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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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    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

    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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    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

    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?

    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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    Worth the upgrade? Intel Core Duo T2250 > Core 2 Duo T5600

    they both have 2MB L2Cache and the difference in clock speed is 1.73 and 1.83, besides the fact that of course the one is last generation core tech. it's more than difficult to find beches on laptop parts so anyone's opions/expiriences would be welcome. . . . because i know someone will...
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    Has anyone Swapped Out Processors in their Notebook?

    Namely the HP dv6000 series, as i am trying to buy one through hp without the processor because i can get it cheaper elsewhere. but wanting to know if it's worth the effort to try and swap them out (put one in), since i'm not expirienced in notebook hardware config.
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    Do errors in Memtest 86 mean bad RAM?

    i have been having stability issues lately. the computer locks up multiple times in a day, sometimes going to the blue screen of death. i just recently reinstalled windows, and just bought another motherboard to replace my bad GIGABYTE one, so i ran memtest86 for 24 hours to see if it was...
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    Most Overrated Actors and Actresses. A Top 5 List.

    this is mine 1. Nicolas Cage 2. Leonardo DiCaprio 3. Johnny Depp 4. Tom Cruise 5. Ben Affleck 1. Julia Roberts 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Helen Hunt 4. Jennifer Aniston 5. Jennifer Connelly EDIT: to clarify. overrated: (the way i'm using it) the actor or actrss is not deserving...
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    Does anyone know of a Guide to setting up a home network?

    i am looking to start working with that, since it is a weak spot in my computer knowledge. POST number: 47
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    Computer Locking-up when Idle?

    every time after leaving my computer i return to find it frozen. if it was locking-up when i was doing some specific task then i could handle that, but this is odd. . . has anyone else ever expirienced anything like this? my build is GIGABYTE K8N SLi Pro Motherboard (. . . been givin me a...
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    Is there any way to get you hands on some new Windows XP color schemes?

    after scowering the internet for a while i couldn't find anybody who has developed, or has made it possble to develop some new luna schemes. . . you would think that after five years of XP there would dozens if not hundreds of them . . .
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    What does the CPU2 tempature refer to.

    my BIOS says my CPU is running in the mid thirties under load, this tempature matches up with Sandra and SpeedFan's "CPU1" tempature, but there is a "CPU2" temp that's always around 70C, regardless of load or idle? What is this CPU2? I have a Venice 3000+.
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    Trouble overclocking a 3000+ on a Gigabyte K8N-Pro SLi

    With multiplier at something low (5x~6x) and memory ruing at 1:2 HTT tops out at 210~220. I get a bolded warning message before the HD detect talking about HTT increase then the machine fails to post, looping through that screen before the hard drive detection. Once every twenty or thirty...
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    Why are niether Intel or AMD planning on using SONY / IBM's cell microprocessor technology?

    reading some of these posts with everyone talking about the new platforms on the way made me wonder why no one has hooked up with the cell processor people. . . SONY IBM Toshiba etc.
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    Does a 3000+ overclocked to 2.4GHz perfom like a 3800+?

    i expect this question has been asked and answered a few times already, but until now i've basically ignored the subject of overclocking. . . so i'm sure some people have an opinion ;)
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    What kind of a video card would it take to Bottleneck a 3000+ ?

    i would like to upgrade my video card (perhaps SLi) and i was wondering what card would be goo to pair with an AMD 3000+ (currently running at stock speed)
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    Quick question about dual rail power supply

    is the amp ratin the total of the two +12 rails put together?
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    What about dual slot cards in SLi?

    tryin to build a silent or almost computer and i was lookin at this Silent Pipe thing and wondering what that thing would do in a SLi rig. . . air flow and all that. so whoever's got a dual slot card in SLi, not necesarily silent pipe, tell me about it
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    which is the better 7600gs?

    right now i'm rollin with a 3DLabs Permedia2 8MB video card, so i think it's time to upgrade. . . had planned on it anyway eventually but have been avoiding it because i know i'm not goin to get caught up gaming on that card. . . BUT nevertheless i've got a gaming rig without the card, so. . ...
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    Best Gaming Laptop / Notebook 15.4" and less (semi-portable)

    I found that for the semi-portable range the best video card available is the x1600; there are a few brands that offer notebooks with this card. I wanted to know what everybody thought was the best all around deal (I'll end up makin whatever it costs over the summer so the price doesn't matter...
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    Has anyony bought from these 'ClubIt' people?

    I can see that ClubIt has just about the best price on a PCI-e 6600GT video card, I was wondering what people's expirience has been with them.
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    the Best AMD CPU to pair with the nVidia 6600GT?

    First of all, I'm new here, and actually new to the Hardward forum scene period. This post starts out with a little bit of a sad story. . . for me anyway (if you don't want to read this part, I understand, just skip down to the *asteriked part about the 6600GT). I was trucking along with my...