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    2.0 speakers < $30

    These are for someone who isn't very picky - and they don't want to spend more than $30. Suggestions?
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    Recommend me a clear case

    So my friend is using an old PC of mine, but it's in a boring beige case and she wants to spice it up a bit. What she actually wants is a clear case. I've never shopped for these before. Looking around, it loks like the Logisys are OK and reasonably priced, $60-70 or so. Is there anything...
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    Streaming video is all pink

    The colors are all messed up. It's usually mostly green, or mostly pink. Codec? Which codec should I add/remove? I'm trying to watch gamespot. IIRC, it also happened with the newer Crysis trailer. I downloaded the video and everything was fine. CNET videos seem to work fine.
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    BGA ramsinks

    So I have a VF700 on a 9800 pro and I wanted to switch it to my x800xt. I also wanted to swap the ramsinks when I did this, since the XT's RAM could probably use the extra cooling. Does anyone know of any problems with pulling off the sinks, cleaning off the thermal pads, and sticking them on...
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    Low 3DM 05 score w/ X800 XT

    OK, so I got the X800 XT last summer and stuck it in my 2.8GHz Northwood rig. It got about 5800 IIRC in 3DM05. Since then I upgraded to the dual-core opteron, and then my score was about 3000-3100. That was with the 5.12 drivers (or thereabouts); something was clearly wrong. Since then I...
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    AGP Driver on ASRock 939Dual-SATA2

    So if I install the AGP driver for this board, the system just hangs on bootup. More details to follow, but I want to see who else is having this problem. Edit. I got the drivers installed, seemingly. What I had to do, after installing them, was boot into the Last Known Good Configuration...
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    *backordered* Gigabyte AGP X800 XT PE VIVO $249 shipped no rebates

    Just ordered one of these. I hope there's no catch, seems too good to be true. I also hope I'm not a sucker, these may be $150 in another 2 months ... ;) (not likely) BTW for those who've missed it, ZZF has had AGP X800 XT's RETAIL as low as $219, still listed there, just out of stock...
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    gt4 on 1080i ?

    Did a couple quick searches, no luck.... maybe someone can help. So anyhow, someone donated this HDTV to a college where I work. It's a Panasonic Tau. I didn't see any other model information on it except for "HDTV 1080i compatible." So I plug in a PS2 this afternoon hoping to play some...
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    Bye bye...

    Farewell :( :brokenheart: Haven't crunched in awhile, so I don't think I'll be missed too much, (Heck I don't even know what this BOINC business is all about), and my rig's getting a little long in the tooth anyhow.... but I'm joining the college where I go, they certainly need the help a...
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    Ramsinks on 9800 Pro

    Well, being a budget-minded gamer, I recently bought the Sapphire 9800 pro for around 130 shipped, which to my mind represents a supeb value, hard to beat at this time. This card comes clocked at 380/340. Despite warnings that the cooler was cr*p, I proceeded to load ATITool... the core got to...
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    Quiet 6600GT?

    I'm feeling the Leadtek, although people are saying the evga is also quiet, and the MSI is tolerable. This is only looking at the newegg comments, and I want some opinions besides "It's faster than my Ti4200!!" Quietness is my prime concern here, although HDTV-out features are also good...
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    Highest safe voltage for Northwood?

    What are others with B0 chips running? I built this system awhile ago but I'm trying to push it to new heights. 2.53/533. B0 stepping SL6D8. i845pev mobo. I can't prime for more than 10 min w/o error at 2.92, 1.675 V. I'm pushing it to 1.7 right now and giving it a shot. MBM reports peak...
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    Cleaning dust filters on a Lian-Li

    Apologies in advance if there's a really obvious answer to this, or if it's just been posted by someone else - but I couldn't find another thread dealing with this so anyways. I'm replacing my HSF so while I'm at it I'm cleaning everything. One thorn in my side is that I've never found a way to...
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    Happy Birthday 2 Me! 100!

    Hi, I'm not currently one of the faster SETI'ers but I started crunching SETI a little while back... And I just turned 100! Yay for me :D Also.. my motherboard just got here, and my P4 box is going 2gether 2nite! Another cruncher for the fold. I'm currently working on improving the cooling...
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    Difference between retail ATI and retail PowerColor 8500 LE?

    I know the title is rather confusing but I was wondering if there's a difference between the retail versions of the "Manufactured by ATI" Radeon 8500LE (128MB) and the retail PowerColor version of the same thing. The Powercolor card is listed on googlegear's site. In other words will the...
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    DDR400 worth it with 400FSB? Help this Intel n00b...

    Arghh... multipliers, ratios, 3:4, 4:5, 1:1.... I'm confusticated. :o I'm trying to put together a *pretty good* intel system, at a reasonable price, now I'm confused at what to choose. I've read thru most of the related threads, here's what I want to get: gigabyte 8SG667 2.50 / 400 P4 for...