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    Watercooling Ruined

    The short version of the story is I was too cheap to by additive to keep algae and stuff from growing in my water cooling system and is has come back to bite me in the ass. My computer which has been in a closet while running for the last 3 months stopped working yesterday. I discovered that my...
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    Movie Organizer

    There are lots of programs out there that can create a database of your movies using barcodes, manual input of title, etc. I am looking for a program that can add AVI files to the database and download information about these movies automatically. Also if it can interface with Media Center for...
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    Everything starts but nothing displays

    The build is complete but for some reason nothing will display on the screen. Current Specs: AMD Athlong X2 5200 MSI K9N SLI V2 Corsair XMS2 2GB PCIe 8600GT (also tried PCI 6200) CoolerMaster 500W PSU CoolerMaster 690 Case Tried Several Monitors current 19in LCD THe fans move and...
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    Hard Drive done for?

    I have a buddy who was simotaniously uninstalling office 2007 and rendering a video out using Sony's Vegas video editor. what happened was the rendered video filled the hard drive well he was uninstalling office causing both apps to crash and computer to freeze. He restarted everything worked...
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    Computer locks up

    I recently upgraded from a 7900 GT to an 8800 GT and well I am really impressed with the difference. The problem is that it locks up in games after about 30 minutes to an hour, I mean locked up nothing works but manually restarting it. I am water cooling everything in my case mobo chipsets...
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    Corsair XMS2 Pricing

    Check the pricehttp://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85025-5&ps=ho1 this is crazy i paid 195.00 +50.00 mail in rebate in March. this is crazy. this has to be one of the best time for computer building. cheap quadcores, 8800 GT, $40 sets of 2GB RAM. just thought i would...
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    Crysis Multiplayer CPU Usage

    i have a E6600 @ 3.5Ghz. it handles pretty much everything i throw at it. its a good little proc. i would like to go quad but maybe in a bit. i was part of the Crysis multiplayer beta and i noticed that my CPU usage was at 98-100 the whole time i was playing. i monitor this through my G15 using...
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    Bioshock Crashing :(

    I am running Vista x64, E6600 @ 3.5, 4gb ram, 7900 GT. Everything is up to date. i can play for about 15-20 minutes then it crashes. i can start the game back up and it takes about another 5-10 before it crashes again. its not my overclock. its stable in every other game i play. my cpu,gpu, nb...
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    Best Case for Two 2x120 Radiators

    As the title suggest I am looking for a case that would support two 2x120 radiators. I know it?s over kill but I think it would be kinda cool. I wont be cooling much just the cpu, and the chipset on my P5B Deluxe and maybe my GFX card. If any of you have any pics on how you have done this I...
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    CM Stacker 830 EVO + Two 2x120 Radiators

    I am thinking of buy thing case Case And this water cooling setup Watercooling I would be adding an additional 120x2 Radiator to this setup if possible. Do you think I would be able to mount both of these on the inside of the case in place of the 4x120 fan setup? if anyone has this...
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    Water cooling choices

    I am currently looking at changing my cooling setup. I have the Big Water SE installed at the time. I am currently cooling my 7900GT and my E6600 overclocked to 3.33GHz. It is really pushing this cooling system. My cpu goes as high as 60-65, At the most. This is on extremely hot days when its...
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    Vista File Transfer/Copy Issue

    I have Vista Ultimate x64 installed. I am trying to copy about 20 GB of files at a time. From a portable hard drive, connected via firewire, to an internal harddrive. The copy stage stalls out and refuses to cancel out. It just freezes and won?t respond I am forced to physically restart. What is...
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    Need a good 2 player game

    Ok so I am trying to get my girlfriend of 3 years to tolerate pc gaming I figure a good way of doing this is playing together. What are some good 2 player games (games that can be played on the same system by two people at the same time) for PC. I have all the EA sports titles so I got those...
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    X-Connect 2?

    I just need to know if this will power an 8800 GTS. The 12v rails are split. one is 17amps the other 18amps. The 8800 GTS needs +26amps. Will this work?
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    96 or 128 Stream Processors?

    I am looking at buying a BFG 8800 GTS 640mb card. i am was just wondering what you guys think will be the difference now and in the future with the difference in stream processors. Will it make a huge difference when the DX10 games come out? It does seem to be huge as the 2900 XT has more then...
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    96 or 128 stream processors

    I am looking at buying a BFG 8800 GTS 640mb card. i am was just wondering what you guys think will be the difference now and in the future with the difference in stream processors. Will it make a huge difference when the DX10 games come out? It does seem to be huge as the 2900 XT has more then...
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    Computers on a Plane

    This is kind of off topic but its still hardware related. Does anyone have any experience in take a shuttle computer on an airplane? Is it allowed these days? The computer is in this case. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=371368 The reason I ask is I helped a friend...
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    Vista/XP networking

    I am not sure if this has been posted before. I didn?t see anything so here it goes. I am having a hard time getting my Vista Ultimate x64 system to recognize my XP home system. I have messed with it for quite awhile now and I figured it is time to seek some help. I have never been that good at...
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    XP and or Vista 4GB of Ram

    You can see the system i have. i just bought 2 more gigs of the same ram i currently have. will XP or Vista recognize it all and if not what should i do. I know 32bit OS's have a hard time seeing all of the ram sometimes. When i install Vista would it be better to install 32 or 64 bit version?
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    Building a new case

    I am thinking of building my own case. The material is what I am wondering about I was thinking of a Plexiglas case as it would be light as well as clear so you could see everything. My second thought was wood. I nice hardwood. It would be heavy but I think it would like amazing. Some of my...
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    IE7

    Ok i am not sure if this is vista or IE7 that is causing the problem. The problem is with IE7 but I dont know if it is a vista thing or what. I am unable to watch any flash movies such as google video, nbc, anything that flash driven. I have downloaded flash several times and it never fixes...
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    Vista/IE7

    Ok i am not sure if this is vista or IE7 that is causing the problem. The problem is with IE7 but I dont know if it is a vista thing or what. I am unable to watch any flash movies such as google video, nbc, anything that flash driven. I have downloaded flash several times and it never fixes...
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    Ultra Aluminus

    I currently have an Ultra Aluminus Case as stated in the title of this thread my question is what would be the best way to fit a 120.2 radiator into this case? I was thinking of cutting a whole in the bottom as I think that would be fun and well I can?t really think of another location that...
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    Water Pumps/Tubing

    I am currently running a thermaltake SE system. It has 1/4 inch tubing and a 90 L/h pump. I would like to upgrade but i dont want to spend a ton on a new system. Is it worth it to move up to 3/8 or 1/2 inch tubing? How strong a pump is best for cooling? I currently run my core 2 duo E6600 at...