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    question bout ocing core i7 920

    cpu - core i7 920 @ 3ghz stock cooler idles at 45C load temps so far 52-55C intel smackover dx58s0 mushkin 6gbs ddr 1600 9-9-9-24 so far i turned off the turbo option on the mobo c1e and speedstep i hit 3.0ghz so far , on stock how much more could i go ? and i cannot find the...
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    suggestions need for oc

    pc specs e6850 duo 3ghz gskill pc6400 ddr800 4-4-4-12 corsair 750watt psu xfx ati 4890XT 1gb stock asus p5k-e mobo i oced to 3.72 and inside bios i upped the voltage to 1.45v the ram i left on auto i can boot into windows and do stuff but i failed prime 95 within 6 min i also have...
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    4890 low benches

    pc spec c2duo e6850 3.0ghz geil pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 x 4gbs corsair xms2 pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 x 2gbs asus p5k-e mobo corsair 750watt psu xfx 4890xt 1gb running on windows xp 64 bit tried running 3dmark 06 scored 12.5 k same score as when i had my 9800GTX+ wuts the average...
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    video card suggestions needed

    c2duo 3ghz asus p5k-e xfire 4gbz of geil pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 2gbz of corsair xms2 pc6400 ddr 800 4-4-4-12 500watt psu 2x 500gb hdd galaxy 9800GTX 512mb+ i am looking to upgrade my vid card currently using a 24"samsung t240hd 1920x1200 res i cant decide on what to buy if u guys...
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    need some help on overclock

    hi i am currently trying to oc my c2duo e6850 3ghz my setup is c2duo 3ghz asus p5k-e wifiapp g.skill 4gbz @ 4-4-4-12 2T evga 9800GTX + 512mb 550watt earthwatts psu my cpu is cooled with corsair liquid cooling my temps right now under load are 30-34C i oced it to 3.4ghz...
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    quick advice needed

    current setup core 2 duo e6850 3ghz asus p5k-e xfire corsair xms2 ddr800 pc6400 antec sonata 3 with 550watt psu 2x 500gb evga 8800GT 512mb i game on a 24" 1920x1200 res lcd my current card is struggling with games like crysis and some other ones once i crank the settings i...
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    new build

    need advice on a new build for web design/photo and video editing my current pc is only for gaming asus p5k-e wifi 4gbz of ram 2x 500gb hdd sata2 evga 8800GT 512mb SCC antec sonata 3 550watt earthwatts i am trying to decide if i should just upgrade my current pc or buy an Imac ...
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    video card upgrade

    pc asus p5k-e wifi ap 2 gigs of corsair xms2 ddr800 evga 8800GT 512mb SCC antec sonata 3 500watt psu 2x 500gb hdd seagate/western digital and my display Samsung T240HD 1920x1200res looking to upgrade my video card 300-400 cdn thats the max i can spend i was looking into the ati...
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    new build please advise

    1. Gaming 2. Budget 3000-3500$ canadian 3. Canada 4.intel/nvidia/asus 5. Current pc is Core 2 Duo e6850 3.0ghz/ corsair xms2 ddr800 pc6400 2x 1gb evga 8800GT SCC 512mb/ 2x 500gb hd/ antec sonata 3 with 500watt psu asus p5k-e mobo 6. yes but i have build in mind. 7.i plan on...
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    pc random crashes

    pc spec: cpu: intel core 2 duo e6850 3.0ghz ram: crucial ballistix pc6400 x2gb hdd: western digital 500gb video card : evga 8800GT 512mb SCC case : antec sonata 3 w/ 500 watt psu mobo : asus p5k-e wifi app i have been having these issues for a while now , my pc would randomly crash and...
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    laptop issues (vista)

