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  1. Lasthitlarry

    Overclocking tips?

    So I have finally gone and chunked my stock cooler for a nice Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, and have already begun overclocking. Cores run at 18-22 C each at idle, and 29-37 C each at full load ; I have not changed ANY voltages, and I'm not sure if I want to yet... My farthest overclock so...
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    time to upgrade cpu?

    Hate to ask the same question that gets asked a lot, but: I currently have an X2 3600+ Brisbane, as well as a GeForce 8800GTS 640MB video card, for a good 6 months now, at least. I just feel like my CPU might be my current bottleneck and was looking to upgrade to an X2 5200+ Windsor (2MB...
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    code to output directory list

    Basically I have always wanted to easily output some sort of text file that has a list of all the files in a directory, specifically my music folder (sort of like a playlist but in text form). It could list just folder names in tree form, or even filenames within folders, so it would be easy to...
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    upgrade/GPU + PSU question

    Currently have an x850xt and a 450W Fortron PSU, my x850xt fan can get really loud now that I game on a 22" WS LCD... Am considering getting a 640MB 8800GTS, but noticed it requires a minimum of 26 amps on a 12V channel, and my PSU has 12V1 and 12V2, both of which have 18 amps. This means...
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    projector seems to have a color shift

    I have a projector and it has been awesome for a while, but suddenly there seems to be some type of color shift. The whole screen looks fine, but when there are occurences of white(it's really easy to tell with movie credits), there is a blue "shadow" to the left, and a yellow "shadow" to the...
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    hard drive problem

    Ok, so my samsung 160gb hard drive full of data, has a missing pin. Is there an easier way to get the data off besides buying another one just like it and switching the logic circuits and sending back the bad logic circuit attached to the good drive?
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    strange random beeps in windows

    The computer was in windows, everything ran fine, has been running fine for a few years, and all of a sudden it starts making random beeps, all the time. We could play games on it, and the game would run perfectly, but would keep having these beeps. We decided it could either be: cpu...
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    finally gonna build

    Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4-F $85.25 CPU: 64 3200+ $170 Video: 850XT ($150 from a friend) Case: Centurion 5 $61 PSU: Fortron 400W $47 and I am upgrading from 2500+ Barton, 9600XT, Soyo Mobo, so I already have monitor, hard drives, RAM, keyboard, mouse, speakers. So that's $513.25...
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    PCIe video card

    I am a budget gamer for sure, but why don't more people buy the 115 dollar X800 GTO? I mean, the sucker is dirt cheap, has 12 pipelines, and has a decent core of 400MHz, which could be OCed with a vga cooler... Also, what is the real difference between the above video card and this, I mean...
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    Warm - Raptor 74GB $140 after MIR

    Maybe it's not a great deal, but it's the lowest I've ever seen one, at the same time I see them getting extremely cheaper in the future as solid state gains interest. 155 - 20(MIR) + 5(Shipping) = 140
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    Directron

    I just found this website selling computer hardware, thought you guys would like to know if you haven't been there. The link here is a selection of some good cheap PSUs, by Super Flower, a brand approved by AMD. Here is the reseller ratings of this store.
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    Mobo BIOS flash?

    I currently am using the discontinued SOYO KT600 DRAGON Plus v1.0 with my 2500 Barton system(Yes I know it's old). I have been noticing high cpu temperatures, and I read somewhere that flashing the BIOS would probably give better temperature results. Anyway, should I start searching for a...
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    Where is everyone?

    Is everyone crashing their computers with that java file? OR is everyone getting tired? I dont mind getting flamed, just please explain
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    cool, got my new digital camera

    And... back down by popular demand camera.JPG bass.JPG
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    THE new build thread

    Here is a system that should please most and actually last you a few years ($800 roughly) Centurion 5 Fortron 450W MSI nF4 3200+ 6800GS 1GB Corsair 250GB SATA NEC DVD Burner This is just a template for others to pick and choose and improve their builds really.
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    Cheapest time for hardware

    Well, Black Friday is coming up, and my computer is feelin a bit old. My question is simple, is it best to buy(newegg) on Black Friday, the week after, Christmas, after Christmas? I just have a feeling that if I buy parts for a new computer on Black Friday that prices will dramatically...
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    Video problems(crash/freeze/artifacts/refresh)

    There should be a sticky on these issues :) Anyway, I have a 2500+ Barton, Soyo KT800, 2x512MB PC 3200, 9600XT, slightly old Enermax 350W, NEC 19" monitor. So, I will be playing WoW for a few hours, and sometimes it will run all night, but sometimes my screen will go blank.... then the...
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    Digital Cameras...

