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    Building a new machine - please critique!

    Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor (x2) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)...
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    Best 1156 Motherboard w/o SLI

    Hey everyone, I'm building a new system. Getting the i7 860 and going for 8GB of DDR3 2000 RAM. Will be getting a GTX 465 so I'm not interested in SLI. What motherboards would you recommend for this core setup? I've always been buying ASUS and will probably stick to them. Thank you.
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    1156 vs 1366 - comparing dual-channel to triple channel

    Hey everyone, Building a new system and am trying to decide whether to go the the 1156 or 1366 route. Processor and RAM costs are pretty much the same for both, so I'm only looking now at saving on the cost of the motherboard. Other than the dual-channel vs triple-channel difference, is there...
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    Highly strange bootup issue

    So I went to someone's home to fix their computer because their mouse and keyboard weren't working. I thought this was going to be easy. I first bootup the computer and it goes into windows and sure enough the keyboard and mouse do not work at all. I have to force shutdown. It's a USB...
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    Building new i7 machine

    Building a new i7 machine this week. I was wondering what OS I should put on there. I was thinking of putting XP on until Windows 7 comes out in October, but I don't like not using my new 64-bit processor or the memory to its full potential. However, that's not a big deal, if XP is the safest...
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    ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 --- ASUS P6T --- ASUS P6T SE

    Comparing these 3 ASUS boards and I'm going crazy figuring out what I'm paying almost $100 for when going from the SE to the Deluxe. I understand things such as 1 to 2 RAID and LAN controllers and some have more external ports than others, but what core differences make these boards stand apart...
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    Which motherboard for my i7?

    Been looking at motherboards, getting the... Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail Always been getting ASUS brand but now EVGA has come into the market. Can anyone comment or should I just stick with the... ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel...
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    CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX or CMPSU-520HX

    My build is below...I ran the extreme build power calculator and I got just over 400 watts so I'm wondering if the 620 PSU is unnecessary for my build? Also I want to make sure, is that PSU compatible with an i7 board cause I can't find anything that says so on the Corsair website. Thank...
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    Building i7 Windows 7 machine

    Hey everyone, I am planning on building a new machine for myself. Have been using my current computer for 4 years and it's time. With Windows 7 rolling around I'm trying to build a machine geared towards taking advantage of the new OS. I won't be gaming much so my most intensive tasks will be...
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    ASUS A8V Motherboard question

    ASUS representatives are incompetant. I called twice and each time I get a completely different answer. ASUS A8V mother has 4 SATA ports - 2 regular, 2 Raid. I'm using the 2 regular for drives C and D. I want to add a 3rd hard drive, can I just use one of those SATA_Raid ports with only...
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    New Gaming PC Build - please critique!

    Hey everyone, I'm building a new PC for gaming purposes. Please offer any comments or suggestions on my choices. Also if there are any obvious compatibility issues please let me know. Thank you! Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V /...
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    Optimal Power Supply for EVGA GTX280?

    Running a build with roughly the following components, please offer some power supply suggestions... Antec Nine Hundred Case ASUS Rampage Formula Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz Corsair Dominator 4GB EVGA GTX280 WD VelociRaptor 300GB WD Caviar 640GB DVD Burner Looking at...
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    9800 GX2 vs two SLI 9800 GTX

    I'm building a new rig and looking to either get: (1) BFG Tech BFGE981024GX2E GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail OR (2 SLI) XFX PVT98FYDBU GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition 512MB 256-bit...