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    Macbook vs Thinkpad T61 - Which would you buy TODAY?

    I was deciding between these two a few months ago myself. What I ended up buying was a Macbook Pro. I am extremely happy with my decision! Before this MBP I had no experience with Apple or OSX. My Aunt works for IBM and could have gotten me a sweet deal on the notebook of my choice, but...
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    Are you serious? If it doesnt fail under memtest could I still have defective RAM? I think Ill put a fan blowing across the RAM and leave the PC running for a few days to see if it fixes the problem or not.
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    Seasonic 600W
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    I forgot to add I have set the voltage on the RAM to 2.18V HDD seem to working perfectly. This problem seems to happening less than before but it is still happening. I wonder if my RAM is OK but overheating causing it to become unstable and coldbooting my PC...I dont know Im new to this...
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    I ran 350 passes of memtest 1.70 test 5 with no errors. I have no idea whats going on here Is my RAM just overheating and becoming unstable only then, or is my CPU not able to run stable at stock speeds...how do I test for that? Ive run every stress test I found and Im not getting any...
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    Thanks, thats good to know. Ill try memtest later after I re-install a floppy drive and see what happens. If it fails ill try again at 2.2V
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    I only upped the voltage to 2.12V...everything else is at default settings
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    ok, will do Ill report back.
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    Im using win2k pro with all updates I have run prime 95...all night with no errors Is there anything special I need to do to detect errors its not finding?
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    Not overclocking. Everything is running at stock RAM is Buffalo fire stix 2 1Gb 800Mhz (voltage set to 2.12V) Stock HSF running at max speed...CPU runs cool MB is Intel Badaxe2
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    Is my E6600 the culprit?

    This is my first build and I cant figure out whats causing my new comp to crash. If I leave it on overnight I wake up to either it wating at the password to enter Windows on bootup or on rare occasions everything looks fine in Windows but when I go to click on something it does nothing but...
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    E6600 OC @ stock Voltage - What are you geting?

    It beats the 1Ghz AMD Athlon computer I was using previos to this build with 128M of RAM:D
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    E6600 OC @ stock Voltage - What are you geting?

    Looks like Intel is binning more agressively now. Im only getting 100Mhz more out of this chip at stock voltage...that just sucks
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    E6600 OC @ stock Voltage - What are you geting?

    Here is what I have L641A736 (E6600) Bad Axe2 latest BIOS 2Gigs Buffallo Firestiks This is my first time building a PC and never OC before either so maybe Im doing something wrong. I have a Seasonic 600W PS so that should be a stable power source. Im only running a stock EVGA 7600GT ...
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    E6600 OC @ stock Voltage - What are you geting?

    I can only get 2.5Ghz at stock voltage I raised to 1.375 and couldnt even get booted to 2.9Ghz Am I doing something wrong or does this processor just blow?
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    How do I read my Core2Duo stepping information?

    Is there any information on how good or bad this chip is?
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    How do I read my Core2Duo stepping information?

    I see L641A736
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    Powerfull VC usefull for movies and photoediting or just gaming?

    Im just looking to get a "get by" card for the CAD and CAM programs. Yes I want to experiment with 3D but I just need it to work, doesnt have to be fluid..just work I have some Allen Bradley software I need to run smooth but I dont think it will stress any recent card. Playing movies...
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    Powerfull VC usefull for movies and photoediting or just gaming?

    haha I was considering the 8800gts Which card for around that price would you recommend? I was looking at this card which seems to be popular. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130062 I dont know a thing about video cards so Im open to suggestions that would meet...
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    Powerfull VC usefull for movies and photoediting or just gaming?

