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    Computers slow after power outage.

    ran with no errors?!?
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    Computers slow after power outage.

    Me and my girlfriend have two computers in are house and the power went out about 4 days ago. Since then are computers have been going really slow. We both run vista. Her computer is taking about 6 or 7 mins to even start up. Her computer is going much slower than mine, however both have slowed...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Cool! I'm working a WTB thread and I'm getting used parts now. What I can't find I'll be ordering soon.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Does the 665 have a 3 pin connector like the 355 to montior RPMs? I want to be able to cut off the pc if the pump fails.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    I will be getting the vario pump. I've looked on the FS/FT threads and found a few parts. I was wondering if anyone has watercooled a pentium D? I have a 830 laying around and wanted to see what I could get out of it. I got it to 3.8GHz stable under air when I got it. Sat at 70c load so I...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Ok so I think I have everything picked out. Its not final but here is the list. https://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=4155">D-tek Fuzion v2</a>-$63.95 https://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=3320">Swiftech MCR320-QP-K Triple 120mm Radiator</a>-$53.95...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    The black ice rads are good? what about the black ice stealth? I'm thinking of getting colored tubing and straight distilled water.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Oh WB you have been great! I'm getting the MCR320 and D-tek v2. I just don't know much about pumps. I look at the links you gave me I just don't know what the different between them are.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Yeah he has been great! If you could let me know some info on pumps. I'd like to know what makes a good pump what the best ones are. How much I should spend. Also I'm thinking of adding a northbridge cooler. So if you could point me to a few good ones. I've read over your newbie guide. Great info.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Thanks I have been reading through his site. The guy is crazy! I'll check out the flow rate estimator.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    I'm not sure what the 355 or 655 pumps are. Can you point me to a few good pumps? Also how much should I be spending on a pump?
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    Move laptop to desktop

    A friend gave me a dead laptop yesterday and I have found that the mobo is dead. Anyway I want to move the good parts to a itx board. I have a Pentium 4 m socket 479(no clue what speed), 2x256mb DDR2100 laptop sticks, and a 2.5in' 60gb HD. I was wondering if there is a low cost mobo, case...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Ok so I'll look up some review on the XSPC rad. If I don't find anything great about them then I'll go with the swiftech. I'm pretty much decided on the fusion v2. I'm thinking I want a submerged pump to shut out noise. I heard that the fusion likes high pressure pumps though. Edit: Were is...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Ok what about this one? http://www.frozencpu.com/produ...P-K.html?tl=g30c95s161 Also this one is gorgeous http://www.frozencpu.com/produ...360.html?tl=g30c95s161 My case is black with blue led fans. Let me know what you think of those. They both are cheaper than the HW labs rad. I'm...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Ok so I've been looking into this hardcore for the last few weeks and I've desided not to get everything from one place like dangerden. I've been thinking about using feser one coolant. I'd link to the site but its unusable because they play sound every time you do anything!!! I've also...
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    How are the dangerden kits. I configured one fore 204.00. It had a black ice extreme II and a TDX waterblock.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Yeah I know I don't want a kit. I've got some good ideas now so I need to gets some parts in my head now.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    Not a fan of ebay. Been scamed twice out of the 5 times I've used it. Thanks for the ideas. Gave me some good inspiration.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    I have a X-dreamer case. Where would I put a 320mm rad? and I'm thinking more to just CPU now. I'll check out the FS thread in a week or so.
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    Looking to Watercool my PC

    I've never watercooled but I've looked into it many time so I'm not completely ignorant on the subject. My girls is getting me a watercooling setup for my Bday and I need to be sent on the right path. I want to cool my CPU and maybe my GPU but I'm planning on upgrading my 8800gts to a 4850 soon...
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    P5N-e SLI's weird FSB overclocks

    anyone got any ideas?
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    P5N-e SLI's weird FSB overclocks

    Yeah I've tried all the dividers and unlinking the FSB and memory and running my RAM stock speeds
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    P5N-e SLI's weird FSB overclocks

    I played with it for a long time over 333 the only setting I can get it to run on is 350?
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    P5N-e SLI's weird FSB overclocks

    I've been overclocking my cpu. I've been at it all day. I hit a wall at 2.6 and read online that my mobo had a memory problem from FSB 1200 to 1333. 1200FSB is were I hit the wall so I lowered my multiplier to 8 but the only OC I sould get to post was 1400x8(2.8) It was rock stable at stock...
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    Microsoft mouse and keyboard receiver

    I'll try that next time I reboot. I'm just glad I can play team fortress with my girlfriend now.
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    Microsoft mouse and keyboard receiver

    Thanks the device manager worked but I have to uninstall the keyboard everytime I restart the computer.
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    Microsoft mouse and keyboard receiver

    I have two computers near each other and they both have a microsoft wireless mice. One of them has a microsoft wireless keyboard. The microsoft receivers both pick up the one keyboard and I can't get the other one with the wired keyboard to stop picking up the wireless keyboard. Is there a...
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    Budget Team Fortress 2 graphics card

    I'm going to try the mat_queue_mode 2 on mine and hers tonight I'll let you guys know if it works on the D. @v8envy- Yeah I built it not long ago out of old parts I had laying around. Its got a new motherboard in it with PCIe though. Its a BIOSTAR G965 Micro 775.
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    Budget Team Fortress 2 graphics card

    Her cpu is my old one. I got it when the Pentium D first came out. I ran it at 4.0GHz everyday but her case is small so I worry about the heat. Do you think the cpu is a bottleneck?
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    Budget Team Fortress 2 graphics card

    I have a 8800GTS 320mb and run TF2 at 1680x1050 high settings 8x AA/AF without any slowdowns at all. I just don't see her needing such a powerful card.
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    Budget Team Fortress 2 graphics card

    A thermaltake 480watt
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    Budget Team Fortress 2 graphics card

    I was thinking more along the $100 line. Do I need a $150 card to run those games?
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    Thinking of getting an itouch, how do you like them?

    I would wait a few days for the mac expo
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    BIOS settings Resetting

    I had that happen on a ECS board. I ordered a new BIOs chip and it fixed it. Also check your power supply
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    Power Supply for my system

    http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html Neweggs power supply selector. I know you can't buy on from newegg but it should help you out.
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    Probably a silly question....

    Find out it its PCI-e or AGP If you have the PCI-e slot and the card should work find with a driver update. Wrong slot(agp) top slot http://www.aurora.dti.ne.jp/~s...ya/images/agp_slot.jpg Right(PCI-e) http://images.crucial.com/imag...cie_lores_callouts.jpg
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    Is text good on a 22inch widescreen ?

    I have a 22" acer and the text is super crisp at long as its at 1680x1050. If u lower the res. any the text gets really crappy(as with most LCDs.) But the bigger the monitor the worst it looks at lo res. If you can run that res. then that monitor should serve you well. (edit)That card should...
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    Budget Team Fortress 2 graphics card

    My girlfriend has a SFF computer with a 3.2Ghz Pentium D, 2GB DDR2 667 and a 7600gs. She plays Sims 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. The 7600gs is on its last leg. I want to get her a better card but I don't wanna spend a whole lot. I'll I need from the card is to play Team Fortress at high...