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    ASRock AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac extremely high temeprature at sensor 1 and 4?

    Hey all, Recently built a Ryzen 1600 based system with this motherboard. In Corsair Link (I have H100i v2 on it), and in BIOS, two senors (MB/AUX #1 and MB/AUX #4) report ~115 degrees Celsius immediately on startup, even if system was cold. It games fine so I assume this is an incorrect...
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    Network card is very slow

    Ahoy, My PC is connected to a gigabit switch, which connects to my gigabit router. My storage server is connected to the router. Basically the entire network is gigabit. Issue: transfer to/from storage server is in in range of ~18 MB/s. The card is def negotiating Gigabit rates (100...
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    Titan + NZXT Kraken G10 owners?

    Ahoy! I have a pair of Titan's Id like to watercool. The G10 seems like a simple to use solution - are there any owners of such contraption on this forum that could comment on issues or difficulties they encountered? I think I should be all right for SLI as the cards are separated by one slot...
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    GTX580 Upgrade Advice

    Hmm must have hit submit twice - could a mod delete this one please. Cheers
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    GTX580 Upgrade Advice

    System Specifications: I. Processor/CPU: i5 3570k 3.4 GHz II. Current Graphics Card: eVGA GTX580 3GB III. Display Resolution: 1920x1200 IV. Power Supply Unit: Corsair, 850W, 3+ years V. Case Specifications: Cooler Master Cosmos S, Up to E-ATX, 7 Full Size expansion slots with...
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    Using Verizon HTC Thunderbolt in Canada

    Hey guys, Work has given me a new HTC Thunderbolt and said "unlock it so we can test it"... So after some Googling maybe someone could answer these questions for me: 1) Rogers has rolled out LTE in Vancouver - can I SIM unlock the Thunderbolt so we can test the LTE functionality (CDMA EvDO...
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    Dell Streak 5 owners: do you like your device?

    I made the mistake of buying Acer Liquid last year and I want to get the Streak as a replacement. Is it a good phone? Do you have any complaints? How is the onscreen keyboard?
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    Motherboard for 2500K and dual CrossfireX

    EDIT: After looking at suggestions I may not get a Z68 - I need two eSATA ports and those seem to be premium on Z68 boards. Hello With help of the Video Card and Graphics subforum I have decided to buy 2500K and two MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III cards. Now I need a motherboard to run them on...
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    Upgrading to dual GTX 590s

    EDIT 2: I have much deliberation with help of the ever so helpful Anandtech forums (thanks guys!) I have decided to go with this setup: Intel Core i5-2500K ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC With shipping this works out to just shy of $1100 CAD. Thanks for all your input...
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    Any ASUS G73JH owners?

    I already read the review (at Anandtech of course) of the A2 model which I want to pick up this afternoon. Are there any G73JH owners who visit Anandtech regularly who would like to share their opinion of the notebook?
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    Laptop repair: screen output has artifacts?

    Hi all, I am trying to fix a friend's laptop. It is running with one exception: the shows odd artifacts on the screen. Specifically, the whole image is tinted blue and there are sharp changes of color where there should be smooth progression from one to another (good example is the title...
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    WinXP 32bit maximum drive size

    Here a quick question because the stuff I find on Google is giving conflicting answers: The maximum size of volume WinXP Pro 32bit can interact with is 2TB - true or false? Specifically I have 8TB RAID 0 (4x 2TB). The logical hard disk Volume0 shows up in Device Manager under Disk Drives...
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    What is wrong with my GTX 295?

    I noticed this in the morning while playing EVE Online (SLI Focus Display is #1 and I have two, V-sync is forced off). Fullscreen on Display #1: aprox 60 fps average Fullscreen on Display #2 (NOT SLI FOCUSED!): aprox 122 fps average <- ...? Disabled Display #1 and only used #2: aprox 142...
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    Core i5 750 Overclock

    Hi, I used n7's BIOS settings except for few changes (Im still on F2 BIOS not F4) since he has the same motherboard. After updating BIOS to F4 I am now stable in Windows at 3990 MHz. Running Prime95 now, Ill give it six hours to abuse itself :)
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    No post if GTX 295 is in PCIE 16x slot

    EDIT: The motherboard was faulty. The store replaced it with a brand new one and we run memtest on it with my card/ram/cpu in their service shop for 10 minutes without issues. Thanks for the help! Hiya, Got new motherboard/cpu/ram combo yesterday. i5 750, 4GB Patriot Viper II, Gigabyte...
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    Phenom II X4 965 or Core i5 750?

