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    Looking for Intel board with SLI suggestions

    Sylvanas, that 750i seems like a good suggestion. MSI's slots are too close, but I'm thinking the EVGA might be the best answer so far. Anyone have experience with this board? I'm seeing mixed reviews...some saying it's a great overclocker, others saying it's a pain.
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    Looking for Intel board with SLI suggestions

    I've been away from the scene for a while and my wife's computer just bit the big one (old AMD T-bird about 8 years old) so I'm looking at handing down my current rig and upgrading my own. I've been looking all over, trying to find a motherboard to suit my next build and been having troubles...
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    400gb WD SATA II hard drive $69.99 @ Fry's/Outpost

    Unfortunately, real customer service is all but dead these days...:S
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    wow! arctic cooling freezer 64 HSF!! 20.83!!!! back up! april8th,07

    Thanks a ton, had been looking for a nice upgrade to the cheapo Thermaltake I've been running...my wishes have been answered in a big way :D
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    Corsair Value RAM PC3200 CAS2.5 1GB (2x512MB) DC KIT - Today's Price $76.50

    I ran CPU-Z again to double check, I can post the verification from that when I get back home for all interested. I haven't touched the memory dividers so I believe it should be getting this at 1:1 on my Asrock sataII.
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    Corsair Value RAM PC3200 CAS2.5 1GB (2x512MB) DC KIT - Today's Price $76.50

    Been tossing around the idea of getting some high performance memory, but with these prices, it's hard to pull the trigger on the more expensive stuff. I've already got a gig of this in Opty 165 machine doing 260mhz at 2.5-3-3-8....it would probably be smarter to just get a 2nd gb. I'm...
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    Opteron 146/148/150+165/170/175 Mega Coupon Sale Again @ MONARCH

    Ordered my Opty 165 on Sunday the 5th, got it by 10am on the 9th... 2 day shipping. Not too shabby, but not lightning quick either.
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    Opteron 146/148/150+165/170/175 Mega Coupon Sale Again @ MONARCH

    I ordered a 165 on Sunday and it was still processing until Tuesday evening around9pm. Now I've got a tracking number and it should be somewhere between KS and GA about now. I think I'll have it in my hands tomorrow... Newegg's 3 day shipping will have the motherboard here a day before...
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    Opteron 165/AGP recommendations?

    Thanks for the info guys, the ASrock appears to be a great board from what I've heard, so now I've got one on it's way. I'll be thrilled if I can hit 2.4 with it for now, which sounds like a decent possibility.
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    Opteron 165/AGP recommendations?

    I do plan to do some overclocking....but if I can only get a moderate clock for now, that's fine with me. I'm planning on this being a temporary solution so I can slowly aquire my memory, mobo, PSU and vidcard.
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    Opteron 165/AGP recommendations?

    Due to a moment of weakness, I have an Opteron 165 on its way, but I need to find a decent motherboard to partner it with....fast! I'd like to find one that will run my X800GT AGP, Corsair 3200, and 520wt TTGI 20-pin PSU. would the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 or ASUS A8V Socket 939 VIA K8T800...
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    Help with in game color issues...

    Replaced with newest catalyst driver and it seems fine now, gonna keep trying though
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    Help with in game color issues...

    I'm looking for a little help trying to determine how to fix an issue I'm only having in games. I've just got a new x800gt, and fresh windows reinstall with the latest Omega drivers for my video card. I've been playing HL2 and noticed that in game, most of the color is missing...IE, the...
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    Need some help deciding-x800GT / 6800XT

    Thanks for the link, that page cleared it up very well! Looks like it's a no-brainer to me....x800gt is clearly a faster card.
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    Need some help deciding-x800GT / 6800XT

    I've been an ATI fan, but my 9800pro just died on me and I'd like to replace it with something a bit more capable but not blow my budget. I've got to keep it under $200, and I've found these 2 cards: http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productdetails.asp?submit=property&item=14-121-206 ASUS...
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    Hangs during bootup prior to memtest

    Thanks, it's already been fixed by restoring all the default settings, we were just trying to weed through the possible causes. Wasn't so sure if the quick self-test would have been to blame for this particular issue since it was hanging before the memtest altogether.
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    help needed with setting up fans in a chieftec dragon.

