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    Huge overheating problem at idle?!

    Phenom 9850 BE at stock speeds, stock cooler, stock everything. That's running at idle. Also I have to have the case half open or it will freeze a lot. XP 64-bit. This means something is wrong with my cooling, right? The CPU stock fan is spinning. I've never (in my life) taken any CPU cooler...
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    Fan running loud, cpu temp high?

    My computer's been running loud for the past few days since I moved (2 hour drive, maybe it was damaged somehow?). I downloaded a core-temperature monitoring program and it said the temperature was at 58 C. edit: This is under minimal workload for the cpu, just internet browsing. Task manager...
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    Connecting two comps for 400gb transfer

    Hey Want to use my laptop as temporary storage while I remove XP and put on Win 7 on my desktop. I want to keep about 400 gb of data tho. Plan is to put it on laptop during OS change, then put it back on main comp. What's the best way to do this transfer? I tried wireless transfer but for...
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    Multiple monitor problem

    Have been running my 24" 1920x1200 samsung fine on this computer. Today I bought a Samsung 2343BWX (2048x1152 native resolution) and plugged it into the other DVI port on my 4830. When it turned on it had switched to 'clone' mode, with both monitors showing the same thing in 1920x1080, the...
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    Sapphire 4830 Failing

    My Sapphire 4830 that I purchased 6 months ago is failing. A few days ago I heard the fan running hard but didn't think it was a big deal, but yesterday after rebooting the videocard just gives out and the comp freezes right after logging in to windows. I took off the case covers and saw that...
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    Windows 7 ATI drivers

    Hey can you guys help me, I'm trying to find the latest Win 7 drivers from ATI for my 4830... I found some from Nov 2008 but thought they might have been updated since then. I've googled and tried to find it on ATI's driver site but can't find out if there are any drivers later than Nov 2008...
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    XP closing processes after action... help!

    Just got a new comp, installed XP Pro 64 on it. I have run into an odd problem with three programs now: I click to open the program and it starts up normally, but when it comes to me clicking a button or popup 'okay' within the program (which usually leads to the program starting another...
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    4gb or 8gb RAM?

    lol there's a thread just like this, my bad.
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    Overclocking headroom

    How much overclock do you think I can get out of this: http://www.ncix.com/products/i...cture=AMD&promoid=1048 http://www.ncix.com/products/i...ture=ASUS&promoid=1048 With just the default fan, keeping in mind I don't want to much noise outside of a Antec 300 case. PS Yes I know it...
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    Quick Q: Resolution supported?

    Hi, I was wondering if my Geforce Go FX 5200 supported 1920x1200 resolution (via VGA cable). I'm not sure... here's some info I found: http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20030311775583.html "Integrated Dual LVDS Channels Drives high-quality, high-resolution notebook displays (up to UXGA...
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    Where to buy?

    Does anyone know any reputable e-retailers that sell computers to Canadian addresses, and accept USD as payment? ie pay in USD via credit card, shipped to Kingston/Ottawa, Ontario? Newegg doesn't, zipzoomfly doesn't, don't think buy.com does, and all canadian retailers charge a 10-15% higher...
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    9800 GTX

    Alright, I know nobody knows about the exact timeframe for the next nVidia high end card release, or even what it will be called. Still I'd like some educated guesses. I'm going to buy an eVGA 8800 GT soon, because I want something better than what I have now, but I want to get the 9800 gtx...
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    Desktop vs Server CPUs

    What's the difference between desktop and server CPUs? Specifically, what is the difference with respect to a gaming computer? I was looking at the new Xeons being released by Intel and their specifications look great, but is there a downside as they are "server CPUs", with respect to...