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    Upgrading PC to run some modern games

    Hi everyone, I'm currently running the following setup: CPU: Intel Core i5 760 MOBO: Asus P7P55D RAM: 8gb Video Card: Radeon 7800 And I was thinking of upgrading to a GTX 960: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9601935 It fits in my budget...
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    New Gaming PC Build

    Hello everyone, I'm ready to build a new computer and here is what I was thinking: 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. I will mostly be using it for gaming (DOTA 2, latest FPS, SC2, D3, Terra, Civ) 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range...
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    Auzen X-Plosion Driver Problem

    Hi guys, didn't exactly know where to post this, so just going to post it in here. Basically I tried out Windows 7 Beta and found out that my Auzen X-Plosion driver doesn't work with it, so I was just wondering if you guys knew of any solution to this problem because I was under the...
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    Unusual Sound Problem

    Hey guys, I just upgraded my computer and installed a new copy of windows XP along with the drivers for all my devices and after I installed my sound card driver I opened foobar to listen to some music and all of a sudden this horrible digitized screeching sound starts coming out. But the weird...
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    Creative Audigy 2 Homebrew Vista Drivers

    Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone knew where I could find a good homebrew Audigy 2 Vista Drivers. The current one released by Creative is an embarrassment, so I was wondering if any of you know where I can get another one that was like the original one made for XP.
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    226bw Callibration

    Hi guys, so I just bought a 226bw and of course it doesn't turn up to be an S panel, but w/e I figure I could just calibrate it and make it look like an S panel. So I tried loading an .icm file using MS WinColor program, and when I go to add the .icm file it can't recognize it in the folder that...
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    226bw Callibration Problems

    Hi guys, so I just bought a 226bw and of course it doesn't turn up to be an S panel, but w/e I figure I could just calibrate it and make it look like an S panel. So I tried loading an .icm file using MS WinColor program, and when I go to add the .icm file it can't recognize it in the folder...
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    Keyboard sometimes switches to other language

    Hi guys, I don`t know if this has happened to any of you, but I just got a laptop with Vista installed on it, and every once in a while they keys will switch to something else, for example when I type a question mark this shows up instead É...I tried looking for a solution for this but have come...
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    Need review of this build

    Hey guys, I need a review of this build. Its supposed to be a gaming rig, and one that has to be upgradable later on in its lifecycle, and one that can survive a pretty hot environment on air cooling. So without further ado heres my build: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Socket LGA775...
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    New LCD monitor, any advice?

    Hey guys, I currently own an LG 915FT Plus and have been fairly happy with the performance of this monitor, but it is starting to get kind of outdated and I think the weight from this monitor is starting to kill my table, so with that in mind I'm planning to get a new monitor, and this is where...
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    Seagate 500gig 7200.10 won't show up on My Computer

    Hey guys, I have just purchased a Seagate 500gig 7200.10 SATA HD, and when I plugged it into my rig it shows up in the BIOS but not in Windows, does anyone what the problem is here and how it can be resolved?
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    Lowest of the low end builds for $700

    Hey guys, heres my problem. I just recently found out that my video card is completely dead and my motherboard isn't in such a good condition either (my build is in the sig). So instead of replacing such old parts for another bunch of old parts I just thought it would be better to just build...
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    Enterprise level web hosting

    Hey guys, I was just wondering what kind of web hosting companies are out there that can host a multimedia heavy company's website? And just how expensive they would be. Whenever I search for web hosting I always end up with cheap web hosting solutions with very limited monthly bandwidth...
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    E-Marketing project help

    Hey guys, I was just wondering if any of you guys know how much it would cost to run a media and bandwidth heavy microsite for a large corporation like Epson. My current problem is that I need to make a micro site for the home theater projector division for the Epson website and I want it to...
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    How much better is a 7600GS than a 9800Pro

    Hey guys, I was just wondering if the 7600GS is better than the 9800Pro, and if it is how much better is it. I tried looking around the web for reviews but couldn't find any that was helpful so I thought I would ask you guys. I know that I'm still on AGP and need to get on the express...
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    Wireless Pc Card Adapter

    Hey guys, I currently need to get ahold of a wireless network pc card for my laptop. My laptop does have a built in wireless adapter but it can only take in a measly b signal and I want to get a g signal. For my home wireless setup I use a Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and I just need a...
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    Wireless network pc card

    Hey guys, I currently need to get ahold of a wireless network pc card for my laptop. My laptop does have a built in wireless adapter but it can only take in a measly b signal and I want to get a g signal. For my home wireless setup I use a Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and I just need a...
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    Hard Drive not detecting

    Hey guys, I just bought a SATA 7200.10 250gb Seagate HD, and when I plug it into my computer it detects it in the bios but it won't show up in Windows, and I have no idea why that is. My comp's info is in my sig and I'm currently running an 80gb Seagate HD on SATA if that helps at all.
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    ASUS P4C800 problems

    Hey guys, my friend owns an Asus P4C800 mobo and he has come across a problem for it. It seems that the mobo just suddenly stopped working, and started saying "system fail CPU test" from the onboard diagnostics that comes with the mobo. Now we have taken all the components and put them on...
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    Just OCed my Northwood 2.8ghz

    Hey guys, after reading for months about how to OC and asking everyone for their imput I finally OCed my 2.8ghz Northood to 3.4ghz for the very first time, and I must say that it was relatively easy. I know its only a 600mhz increase but I'm running it on stock cooling and its staying at around...
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    Benq DW1620

    Hey guys, I own a Benq DW1620 dvd burner, and when I went into device manager it says ATAPI dvd burner or w/e, and not Benq. And when I talked to my friend about it he told me that I had to flash it or something and install the correct firmware. Do you guys know what hes talking about...
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    What do they mean by "caps mechanically obstruct"?

