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    cheap headphones question / recommendations

    I have the Fostex T20 and use them in my living room everytime my fiance needs to study, the sound from them is better than my home theaters speakers.
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    cheap headphones question / recommendations

    Fostex have amazing sound quality. Mainly oriented for pro market , Fostex RP T20RP selling for $59 on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002...-tier1-20&linkCode=asn
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    X2 4000+ vs. 8600GT SLI - Upgrade which?

    for $150 you can get only one 8800GT and It'll be slower than 2x8600gt's... On your budget I'd do two things: Overclock the CPU from 2.1Ghz (stock) to atleast 2.5 - get a good heatsink - for $40-50 the rest spend on more memory or adding hd space :) Or if overclocking it not your game - get...
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    D-Link Router Question

    I use dd-wrt on olde linksys 54g, but here few links which might help you: http://portforward.com/english...-625/Xbox_Live_360.htm http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=521618
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    BLUESCREEN PROBLEM

    btw: I just noticed forum rules, the post should be moved ....
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    BLUESCREEN PROBLEM

    Since you didn't post full STOP message it's a bit harder to troubleshoot Here few suggestions: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms794023.aspx
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    Monitoring and Reporting for SBS 2003

    Spiceworks is ads supported, but for really low "donation" (about $110 a year) you can remove them...
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    Components for Oracle (spatial) and ArcGIS build

    Oh, I didn't realized it's was a more like dev workstation build and than you are on the budget.. hmm.. In this case making OS installed on raid 1 doesn't much sense.... I'd say try Lenovo D10 workstation with below customizations: Xeon Quad E5430 [2.66Ghz] [Your Oracle will thank you...
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    Components for Oracle (spatial) and ArcGIS build

    I'd surely prefer to use Raid as both apps most likely will rely HEAVY on I/O thus your best bet for top performance is raid array. I'd rather invest in good hardware based adapter $350+ from Areca/AMCC/LSI (PCIe x4 preferably ) and more less expensive drives (Sata will do). I'd use 2x 74Gb 10k...
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    Monitoring and Reporting for SBS 2003

    Checkout free alternatives: http://www.nagios.org/ and http://www.spiceworks.com/
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    Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater 7.1

    After the Daniel_K stunt Creative pulled (http://boredsysadm.blogspot.co...l-corporate-face.html) I'd look carefully for any alternative.....
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    Windows Server 2003 Esent help - I'd like someone with hands on experience with this

    I feel your pain - taking care such old machine can be a major pain the rear. I'd suggest for you to check these MS articles: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278316 http://technet2.microsoft.com/...5cc01033.mspx?mfr=true Good Luck and please share if you ever get em fixed. p.s: Get rid...
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    SI-128 vs. SI-128SE

    "The SI-128SE is similar to the original SI-120. They share the same overall design, with a copper base connected to a large array of aluminum fins via multiple heatpipes. Since the fins are not directly attached to the base, additional support is provided by two stiff sections of wire that...
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    How can I get RAID 0/1 to work?

    Hey Patrick, I'm a bit confused by your question, but one thing is crystal clear to me : windows 2003 server does not have raid drivers for your motherboard! To be able to install windows on raid partition you have to press F6 right on begging of installation and provide a FLOPPY !!!! drive (USB...
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    final verdict on ncq/ahci on or off?

    I don't see reason not to use NCQ, if you installed right drivers on your ich9/10 things should nice and fast. According to anandtech the difference between NCQ on or off is minimal to none : http://www.anandtech.com/stora...owdoc.aspx?i=2396&p=13
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    Philips 230WP7NS

    never been big fan of any Philips products or in this case Bonafine review found 4 dead pixels on brand new screen = unacceptable in my book! http://www.bonafidereviews.com...icle.php?id=147&page=7
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    I need a narrow keyboard

    I assume ment to say this keyboard: http://store.apple.com/us/prod..._keyboards&mco=MTQ0OTE since link you gave shows full sized model...
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    How to get 2.1 speaker setup from integrated Realtek HD audio?

    Thank you, this is exactly what I said above in different words..
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    I need a narrow keyboard

    a bit more results : http://www.ergonomicsmadeeasy....ardvari1P&kwtype=broad
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    Radeon X1650pro and X1650?

    Well, it's R600 for a USED 7600GT .... imho its sounds like a good deal... now it's only depends if the site I mentioned offers any buyers protection like ebay does.. speaking of ebay I'd check the prices there.. Imho paying R600 for used 7600GT is 10x better than for new X1650 Scholzpdx...
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    Hard drive question

    after additional research I found single 10k RPM drive boots windows faster than 2x raid 0 drives... hmm... however some windows operations could include sustained disk reads/writes. Raid 0 helps a lot in game load times. Anything related video file processing will also get big help from raid 0...
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    Radeon X1650pro and X1650?

    Here is proof of overclocked X1650 Pro: http://www.overclockers.ru/ima...007/06/28/image002.png and here: http://www.techpowerup.com/rev...phire/X1650Pro/14.html and secondly the Pro memory is 700 Mhz DDR or effective 1400! vs effective 800Mhz on your Spare.. I didn't said the card is...
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    Radeon X1650pro and X1650?

    Great news unr3al!! I found a best deal yet - http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item...MB_DDR3_PCI_E_16x.html Hurry up!
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    How to get 2.1 speaker setup from integrated Realtek HD audio?

    Probably a pretty silly idea, but you can always connect your sub to L/R stereo and get front speakers input from sub. Let the sub do the crossover. Otherwise I'd try 5.1 again, use 3.5mm jack Y-Split cable to RCA, and connect it to sub, one of them should be center and other sub :)
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    Radeon X1650pro and X1650?

    Thou officially Only two types of X1650 exists out there: the PRO and XT, however different manufactures came out with "just x1650" like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102086R Having core speed cut down a bit = not a biggie - you can overclock to reach same speed...
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    I need a narrow keyboard

    a bit pricy - but size wise should work for you - http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16823126177
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    Hard drive question

    Having two hard drives in Raid 0 will certainly make windows faster , but also double the chance of crash, if one of drives fail - you loose everything. Unfortunately since your motherboard is Nforce 650i based, you do not have option for Raid matrix. I'd recommend to dedicate single 10k rpm...
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    Video card PSU?

    I think its a very easy and in this case needed upgrade, 8800gts consumes at peak about 110W, so this one is no brainer. ThermalTake makes several model like this one : http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/...ct.aspx?S=1207&ID=1543 and yes its still around -...
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    Abit IP-35E Audio Issue

    I'm glad my little article was useful to you guys. In fact it was the first one I posted on my blog and I got a lot of attention from internet about it. Lots of people used and found my methods helpful.