    I would think ideally, you would want the 2 fans at the front of the case sucking air in, (especially the HD fan), and the 2 on the back blowing out. The one on the door would probably work best blowing hot air out from off the processor and would work even better if you could funnel the heat...
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    Hangs during bootup prior to memtest

    I was kind of thinking the same thing, hence the complete restore to defaults. I guess I should have specifically checked it to see if that was the cause. It seemed to start when I first got my new 21" monitor, but I can't see how the monitor could have caused this either.
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    How can I identify this video card

    Thanks for the help malak, looks like Everest agrees with Windows on it being a 7200 :( Now I wonder where that dern 8500 went to!?
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    How can I identify this video card

    I'll try to find Everest as I don't have the ATI control panel installed yet, just using default windows drivers. I assume this would be the program you are talking about: http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en ?
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    How can I identify this video card

    I'm trying to identify a video card I've had around for a while that I thought was shot, but seems to be working fine when I plugged it in. Although pages are scrolling rather slow with it, it's booting fine and the display seems pretty good. It's an ATI with a copyright of 2000 ATI...
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    Hangs during bootup prior to memtest

    Thanks Grimfandango, I restored the BIOS defaults and whatever caused it is now fixed. :) I haven't got my full OC back yet, even with it being in a much cooler case, but with the memory problem fixed, I'm not so worried because I'm sure I just don't have things setup the same way again yet.
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    Chieftec Dragon Mid-Towers w/window again for $19.97+S/H at TD

    I missed out the first time too on the Matrix cases which I would have preferred, but I'm jumping on this one. $59 shipped to KS for 2 cases.
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    Hangs during bootup prior to memtest

    Thanks for the idea! I'm pretty sure I've checked for the self test already, but I'll definately take another look when I get home and try your suggestions and see how that affects the posting. I did also notice last night it's kind of sporadic now...some times it boots like it should...
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    Hangs during bootup prior to memtest

    I've tried every possible RAM configuration I could think of using, slot 1 slot 2 slot 3 with any of the 3 sticks of RAM and none of these changed the issue the slightest. It doesn't seem to be RAM related. I'm thinking more likely a BIOS related problem or something else that I'm not thinking...
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    Hangs during bootup prior to memtest

    I'm having a problem I can't figure out on bootup of my computer: Asus A7N8X-deluxe Rev 2.0 using bios 1.07 Barton 2500+ OC'd to XP3000+ Radeon 9800 Pro 1gb pc 2700 mem WD 160GB/Maxto 60Gb *new 520wt Super Flower PSU Basically, as soon as I turn it on, it hangs for 30secs-1min before the...
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    How to protect my network against P2P probs

    Yeah, Peer Guardian was running at the time, but I've come to find out something wierd about that program. When you pick the auto-update, it will say it's up to date....but the minute I uninstalled mine and reinstalled the same exact version, the blocklist went from blocking like 30,000,000...
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    How to protect my network against P2P probs

    I have been a user of bit torrent for quite some time, until recently I got a notice of copyright infringement concerning one of my downloads. I have a netgear NT314 router and 2 desktop computers behind it, also running Peer Guardian on both, with the bit torrents ports being forwarded to my...
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    Upgrading CPU's in WinXP

    Hey guys, I'm a little wary changing anything in Windows XP. I just swapped out my old IWill KK266 mobo for an Asus A7n8x deluxe Rev2 board and had to reinstall Windows to get it to boot in windows XP. I used the same processor I had before when doing the motherboard swap. The question is, now...
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    If you had one wish to be granted, what would you wish for?

    First, I'd want to get my roommate back... I think infinite wisdom or teleportation would be my other choices...since I can already fly!
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    What new AMD to get?

    I am currently running the 1.33 Ghz w/ 266 FSB on an IWill KK-266 motherboard, and am very pleased. I would go with the 1.33 and 266 FSB...if you're gonna spend that kind of money might as well go for the fastest one available. I'd also strongly recommend the Iwill motherboards depending on...
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    Slowdown of "My Computer" files???

    Here's a little more info to help pin it down... everything has been fine until a few days ago...at that point, I was running a cable modem through my router for the firewall protection, and have the same virus scanner I'm using now. I tried removing the cd-r from my burner, which didn't do...
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    Slowdown of "My Computer" files???

    I've owned several computers, and have had a recurring problem on most of them from my old 333 mhz HP Pavilion to my new 1.33 ghz homebuilt. I'm referring to when clicking on the my computer icon, the wait that is common for drives to show up. Almost like it's not responding for a few...
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    How to uninstall win2000?

    wouldn't have to double post if the question had been answered sufficiently
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    Video glitches....

    I'm running my 1.33 ghz Thunderbird at 1.425, with a radeon 64MB DDR. When playing Heavy Gear II, I notice a glitch every couple seconds, and was wondering if anyone could tell me what usually causes a glitch like that? I'm running everything off a 7200rpm Maxtor and have 512 MB crucial pc...
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    Windows 98/2000 dual boot uninstall question

    and if access is denied? I don't know why, but that option is out. Thanks for the sugg.
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    Problem Solved--

    I just tried to install Jane's USAF. About 3/4 of the way through, my computer started rebooting for no apparent reason (although I wasn't paying real close attention, I really don't think it was done installing yet). When I got back to windows Me, no installation activity resumed, so I...