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    Places to Buy Custom PCs

    In the past, I built all of my PCs. Now I need to upgrade my old PC before it dies and I'm planning on going with Windows 7, but I don't have time to build it myself. I don't want to go with a Dell or HP type shop. I want to buy from a place where I have a selection of parts and can have...
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    Asus P5W DH Deluxe How to Disable Onboard Audio for New Soundcard?

    I have an ASUS P5W DH Deluxe based PC. I just bought a new Creative Labs X-Fi soundcard that I want to install. I've been using the onboard audio. What is the best way to shutoff the onboard audio? Do I just disable the HD audio in the BIOS? Do I remove the onboard audio card from the...
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    Great Games/Screensavers for New Rig

    I just got a new PC Core 2 Duo with an ATI X1900 XT videocard and I'm looking for some great new games and screensavers to show capabilities of this machine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
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    New Conroe System. Need Help Picking RAM

    I'm getting ready to buy a new system with the following: Asus P5W DH Deluxe Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2 GB of DDR2 RAM HIS X1900 XT IceQ3 512MB Seagate 750GB SATA Drive Coolmaster CM Stacker 810 Case BenQ DW1655 DVD Burner The problem is, I don't know which memory to buy. I've...
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    HIS X1900 XT IceQ3 512MB

    I'm getting ready to upgrade to a new PC. I've been looking at the 7900 GT and the X1900 XT. I'm seriously thinking of buying the HIS X1900 XT IceQ3 512MB. It's only about $70 more than the 7900 GT, is faster and comes with double the RAM. I've heard good things about the ICeQ3 running...
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    Conroe Motherboards Intel Chipset Now or RD600 Later?

    I've been waiting all summer like a lot of people for Conroe to come out. Pretty soon I'll have to return to school (I'm a teacher) at the end of August so I'm trying to decide if I should get an Intel based motherboard for Conroe now, or wait and go for RD600 in September. It would make...
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    Motherboard Died. Need Upgrade & RAID 0 Advice Please

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My motherboard died (an old ABIT IC7-G). I had two PATA drives stripped (RAID 0) on it and I'd like to know if I can get the data back. When I get a new motherboard and attach the new drives, will it recognize...
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    Thinking of Building an External USB Drive Array

    A friend of mine and I are thinking about building an external USB (or could be firewire) drive array. Here's what we're thinking: We both have a need to have some good size portable storage. I have five computers; two at home and three at work. Occasionally I need to be able to move large...
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    Can't Load User Accounts in Win XP Pro SP2 Please Help!

    I'm having a problem with my new Windows XP Pro SP2 install. I cannot edit User Accounts anymore. I have administrative privledges and whenever I click on "User Accounts" in the Control Panel it now brings up a dialog box that says "To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this...
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    Need App to Copy Files & Keep Date Stamp

    I'm getting ready to transfer a bunch of files between two PCs over a network. I need to move them and have them keep their current date stamp. It would also be nice if there was a way to have it assume yes on all questions (like "are you sure you want to move a read only file" etc.) Does...
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    Best Fan Controller Bay?

    I'm in the middle of building a new system. I've got 5 case fans, a CPU fan, and a videocard fan. I'd love to get a better way to control some or all of them. What fan controller bays do people like? (those devices that fit in your 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 inch drive bays and let you control the...
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    When Will Prices Drop on 6800 Line?

    nVidia is due to release G70 in less than two weeks. When do you think we'll start to see price breaks on cards like the 6800GT? I'm getting ready to build a new machine with a BFG 6800GT and an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego. Both nVidia and AMD are releasing new products in the next few...
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    RAM Advice Needed for Fatal1ty AN8

    I'm getting ready to build a new system. I'm probably going to buy an ABIT Fatal1ty (hate the name) AN8 because it will do lazy man's overclocking and has the features I want. Where I'm having trouble is picking out the RAM. I've been out of the loop for the last two years so I'm not up on the...
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    Links Always Take Me to First Message

    Why do the links that are emailed to me always take me to the first message? I've been subscribed to a topic in video now for awhile and whenever I receive a reply via email, if I click on the link it take me to the first post in that topic instead of to the last one I read. Is there a way...
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    RAM for IC7-G

    First, I did read the other memory posts here (and on several other forums). My requirements are a little different, hence the new thread... I?m getting ready to build a new system. I?ll be buying a P4 2.6Ghz 800Mhz FSB CPU and an ABIT IC7-G motherboard (most likely). I?m trying to decide...