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    HD4870 1GB or GTX 269 Core 216 for HTPC?

    I'm putting together an HTPC/gaming system running an E8500, 4GB DDR2, on a mATX board. I'm currently trying to choose between a HD4870 1gig, and a GTX 260 Core 216 (they're both in the $170ish range) for my graphics card... any advice is welcome.
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    mATX HTPC case that can hold an ATX PSU?

    Hi all. I'm putting together an HTPC/Gaming system. I'd like to plop it into a mATX HTPC case, the cheaper the better. I only need room for 2 HDs, 1 optical, and a full-sized graphic card. I wanted to use an Antec earthwatts EA380 380W as my PSU, so I need a case that's made for an...
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    Intel mATX board with PCIe2.0 and RAID0?

    I'm putting together an HTPC, and I'm having a lot of trouble finding a motherboard. I need a mATX mobo for a Core 2 Duo w/ 1x PCIe2.0 x16 slot and 2+ SATA ports that support RAID0 (or even just JBOD). I've looked around, and AMD has some very nice mATX boards, but there doesn't seem to...
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    PCIe x16 to 2 PCIe x8 (or 4 x4) ?

    I've been looking into building a file server. I'm planning on buying a low-power miniITX board with one PCIe x16 slot, and onboard GigE. I'm going to throw a x4 (maybe x8) RAID card into the x16 slot and run a lovely 8-drive RAID5. The RAID will be putting out a lot of speed, more than...
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    Multilane SATA max cable length

    i'm planning on setting up an HTPC with a 4-drive RAID5 via a PCIe x4 card. i want the PC itself to be in a nice, small case, and to be as cool/quiet as possible. for this reason, i think my best option is to house the drives in a seperate enclosure. i've been thinking about using multilane...
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    CrossFire/SLI with more than 2 oversized cards

    Most pics of 3 (and ALL pics of 4) card setups I've seen have been using single-slot-height cards because (as I understand it) the height of 2-slot cards makes it impossible to fit 3-4 PCIe x16 connectors on a motherboard and still grant each with an extra slot of space beneath it for each...
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    Dual-socket 775 Motherboards?

    I've looked around, and haven't been able to find any motherboards that support two Core 2 CPUs. Is dual-Xenon the only way to go?
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    Full-speed QUAD-CrossFire

    With the X38 chipset out in the wild, PCIe 2.0 is finally upon us, offering twice the bandwidth of the original PCIe standard. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've read in a number of threads on this forum that today's PCIe 1.0 x16 vid cards don't really make full use of the 4GB/s bandwidth that...
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    Help with specs for a cheap PC upgrade

    Hey everyone. I'm planning on upgrading an old PC. I'm gonna get a new case, and want to put in a cheap mobo with onboard a/v and a cheap P4 with ~512MB. Yeah, key word is "cheap". I'm not too up on what's out and good and cheap right now, been behind the times a bit. So, any advice on good...
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    Will this setup work?

    Right now, I have a computer upstairs, connected to a router, connected to my cable modem. I just put together an HTPC downstairs, and I also have an XBox right there. I want to connect them both to my broadband. I'm thinking of getting a wireless router and put it upstairs with the 1 comp...
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    Setting up a web folder

    Hey everyone. Trouble. =( I wanna set up a webserver. I went into my LinkSys router setup, set port 80~80 to point to this comp's IP on the network, and disabled "Block WAN Request:" in the filter setup. Now, I can see the index, but no one else can. So basically, no one outside the LAN...
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    Partitioning an existing drive

    Hey all. I have a 111GB C: drive right now, and I want to split that up into two partitions, a 5GB C: and a 106GB. I have about 50GB on the current partition that I can't loose. How can I divide the drive up without having to erase the current partition and loose my 50GB? I have an old ver...
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    CDRW & DVD Questions/Advice

    I'm buying a new CDRW and DVD-ROM. I've been told that the Lite-On 40x is a great drive, and can be flashed to 48x. But, what's the difference between the two models: LTR40125S & LTR40125W? What do the S and W mean? Color? Is one Silver and the other White? Also, what DVD should I get...
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    What CPU Can I Get?

    Hi all. I appreciate any help I can get from anyone on here. I have a 1 year old Abit KG7-RAID motherboard. I need to get myself a new CPU for it, and I'm wondering what's the newest/fastest Athlon that it can support? Thanks a lot.
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    Does anyone have any idea how to do this?

    Hi everyone. I'm making a few scripts in PHP, and I've run into a problem. I'm making a mailing list script, and I need to have the mail sent out every night at midnight. How can I set the server to automaticaly run the PHP file every 24 hours at 12:00am? Also, I'm making an auction...