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    Any new 32nm parts soon?

    I'm looking around to build myself a new i# Core system, and, if I'm not mistaken, the only 32nm parts around are the Lynnfield, which are more entry-level, unless I'm mistaken, and the Gulftown which is the bleeding-edge-way-out-of-my-league-level. I've always liked the "tick" updates -...
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    Need an AGP card

    I've been looking around trying to figure out what the heck to get to replace an ancient 9800pro I've got in a Pentium 4 system (damn, that card has served me well forever). Except that... I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what is what when looking at the older cards. I've been looking...
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    SSD - Primary or Secondary?

    I picked up Kingston's SSDNow 40gb a while back, and it's been fantastic. Except for the size. Win7 + WoW, which is all I intended to put on it, eat nearly every scrap of space on the poor thing. I figured that would be fine except... I can't put 100% of everything on my secondary drive...
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    DW CS3 - default display issues?

    I hope someone here can help me, I haven't been able to figure anything out about this so far. Ever since I reinstalled DW CS3 (was on Vista before, now on Win7) my Dreamweaver won't load VBscript as the default... code... view... language... I'm not sure what it's called, to be honest...
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    Dead video card?

    The family computer managed to get infected, and I cleaned it out and thought everything was good, but then later that day, the screen just went blank, like, no signal. When I turn on the computer, half way thru the Windows XP load, the screen just goes black, before the Login screen appears...
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    Delete me.

    My original post in the Graphics forum: Deleted.
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    Looking to elimiate stutter

    Alright! Finally got a game to reap the benefits of my new computer. However, I'm getting this extremely annoying stutter and short of dropping all the goodies, I can't figure out how to get rid of it. System specs - e8400 @ 3.8GHz 4gig DDR 2 (5-5-5-15 atm) 4870 HD 1GB @ 815 Core 1020...
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    Having trouble picking Crossfire...

    I'm building a machine for a friend, and I've more or less got it down to which video card now. Here's what I'm looking at currently: MSI GeForce 260, factory OC'd (Core 216) Sapphire Radeon 4850x2 Now, for just $5 more... logically, the 4850x2 just sounds ... well, vastly superior. But...
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    Overclocking problem on eP35-DS4

    I haven't spent a whole lot of time tuning and tweaking, simply because nothing ever sticks. I can set the FSB to 400 (and did 445 last night, WoW kept crashing then though). My issue though, is the system seems just fine after I enter BIOS, overclock, and boot up. When I start it up the next...
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    Need some RD RAM

    I've got an aging Dell machine that still has a decent kick to it, as far as WoW goes (which is pretty much the thing that happens around these parts.) The problem is it has a mere 256 MB of RAM, and its RD RAM. Regardless of the fact that I can (and probably will, very soon) build a...
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    SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB

    NewEgg has a new 4870 for sale today: A non-reference cooler 4870. It seems pretty new and I wasn't able to find any reviews on this particular card. Anyone out there have any info on the thermals/acoustics of this thing?
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    Palit's Sonic Dual 4870

    EDIT: Most of my questions have been covered - I'd like some feedback on the bold section! Palit 4870 Sonic Dual 512MB I've been waiting for a 4870 with a nice beefy cooler for a while, and I was totally sold on this one... until I discovered that the cooler is significantly louder than...
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    4870 or 260

    Now that things have started to settle down, it's time to pick! I'm running an e8400 w/ 4gb DDR2 on Vista. I'm only gaming at 16x10, but I'm running dual monitors so extra power is nice (if I'm playing, say, Supreme Commander or multiboxing WoW) If both of these cards are the same price...
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    BIOS won't detect HD

    I've got an old system than I'm fixing up and trying to get running. Been shuffling around components between a few systems I have. Well everything is now up and running, except this last system. When it boots up, it detects just the optical drives. It then boots from the WinXP cd, and the...
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    Looking for new monitor suggestions

    Got my new system up and running! Whoo! Now I just have to wait for a real video card (running a 7600gt I bought off a friend until some REAL 9 series cards come out), and decide on a couple of monitors. This is definitely for gaming. However, I do watch movies on a regular basis. I'm...
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    The final piece...