    From benchmarks I've seen these are more or less on par with each other so I'm leaning towards Phenom as it's marginally cheaper. Opinions?
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    Can Windows XP VPN Client talk to Win7 VPN Server

    What title says. Ive been sitting here for 4 hours now try to get VPN to work from friends XP machine to my Win7 system but it will not connect. It just times out with Error 721 (No Response). I setup the VPN incoming connection on my box, forwarded port 1723 to my PC and opened port 1723 in my...
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    VIA EPIA P720

    For those of you interested in building some tiny HTPCs here is something you might like: Linky EPIA P720 is VIA's picoITX embedded motherboard. At 10cm x 7.2cm in size it's probably the tiniest thing out there that can run Windows, play HD content and do so while passivley cooled. I...
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    Question to Antec Sonata III Owners

    Will GTX 295 fit in this case? Space wise it seems somewhat tight..
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    Dust514

    Eurogamer has a nice write up: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/dust-514-preview It seems CCP is looking to develop Battlefield style game to be the other half of of EVE. As an EVE veteran it will be interesting to see where this goes once it comes out and I'm fairly eager to try it out...
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    Xbox360 VGA Cable question

    Hey guys, I have 360 (Pro) with Microsoft's own VGA cable. My monitors have native resolution of 1920x1080. Connecting the Xbox to them through VGA and settings resolution to 1920x1080 looks jaggy as hell.. I mean I can see thick pixels in my notifications that pop up on the screen. Also I...
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    Extending 12V CPU power cable

    Hi guys, I have Antec 900 case Antec TruPower Quattro 850 PSU. For those who have seen Ninehundred you may know that the power supply is mounted at the bottom. Because of this the 12V CPU power cable is barely long enough to reach the connector (located at top-left corner of my mobo). As it...
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    Batman Arkham Asylum Demo

    For those who hadn't noticed, the demo for Batman AA has emerged from shadows. It's quite heavy at 2GB in size and pretty darned short but I've really enjoyed the 10-15 minutes you can spend playing it. The gameplay reminds me very much of BioShock in 3rd person.. It appears we have another well...
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    Mirroring Linux partition

    I renamed the topic now that I think I know what the problem is. When I mirrored my Windows 7 RC1 to another drive the system wouldn't load demanding Win7 installation disk to perform system repair. I think the reason for this is the change in physical hardware on which the system resides...
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    MSI P7N SLI Platinum problem

    So I built a new rig on this mobo (and yes I now see many people have complaints about MSI - I never had a reason to until now).. the problem is I have next to non-existent data transfer speeds - we're talking 70 minutes to install FEAR2.. I've ended up installing Windows XP 64bit as Windows...
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    GTX 295 or 4870 X2?

    Hello folks, I am back with a question to gurus over here at Anandtech. I've been using my 8800 GTX for last two years and while it worked faithfully I now have the money to spend on an upgrade. I can not however make up my mind as to which card to choose - It has to be a single card option as I...
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    New Computer logs very very abnormal voltages.

    Built computer for friend as follows: Core2 Q9450 2x 1GB Crucial BallistiX Tracer 8500 DDR Asus Maximus II Formula Corsair HX 1000W PSU 2x VisonTek HD4870 512MB running in Crossfire Here is what Asus PC Probe reported: =================================================== ASUS PC...
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    Power supply requirements overhyped?

    My system specs are below add 2 hard drives and single optical drive, the case has four fans of its own. When I was buying the 8800 GTX I was informed that minimum power supply required for them should be 650 Watts. I've never taken interest in the power requirements of gaming rigs so I decided...
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    Overclocking utlity for 8800 GTX

    Does anyone here use something besides nTune or the Performance tool from nVidia.. I need it to apply clock speed settings on start up, the problem is nTune seems to be unable to load profiles I saved with it, and the newer Performance tool doesn't even have the slider bar to adjust those...
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    Water cooled power supplies?

    Hello fellow geeks :) I am thinking about going with watercooling now that I can afford it to minimize the noise and increase the cooling - as my house has no air conditioning the computer tents to hit 60s and close to 70s on odd days of the summer even with fans on max speed. I would like to...
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    Problem with Linksys Wireless G PCI adapater...

    Has anyone experienced this? I get random lag spikes in games and breaks in playback of streaming radio.. I got this card few days ago and this has been happening all the time.. its quite annoying. My router/modem/AP thing (2Wire Gateway) seems to be ARPing specific addresses all the time but...
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    Motherboard reccomendations for Q9300?

    Hi guys, long time no post :) A friend of mine wants to move on from his P4 Extreme to something more modern and we're trying to figure out what kind of mobo to get for a Q9300 processor.. I recall there being a topic that listed best rated Intel and AMD motherboards but I don't see it...
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    Upgrade question

    I'll make it brief :) Right now I have 2x this. I'm considering getting this as a replacement. What kind of performance increase can I expect? Is it worth the money ?:) Prices are in Canadian dollars btw.
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    Neverwinter Nights 2?

    I got email from Atari pointing out that I could "download Mask of Betrayer now and play" which reminded me that I really never finished NWN2... I dug up the good game about week ago and I've been spending 4+ hours every day I can with it... It seems to me Obsidian did a very good job making...
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    Weird problem with 8800 GTX..

    I built a computer based on Core 2 X6800 and MSI P965 Platinum board about 3 months ago. Originally I got a 7600 GS to have a working computer while the "founds" arrive for purchase of a newer graphics card. I was intending to buy regular 8800 GTX (eVGA) however due to my local merchant being...