    Laptop: acer aspire 4720z 1gb ram problems with laptop: - on startup random programs will crash - sometimes the screen blanks and the only way to fix it is to manually restart - ram usage is at 90% while the pc is idle with no programs running. (this is supposed to be normal)...
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    random problems after format

    my pc specs are asus p5k-e wifi evga 8800GT SCC 2gb pc6400 crucial ballistix 500gb western digital sata2 core 2 duo e6850 @3ghz stock i formated yesterday and my IE explorer and firefox kept randomly crashing and the error was DRwatson Postmorten debugger, then slowly msn started...
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    weird sound new pc build

    just got my parts today e6850 crucial ballistix pc6400 2gbs evga 8800gt superclocked asus p5k-e wifi 500gb western digital sata2 samsung sata dvd burner my new rig is up and running but i am hearing a weird hissing sound when i tried to figure out what it is , the only thing i can...
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    crossfire build

    1. Pc will be mainly used for gaming/multi tasking 2. Budget i would like to keep it 1700-1800 cdn 3. Canada i shop at ncix.com 4. Brand preference , for mobos : asus , video cards evga for nvidia , ati HIS or diamond. 5. only parts i plan on keeping keyboard/mouse/lcd screen/headset 6.i...
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    antec sonata 3 question

    my pc that i am building is a intel core 2 duo e6750 crucial ballistix 2 gigs pc6400 asus p5 mobo 500gig hdd and evga 8800gt is the 500wtt psu enough for that build?
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    external hardrive problems

    i never experienced this problem , and i am trying to help out my boss at work so if u guys can please help me out as fast as possible that would be great Hes using a Toshiba Qosmio laptop and a external 250 gig from bestbuy now for the last while hes been getting an error whenever he trys...
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    pc upgrade

    Pc will be used for mainly gaming, but also multitasking and some encoding. my budget is 1000CDN i`ll be buying my parts localy i live in vancouver bc www.ncix.com is my main store that i purchase my parts from I like to get a new core 2 duo or a quad cpu which ever u guys recommend...
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    new advice on upgrade

    current pc amd 3800 venice asrock dual sata939 7900GS KO pci-express 1 gig of ram 300 gig maxtor i want to upgrade everything but video card what can u guys recommend me either a core 2 duo or core quad build
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    need some advice on pc problem *urgent help needed*

    i just installed a zalman vf700 vga heatsink on my evga 6800GS agp card i installed all the ram sinks and the main one and when i plugged everything back in my lcd doesnt turn on , all it says is Power saving mode on what could be the problem , i am all out of ideas
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    video card heating problems

    i have a evga 6800GS agp and when i play games like Counter-strike or warcraft 3 the temps are at 65C max but when i play WoW at 1440X900 ( widescreen) my temp goes up to 90-92C how is that possible?
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    Problem installing SP2(XP home) on my new PC

    Alright, so not long ago I bought a new pc: Asus P5B-Deluxe (If it helps, bios ver: 0614) Intel core 2 duo E6600 2GB ram 300gb HDD eVGA 7900GS Legit windows xp :) When I first got it, I installed all the drivers, did all the regular stuff. Then I installed SP2 using the automatic...
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    pc issues

    specs amd 3800 venice asrock 939 dual sata2 pci-xpress/agp evga 6800gs agp raidmax 420watt psu 80 IDE HD i just reformated everything is seated properly and it froze 2 times when i tried to go into the nvidia control panel and for some reason i am sorta feeling a bit more noise...
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    pc freezing issues

    specs amd 3800 venice asrock 939 dual sata2 pci-xpress/agp evga 6800gs agp raidmax 420watt psu 80 IDE HD i just reformated everything is seated properly and it froze 2 times when i tried to go into the nvidia control panel
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    Pc has random problems that i cant get rid off please read !!

    I exchanged some PC parts with my friend (basically, the whole thing, except for cases and CPU). Alot of random problems seem to come up now (random hanging, open up internet explorer and the windows wont show up), and now, I have a problem playing the Sims 2 (Any and every expansion, I have...
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    video card upgrade help needed plz respond!

    my friend wants to buy my x800gto2 soft modded to x850 pro for 160 candian and i got 2 gigs of ram now i got 2 choices sell him my x800 pitch in 50 buks more and buy a evga 7900GS KO or sell him 1 gig of ram + video card ( 100 buks for the 1 gig of ram) and buy a bit higher end card...
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    LG194WT color issues!

