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    Registry Cleaners

    i was doing some maintenance on my dad's computer and saw three virus protection, programs, six anti-spyware malware trojan programs, two person firewalls (not including windows), and a few registry cleaners. for all that infectious related stuff i have programs that i'm familiar with...
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    suggestions on an HD TV tuner

    what works well for you?
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    Hard Drive Benchmarks - What's Hot & What's Not...Poll Added

    Rhoxed those numbers look good, specially for a 2 drive RAID0. but lookin at that burst rate. . . is it normal to have burst rate lower than the average in RAID0?
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    RAID results

    hm, i don't see any options for setting the stripe size
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    RAID results

    it's the nVIDIA controller on a foxconn C51. whatever that is. (nVIDIA 590 MPC chipset)
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    Hard Drive Benchmarks - What's Hot & What's Not...Poll Added

    also, here's an old seagate (as in three years old) 80GB drive that i was going to make a RAID array out of. actually i was going to make an array out of three of them, but they are pathetic in RAID so i scrapped that project instead to go with two 160 western digitals in RAID0. . . same...
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    Hard Drive Benchmarks - What's Hot & What's Not...Poll Added

    that's actually faster than the 4200 RPM hitachi laptop drive in my IBM T40.
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    RAID results

    welp i finished settin up the RAID and got some graphs from HDTUNE. i went ahead and set up a few different kinds of arrays. the benchmarks off the individual seagate ST380817AS are 28.5 MB/s min 57.1 MB/s max 46.1 MB/s average 12.9 ms access pretty slow, my 80GB IDE western digital...
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    Hard Drive Benchmarks - What's Hot & What's Not...Poll Added

    still though, i feel like $4,400 for ~120GB is not quite 'real world'
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    do SPP and MCP (northbridge and southbridge) multipliers have an effect on overclocking?

    by 'left at the same multiplier you mean: matching the HT multiplier, or left at the default of 5x?
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    do SPP and MCP (northbridge and southbridge) multipliers have an effect on overclocking?

    in my BIOS (foxconn C51) there are multipliers listed as follows nForce SPP --> nForce MCP nForce SPP <-- nForce MCP i lowered them from 5x to 4x and seemed to gain some stability at HTT above 300. does that make sense? also, are these multipliers similar to HT multiplier where...
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    RAID results

    thanks to those who have replied. i think i'm gonna go on ahead and try to put up the RAID array. because. . . 1. i have the drives right now. it's not like i'm goin out lookin for old SATA drives to put up in RAID0. I actually pulled these drives out of the trash at my university...
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    RAID results

    dang! such contempt for my RAID idea. lol
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    RAID results

    now i have three 80GB 7200 RPM SATA drives and i was thinkin about puttin em up in RAID0. do you think it would be worth the effort of the OS re-install, config the whole thing, etc, etc for the performance increase? EDIT: spent a day recently putting these drives in various RAID arrays and...
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    Building a new Computer*Input needed*

    and you did a good job of that too i'd say, the thing about memory is it can always be had so not wanting vista now translates into 2GB for now.
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    Building a new Computer*Input needed*

    if you can swing it a Q6600 would be nice, however putting that extra $100 into a video card would give you better performance increase in games. and a E2180 would suffice same as a 5400+ X2. so you're right, it depends on whether you wanna drop another processor in there in between builds.
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    performance on the AMD Mobililty 2600 HD

    on a X1600? that's impressive. i would like to see some of these latest video card development translate into some decent mobile graphics cards.
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    . . . computer dead after a dusting out

    as it turns out i didn't have to do anything, i got up one day and tried the power switch and it turned on. thanks everybody for your replies.
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    1950PRO -> 8800GT - worth it with my specs?

    i've maxed out the setting on my 22" with battlefield 2 running one 7900GS, which is comparable to your card. with my processor, opteron @ 2.2GHz, the fps don't usually dip below 40. i don't know how your CPU is holdin up, but i would just wait until you want to upgrade the motherboard memory...
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    1950PRO -> 8800GT - worth it with my specs?

