Citibank" <profic@ondagrupera.com> Add to Address Book Subject: Citibank E-mail Veerification - Dear_ Citibank-Online Clients, Thiss mesaage was sennt by_the...
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    MSI/VIA + 512 MB RAM = bad?

    Hi, here is my problem: I have a MSI kt3 Ultra2 (via kt333 chipset) and I ran HDTACH to benchmark my harddrive. With 256 MB of ram installed, the HDTach stated a CPU utilization of 11%, but with 512 MB of RAM, the utilization jumps to 60%. I went to my friends house to test this further...