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    If you already had a PC . What would be the first purchase?

    You can see in my sig what i'm running right now. I would like some advice on which componet I should buy first. I want to go s(#( . I'm just going to buy one piece at a time and wonder which would be the best investment would be now as for price wise. The board I want is that DFI Neo Platinum...
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    Need help choosing CPU for a ASUS A8N-e

    I'm between a 3000 winchester and a venice 3500 . The winchester is used, and the venice is new. I'm debating on which I should buy for my mobo in the title.Any help help is greatly appreciated. THX
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    HELP with New Build PLS.

    Abit AN8 AMD Athlon 64/64FX , DDR 400 Dual Channel, PCI-E, NV SATA Raid, NV GbE, (Socket 939) with a 3000+ venice , and a 6600gt Would this build be MUCH better then the one in my sig?. I need to know some responses before I go ahead and get these parts for the system. If any one has any...
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    I need some upgrade comments pls

    I'm thinking of the Asus A8N-E (maybe deluxe) I already have a gig of ocz 3200 premeire And I'm not sure on the video card, I'm running AGP right now but I want to go PCI-E Would this setup last me a while in the future?, since I'm alot of a gamer I need some eye candy so I'm not sure on the...
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    9800pr0/R350

    I'm using Radlink to o/c my card,but i can't get it past 13,000 again. I tried to use default settings and running benchmarks, but I seem to get lower scores. I tried core speed/351, and memory speed/317. That gave me almost 10,000. What o/c utility is the best to use?
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    9800 pro biosed to XT

    Right now I have a geforce 4/4400. I have a friend offering me his 9800pro which is biosed flashed to XT version. How much of a performance increase can I expect over my Geforce 4400. He's asking 90 bux canadian now. I probally get about 65 bux for my geforce card from where I am . I'm just...
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    Swat 4 bug?

    I have swat 4. I haven't d/l'ed the patch for it yet. Does anyone know if I can download the patch to my pc . It's not original packaging, I bought it second hand. If the 45 fmj bullet fix is fixxed in this patch does anyone know if some servers will still allow the 45?. Most if not all the...
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    6600GT AGP and DirectX10

    If I go out and buy this card what will happen when X10 comes out?. Will there be a bios upgrade or something?. Now I'm not too sure about this purchase. I here directx10 is coming out next year.,,,Thx
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    PC froze in a game and won't bootup now.

    Ok so I got a computer off of a certain person online and was told all parts were new. They look new. Bought it back in february i believe. Last night out of the blue when the hubby was online racing his game froze. So he shut down the computer and rebooted. The lights on the tower came on and...
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    Whats the diffence between dual channel or not

    My board is an asus a7n8x rev.2. It has dual channel. I have a stick of 512 ocz in one slot. By the way there's two slots that are close and one about anch away from the ram slots. My friend says i have dual channel and why not use it. But I didn't see difference between performance wise. Any...
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    Oliver Stoned busted for drugs

    I misssed the report and wanted to know if anyone can fill me in with some info about it.
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    asus a7n8x driver update ?

    I just cannot find if I need a bios update anywhere. It's 1010 bios now,but does anyone know if There is a new bios update for my board ?
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    asus a7n8x bios =1010

    I'm wondering if I need a bios flash?,I couldn't get any info from asus forums but no one has this board,anyone have a any ideas?
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    What should be my next upgrade to this system iyo

    Only differnce now is I have 1024 of ddr in my sig.,but my sig. should break it down. I get 11,200 on futuremark 2001se,and 1850 on 2003 benchmarks. I'm just wondering what my next upgrade should be since I'm aspiring to a 64 bit sys.,
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    1024 ddr ram,How much of a performance upgrade

    I'm buying another stick of ocz premiere 512 3200. Will it help my machine at all ?,I'm hoping so as my rig is a bit outdated,but can play many games with it.,just a question
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    will a 256 of ram help my mobo ?

    Hi there,will a stick of 256 ocz performance series with heatsinks on it help my machine?,or should I just get a nother 512 of ocz instead ?,any help is appreciated.THX
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    logitech steering wheel for ps2 modded for xbox?

    I have a chance to buy a logitech gran tourismo steering wheel and pedals. But I have a xbox,but the price that guy is asking for that wheel is super low so I might just buy it anyways and sell it. That's if there is no adapter.. Any possibilities out there ?
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    Can I convert a Logitech Steering Wheel

    I bought a used logitech steering wheel and pedals,and can I convert it to use on my xbox somehow ? Universal plug or something ? thx.
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    Is MS going to do this ?