    I recently picked up a LG194WT Widescreen lcd monitor . 19" Widescreen , 5 ms , 2000:1 contrast ratio now my main problem is with yellow color. Whenever i view a movie with alot of yellow it seems like its washed out . But if its anything darker its fine. It does it when i game aswell...
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    msi neo 4 platinum question !

    Does the msi neo 4 plat support optical drives?
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    please help !

    I need to disable my co-workers bc ,well limit the use mainly as a prank i need to disable his internet/windows player mainly so he cant access the net or view any sort of video file and that he cant install anything thank you
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    Photoshop 9 issues

    My LCD is a LG 19" Widescreen its running at 1440x900 res the native resolution when i open adobe photoshop cs9 i get a error and it says it doesnt support my screena and that i re run the calibration software>?
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    LG 19" Widescreen question

    Well i got my new LCD LG 19" Widescreen 5ms 2000:1 contrast ratio i got it hooked up with dvi cables on my x800gto2 modded to x850pro now my question is i play older games like counter-strike 1.6 my max res is 1152x864 , how come i cant go any higher then that ?
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    xbox 360 question!

    My current tv is Toshiba 44" DLP HDTV its native resolution is 720P but it can do 1080I my 360 is hooked up via the component cables i am just curious will the xbox360 vga cables make a difference with the different resolutions u can select via the vga cables vs the component cables. (...
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    PC randomly freezes up

    Asrock dual sata2 939 amd 3200 939 1 gig pc3200 evga 6800 gs 300 gig ide hd thats the specs he reformated the pc with windows home edition once it boots into windows and its on desktop after a lil while it just freezes and i am not sure why , because i had the exact same parts in...
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    pc acting weird

    my friend just bought his new pc specs are : core 2 duo e6600 2 gigs of ram pc2 asus p5b deluxe evga 7900gs 450 watt psu 320 sata hd seagate or maxtor not sure he had to reformat twice and it keeps showing up this error when he trys installing mobo drivers : kernel fat32etv is the...
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    corel draw 11 issues

    pc specs : intel celeron d 3.0ghz 512 ddr ram asus mobo not sure what model 80 gig hardrive my coworker uses corel draw 11 and adobe photoshop cs9 v2 for his artwork his monitor randomly shuts off but the pc is still running while running both of those programs. What could be the...
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    hardrive help needed ASAP!!!!

    long story short the hardrive first kept saying missing win.com , i managed to get rid of that with scanreg this is on windows 98 , so the message stopped showing up , now it did this weird hardrive recovery thing where it scans for corrupted volumes etc for bout an hour and once it finished...
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    couple of rig questions!

    my current rig is Amd 3800 venice Samsung pc3200 1 gig 80 gig ide samsung AsRock dualsata2 939 evga 6800gs for that build what ram just looking for ram should i buy another 1 gig or just buy 2 gigs and replace the 1 gig my co-workers pc is a duron 1.1ghz 256 ram 40 gig hd 32 mb...
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    quick question bout dell restore cd

    my company doesnt have a copy of windows xp they only got the dell windows xp cd from their dell pc`s would the dell restore cd work with a normal pc?
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    PC doing unusuall things ! plz help

    this is my internet setup : router windows firewall shaw cable past 2 nights i been using newsbin pro with giganews to dl stuff both nights the program shuts off in the middle of night when i wake up in morning to check up its not open . this morning both program and my...
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    pc doing weird things

    i installed windows mce 2days ago for my 360 so i can view movie files etc on my tv now for the 2nd time i left my pc to dl over nite and in the morning when i turn on the monitor my downloading program is shut off and today when i went to shut my pc down i got a message saying Other...
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    just intalled my xp-90 need some feedback

    Amd 640 3800 venice @ stock Asrock dual sata2 939 1 gig pc3200 ddr400 samsung evga 6800GS agp 80 gig IDE (temp) i just installed xp-90 + nexus silent 92 mm fan , the fans run at like 1500 rpm everest reports under load it runs up to 1700 rpm i also applied AS5 a small drop the size...