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    What happened to the P55 Roundup?

    Not sure if this is the right place for this (sorry if it isn't). But didn't Anandtech have a massive P55 roundup coming up? I know it may have been thrown off schedule because of a few technical issues but the P55 has been out for awhile now, I figured there would be roundup out. Sorry...
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    What heatsinks are you using for Socket 1156?

    As far as I can see the only option for aftermarket HSF's for 1156, according to Newegg, is http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835106139 Are there any other options out there? Scythe? Zalman?
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    New Asus P55 requires new memory?

    I'm going to be picking up an Asus P7P55D soon and I see alot of "Perfect match for Core i5 & Core i7" and "Dual Channel Intel Core i5 & Core i7 CPU for P55 motherboard" in the DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) listings on newegg. Are these "new" memory kits needed to run my core i7 860 or is it just...
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    Incremental Video Card Upgrade?

    My current spec are: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Patriot 2GB DDR 400 XFX 7800GT I play World of Warcraft almost exclusively. Lately though in 25 man raids (more people more spell effects etc) I've been noticing a lot of frame rate issues. I'm pretty sure it's not the connection issue because...
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    Windows explorer forcing me to loging as guest

    So I open Windows Explorer and type in \\COMPUTERNAME\c$ or e$ for the two hard drives. It forces me to login as COMPUTERNAME\Guest with the drop down being greyed out. I'd like to login as COMPUTERNAME\Username with Username being the username that I use to log in and is an administrator...
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    Macbook (Late 08) Ram Upgrade

    I'm looking to go to 4GB in the Aluminum Macbook I just purchased. What are the reputable RAM resellers for Macs?
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    What do you use to carry around your Macbook?

    I'm going to be getting a new macbook soon and was wondering what you guys use to lug around your laptops? I am planning on getting a case or sleeve and a laptop bag also. Any suggestions would be helpful :)
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    Revision 2 Macbook?

    So I've heard from a lot of mac enthused friends to "wait for the 2nd rev of apple products". It always makes sense to wait. So typically how long does it take for a 2nd rev to come out? 6 months? a year? I know it all depends of a myriad of things but is there a good ballpark number...
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    Snow Leopard and OpenCL

    So I was in the macstore yesterday and I asked a sales person what are some advantages of the new aluminum macbook, over the new (kinda) plastic macbook. She mentioned that snow leopard is going to take advantage of using the GPU which will make the overall system faster. I was a bit skeptical...
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    Anyone ever take advantage of 0% interest credit cards?

    I've been thinking about getting one of those 0% interest on all your purchases for 12 months cards. Will probably put about 5k worth of furniture on it. I'm assuming my credit line will probably be around 10k or so. If I wait 11 months and 20 days and pay it all off at once, are those 11...
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    Wall-E character question

    According to this Link the little dude that ran around cleaning the hell out of Wall-E and everything else is named M-O. I could've sworn I remember him (M-O) saying his name was Mop (since he does mop up dirt) towards the end when Wall-E was introducing himself. Anyone else remember this?
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    Advantages of going with a large bank over a local lender?

    Are there any tangible benefits of going with a larger bank like Wells Fargo over a local lender? Their rates are the same and the local lenders closing costs are a little bit lower but negligible.
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    Any symphony buffs in the house?

    I was watching a local Chicago program and they had a story on Riccardo Muti being appointed as the new music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Apparently this was a very big deal (according to the person they interviewed), so I went to the CSO website to see what the hubbub was...
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    Met with a mortgage broker last night

    We wanted to get a pre-approval letter from a broker last night to get the ball rolling on putting in offers. We both have really good credit, FICO scores > 750. We don't have any car payments, no student loan payments, we pay off our credit credits instantly pretty much, and rent currently...
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    Laggy Web Surfing / On-line Gaming

    A bit long thanks for reading :D About 3-4 weeks ago I started noticing some lag issues with surfing the web. Websites would all of a sudden take 20 seconds to load instead of 2-3. Usually webpages load instantly but the problem would be it would load partially like the header or 10% of the...
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    HDTV possible with Dell 2007 FPW?

    I've been tooling around the internet trying to find a difinitive answer on whether or not I can use my 20" Dell LCD for HD viewing. It seems like the monitor can do upwards of 720p? I see that there is a component cable connection on the back of the monitor so I guess there is hope :D If...
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    YAWMIT thread: Black and White(?) subtitled film

    So I was watching a movie trailer quite awhile ago (maybe a couple months) that intrigued me but I didn't catch the name of the film. I believe the movie was foriegn to the U.S. because there were English subtitles but I can't be positive that there wasn't any Engligh dialogue in the movie...
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    Undoing dual boot Vista Beta and Win XP Pro

    Basically I installed Vista Beta and Win XP Pro on two seperate drives. XP first then Vista Beta. Now I have the final version of Vista and want to dual boot that but get rid of the Vista Beta install. How would I go about doing this? If I just format the Vista Beta drive will the hose the...
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    Are DDR RAM going up/down in price soon?

    With the new mobos supporting DDR2 is there going to be a large change in price in general for DDR RAM? Thinking about picking up this Patriot Value Ram but I don't need to get it immediately so I can wait for a price drop if you guys forsee one. EDIT TOPIC: grammar
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    Any audiophiles got a good headphones review site?

    Looking for some new headphones for my PC, iPod and TV. Got some Shure E3Cs but the earpieces are a little irritating for my ear holes, plus the bass isn't super on them (listening to Rock, Electrotronic, Hip-Hop, and the such) so I wanted to try to get some good can headphones. Most places I've...
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    Anyone know the over/under of the standing ovations?

    Was there a vegas line on the standing ovations for the state of the union? anyone wager? ;)
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    Harddrive changed models?

