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    What is the current sweet spot for a CPU?

    What is the current sweet spot for a CPU, value/performance? I'm helping one of my son's friends build a rig & yes, I am lazy/short-of-time, & I've not been following the latest hardware. My rig still runs great with a 2600k at 4Ghz so I avoid the hardware forums so I don't catch "upgrade...
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    GA-Z68XP-UD3 USB 3.0 no go

    Likely something I missed. My Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 's USB 3.0 sockets (the one's integrated with the MB) are not working. After I completed the Win7 64 Pro load, drivers from Gigbyte's web site, I checked the device manager & saw a couple USB devices not loaded (no drivers). So tried a few...
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    Audio problem

    I'm sure this problem has been covered before & I did search with no luck. For many years my wife & I have struggled with a audio problem. When watching TV or movie, mostly movies, to hear the dialogue clearly, we had to turn up the volume to a level unacceptable. At least unacceptable...
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    CPU upgrade!

    OK I know the 1st thing is that this is a useless upgrade. But it was cheap & these days thats a good thing. My employers had a computer giveaway, Dell GX260s. I got one, a 2Ghz (Northwood 478 400Mgz 512k cache) & planned to use it as a Home Theater PC. Turns out that maybe the CPU is...
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    Connection problem

    Every 10-15 mins we have a complete loss of connectivity for 10-30 secs with our Wide Open West cable Internet connection. My wife & I are gamers & see this connection loss immediately when playing. Quite annoying. Our set up includes 3 desktops & 1 laptop sharing a Buffalo wireless router...
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    Knoppix USB boot drive

    Last night I was able to follow the instructions on www.pendrivelinux.com to create a Knoppix bootable USB drive & it worked... much to my surprise, the 1st time! The instructions made a 750m partition & a second partition, the rest of the 4gig USB drive I used. Once booted from the USB, it sees...
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    Error when getting properties of drive

    I temporarily installed a new SATA drive so that I could cope a disk image from a USB drive to the new drive. After the image copy was completed I attempted to right click to check the properties & bam, "windows has encountered a problem & must close". Since then I have removed the drive...
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    Home networking with multiple I.P.s

    Difficult (for me) to describe but what I want is to have direct access to the Internet but also be on my home network & be able to share the printer & files. I am by no means fluent in Windows networking lingo, or techniques, so go easy on me. =) In a couple weeks I will be changing...
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    Dual monitor problem

    At work I use a dual monitor set-up & love it. Here at home I finally got around to it. Problem is the first monitor, a Dell P1130 21" CRT (Trinitron) looks great, the secondary monitor, another P1130 looks horrible. Fuzzy, blurry, so bad I can't read text. A side note: I recently picked...
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    So I got this S.939 motherboard on Ebay...

    So I get a new motherboard off Ebay. A Gigabyte 939 board sold as new. I expected a GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (described as OEM in the auction) but received a GA-K8NUSLI-RH. Gigabyte tells me that they go no idea what that board is & do not recommend I attempt to use any of the available drivers or...
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    What motherboard

    I picked up a Core2 Duo 2.4 & 2 gigs of DDR2-800 CAS4 2.2v Patriot RAM. I got these from a bud who suddenly needed to liquate some assets. All the Intel chipset MBs claim 1.8v ONLY! So what motherboard or at least what chipset would be recommended? Nvidia Nforce 600 series? I am not...
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    7600 GS - 256 or 512 ?

    PNY 7600 GS 256mg PNY's site lists the memory as: 800MHz Memory Data Rate (effective) PNY 7600 GS 512mg PNY's site says: 540MHz Memory Data Rate (effective) Which would be the better card? Would the faster memory be better than the extra room for textures? TIA!
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    Biostar M7NCG 400

    Got this machine back from my son (with issues). I want to flash the BIOS. Biostar's site shows latest BIOS version is NCG40916 The display on the machine shows the current BIOS as NCG0917 No version called NCG0917 appears there. New: NCG40916 Current: NCG0917 Something...
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    Nvidia Chipset with an ATI card?

    Nvidia Chipset with an ATI card? I say NO PROBLEM. My bro here is sceptical & he happens to be the guy who is building a new box. Opinions?
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    Opteron 148 or 165? Just can't decide!

    After being a lurker here for quite some time, I thought I might post & maybe get some couple opinions. My upgrade plan was going to be the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 & a X23800+ because my 6800GT video card is fairly new & cost me a small fortune. Then I read all about these Opterons that...
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    Wrong forum