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    Dolby Headphone, or Surround Headphones?

    I've been looking for a set of high quality headphones to use with my PC lately. I definitely want 5.1 audio; I can't stand dropping down to two speakers for gaming after using my Altec Lansing surround system. Anyways, as far as I can tell, there are two ways of getting surround sound on...
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    AOpen GeForce 6600 - Compatible HSF?

    A few months ago I bought this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814135164 and I want to replace its heatsink/fan with a quieter one that will hopefully last longer than the stock one. I've had bad experiences with VGA coolers in the past (one died on me, and...
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    Asus P4P800 - Problems With New Processor

    With the help of WCPUID and some other forums, I discovered the following. My System Clock is set at 200; WCPUID records 199.97, so it's what it's supposed to be. My FSB should be 800 MHz; WCPUID records 799.88, so that's okay too. My MULTIPLIER should be locked at 17, according to a member...
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    Asus P4P800 - Problems With New Processor

    I recently bought this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116177 - for my Asus P4P800 motherboard. As you can see, it's a 3.4 GHz processor, Prescott core, Socket 478, 1 MB L2 cache, with 800 MHz FSB. According to...
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    Video Card Fan Died...

    I probably should've clarified my "never buy a gainward again" statement. This isn't the only problem I've had with Gainward. When I bought the card the first time, it died completely the same night I installed it - nothing but horizontal lines and random colors. The store I bought it from...
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    Video Card Fan Died...

    I was poking around in my case today, and I discovered that the fan on my nVidia GeForce 5900 no longer works. The result: when idling, I get around 93-94 degrees Celsius or higher. I think I got around 46 degrees back when the fan worked. So here's my questions. First of all: The driver...
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    ~~~~ IWANNA ~~~~

    WD Raptors? Preferably the 74 GB variety, but 36 would work as well...
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    Recommendations for a quiet/sound-dampening case?

    Well, the current drive is a PATA by Western Digital, and it is the *loudest* thing in my case by far. It's making that constant whine noise described by lobadobadingdong and Tiamat (the access noise isn't a problem), though I can't remember if it was always like that or a recent development...
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    Recommendations for a quiet/sound-dampening case?

    Wonderful... sounds like I'll be needing a new hard drive then. And, holy crap... I just checked Antec's site for that 3000B, and it's dirt cheap right now. $77.28 with shipping included. Also, I couldn't find it on Newegg's site... So Seagate and Samsung are the best ways to go for...
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    Recommendations for a quiet/sound-dampening case?

    Thanks for the recommendations, guys. Now, is there anything specific I can do to reduce hard drive noise? Other than not choosing aluminum, as Nessism suggested, what can I do to specifically drop that? Will switching from my cheap no-name $50 case to one of these recommendations drop that...
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    Recommendations for a quiet/sound-dampening case?

    I've been browsing around the internet for awhile now, and I can't seem to find any cases that suit my needs properly. So, I have a question for you all: is there a case that has these features, or something close to it, preferably at $150 or less? I'm looking for a case that's sturdy and...