    Hey guys I wanted to purchase a SI-120 heatsink by Thermalright, and I was reading the mobo compatability on the Thermalright website and for my mobo (P4c-800 Deluxe) it says: caps mechanically obstruct pipe slightly, cap tilting necessary." Now I was just wondering what they meant by this...
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    New to overclocking and need help

    Hey guys, I have a P4 2.8ghz Northwood cpu running on an Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo with some OCZ (2x512mb) value ram timed at 2.5, 3, 3, 7 and I just think that this system is a bit slow right now and would really like to overclock it. I tried looking around on how to overclock a system with...
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    Suggestion for new LCD monitor

    Hey guys, I have a massive LG Flatron 915FT Plus monitor that I bought about 3 years ago and frankly there is something wrong with it. The screen keeps flickering every once in a while and thats just driving me insane, so I decided that its to upgrade my monitor. Only that I don't have a...
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    Hooking up a playstation 2 to a LG 915 Plus monitor

    Hey guys, I was wondering if there was any way to hook up a playstation 2 to a LG 915FT Plust monitor? I'm planning to get a new monitor some time soon and I really don't want to get rid of this one, and so I was wondering if I could use this as a monitor just for my ps2. Any help or...
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    Problems capturing from my camcorder

    Hey guys, I just filmed a bunch of stuff on my JVC GR-D231U camcorder, and I wanted to transfer the stuff on to my PC using USB, but the problem is my computer doesn't seem to recognize the camcorder, and I tried looking around for the driver but no luck. So I was just wondering if any of you...
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    Is my HD dead?

    Hey guys, I have a 40gb Seagate HD, from like 2001 and all of a sudden it died on me when I was on it. Now I never took this HD out of my computer or tampered with it at all and don't see any reason why it would have died. I also tried putting it in one of my friends computer and it didn't...
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    In search for a new Mp3 player

    Well it seems that luck with mp3 players is never on my side. I have owned 4 mp3 players and broke every single one of them and now am in search of a new one. I really want to get a HD player and was looking around and saw that the 4gb ipod mini is within my price range and the size is...
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    High Definition Capture Card

    Hey, I was wondering if you guys know of any good High Definition capture cards out there. I want to get a Xbox 360 and want something that can support its High Definition feature and since I don't really want to buy a new tv I just wanted to use my monitor. I have a P4 2.8 on a Radeon 9800...
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    HD movies messing up when playing them

    Hey guys, I just reformated my computer, and installed the Matroska codec pack. I can play regular .avi files fine, but when it comes to high definition files the color gets all messed up and it doesn't play it at all. Have I installed a wrong codec pack or something? And if you guys know...
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    How do I get rid of Linux?

    Hey guys, so here is the scenario: I just installed Ubuntu on a new 80gb SATA hard drive that I just bought just to check out linux and see how it runs. But the thing is that an 80gb just for that seems a bit ridiculous in retrospect, so I was just going to plan on installing it on an old...
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    Canon SD400 blues

    Hey guys, I bought a Canon SD400 digital camera about a week ago, and frankly I thought I was getting a good deal for it, but after trying it out for a week I find that the pictures are extremely grany and washed out with not much detail, also a lot of the time if you don't hold the camera...
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    Just bought the Benq DW1620 and its giving me trouble

    Hey guys I just bought the Benq DW1620 dvd burner, and I tried running my Dawn Of War cd but it takes forever for it to open, now is this is a bad sign or is it a stupid thing that should be ignored? Now I just burned a cd and it seems to work fine, still haven't tried a dvd because I don't...
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    Whats the difference with all the AMD chipsets

    Hey guys I was going to buy an AMD processor, possibly a 3200 one, and when I was browsing on the newegg website I saw that there were so many different chipsets for different clock speeds. Can someone explain to me whats the difference between all these chipsets or point me to someplace that...
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    Need some info on a new computer that I would be building

    Hey guys, my friend wants me to build him a new computer but before I could do that I need to understand why are AMD processors clocked lower than the P4 ones, are the AMD 64bit processors better than the P4s right now, and how well would a Centrino processor be on a gaming rig. I know I had...
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    My laptop keeps dropping my wireless internet connection

    Hey guys, I have a D-Link DI-524 wireless router so that my laptop with a Centrino processor can get internet around the house, but the thing is that after 2 or 3 minutes of connecting to my wireless internet it just drops my connection and then it says that it found a new connection (that being...
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    My wireless connection keeps getting dropped on my laptop :(

    Hey guys, I have a D-Link DI-524 wireless router sot that my laptop with a Centrino processor can get internet around the house, but the thing is that after 2 or 3 minutes of connecting to my wireless internet it just says that there is no connection and just drops my internet, even though it...
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    A newb's question about HDTV

    Hey guys after spending every waking moment on IGN and trying to watch every live feed possible from E3 on the next gen console I noticed that they support HDTV and that its one of the key selling points for the consoles. Now when it comes to tv i'm an absolute newb, but is HDTV only regular tv...
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    Tv Capture Card

    Hey guys I was thinking of getting a tv capture card for my comp to watch tv on it and to play my ps2 on it. Now when it comes to this topic i'm completely lost, can someone tell me what I should be looking for when buying the card?
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    Overclocking USB drive for mouse

    hey guys I just heard that you can overclock your usb drive so that you can get a faster response time from your mouse. Now would leaving your usb drive overclocked like this the whole time be bad for it?