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    Price drops on larger capacity drives?

    I need to purchase a large data drive, 750MB or more, and I see prices have been stagnant for a while. Are there any new large drives coming out or expected price drops coming up? I'm eyeing the WD 1TB GP drive but it's still going for around 275 out the door. I have about a month until I...
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    AHPI in Bios means BSOD - help! Gigabyte

    I have a gigabyte p35-DS3L and a e8400 overclocked running bios 8a. I also have 4 SATA drives, 2 hard drives and 2 opticals. I installed vista 64 with AHPI off and everything was fine. After overclocking I put AHPI mode on and can't boot into windows. I've done many searches and found some...
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    Memory holding up overclock of e8400 at 3.6ghz, bad motherboard? Help!

    I have 2gbx2 g.skill ddr2-1000 pc8000 memory and i'm trying to overclock a e8400 on a gigabyte p35-ds3l motherboard. tuniq tower for cooling. Even with the vcore up to 1.3 i can't go over 3.6ghz. I tried pulling one of the sticks out and left the other in slot 1 and I can run prime for...
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    Gigabyte Ds3l and a tuniq tower - can't get the CPU fan speed to work

    I just put together a new rig with a Gigabyte Ds3l motherboard, 8400e chip and I flashed to the latest bios F8a. My heatsink is the tuniq tower 120 with the stock fan. Here's my problem. The CPU connection on the motherboard is 4 pin and the fan is 3 pin. The fan also has a separate "fan...
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    Abit ip35-e new build on wolfdale - help with some problems

    I just put together a e8400 on a abit ip35-e motherboard. It's running bios 15 as I don't have a floppy to update the bios (any advice on how to do it with a cdrom?) Anyways, I'm having a few issues that are troubling me. On my first post the bios gave me this error at startup "CMOS Checksum...
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    Coolermaster Real Power Pro 750 - good for my system?

    Is thisthe same coolermaster that everyone is raving about? it's $80 free shipping on zip... I'm running a fairly simple machine, oc 8400, 8800gt (no dual cards), a few hard drives and that's about it. I know it's overkill but a good 500w is going for this. any reason not to get this one? Is...
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    Best Motherboard for the price for moderate Overclock?

    I'm about to build a new rig and am going to either use a e8400 or a 6600 quad for gaming and a hybrid htpc (still deciding on which to get, running vista 64). I plan on going with 2gbx2 memory modules and I'll run air with a aftermarket heatsink/fan. What is the best board for the money...
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    Logitech z5500 speakers on a HTPC - what soundcard?

    I'm building a HTPC and have a limited budget. I've heard the 5500 speakers are great for the price. I'll be using them primarily for movies/tv. My question is the sound card. A bunch of people have said just use the onboard sound and others are saying I should get a discrete soundcard. The...
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    New Build - Gaming rig/HTPC hybrid - advice needed

    I'm going to build a new computer that functions as my main computer with its main use as a gaming rig and duals as a HTPC. I have a 20" 1600x1080 monitor and a 42" 720 plasma (1024x768 version). I want to be able to use the 20" as my computer and also watch blu-rays on the 42". I understand...
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    Connecting to a wireless network using wireless router but wired NIC card. Is it possible?

    I have a Buffalo WHRHPG54 wireless router connected to my computer via a wired NIC card. Normally I just shut off the wireless features on the router and use my cable modem ethernet cable to get access. Recently my internet went out and while it's not working, I wanted to see if I can connect...
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    Best PCI (not PCI-E) video card for the money?

    I have a friend who has a fairly high end P4 system with a gig of memory and most of the bells and whistles. The thing is he got it from Dell and they didn't think he'd need a AGP or PCI-E slot. So he's stuck with standard PCI and wants to upgrade his video card so he can play HL2 and some of...
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    DFI Nforce 4 ultra memory problems

    I'm building a new computer and so far I've been having one big problem. When I put both 512 meg dimms in slots 2 & 4 the computer either won't boot or I get the BSOD. If I just put one in slot 2 (either one) it's fine. I have stock settings. Any idea on what the problem is? Do I have a bad...
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    Cooling solution for Venice core chips?

    I'm getting one of the new Venice 3200+ AMD 64 athlon chips and will be putting it in a DFI UT nforce board. I will also be overclocking this system. Any suggestions on a good (and reasonably priced) heat sink and fan for the chip? It will be going in a Antec 3000b case if that makes a...
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    Case & PS reccomendation: I'm building a new rig

    OK I'm building a rig with an emphasis on gaming. This is what I'll have inside DFI motherboard of some sort Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice) O/c'd moderately on air. 74gb Raptor HD 160gb WD HD NEC DVD burner X800XL or 6800GT (still deciding) (o/c'd moderately, no mods to card) wireless NIC...
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    Help, can't get Hard drive to be recognized!

    I have two hard drives, a 30 gb boot drive with windows and a 160gb WD 7200 used for data storage. The 160 is hooked up with a Promise Ultra 100TX2 controller card. Everything was working fine. I recently reformatted and reinstalled windows XP multimedia edition with all updates on the 30gb...
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    Gaming Mouse for lefties?

    With the introduction of the higher DPI mice lately, especially the Logitech 518, I've decided I want to upgrade my mouse for better gameplay. The problem is I'm lefthanded and most of the mice out there are formed for righties. Does anyone know of a good one for Lefties, or know of one...
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    Advice wanted: building a high end gaming/entertainment rig

    I'm going to be building a new computer from scratch. I've built about 3 or 4 in my lifetime but none in the last few years so most of my questions are what are good specific models. Any advice would be appreciated. I want a computer I can play high end games, mostly FPS but other games as...
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    What do I need to watch cable tv on my lcd?

    I'm about to get a Dell 2005fpw mostly to play games but also to watch cable tv. Right now I have cable (no cable box) and I want to hook it up to my monitor. What would I need to get so I can view cable? I will be purchasing a new video card (something along the lines of x800/6800gt) -...
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    Anandtech overclocking monthly update?

    Does anyone know when Anandtech will do their next overclocking price guide? I've been waiting for a while and I think the last one they did was October. I'm all ready to buy a system and they usually give some good advice there.