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    Terrible slowdown on 4GB system, but super speedy with 2GB - 64bit OS. WTF!?

    OK, this is soo bizarre. So I bought an SSD (intel x26 160GB v2) and got a copy of Windows 7 x64. Installed everything and found the overal performance of the OS to be really slow and terrible. I even upgraded my CPU from 2.2GHz Core 2 (T7500) to a Penryn 2.6GHz (T9500), still terrible...
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    Intel x25 SSD G2 - Slower than normal

    I've just bought an intel x25 160GB SSD hard drive for my laptop. Laptop specs are: 2.2GHz Core 2 Mobile (T7500) - 4MB cache 4GB DDR2 677 RAM intel 965m express chipset nVidia 8600GTm GPU 160GB intel x25m G2 SSD Windows 7 64bit Ultimate (RTM) I've run CrystalDiskMark 2.2 against it...
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    Thinking of Upgrading CPU on a Laptop. This possible?

    I have an Asus VX2S laptop (the Lamborghini one). It currently has an intel T7500 (Merom) 2.2GHz CPU, and I was thinking of upgrading it to a T7800 2.6GHz CPU, and was wondering if this is possible with laptops? I have observed the following: * I am able to to gain physical access to the CPU...
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    New Super Cheap SSD drives

    Anyone hear of these http://www.trustedreviews.com/...s-Halves-SSD-Prices/p1 ? They are new SSD drives from OCZ that are upto 50% cheaper than competting drives yet still retain 120MB/90MB read/write speeds. They use MLC (Multi Level Cell) technology to keep the cost down, or something like...
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    Overclocking E8400, confused about BIOS setting on 790i mobo

    I'm trying to overclock my intel Core 2 E8400 3GHz CPU. So far I have it at 3.8GHz with a slight increase in voltage to the core (1.4v up from 1.3v), on air cooling. I want to hit 4.0GHz but I'm confused about a setting in the BIOS. It's an nForce 790i motherboard and under voltage settings...
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    Intermittent problems, suspect hard drive. Any tools to help?

    I'm having intermittent problems with my laptop, random lockups, not shutting down, not opening programs etc. I've not had a BSOD though. I had this before so I reinstalled Vista and the problems went away. Now they're back. I managed to do a detailed drive scan before and it detected bad...
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    790i - ASUS Striker II Extreme vs other boards

    I'm looking to get a 790i nVidia motherboard. I'm still deciding between the different manufacturers, the EVGA seems to be the cheapest, but the ASUS version seems to be more expensive than the others by a fairly significant amount. What does the Asus have that makes it soo expensive? Is it...
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    790i...when?

    Anyone know any dates on the nVidia nForce 790i motherboards? I'm all set to get a new Core2 Duo E8X00 system, and I've heard the 780i are just tweaked 680i's designed to take the new 45nm Core 2 CPUs, so I'm waiting on the 790i. Cheers!
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    PC won't switch on. PSU or Motherboard?

    My PC won't switch on any more. I've opened up the case and noticed the green LED on my motherboard is light up with the PSU connected, this I'd imagine rules out a faulty power cable/fuse in plug etc. I've also tried shorting the two power-on pins on the motherboard directly, which I think...
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    How much wattage for 2x SLI 8800gt?

    How much wattage will be enough for two SLI 8800gt? I have my eyes on a 580W Hiper Type R power supply, would this be enough? Bare in mind my processor is currently a heavily overclocked Athlon X2 3800 (2.6GHz), and I want enough room left over for a potential upgrade to a quad core Intel...
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    Converting Basic disk to Dynamic disk in Vista

    I have a RAID 0 setup on my computer with 4 partitions configured. I only allowed 30GB for my C drive thinking it would be enough, and now I'm desperately running out of space on that partition, but have loads of room on other partitions. I heard converting my drives over to a Dynamic disk...
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    Why can't I connect to wireless network when secruity is enabled?

    OK, I have a Netgear RangeMax WPNT834 Wireless router and for some reason I can't seem to connect to it when I enable any of the security settings (WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK (AES) etc.). Sometimes it connects but then I have no internet access, other times it doesn't connect at all. However, when I...
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    Transfering Windows XP x64 License to x32bit?

    I have a legal copy of Windows XP x64bit and I want to install Windows XP 32bit. Could I use my x64 serial key on a 32bit version, or is this not possible? Cheers!
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    Help Recommend Touch Typing Software

    Could someone recommend Touch Typing training software for me. I only know about the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing software, but plenty of reviews on Amazon say it's rubbish, and I did try a demo once and wasn't impressed. Someone I know mentioned Typing Master Pro...
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    Asus A8N32 SLI (AMD) Overclocking Problem

    I'm having an issue with my Asus A8N32 SLI with overclocking an X2 3800 which I think is related to my Motherboard. OK, first of all under default settings, no overclocking etc. it's 100% stable, did Prime95 for couple of hours. Now I have a 3800 X2 that I'm trying to push to 2.4Ghz. I raised...
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    CAS2 vs CAS3

    Sorry, this question has probably been asked a million times before, I did try search the forums but 'CAS2 vs CAS3' didn't come up with anything. But anyway, does CAS2 make much of a different compared to CAS3. I'm planning on a new machine with the following hardware... Ahtlon X2 3800...
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    7800GT comes to AGP (sort of)

    Dunno if this has been posted before, sorry if it has. But Gainward have a new AGP card out soon that looks basically like a 20 pipeline version of the 7800GS AGP. Overclocks really well too, Enquirer have done a short review with loads of benchmarks...
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    PCI Express cards and older style PSU?

    I have an older style Power Supply Unit, it's still a pretty good one, high efficiency, about 430Watts. But it's not an ATX2.0 one and doesn't have those 6 pin power connectors that modern PCI-Express cards use. I am planning to upgrade to a PCI-Express system (currently on AGP) will I have to...