    Who should worry about this ?,,
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    Platstsations to stay away from

    I'm thinking of buying a used PS2,but I have heard from other sources too stay away from some certain models,,does anyone have any info on this?. I here there are 3 serials to stay away from. does anyone know which ones to stay away from?
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    Does anyone know this company?

    I have it installed on my pc. But when I run a system diagnostics on my ram it says ddr2700,,,when it's supposed to be ddr 3200. the program has all tools to see whats in your pc and ram reading,writing,and latency. btw it said my latency said 2.5-3-3 should i fret ? here is a link to the...
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    has anyone heard of this company before ?

    My tech put it on my system when he was building it. system diagnostics programme.
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    Top Ten FPS Games PC

    I'm wanting some input on some good fps games for the PC. I have C.O.D. ,,,battlefield 1942,,,,brothers in arms. Farcry now. But what other fps games are great to get .
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    Half life 2 question

    So now i'm at this dam. What do I do to get over this dam. OR open it and.
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    Where is the dynamite ?

    but I can't find the dynamite. I've spent an hour looking for it now,o the game is called call of duty....this is flippin' me out.
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    What is console command

    I'm playing this game and i am in need of some info on console commands. How do I bring up the console?,,Do I do I do it while game?.... ~~~~
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    Geforce 4 TI 4400. Will it run Half life 2

    I have a sempron 2200 with a biostar mobo and 512 mb of OCZ heat spreader. Will this system rum this game?
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    O/C my vid Card

    I have a biostar k7 board,Sempron 2200,and this video card. I should be able to over clock this thing. Does anyone know of a good over clocking utility ? I can use ?
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    overclock my vid card

    I have a biostar k7 board and 512 OCZ heat spreader pc3200 ram,and a sempron 2200. I want to be able to over clock this card. Geforce TI 4400. Does anyone know of a utility too do that? I know it's an old card , but at least it won't be my bottleneck. any replies appreciatted. thx
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    How to make sure PSU is working

    Now how would I try to check and see if a PSU works?..Is the only way is to pull out the one in the case, place the other one in it. Plug everything back in and press power?. Has to be a simpler way to see if it has power.
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    Is this a good start?

    This is what I'm getting tomorrow. .Any thoughts about this combo?. It's just a starter anyways.. But my 550 celeron and asus board are out dated and I'm wondering on the PSU to run this combo. What should be the least amount of wattage. Also anyone have an idea on what kind of graphics card...
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    XBOX Live

    I'm getting xbox live and am wondering if it is worth the money. Any replied appreciatted. I'll be playing nhl2005.. Does anyoen play this game online ?
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    Why won't Camera work in 2000 when it works in XP

    I had XP on this thing and I formatted to 2000 and now 2000 won't pick up my camera at all. What do I do . It's a polaroid PDC2030....XP had the driver built into it I guess,thats why it picked it right up.jIt was just plug'n' play. I shouldn't have formatted 2000 I guess.
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    2000 won't pick up my digi cam

    I had XP on this thing and I formatted to 2000 and now 2000 won't pick up my camera at all. What do I do . It's a polaroid PDC2030....XP had the driver built into it I guess,thats why it picked it right up.jIt was just plug'n' play. I shouldn't have formatted 2000 I guess.
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    Is xbox live worth it?

    I'm going to get xbox live depending on the responses on this thread. Is there any flaws?,,,just plug and play?..Have you had any problems with it at all. lemme know. And what games would be the best to play on it , i'm a FPS player.
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    Changing my password On here

    Just wondering how to change the password andantech sent me. As the one thye sent is absurdly long. Thx
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    mobo's with 129 onboard vid?

    I'm really desperate. I haven't benn in the swing of the things for 2-3 years now,so I'm not sure on motherboards or video cards and cpu's nowadays. I justt want something that will -play half life 2 . I figure a rig that will play that should be good enuff for a all around rig,and...
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    Is this mobo worth the pain

    I have a Asus a7v133 socket 462 it does not have anything on it such as a built on sound card. I'm just wondering if this is a evena good mobo,,,the cpu's are hard to find that fit it here in canada,any ideas what to do with it . Sell it? Since I cannot find a cpu YET for it.