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    I want to overclock my E8500 to match my DDR2 800 1:1

    Hi, I have never overclocked anything before but I want to slightly overclock my E8500 to match my ram 1:1. It is my understanding that a stock E8500 isn?t keeping up with DDR2 800 ram. If I understand correctly, increasing the CPU?s FSB to 1600 @ 3.6Ghz would match the stock ram speed...
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    8800GTX 768MB pair with Intel or AMD?

    Hi, im posting this here because I need the advice of gamers. My ex girlfriend wants me to build her the ultimate sims machine, she has about 2k to drop on a PC. All she plays is the sims, and she?s obsessed. She wants this game to run beautifully. She also wants something that will last her...
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    Asus P4SD ver 1.09 from HP business computer

    I have this HP Business computer that was given to me for free and it has a socket 478 with a P4 2.66Ghz processor. I have no literature on the MB and manuals don?t exist for this MB because it was never released to the public. How can I tell if this MB will support a P4 3.4Ghz, 800mhz FSB...
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    Help me upgrade my GF?s PC for The Sims 2

    I built my GF a PC for the original sims game. Here are the specs: BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M7 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Athlon 64 2800+ (cant find it on newegg anymore) 512mb Corsair Value Select DDR400 Ram. Right now the Sims 2 Plays like absolute ******...
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    SCSI Raid Card question

    I have a LSI 21320-IS 2 channel U320 64 bit pci-x scsi raid-0 card, can I run a single drive as a boot drive from this card or do I need two drives to raid together before it will work? Can I only do raid 0 or can I have more than one fully accessible drives?
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    146.8GB 10000 RPM HP SCSI Hard Drive

    My father comes home from work the other day with a couple of hard drives from a server his business dismantled and trashed. Both are the same drive and are of the series HP "invent" 146.8GB 10000 RPM hard drives Model No. BD14688278. So first thing that comes to my head is I WANT THESE!! My...
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    I changed my order, GeForce 6100

    I?m building a computer for my girl because hers has completely died. She wants a workstation predominately for school, but wants to play the Sims 2 on it as well. (She has very little money). I?m submerged in a heavy school semester and don?t have time to look into all the specifics. My...
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    Gigabyte K8NS Pro

    Please go to the following link and take a look. http://images10.newegg.com/pro...mage/13-128-241-08.JPG Do you see the little fan with the gold mesh over it? It is where the nVIDIA nFORCE 3 250 chip is located, Well that little fan that you saw, is driving my bonkers. It makes a very...
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    Seasonic Super Tornado 300w, 350w, or 400w???

    Here is me system. Gigabyte K8ns MB Athlon 64 3400+ ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler 1gb Value Select ram Radeon 9600 (Fan-less) TV Capture Card 10,000RPM WD Raptor WD 250 GB HDs ( X 2 units) DVD reader DVD Burner Multi Port Digital Camera Card Reader Standard Diskette...
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    Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlanitis

    I didnt build my computer for heavy gameing, but i had thought i built it to at least keep up with some what out of date games i do play. Here are my specs: Gigbyte K8ns Pro Athlon 3400+ Corsair 1gb ram (512 X two units) Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlanitis Here is my problem: I finally got...
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    HD question, a simple one

    Very simple question. A 15000 RPM scsi HD with a 4mb buffer will still out perform an 7200 RPM IDE HD with an 8mb buffer right?? Also, i know i sound stupid but, what does this mean? "BUFFER (/option LWV and LCV) _____________4MB/16MB Read Look-Ahead, Adaptive...
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    SCSI Hard drive problem please help

    I am trying to set up a scsi drive up as a boot drive. I bought it second hand and think it is set to some wired jumper settings. I took some pictures. Picture 1 This picture is of the jumper diagram on the front of the hard drive. Picture 2 This picture is what the jumpers are set to...
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    Ordered my computer, now I just need a PSU

    I don?t know much about PSU?s so I will tell you my specs and you can let me know what you think. GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS PRO" Athlon 64 3400+, 512k L2 Cache Corsair Value Select 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM Hard Drive "X 2 units" Fujitsu 15K rpm 18GB SCSI Hard...
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    In a rush need advice on A64 MB

    Im buying today, i am stuck between the following. Give me some advice please. GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS PRO" Pros: Supports up to 8 IDE devices, decent price Cons: I heard something about it only running at 333mhz or something when running 2xDDR ram (any one know what i am talking about) ASUS...
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    Need a budget video card

    I am building a computer and have every thing decided on except the video card. There are so many of them that my head just starts spinning. I don?t really play any games; the games I do play are like SimCity and stuff like that. So I don?t need anything that has allot of graphics capability...