    I've got everything picked out, bought my e8400 today and ordering everything else tonight. But now I'm trying to figure how what the heck video card I want. Looking at a 9600gt vs 8800gt review, it's like the 9600gt is *almost* up to speed with the 8800gt, but it's ~$30 bucks cheaper. What...
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    e8400 or q9450

    Edit - I just bought the e8400 Waiting sucks! I thought I had everything figured out, but sitting around waiting for my processor to become available and I of course end up reading more and more about stuff and I start to doubt my decision... Alright. I had originally decided on the...
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    Hunting for the right mobo

    I think I've got everything else figured out, now but now I'm having trouble hunting down what I should plug everything into. CPU: e8400 Memory: 4gigs DDR2 800 Video: 8800gt My goal is to get the e8400 to 4GHz I originally had the MSI P7N Diamond picked out, but as someone pointed...
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    New computer time

    From the NOTICE thread: 1. Going to be used for gaming. 2. Aiming for $1,500-$1,750 (sans monitors), but my taxes weren't nearly as high as I thought so I might just push that a bit further 3. Probably doing most of my purchasing via NewEgg. 4. I'm currently building an Intel/Nvidia...
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    Bad Memory Address

    While I suspect I already know the answer ("buy new RAM") I was curious if it was possible to disable a memory address? After running Microsoft's memory testing program, I've discovered I've got one bad address where the last bit is always on. The only reason I'm hesitant to buy new RAM is...
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    LanParty Pro875B

    Am I blind, or is there no divider for the memory? I've seen other BIOS where there's a divider right smack-dab in plain sight, but I can't manage to find anything for my board. I want to run my memory (Crucial Ballistx DDR400) much faster than it is, but my CPU (P4 2.8, 800FSB) konks out at...
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    Laptop problems

    The hard drive on my laptop is no good. The S.M.A.R.T. feature refuses to function, there are bad clusters all over the place, and diagnostic programs can't even run without running into Unhandled Exception errors. This is the second hard drive this laptop has had, with the same exact problem...
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    Bad Hard Drive?

    OK, I knew this was going to happen when I first got this system, seeing as I had already had to recover data from it once after Win98 refused to boot, then again just recently. However, it wasn't mine then. It belonged to a "client" of sorts. But after this latest data recovery scare he just...
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    Ghosting!

    Instead of having to reformat/reinstall/etc. Windows every X months, I saw that someone has a ghost of their system, minus drivers, and get their system up and running in less than an hour after an overhaul. I wanna do this too! Since I've never dealt with ghosting before (I understand...
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    Pentium 4 2.8c's Overclock

    I saw someone mention "happy OC's" for certian Althon chips, and I wanted to know if anyone had a similar idea for 2.8c chips, on air cooling. It would also be great if anyone with experience OC'ing these chips could post their info, like the FSB and voltages, cuz I'm curious like that ;)
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    OC'ing a P4 2.8

    I used to know all about what I should aim for, but it's been too long and I've forgotten. Should I get some slower RAM with tight timings, or should get something closer to PC-4000? My idea thus far has been 1 gig of PC-3700 Enhanced Bandwidth from OCZ. My system: P4 2.8c LanParty...
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    XP Home/Pro networking problem

    I've got a strange problem. I've been bringing my computer over to my friend's house and LANing for over a year, no problems. We both ran Win XP Home, and everything was fine and dandy. However, I rescently upgraded my computer and installed XP Pro instead. Now when we try to LAN, we can...
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    2.4c OC vs 2.8c OC

    Here I was, thinking I had finally settled in on deciding what motherboard, CPU, and RAM I wanted, when I go and read something about how high MHz RAM is better suited for an OC'ed 2.4c, so you can run it 1:1, and lower speed RAM is better for 2.8 - 3.2c because the FSB will never get very high...
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    Choosing memory is hard!

    Well, I have been searching for the "perfect" ram to compliment my 2.4c and DFi LanParty Pro875b for quite a while now. I've found some, changed my mind, picked somthing else, but still I keep looking. Then I found Anandtechs' OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2 review. I am now more or less decided on...
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    Need help deciding

    This is my first post here, so I hope I got it in the right forum. If not, I'd apprecieate if someone could move it accordingly. I'm getting DFI's LanParty Pro875b board, but I'm having a little trouble finalizing exactly what else I'm going to stick on it. I've been eying some OCZ EL DDR500...