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    Asus M2V for AM2

    How about the Asus M2N-E, a nice nForce 570 ultra chip. Now just to wait for the price-drop and getting an X2 3800+ for 160 euros. :)
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    UPDATED: Cyclists: I was almost run down by a 7 ton Bus

    I've read only half of this thread, but I agree with you. In the traffic people should generally chill out more. In the Netherlands we have more bikes than cars and it works fine because we go easy and don't have small streets. In a city, bikes rule. Faster and easier than cars :)
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    Girl likes me, but I dont feel the same way

    Be honest, in a kind and caring way. Always the best option.
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    Iraq: Losing control.

    I think things are getting slightly off-topic, if not interesting, but.. I was not there, so I didn't see it for myself, but it sounds awful. I have no particular reason to distrust BBC. If you do, you can't really trust CNN either or any other source (I'm from the EU, so I don't know them all...
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    Looking to get my first LCD

    LCD looks best in their native resolution, for most 19" LCDs that's 1280x1024. It works for me, and because my Hyundai L90D+ (8ms) has pivot, tilt and height adjustment, I can read Anand in 1024x1280, that's awesome I assure you. Get 19"LCD + pivot, it's worth it. Also working on text is great...
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    A64 Stock HSF just wont clamp on!

    Mobo's always have a bios installed, no exception. Check everything. Btw, Socket A was pretty okay, just watch what you're doing.. :P Socket 754/939, easy..
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    FX-55 RUNNING@2.8 but

    How about this: Whatever the temps, is it stable? If it is, forget the temps. We all know the readings are very unreliable and uncomparable. Run Prime95, if that doesn't give errors after 10 hours, it's good. Temps...
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    I have a physics question...

    First of all, the proton can not travel with the speed of light. It can get close, but it can't reach c. Furthermore, I side with cquark, he knows what he's talking albout. So: mass does not increase. It's actually the only thing independent of the relative speed of the observer. The result...
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    Original Gas Thread: Americans enjoying $4 gallon despite oil oversupply highest in 8 yrs

    In the Netherlands a gallon costs 6.57593 Dollars. (in Euro's: 5.07245). Cars are polluting, gas needs big taxes. Let's make sure our children also have a world to live in.
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    Getting in shape

    my 2 cents: If your getting tired, don't just do exercise, do something fun! Play soccer, waterpolo, aggressive-inlineskating, icehockey etc. Pick a sport you like that can make you really tired and do that. I'm amazed people just get tired to be in shape. If you do a fun sport and you don't...
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    What is your middle name?

    Tijn English language has no options to pronouce this correctly, really. (sorry :P ) It's short for a short version of my mothers name: Tineke. (you still there?) My brother has something similar, his middle name is Akkie, short for my fathers name: Harry. Harry is short for Hendricus...
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    Daft Punk - Human After All

    Yo guys! I've just reached the third track, Robot Rock, and uptill now it's funky-stuff. So those of you would like Discovery but want to mix it with Homeworks funk, go check it out! (Homework = first album, Discovery second..) Also Jamiroquai will have their new album Dynamite out at the...
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    a8n-sli / athlon 3000+ temp issue

    0. Don't trust motherboard readings. 1. Good temps. 2. Did you actually install the C'n'Q-drivers? Do it. :P 3. Great sys, but I would cut down on the fans, silence iz priority, aaight? (wicked)
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    What will a front fan do for me?

    I would go with one silent 120 outtake, one silent 80 mm intake. Good thing you have that filter. You PSU is also great: power and silence (you got Antec TP480 right?). Combined with zalman it should be good. I wouldn't go with 2x80mm because slight under pressure is not bad. Btw, I think...
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    Fan speed - cfm - db question

    That's one crazy fan! The RPM would go down half +- 10%, but CFM would certainly drop to 40% max. dB won't drop as much as you would like it to, though. How about just gettin' an Antec fan? They're really silent and push quite some air.
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    7v trick for fans

    Huh? I've being using that trick for ages, and everything is just fine here...
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    120mm or 80mm Fans

    120 mm is the better choice, if factors are noise and cooling. Get good 120's though, don't get crap. If you don't buy good stuff, why buy anything at all? Get Panaflo or Papst. If you're not satisfied, spin them at 7 instead of 12 volt by putting the ground wire @ 5 volts. (12-5 = 7)
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    VGA Coolers...

