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    Small upgrade recommendations?

    Thanks for the all the tips guys :) In the end I decided to upgrade the HD first (as I found an offer to good to refuse!), going for the Samsung F3 1TB. Having reformated and now using the F3 as my primary HD and removing the IDE HD, things are a lot smoother. Although the greed has got...
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    Small upgrade recommendations?

    Apologies. the 750GB is a SATA2 and the main OS/APP, the 70GB is an IDE and just a spare storage drive. The CPU isn't overclocked and I'm not a big fan of overclocking CPU's (bad experience long story :P). Thanks for the input anyway.
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    Small upgrade recommendations?

    Hi all, My system's slowing down a bit, but it could be due to the fact I haven't reformated for a year or more now :P Nevertheless I wanted to get some ideas on what parts I should upgrade with a budget of around to spend £100-200 ($150-300USD) Information: 1. I use my system for...
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    Suspected video card issue, computer won't start up after "pop" sound

    Just to tank you guys once again, it was indeed the PSU. Since the replacement with a quality 700W supply I haven't had any issues whatsoever :)
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    Radeon HD 4850 or 9800 GTX+

    I think it may have been a few graphs showing AA capabilities on both cards that I got this impression from, nevertheless they're both very similar still. Thanks for your post anyway though. :) As for which model/manufacturer, I need some advice on that while I look for more reviews. So...
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    Radeon HD 4850 or 9800 GTX+

    Hi guys, Just done some research into an upgrade for my dusty X1950XT (pci-e) that I use for gaming. I've ironed it down to these 2 cards that I can afford, however I've noticed in some older reviews that the HD 4850 was prefered due to price, however I've seen that the prices of both...
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    Suspected video card issue, computer won't start up after "pop" sound

    Thanks fellas. It does bewilder me though how it gets power even with a faulty/blown PSU. If a few capacitors blew up in the PSU still allow for sufficient current to light up the LEDs?
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    Suspected video card issue, computer won't start up after "pop" sound

    Oh forgot to add, that the PSU seems to be ok as the Abit mobo Leds are ON when the PSU is turned on...
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    Suspected video card issue, computer won't start up after "pop" sound

    Hi guys, Hope you can help me plan out the best way to troubleshoot my problem later this evening. My pc started making funny "buzzing" noises whenever I played graphics intensive games and when I'm flipping windows or loading new internet pages/scrolling up and down web pages. However...
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    Opinions/Advice needed. ATA or SATA?

    Thanks for the response all. My concern is running an IDE HD and IDE DVDrom from the newer mobo's with only 1 IDE connector. Will that cause any problems?
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    Opinions/Advice needed. ATA or SATA?

    What to buy please. I think the troubleshooting is too much bother than it's worth as it's a 4 year old system.
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    Opinions/Advice needed. ATA or SATA?

    I'm building a new computer for my mum as one of the components have failed, either the IDE HD, Mobo, Ram, Video card or CPU during installing of Windows XP. (I get the Stop: 0x0000008E "Setup cannot copy the file Setupdd.sys" error) I've tried troubleshooting the RAM by swapping using each of...
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    GA-G33M-S2H

    Thanks gorobei. Forgot to post my rig up: 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo. 4 GB Kingston DDR2 800Mhz RAM (4 sticks) Sparkle 256MB 8500GT 400Watt PSU At the time of testing, I had 1 stick of RAM, all power cables checked and rechecked. I'm gonna test the bios battery thing tonight, and try it...
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    GA-G33M-S2H

    Hi all, Just a quick bit of advice and your views on this board. Recently bought the GA-G33M-S2 but upon plugging everything in the CPU fan wouldn't start and the BIOS wouldn't load. Retried, replugged everything into my old mobo, all systems were ok... ! Tried it again, and same thing...
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    QUICK ADVICE needed! Pick 1 of the 4 please :)

    Lol I was waiting just now with that in my basket already. Thanks.
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    QUICK ADVICE needed! Pick 1 of the 4 please :)

    All 4 are prices around £115-120 and having researched all 4, they seem pretty good. HIS X1950 Pro 256MB (HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT - 620mhz/1480mhz/36pix sh) Sapphire X1950 pro 512MB - standard (580mhz/1400mhz/36pix sh) PowerColor X1950 XT Extreme 256MB...
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    Using an ATi Card on a ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 650i-SLI Motherboard

    Hi guys, I've recently bought the ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 650i-SLI Motherboard and it's an amazing bit of kit built around the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI chipset. I've recently seen an offer for an X1950 PRO 256MB for £80.36 ($160) and was wondering if this card would run very well on the...
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    Advice on an SLi

    I've got about $300 to spend on a new card, would the 7900GS SLi be the best for money? Or a single card with higher specs? Appreciate any advice. Thanks.
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    Have a problem setting my AGP from 4x to 8x

    Hi all at anandtech! I've just bought a Leadtek 6600GT which is capable of AGP 8x, but is only displaying 4x. Any idea how to change it? My specs: GIGABYTE GA-8SG800 Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG...
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    Motherboard problems?