    Hello all, I had this problem happen to me recently. I had a hard drive out of the case for a while but then I wanted to put it back in to get some data off it. It was originally a WD800JB and now its being recognized in the bios as a WD2400LB. When it boots all the way into windows using...
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    Are my voltages way low?

    Voltages My +5 is reading at 3.15 and my -12 is -.1 and my -5 is 0V is this bad? :(
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    Can I build an MCE machine on a Athlon 700?

    Looking to maybe put Windows XP Media Center Edition on my old Athlon 700 that I have lying around. I see the min reqs for MCE is 300 MHZ but I'd like to get some real world user feedback. Storage isn't a problem, I have plenty of old IDEs sitting around. Will 7200 RPM be sufficient? I am...
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    Need some help with a rebate

    For those of you that have an OCZ Powerstream 520W, would one of you be willing to send me a scan of your UPC? I purchased mine from Newegg about 2 months ago when there was a rebate and of course I send in everything but don't make a copy of the UPC I have emailed them because they haven't got...
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    Mixing ECC and non-ECC a problem?

    Currently have 2x128 MB RDRAM PC800, and looking on ebay for another 2x128 (I have to upgrade in pairs right?) but some of the ones i've seen online are ECC. Will the ECC function properly with the non-ECC?
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    Do i need "EXTREME" RAM if i don't overclock at all?

    I currently have 1 GB of the top of the line Patriot DDR Cas Latency: 2 Timing: 2-3-2-5-T1 But i don't overclock at all and I want to really swap that (or add) for 2 GB. Theres essentially 3 flavors to 2GB from Patriot Cas Latency: 3 Timing: 3-4-4-8 $161.99 Cas Latency: 3...
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    determine what size tv you should get from your room?

    i know there was a website out there that took in inputs such as room width/length and how far you were away from the tv and stand height, and outputted how big the tv should be that you get. ive tried googling it but i cant find anything besides "guides" to buying tvs but no real definitive...
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    will a mobo go into the bios with a proc?

    I have a dfi nforce4 ultra SLI and its not booting up right now with 4 LEDs in the left hand side, which means "System start up" according to the manual. I think its the proc that could be a problem, but i dont have another 939 to test it with. so i was going to try just booting up the system...
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    my motherboard boots up but still having trouble

    so i had some problems with my current system. some power related issues. so i was pretty sure it was the mobo or the proc. so i got a new mobo, the same DFI nforce4 that i have currently. i take my old amd 3700+ and put it in the new DFI that i just got. it turns on and all the lights are on...
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    is my mobo dead or my proc?

    So there was a huge power surge last night, not a complete black out, but it was kinda like a brown out where the lights go down then come back. anyway, i guess the power went "down" enough that the computer turned off, then turned back on. but then turned back off again. i started smelling some...
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    one of the most lamest UPS deliveries ever?

    29-Dec-05 11:03 P.M. ADDISON, IL, US ARRIVAL SCAN 7:41 P.M. DAVENPORT, IA, US DEPARTURE SCAN 5:54 P.M. DAVENPORT, IA, US ARRIVAL SCAN 2:49 P.M. DES MOINES, IA, US DEPARTURE SCAN 10:38 A.M. DES MOINES, IA, US ARRIVAL SCAN 7:09 A.M. BOISE, ID, US DEPARTURE SCAN 28-Dec-05...
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    plotting power supply voltage lines?

    Are there any apps out there that can plot the 12V +/-5V 3.3 and whatever other lines are out there? I use Smart Guardian and it samples the voltage values probably every 2 seconds or so, i'd just like to see that plotted out over say a 6 hour stress test. any ideas?
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    What to upgrade to?

    Looking to upgrade my secondary computer. Looking to spend less than $125, the cheaper the better obviously. I have an athlon xp 2100+ with 1.5 GB of RAM. I was looking at the Geforce 4MX's but I thought I remember those being budget cards back in the day. Want to be able to play Hitman...
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    XFX 7800 GT Video Out Problems

    Has anyone had any problems using the video function? I have tried hooking up through the s-video out and the component out and it display the desktop on my tv but is scrolls very violently, and it grayed out. I have tried using different resolutions, 60, 72, 75 ,85 HZ to no avail. I have a...
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    Controlling case and video card fans

    Just got my P180 set up. Was wondering if there was a way to control the three 120 mm fans that came with it through software? I know there is the switch that you can set to low, med, or high, but that doesnt do me any good if the case is closed. Also got the XFX 7800GT. Is there any way to...
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    P180 PSU + mobo questions

    Pretty sure I am getting an Antec P180 with a DFI Lanparty NF4 ultra or SLi mobo. Has anyone tried this configuration? How is the power adapter coming from the psu on the bottom? Also, has anyone tried a fanless psu solution with this setup? I am really going for the silent PC, but I am a bit...
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    Building a new rig

    This is my new machine I'm hoping to build soon Newegg Link I will also be getting the XFX 7800 GT deal from ZipZoomFly. Opinions on the power supply, cpu and memory please. I have been looking at the Patriot ram too but I'm not to familiar with the different types of memory at the...
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    Replace front bumper for 2004 Civic?

    What do you guys think this would cost? Break down into labor and parts if you could. Do you think going to Maaco or store like it or dealer would be better? Paint matching is essential so I may have answered my own question there with that... Bumper is totally dented so theres no hope for...
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    any benefit to paying off student loans now?

    I've got about 8k in loans, and was wondering if theres any income tax benefit to paying it off? I've read about some student loan interest tax breaks, but I just plan on paying it all off at once before it's due. Does reporting that you paided off a large loan give you somewhat of a tax break?