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    SOLVED: Antec MX-1 + Simpletech ProSpeed eSATA PCIe x1 = no eSATA connection

    I've tried two different MX-1 cases, one with a 1TB HDD inside, the other with a 250GB HDD in it, and neither is recognized when I plug them into the Simpletech ProSpeed eSATA card. The card is recognized in device manager (it's detected as a Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller under...
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    2x 7900 GTO vs 9800 GTX+ vs GTX 200 series

    I've had the two 7900 GTOs for almost 2 and a half years now, and I'm starting to game again and hurting for a new card (or two). The Hot Deals thread for the 9800 GTX+ is tempting me into getting one of those, but what is the performance like relative to what I already have? Is it worth it to...
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    Corsair HX1000, TT Toughpower 1000, or Zalman ZM1000

    I am planning on purchasing two eVGA 9800 GTX+ (512-P3-N873-AR) cards since I'm behind the times on my video (2x eVGA 7900GTS currently). I also am throwing in a new QX6850 to replace my OC'd e4300. I figured that I'd get a bigger PSU so I won't have to worry about increases in power...
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    19 out of the 36 total sub-forums have their names cut off

    So, can this be fixed? I think the ones that bother me the most are: General Hardwar... Highly Technica... and All Things Appl... ...as they're just a single character short of a full description, and instead of the last character, we get "..." which actually takes up more space, so...
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    E4300 @ 3.2 so far

    So I just finished putting together my new C2D rig, which includes the following: Silverstone TJ07 Black Windowed Case PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Intel Core 2 Duo e4300 Allendale Batch# Q650A045 Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Heatsink w/Yate Loon D12SL-12 (push) eVGA 680i n68-A1...
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    Minor problems with TJ07 + Ultra-120 Extreme + eVGA 680i N68

    I was thinking this setup wasn't going to have any problems, but I ran into one: I can't mount a fan on the Ultra 120, for 2 reasons. 1) I have a Yate Loon D12SL-12 and the mounting holes have a thick piece of cylindrical plastic going from one face of the outside to the other, so I'd have...
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    Will the Silverstone TJ07 hold a Thermalright 120-Ultra / Zalman 9700?

    Title pretty much sums it up. I need to know which of the two coolers will fit (if both, then I'll go with the Thermalright Ultra, otherwise the Zalman should fit). Also, if anyone has an eVGA nf68-a1 with either of these two coolers and this case, please let me know what your experience is...
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    Possible to image a HDD and NOT transfer the drivers?

    Last time I upgraded any major hardware in my PC I installed my new Raptor X, and it replaced my Raptor 74GB in a system that went otherwise unchanged. I used Acronis True Image Home 10.0 to image the 74GB and then loaded that image onto the Raptor X... when I first booted into Windows XP, the...
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    Warm? eVGA 8800GTS 320MB $270 flat from HWRebuild.com

    Was checking out their prices on C2D CPUs in this thread, and I glanced over at their "what's new" box, and wondered how much cheaper they were offering it than the competition... Lowest I can find on pricegrabber is 308 after tax/shipping/rebate, from Directron. Lowest price froogle found...
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    USB Gamepads for the PC

    Was just browsing through GoGamer and saw a few games that were out on the consoles a little while ago that I never had a chance to play, and thought I'd pick them up for the PC instead. Since the games in question (right now the current Prince of Persia 2 and 3, maybe some other titles in the...
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    Warm - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 $159.99 @ Fry's B&M

    Was about to order my new PCP&C PSU from the manufacturer directly, but called fry's and they told me it was 159 in store... I was thinking maybe they got the 750W confused with the 610W (the 610W MSRP's @ 159) but I popped into my local Fry's and ended up picking it up at that price. Not a bad...
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    Bad motherboard or bad video card? Or what?

    So here's my setup: PC Power and Cooling 510 SLI AMD Athlon FX-57 Zalman CNPS-9500 A8N-SLI Deluxe (bought when it was first released, has new chipset fan now) 2x BFG 6800 GT in SLI 2x 1GB OCZ Platinum EL 2-3-2-5 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 74GB WD Raptor 250GB WD Caviar NEC 3520A DVD...
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    Linksys SRX 200 vs D-link DGL-4300

    A friend of mine needs to connect his desktop to a wireless network for gaming, and his old router is dead, so he'll be picking up a new one. I've read some reviews on the D-Link gaming router, and it appears to be pretty decent, especially with the GameFuel technology that prioritizes gaming...
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    How tall is the eVGA 7800GT CO?

