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    Aging E6400 needs replaced in gaming system.

    I have a ASUS P5B-deluxe with one of the first E6400 it's running stock speed at 2.13 now. It can only stable at clock. I had it running at 3.0 - 3.3 for over 3 years. It's not cutting it anymore. I'm surprised I got so much performance for so long from it! I'm either looking at another budget...
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    Old System to HTPC, New Gaming Rig

    I want to build an HTPC for my tv room. I have a 46" 1080p tv and a 7.1 surround system (Onkyo 606 receiver is really nice). I want to use my current gaming rig as parts for most of it and build a new one. I think I want my budget to be about 1200 for now because I'll reuse my old video card...
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    Laptop always shutsdown at Windows load screen

    [list=1]Overview of the problem I dropped the laptop. Every time I turn it on it shuts down at the windows loading screen. I tried reinstalling the OS as well and it does it again. I took out every piece and re-seat it in case the fall dislodged something. Full description of the problem...
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    LCD monitor distorted / Vertical Lines through it

    I have a 19" BenQ that was recommended in the LCD thread a year or so ago for fast gaming. Mine has vertical lines through it and it's all distorted. It even does it on bios screen. I've already had this crappy monitor in for warranty for not turning back on and power issues. I believe it's out...
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    Computer won't boot

    Hey, I built this system in Nov '06 and everything has been stable till now. Specs are: ASUS P5B-Deluxe E6400 Crucial Ballitx ddr2-667 1gb x2 EVGA 8800GTS (recently new) Corsair HX-510W PSU For about 4 months the E6400 was oc'd to 3.2 then I dropped it down to 2.8 and left it there. The...
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    6800 go heatsink reseat

    I'm no noob to building computers so I offered to help my friend figure out why his 6800 go in his alienware laptop was always overheating. I knew that OEMs use those big thick thermal pads that were bad so I brought over my AS5 and we set to work removing those things they had about 5-6 on each...
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    updated bios, ntldr missing eror

    Well, I updated my p5b deluxe to the latest bios. I go to reboot and I get NTLDR is missing. Press ctrl alt dlt to restart. After some googling I figure out how to repair and what to replace but when I go and try that, noticed it changed all my partition letters! My windows install dir was...
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    Memory Errors - causes?

    So, I'm not sure if there is correlation here but I thought I'd ask. A thunderstorm rolled by a week or so ago and flickered the power. I have my computer on a pretty nice surge protector though so I thought no worries and left it off till the storm passed. I go to turn it back on and .. just...
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    ACER AL2223W and BENQ 19FP93GX

    I just upgraded to an evga 8800gts 320mb superclocked (found real cheap on sale) from an x1950pro. Dual Screen these 2 monitors. After I installed the 8800 and put on the latest drivers from nvidia. The Acer shows text blurry. However, the BenQ is perfect (it is set as secondary) but my Acer...
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    Complete system $1000

    This is for my GF who has no computer right now. She was using school provided laptop so she is going to need everything. This is what I have put together so far ~ approx budget of 1000.00 of course the less is better. Lots of surfing, videos (downloading shows ect), some gaming (like source)...
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    What would make an OC unstable?

    I have a ASUS P5B-Deluxe with a E6400 running at 3.4GHZ (425x8 1.4v with vdroop) with some Crucial 10th anniversary running at 5-5-5-15 (2.3v) ddr2-850 (I had it running at ddr2-1000 fyi before). It was 24 hours orthos stable and like 16 hours blend stable when I just built it and OC'd it...
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    Return issue

    I'm trying to return or get an Albatron 7800GTX repaired or returned. Bought it 2/16/06 so 1 year warranty under Albatron is free labor and parts. First I tried to do a RMA through newegg since it was still eligible for RMA for defective/failure. I called them up though and they said they won't...
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    Video Card not sending signal to monitor

    My brother brought over his comp today he has a Albatron 7800 GTX 256 MB and tried two monitors both say no signal detected. Computer seems to boot up fine but can't tell without display. It's in an ASUS A8N-E with a AMD Atholon 64 3700+ I want to make sure this kind of problem is the...
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    Hard Drive Problem

    My 7200.10 320GB is my primary drive and has my windows partition on it. Every time I turn it on and it starts the loading process for windows it makes a grinding/static sound. It started after leaving it off for about 6 days. About 1 in 30 times I can turn it on and get in windows and no noise...
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    Newegg Stuff

    I always liked the classic newegg view, anyway, under Home > My Account > Account Settings > Manage Academic Info what is Academic/CoreDraw Software Information? Always wondered that. Also I can't blasted find where to manage what I have on e-mail alert (out of stock and price drop ect)...
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    Acer AL2223Wd

    Is it any better? Any difference other then the color? I can't find any reviews! Same price on newegg and I wanted the 2216Wbd >_< so I'm thinking I should get it.
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    7200.10 320GB Unallocated Space

    I installed xp on this new system heh (asked for help earlier on that too) anyways the first time around I installed xp on it the installer showed the full 320GB on my 7200.10. Now however, it only finds 120GB out of the 320. I formatted NTFS, and I only have 1 partition made right now the rest...
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    XP Install problems

    I've done a lot of xp installs but today I kept getting tons of set up can't copy yyy.sys or mmm.dll It gives you two options 1) skip 2) retry I tried it with two different windows xp cds that are spotless! It would refuse to copy those files no matter what cd. I have a p5b deluxe...
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    G8800GTS Reviews

    http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/977/1/page_1_introduction/index.html Major increase in performance over X1950XT and does a lil better and sometimes owns the 7950GX2 too. A lot of people we're saying the X1950 will be as good or better and same price as the GTS. I was hoping that was the...
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    X1950PRO xfire

    I can find an ASUS X1950PRO non xfire version of the card at zzf for 199 and a Sapphire Xfire version of the X1950PRO at newegg for 199 but I can't find them made by the same manufacturer. Would it be better for crossfire to have them made both by the same manufacturer?
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    Artic Cooler 7 vs Scythne Ninja Rev. B

    Jab-tech has the Scythe Ninja PLUS Rev.B for 42 dollars http://www.jab-tech.com/Scythe-NINJA-PL...B-6-Heat-Pipes-CPU-Cooler-pr-3538.html Newegg has the Artic Cooler Freeze 7 Pro for 30 dollars which is what I was going to get for cheap price. But I'm ordering a couple of yate loon fansfrom...
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    Where are all the X1900XTs?

    Where are all the X1900XTs? Newegg only shows 1 from Asus and out of stock. Price watch shows none of the 256MB ones. The 512MB one has jumped over 100 in price it seems for the only available one I could find (Newegg). Most on price watch are sold out. I wanted the X1900XT 256MB for my new...
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    G5 Laser mouse issues?

    I've had my logitech G5 for almost a year now. Anyways I was trying to move the mouse in a straight line or just at all and it would wobble around and not go in the direction I was pulling it as much as it should. It would do it non stop after reinstalling drivers rebooting unplugging ect so I...
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    Antec P180 and Enermax Liberty 500W

    From the PSU at the bottom and the creative way you need to route your cables in this case does the Enermax Liberty with its modular design work well for anyone in this case? Does anyone have a particular PSU that works well in this case for cable routing? Oh bonus, who perfers the black...