    Im going to be picking up a NEC 20MWGX2 LCD monitor for use with CAD CAM some other engineering programs, watching movies and photoediting. Do I need an expensive video card to do all this or would a $100 card be plenty? Not a gamer by the way, unless you count pinball :)
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    BADAXE2 users

    What memory are you using? The board supports 1.8-1.9V Here is what a reviewer said on Newegg "Be careful of which memory you buy for this board. Most importantly, the memory should be DDR2, 1.8v-1.9v ONLY, should not have double sided DIMMs with 8 chips per side, they are NOT...
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    1st time builder, need advice <$2000 from scratch

    Lots of great info. Ok, I think with RAM prices being the way they are I will stick with DDR2-800. I want to try overcloking a little...thats why I want to purchase the zalman. If I get to 3.2 Im happy 3 things I have no clue what to buy 1-monitor 2-video card 3-RAM Keeping in...
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    Need a CAD machine

    Let us know what you do and how it works out. Im also interested in building a CAD machine and would like the feedback if you dont mind.
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    1st time builder, need advice <$2000 from scratch

    I want the stability of the badaxe. I didnt mention this earlier but this will most likely be used as a buisness PC...thats why I stress the stability issue I will reuse my existing speakers and keyboard.
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    1st time builder, need advice <$2000 from scratch

    I need to build a PC for less than $2000 from scratch. I dont game but will use the PC for engineering programs like CAD, RSLogix and P-Spice. I will also use it for watching DVDs, burning music cd,s etc.... I anticipate using two monitors in the future (but dont know much about video)...
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    Is this a good time to purchase IBM laptop

    Im worried with Vista installed the prices may not be so good. Few more questions. Im not real computer savy, so I need some help with this part. Should I upgrade things from Lenovo or should I buy seperately and install them myself? Ram and hard drive come to mind. Im alright with...
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    Is this a good time to purchase IBM laptop

    With Vista around the corner would now be a good time to buy? The deals seem to be good with a nicely equiped Z61m coming in around $1200 with free shipping. But will it be ok with Vista? Would it be worth waiting for Vista to ship with the laptop instead? Looking for advice. BTW I dont...
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    requesting pic of Praetorian PAC-T01 silver

    Noone has this case?
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    requesting pic of Praetorian PAC-T01 silver

    Thanks for the effort guys but Im really wanting a real-live pic of a silver Praetorian. Anyone?
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    requesting pic of Praetorian PAC-T01 silver

    Anyone have detailed pics of the Praetorian PAC-T01 in silver?
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    Need high CFM 120mm fan reccomendations for amp rack

    After doing some searching it looks like a lot of poeple feel Delta and Sanyo Denki are two of the best fans. Where could I pick up a Sanyo Denski? Would you rate Delta any better or worse than the SD?
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    Need high CFM 120mm fan reccomendations for amp rack

    I missed a few questions: I was under the impression thicker = better so I assume I would want 120 x 38?? Yreka, that fan is craZy expensive. I would think I could do the same thing with 4 cheaper fans, and it might end up with less noise...though Im not sure because I have never delt with...
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    Need high CFM 120mm fan reccomendations for amp rack

    Im not sure what maximum I would need (I would only be guessing) and Im not sure how I will configure the setup yet (push/pull...pull/pull...push/push) After I get the fans I plan to do some testing and see what works best. I would say min. CFM should be somewhere around 50 or maybe closer...
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    Need high CFM 120mm fan reccomendations for amp rack

    I am building an amp rack in my car and I will need atleast two high CFM fans to cool my amps. I would like your recommendations for high quality durable fans capable of high CFM output. Thankyou
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    AM2 around the corner...noone cares???

    Stability. I work hours on electronic circuits with my software and I absolutely cannot have any data corruption or lost data in general. I?m not an enthusiast, and I don?t need the fastest PC, however my needs do involve a stable reliable PC A few of my friends that are into computers...
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    AM2 around the corner...noone cares???

    How about poeple with a 1GHz AMD Athlon :)
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    AM2 around the corner...noone cares???

    So AM2 will NOT be worse...correct? I am trying to decide whether I should upgrade cheaply now with a 3000+ or wait for AM2 The most intersting thing Im interested in is ATI's new chipsets for AM2. From what Ive read I dont want to touch Nforce with a ten foot pole, and the good ATI...