    Well, I may be selling my two 6800GTs and upgrading to 7800s, and I was wondering if anyone who has one (or two) already can tell me how much of the card extends past the top of the PCI-E mounting bracket. ('top' as if the orientation had the PC lying down on its side, with the motherboard...
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    Evil-Rage's Zalman CNPS-9500 mini-review

    So, just removed my old Zalman 7000B and installed the new Zalman 9500. Initial impressions are good: my idle went from 55C to roughly 45C, a drop of 10 degrees! This leads me to believe that either the new HSF is much, MUCH better, or the old one really sucked. Moving on... Installation was...
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    Can anyone recommend some cool and quiet 30mm-40mm fans?

    Just like the topic says. Thinking of getting This, but it doesn't come with fans where the grilles are. So, I'd like to add a pair of my own. Something quiet and effective would be nice, does anyone have any recommendations for fans in this size range, or know what size fans would fit these...
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    Overclocking with the FX-57

    After I ran the CrystalMark bench, I decided I wanted to make sure the OC was stable. So I opened up 3DMark 03 and started the default tests. First test passed fine, but during the 2nd test (Battle of Proxycon) I heard a beeping sound coming from the mobo, so alt+ctrl+del, ended the test, and...
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    Never thought I'd end up with one of these...

    :Q http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8946/dscf01092dh.jpg :Q ... :D ...Oh, the top one's mine, the bottom one is a friend's. I'm not THAT rich. ;) I did, however, get a really good deal on it, and as you can see, I couldn't pass it up. (My friend got a similar hawt deal)
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    Any NVidia reps in the hizzz-ouse?

    So, here's the deal. I need help from an NVidia rep, basically anyone who works for the company. I can't really discuss what I need out in the open, so send me a PM if you work for NVidia and can prove it! This is an extremely minor thing (I sure as hell am not asking for your employee discount...
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    Is there a way to create a DVD-R or two from a 11-CD Recovery Disc set? Also, driver issues. Yay.

    Is there a program or a way for me to create a DVD version of the recovery disc set? I don't really want to store 11 CDs, especially on the off-chance that I'll lose one or two between now and when I may need to do a recovery. So, I need one of two things. Either a) a DVD recovery kit for a...
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    Need help picking some RAM.

    Looking at either adding 2 512MB sticks of Corsair RAM to match the sticks I've already got, or swapping the sticks I've got with a matched set of Corsair 2x1GB sticks. The 512 sticks are 3-4-4-8, and the 1GB sticks are 2-3-3-6. What's the difference? The only differences between the two setups...
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    Widescreen Wallpapers?

    Preferably something gaming-related, and maybe a bit too specifically, either from the Fallout series or Half-Life 2. I reeeeeeeeally don't want to abandon my current fallout 2 desktop wallpaper, but once the new screen comes in tomorrow, I wouldn't want to stretch it or anything... yeah. Help?
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    Best Performance SATA HD on the market?

    I'm looking at replacing my Seagate 160 GB ATA HD with a newer 160 GB SATA drive, and after reading some reviews on StorageReview, I'm still not sure which to get. On top of that, after reading some reviews, it appears that NCQ doesn't have any benefit at all on single-user desktop systems...
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    Best Lightscribe Drive?

    Can anyone recommend a good lightscribe drive? I read a review of the BenQ one in MaxPC and it seems alright, I don't plan on overburning or anything really, so the lack of that feature doesn't seem like a negative to me. However, quality-wise (and I guess now, image-quality wise too) what would...
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    DTT Computer closing its doors by the end of this month

    Tony Nguyen, the owner and operator of DTT Computer, sent me an e-mail notice of his decision to close the store. Here's the text from the e-mail: "Dear all, It?s been a year since I opened DTT computer store and it?s been a tough year for me to open a new business. I regret to...
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    Formatted old HD, System Volume Information remains