    like everyone else is sayin, it depends on what you're playin. that being said i agree with happy medium on the 8800GS, it's a good deal (and you could use it in a new build later) regardless, that processor is gonna be draggin you down, so my suggestion would be just waiting until you want to...
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    Constant, seemingly random BSOD

    if it's a hardware issue then my guess'd be motherboard if you've tested the memory. but it may not be. what i'd do is do a fresh install of windows on a separate partition and then see if the problems persist. if they do then it's likely hardware.
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    Building a new Computer*Input needed*

    in that case keep the old computer for your wife, it will be much more useful to her then if you try and sell the parts. also keep your storage situation, and forget i said anything about RAID. :) i'll let you work those optical problems through, it's not a big deal since it has no effect...
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    worked fine last night, wont turn on today

    for the sake of elimination, i'd say it's probly not the button/cable, because if it started up for a second and the wouldn't work from there then that button has already done it's job by telling your computer to start. i don't think it's the hard drive either, just from experience, hard...
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    Building a new Computer*Input needed*

    p.s. sell your old A64, RAM, motherboard, and video card and you will have $100+ more to sink into your new build.
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    Building a new Computer*Input needed*

    what scottae said looks good. i would look into is saving some money on a few components and getting a better video card, since you say gaming's what you're into. there's a few ways to do this. -buy a less expensive processor and overclock it some. if you're into that sort of thing. -if...
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    Worth the effort to upgrade? 7900GS SLi >> 8800GS

    about the 9600GT, the least expensive option i've seen is 175 shipped. that's $45 difference between the 8800GS (w/ rebate). now i know the 88GS is slower but not forty-five dollars worth slower. i feel like the only real practical advantage in me gettin the 96GT is availability later for...
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    Worth the effort to upgrade? 7900GS SLi >> 8800GS

    that is the thing that concerns me, SLi in the future with the 9600GT basically replacing the 8800GS, i'm sure they're gonna be hard to come by. but i do see that egg has got the 8800GS for 130 after rebate. that's pretty good, i would be able to possibly upgrade without spending more that 20...
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    Worth the effort to upgrade? 7900GS SLi >> 8800GS

    i know my SLi configuration is gettin a lil bit long in the tooth, but at the same time i'm not playin any of those games (directx 10 etc.) that'll bring my cards to their knees. i see that the 8800GS is more than reasonable @ $150, so i was wondering is it worth the effort to sell the old...
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    . . . computer dead after a dusting out

    opened the case and blew some air through the computer, dusting off the components, I didn't even touch anything, plugged the power back in and it won't turn on. the only difference i can see is now the LED's on my 3.5in card reader are pulsing (also there are a couple small LED's pulsing on...
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    performance on the AMD Mobililty 2600 HD

    hm. the most painful lookin spec there is the 128-bit memory bus
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    performance on the AMD Mobililty 2600 HD

    so not enough to run battlefield 2 on at 1680x1050 then what about compared to just one 7900GS?
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    performance on the AMD Mobililty 2600 HD

    in these days i feel like a laptop might be more useful. being a lower grade gamer, i still would prolly play games (not much more than battlefield 2 etc) on my 22" (plugged into the laptop). what kind of a step down would i be looking at coming offa 7900GS in sli?
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    How do I get the most out of my 4GB RAM?

    so what happens if you do turn of the swap file? with 4GB of RAM?
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    am I going overboard and does it help my vid card at all?

    yeah, wait till your finances stabilize def. but that X2 can be had at newegg for $60. yeah i know most motherboards these days are comin with only 1 IDE, it can be annoying. i'd see about movin the data offa that 15GB drive, or if you feel like you just need that drive then you could do...
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    am I going overboard and does it help my vid card at all?

    126° C ? that's three or four times as hot as it should be, if you end up keepin that system i'd clean it out, there's no way it can stand those temps for very longer. but really, i'd just suggest getting a new build. parts for AM2 builds are really pretty reasonable right now and even though...
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    How do I get the most out of my 4GB RAM?

    i went ahead and did the 64-bit thing, yes it can be a pain, but i was wondering what can i do to tweak the system so that it utilizes the 4GB as best it can. I'm running Opteron 1214 4 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix 6400 and two 7900GS i do some gaming, well i guess i should with those two cards...
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    how to make an image from a straiped RAID set

    any programs methods? that fact that the drive is in RAID 0 makes things complicated, i have been tryin to find some way to do it for a while now.
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    What's the best RAID for this buncha hard drives I got?

    well, i have two 160's and two 80's, SATA. and i would like security as well as as much performance boot as i can get. suggestions appreciated.
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    Looking for mac laptop

    yeah you're right about that rebate stuff, i was gonna get a dv2000t system but waited until after the superbowl because i knew they were gonna have a commercial in there and i thought they might also have a good deal to go along with it. but the price actually went up! to pay for that minute...