    I swapped the existing PSU with my PSU and tried powering my computer with it, and it was fine. But when I tried to power her one, it didnt work. So I swapped it back into my computer as before and it worked fine again?! Tested all the wires and they are all fully connected. Even tried to...
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    Motherboard problems?

    Sorry, mobo is an ASUS, not sure which model, PSU is a very bog standard one, but it had 400W on it powering A 5200FX vid card and a 120GB HD, thats about it really. Specs: 512 DDR400 RAM 2.50 P4 processor
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    Motherboard problems?

    Hi montag, Basically it was working as normal, then suddenly the screen goes black, like there was no connection with the video card, so I unplugged the monitor lead and put it back in, but still no luck, so I switched off the computer hopeing that it will work (did a cold boot by pressing...
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    Motherboard problems?

    Hello! My girlfriend's computer just blew up last night and I've brought it back to mine to see what's wrong. Basically, it won't turn on. Checked the PSU with my unit, it's working fine. Attempted to use my PSU with her computer, but still no luck. I plugged her HD into my system and...
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    Buying advice needed for new graphics card!

    I'm running a P4 2.66mhz 1024MB (DDR400) RAM Is it good enought to get a 6600GT? Thanks.
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    Buying advice needed for new graphics card!

    Hi all, I'm currently still using a very rusty Geforce FX 5700 and am in need of a new Video card to run the likes of B&W 2 and Doom3 as i'm starting to get frustrated with the blocky graphics and low res. Could anyone tell me what would be the best buy for around £90 or less ($150USD)...
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    Soundcard problems?

    thanks a lot :) The wav toggle was all the way down. Not sure how that happened automatically?!
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    Soundcard problems?

    Dear all, I have recently been watching various cartoon clips with windows media player and real one player, sometimes forgetting to close one before opening the other. There is no sound coming out of the speakers now, so I tried using headphones to listen to see if I could hear anything...
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    Does the Psu Wattage affect CD/DVD reading?

    Hi all, At the moment I run: 350Watt PSU P4 2.66Mhz 1Gig DDR400 Geforce Fx5600 DVD rewriter DVD player Modem Soundcard 1 extra case fan 2 ethernet cards But recently I have burnt several discs with avi format videos on it. However when I put them back into either DVDroms they...
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    Nvidia Budget Cards. 6200 or 6600

    I currently have an ASUS Fx5600 and it's playing HL2 and Doom3 OK in 800x600 mode, but I'm just wondering whether selling this card off and purchasing a Geforce 6200 or 6600 will be much better tham my current card? Or should I just save up and wait for the 6600GT/6800 to drop in price?
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    PNY 6600 and PNY 6600GT

    Hi all, I'm on the market to get me a new geforce6600GT. However I found this advertised for half the price of a 6600Gt, can anyone tell me what it is? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products...cm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=84725 Also, I've seen countless reviews and comparisons of the...
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    Upgrade of XP SP2 destroyed my Hard Drive

    Yahoooo! I'm back on, but I decided to reinstall my original XP cos I was just having way too many problems with the XP SP1+SP2 edition CD. One other problem did occur though, whenever I installed something Microsoft, my Norton Antivirus 2005 would suddenly not work properly (ie. says that...
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    Upgrade of XP SP2 destroyed my Hard Drive

    lol, bsobel, you interpreted my post correctly! Sorry for the confusion guys, but my POST does boot fully and it gets to the stage where it says starting windows but reboots constantly upon getting to that stage and going to the "safe mode" options menu. I have found a sort of solution...
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    XP SP2 messed up my system BAD.

    Hi DrkSn, I had exactly the same problem as you apart from the fact that my system started off as an XP SP1. I dont seem to get that option of "do not restart on error" when I press F8?
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    Upgrade of XP SP2 destroyed my Hard Drive

    Hi All, I recently decided to upgrade from SP1 to Sp2, but having a remarkably slow internet connection I decided to just purchase a new version of XP bundled with SP1 and SP2 and just dynamically upgrade my version. All was well after I put the CD into upgrade my current OS, but then an...