    I have had good experiences with the artic cooling. The high/low switch also works well. This Zalman is for silence, not for cooling.
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    Why don't passenger jets fly at supersonic speeds?

    Remember drag is propportional to velocity squared. Wanna go twice as fast? You'll need four times the energy, and that's even without taking the trouble of getting above Mach I and staying there into account..
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    Holy Crap Ass! AMD's Cool & Quiet really does work...

    A multiplier of 5 is cool yes. I was laughing like girl after these posts and the turn of events: "how do i do that? won't that clear my bios and such? sorry i'm kinda a noob " good thinking, so we calculated the chance of survival, and went ahead anyway: "well i cleared the cmos, but now my...
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    What makes most NOISE?

    I don't know about yours, but my 9800Pro turned my silent rig into one with a noticeable hum because of it's high pitch. Putting a Papst fan at my cpu helped 2. How about putting the casefans @ 7v?
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    What makes most NOISE?

    It depends. I suggest you open up your case and try to find out by carefully stopping fans (press in the middle, not in the blades..). Listen and judge. Small, fast-spinning ones are loud, because our ear is sensitive to sounds with such a frequency. Usually the CPU-fan is a ah heck, and the...
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    CPU dilemma

    I back dennisjai215 up. What about AMD? Get a Athlon 64 2800+ (Winchester). It'll clock too. But, only if you're a gamer.
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    Which CPU should I choose?? Help a noobie out!!

    An A64 rigg will suit you. Good luck!
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    AMD Procesors

    One thing, there's really no telling how it'll overclock... Clocking = luck + skill + effort.. Get a good PSU! That contributes to the stability of a system, especially when oc-ing.
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    Worst Tech support ever by Apple

    Gholam's words make sense to me, and that sounds bad for you. Get someone smart at Apple... Good luck!
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    AMD Procesors

    What is de meaning of this topic? If you want info, just visit Anandtech, Xbitlabs or Tomshardware...
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    P3.0 or Gig of RAM?

    What can I say? Games like Far-Cry are just mem-hungry, get 2.8 @ 1024Mb.. Good luck!
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    What in the world is G-E good for?

    Don't forget universities who sometimes send data at 10 GigaByte/sec. We need it! If not now, definitely in the future..
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    Recommend me a case...

    Forget those, Kingwin is your case! :)
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    Its getting hotter.... CPU up to 73!

    Indeed, forget the bios and use the multimeter if you're serious.. Is 2400+ -> 3200+ really worth the money? Good luck!
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    CPU UPGRADE QUESTION

    So speaks the overclocker.. (check his sign) I admire him, and he has a good point. But, be ready to invest time and energy to make such a plan fly.
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    of insulators, diamagnetics and antigravity

    Just for the record, this is fantasy.. It's fun, but it's sci-fi. :)
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    4 Phase Power

    Some links: AMD newspost Oct 2002 Overclockers.com God bless you!!! my querie
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    CPU UPGRADE QUESTION

    When you got a XP2800+ it won't be like a 50% percent boost, more like 5-15%. That's hardly worth all the money. Just hold on to it and buy a 939-board in half a year or so, along with a X800 Pro. That's serious stuff. Save the money until it gets you a proportional increase in performance...
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    of insulators, diamagnetics and antigravity

    Conclusion: forget anti-gravity. So far, I haven't heard of it in either quantummechanics or cosmology, and I study physics. Gravity is a purely attractive force.
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    4 Phase Power

    Check out these links: AMD K7 AMD k8 Intel P4 Athlon 64: 89 Watt Max. Pentium 4 3.4E: 103 Watt Max. Remember Cool'n'Quiet? Most of the time the AMD are cooler. That's a significant difference.
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    Stable overclock on an AMD 3200+

    Defrag while unstable? Maybe you'll just crash and damage the file-system or files. Maybe you'll corrupt files? Je ne sais pas. I do know you shouldn't install windows OC-ed.
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    A7N8X-E Deluxe & Single SATA Drive, How to install?

    Please tell us/me how it went, I'd like to know. Good luck!