    Is there something I'm missing here? Formatted in windows, then used the Seagate software that came with it to reformat/repartition it, and the system volume information folder remains. Or is it a new one? I dunno. Do I have to fdisk this thing? If so, how do I do that? Help, please.
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    Trying to find rounded single device 24" or 36" IDE cables

    Been googling, froogling, searching product pages... and it appears that the longest SINGLE drive ATA cable is 18" long. Now, I know I'll need two of those 18" cables... however, I'm gonna need two 24" or 36" single drive cables as well. But, I can't find them. They exist in dual drive...
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    A Hypothetical Question Regarding a Socket 939 Processor

    And the resulting fall caused approximately 9 pins to bend... if those pins were reset to their original positions, using, say, a sewing needle or something to that effect... and the processor fit in the socket perfectly, without any pins breaking or bending... would one guess that the processor...
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    IDE Cable Configuration Options

    I remember reading somewhere about different ways to configure IDE devices. The 'typical' configuration appears to be: IDE1 Master: Optical Drive 1, IDE1 Slave: Optical Drive 2, IDE2 Master: Hard Drive 1, IDE2 Slave: Hard Drive 2 While this works, I'm thinking it may not be the best for CD to...
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    Anyone know where I can find a guide for the FRONT PANEL AUDIO connector pins on the TJ03?

    I'll be building my new computer soon, and when I opened up the case to check everything out, I noticed the front panel connectors are mysteriously labeled, and I have NO idea what connects to what... Will be installing a A8N-SLI Deluxe in this thing, and I just need to figure out how to connect...
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    Good quality DVD-ROM read-only drive?

    I've read a bunch of posts on DVD writing and burning and all that, and decided to go with the NEC. However, I am one of the types that prefer 2 optical drives, since I make lots of backups of the music CDs I own (1 copy for in the car, that STAYS in the car, 1 copy for playing on comp, maybe 1...
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    I'd just like to give props to PC Power and Cooling

    Didn't know where else to post this, so I'm putting it here unless told otherwise. I just wanted to let anyone who's looking for a power supply know that PC Power and Cooling gave me some excellent customer service, definately exceeding my expectations with a company I'd never bought from...
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    HELP - Computer doesn't boot, goes to black screen

    I finally got around to purchasing a new floppy drive for my old comp so I can update the BIOS. I installed the floppy and it works fine (phew) so I started looking into updating the BIOS on my K8V Deluxe... well, I downloaded the latest file, changed the file name to K8V.ROM, and then inserted...
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    6800 GT PCIe: Which brand?

    I'm looking into getting a 6800 GT (Along with just about everyone else on the planet, apparently) and I was wondering what would be the best brand to go with. I've heard that XFX has poor customer service and will not buy their card, but I've heard good things about eVGA and BFG... I just don't...
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    Anyone know where to find XFX (or maybe evga) 6800 GT PCI-e?

    I've started to order parts for my new system, and since a lot of the stuff is on backorder, i figure it gives me some time to continue looking for other stuff, like this vid card. Can't seem to find it anywhere, and I'd prefer it over the other models (unless the evga 6800gt is as good or...
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    Where can I find XFX 6800 GT PCI-e?

    Does anyone know what other online stores may have this card, either in-stock or backorderable? I had planned on getting it on buy.com, but I may not be shopping with them ever again because of their horrible customer service (well, so far. we'll see how it turns out.)
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    PCP&C Turbo-Cool 510 vs Antec NeoPower 480

    Here's the thing. Both PSUs have something I like that the other doesn't have. However, I'm hoping to eliminate one of them with some help from you guys. I'll list the system specs it's going to be going in, and hopefully we can figure out which of these PSUs would be best for that rig. Antec...
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    Question about PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510

    The Turbo-Cool 510 Express appears to come with a 24-pin mobo connector and a 6-pin connector that I believe is used in conjunction with SLI on the A8N-SLI Deluxe. Am I correct? Also, there seems to be a few different versions of this particular PSU, anyone know if that's right, and if so, what...
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    Building A New System Sometime Soon... And Need Help!

    Alright, so I've been hungering for something top-of-the-line (or at least as close to it as I can afford) and when I heard about the A8N-SLI and two 6800 Ultras, I figured what better time to build a new comp when you can do it with two video cards? Anyhow, the one I'm planning to build will be...