    Since Christmas is coming up, I am thinking about getting a digital camera. At first, I realized that camera phones have just that, around 2MP, and my current phone is crap anyway(have a Cingular, btw), so that's what I think I want. I am very tight with money, so I wouldn't want to spend...
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    Myspace vs Facebook

    Im tryin to get on myspace, but i think its down or something... I figure its better because its not primarily students, and I feel if I join facebook, I will have way too many ppl to catch up with. Once again, sorry if its a repost.
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    Screw Television

    I just thought I would point out how useless tv is for me. I get all the important news from you guys :)
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    iPods?

    (kept blank for total anonymous polling)
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    I have the hiccups and I am havin to burp alot

    ....thats about it, strangely painful tho.
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    Upgrading question

    Ok, this is all about considering upgrading my bro's budget pc to a system that will run BF 2. Current: PC CHIPS M811LU Socket A (Socket 462) VIA KT266A ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton 333MHz FSB Apollo ATI9200SE-64MB Radeon 9200SE 64MB DDR AGP 4X/8X(says its 128 MB) 2 x...
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    What is the best online game?

    I need another hit, I need my fix. Guildwars isn't doing it for me, and all I seem to want to play is DOTA 3.9c on Warcraft 3. Keep hearing about World of Warcraft, good and bad, and I used to want to get EQ 2, but I know that is just dumb, and BF 2 servers seem to be laggy all the...
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    Download Speed Throttling

    So everytime I download something from a website, it starts at like 500kb/sec and eventually throttles down to about 170kb/sec. Now I don't have the greatest connection(Cox Cable, linksys modem and router) but it's cable, and I figure if my download can start at one speed then it could stay at...
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    Motherboard Monitor and Speedfan

    I recently downloaded both of these programs after a crash from GuildWars(I later turned down the graphic settings which seemed to help). These programs show the same temperatures, and for some reason(the one that makes me suspicious) it shows my Cpu Int temp to go from 25 to 55 to 64 to 27 in...
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    In regards to a lonely computer with turretts

    This is a continuation from an earlier post that is so deep I cant find it. My friends computer had a faulty psu that crapped out. Got a new psu in, computer booted up, went into windows, worked fine. Did a benchmark, play a high res game for an hour, left it on all night, no problems...
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    Stock market...

    Ok, has anyone seen the DOW go down like 900 points this week? IT went down 191 IN ONE DAY! What the heck is going on? Oh well, hopefully it will go back up sometime.
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    Warcraft 3 loves RAM

    Ok so I used mech's great programs recently, and I have Uptimer4 running, and before it reads 314/512 for my free RAM, and then I start warcraft 3. I get on bnet and I play about 20 games, during this binge I noticed my RAM levels decreasing after each game: 281, 241, 235, etc, all the way down...
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    Damn toolbars (fixed)

    I went into safe mode and deleted the damn thing! Thank you, I'll have to remember this simple trick.
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    Rosewill

    I recently bought a rosewill cd drive, and it jammed shortly after, got a replacement cd drive, exact same drive, and it has problems recognizing discs if they arent placed in the "perfect" position. I looked around and noticed that Rosewill made a variety of computer parts, and I was just...
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    Power supply question #8,745,257

    Hey all, I know there are so many power supply questions out there, but I just need like 2 people to give me advice: Using these specs, which PSU should I choose? AMD XP2700+ 333MHZ 512K CPU Bluk Pack Thermaltake A1671 AMD Athlon XP CPU Cooler ASRock K7VT4A+ Socket...
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    Newegg site slow to you guys?

    I tested other sites, and newegg has been taking forever, maybe they are overloaded with users because of this price reduction for shipping(which turned out they increased the price of products to compensate)? Thoughts...
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    paste or pad? (fixed)

    Anyway, the heatsink came with a little gray pad already on it, so I decided to skip the step of scraping and using arctic silver(figured thermaltake knew what was up), and I am rewarded with a burnt processor(I am pretty sure its burned, but I cant be positive). My friend lives like 9 hours...
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    Levitation

    Seeing all these highly technical posts, I decided we should discuss levitation. (shoot me if this has been discussed) The ultimate lazy boy it would be, you just float around on a seat, or just a butt pad :) I got the idea from the topic about free energy, how magnetic fields were a...
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    Games work on Linux?

    Hey all, just joined up, though Ive been reading helpful hints mainly with computer hardware for a while. I am a 2 year veteran of computer building and I am addicted to internet forums and games. (All: "Hi Larry") Anyway, I just downloaded gentoo or some free Linux and was thinking of...