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    Have 2 ISP's @ home

    LMAO I hadn't thought of that... :D
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    Have 2 ISP's @ home

    What if I don't want to use them evenly at all but just default everything through one ISP and route only certain specific traffic through the other? Such as, as posted initially, everything from my torrent client through my slower but unlimited-use broadband? As a concept, it is simple...
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    Have 2 ISP's @ home

    Well that's exactly what I need then!! :)
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    Have 2 ISP's @ home

    That is because I did not understand all the implications of what they stated. You make it clear: No freaking way. Thanks.
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    Have 2 ISP's @ home

    OK then... What if I have 2 Ethernets and plug them both directly into my PC... Or one for sharing with the rest of the household through a router and the other directly and then can I set up some of my traffic to go through one ethernet controller and the rest through the other one? If not...
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    Have 2 ISP's @ home

    I have 2 broadband connections coming into my home. I can use both. Why not? Advantages would be possibly for example, downloading off one (the unlimited monthly use connection) and gaming off the other, faster but limited bandwidth connection. But how do I set it up?
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Yeah it's old... I upgraded other things, got an expensive Xerox solid-ink printer, my radeon HD4870 1Gb and WAITED for the new generations of CPU to come out, since AM3 seems to future-proof my stuff pretty well. Remember I'm running a socket 939 and changing everything to AM2 and DDR2 only to...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    So I guess right now the best will be to wait for the Phenom II X4 910 and build with that? Any idea when that's showing up? How 'bout the 925???? I thought they shoulda been out already and what with the OC'ing going on, I think they do look good... Thoughts?
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    The Asus looks good. Any known issues with this particular model? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131339
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    So are them new mobos out yet?
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    That sounds very good. I remember when the S939 first came out, I got an A64 3200+ on the premise of upgrading later... I now run an opteron 185 on that same board, changed video cards twice, changed RAM once... HDD's everything. I love upgrade paths that let me update what I choose when I...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Well yeah, but I certainly HOPE there will be future CPU ugrades. I mean big time. The AM3 CPU's are supposed to be backward compatible with AM2+ so I heard last time I looked - granted that was a while ago - so I think there should be headroom? Plus I watercool, so I just might upgrade my...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Any word on when the good mobo's are coming out? I will need at least 2 PCIe16 and one PCIe8... And hopefully it will let me do a good crossfire with them 4870x2... :D
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    Opteron 185 EXTREMELY low memory bandwidth

    Thanks for your help guys. I just doubled my framerates in all my games... D0h... XD I'll try that 1T thingie :)
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    Opteron 185 EXTREMELY low memory bandwidth

    Oh man, BIOS was not at auto, but manual. So manual 200mhz means 200mhz DDR and auto also displays 200mhz, but in that case it means 400mhz DDR. UGH. I have no idea how long I've been running it like this. Damn, now I want to load a game, see what kind of difference this makes. :) Thanks
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    Opteron 185 EXTREMELY low memory bandwidth

    Yeah I am using Kingston PC3200 2x1gb. I am planning on upgrading to the Mushkin PC4000 4x1gb but if it's my NB, I'll have to get a new mobo first, no reason to spend all that money on RAM that won't give me any good. How much do you think I can get out of an opty 185 on water with good...
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    Opteron 185 EXTREMELY low memory bandwidth

    I realized that my opteron 185 with 2GB RAM and Radeon X1950, while certainly not a top performance PC, should give me OK FPS, certainly in the Source engine, if not in Crysis obviously. My setup isn't OC'ed although I watercool my CPU. Anyway, so I ran SANDRA and here is what I...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Extelleron, you make a good case. Thanks for your insightful post.
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Thanks and lol :)
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Budget is not exactly limited... By which I don't mean I'll be throwing $25k at my PC next week. Rather, I like to upgrade and money is not particularly scarce for me. For example, because I do some video compression from time to time and hate that it takes long, I will have a 4-HDD hardware...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Thanks, you are helpful. :) Going to get me one (or two?) of them HD4870 as well... Is the X2 coming shortly?
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Currently at 1280x1024 but that will change. The first thing I will upgrade is my video card and PSU, since they can be used in the current setup before moving on to new CPU, mobo and RAM. I may change my monitor before getting the new rig, or after. I am unsure ATM. If I see a 30" at a big...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    You seem smart. Yet you show that you cannot comprehend what is written. I want to build an AMD system. I want it to be as fast as possible for an AMD system. I don't care about Intel at the moment. The answer has been given: a Phenom X4. Right now it would be the 9950. Possibly some...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    OUCH. That thing looks good on paper... :( Thanks for the information!! :)
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    I don't overclock although it isn't entirely ruled out. I have a water-cooling setup on my Opteron 185 right now, but I don't OC it. Last time I OC'd something (A64 3000+ on air) I fried it within 10 minutes... Stupid "safe auto-overclocking" utility on the Neo2 platinum mobo...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Hm, yeah. I'll keep my job at home, thanks. At least if work gets boring I can fire a quick game for a couple hours and make my day entertaining. :Dà It's all relative I guess... ;) OK so 4 cores will be good enough... Hm, Phenom then I guess... New AM3 socket coming soon? Any...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    I have nothing against making money. Brainwashing people into drones and burning out 10% of your workforce every year, I have something against. OK so 4 cores are enough. I know. D0h. I'm new HERE, I'm not new at computers. Basically the Phenom's are the same cores as the Opteron Barcelona's...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Yes I considered an Intel rig, but the difference is not enough that I would decide to support Intel's horrendous management practices. As such, Intel is ruled out unless there is NO WAY I will run the latest games with an AMD rig. UT3 based engines make good use of a quad core so I hear and...
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    Building a new AMD rig...

    Dual socket or not? If dual socket, Barcelona quad, or FX dual? The Barcelonas are only 2.2ghz on the Socket F... Does the socket F have a future for gamers? Kinda lost here... :(
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    why people get insane headshots in TF2?

    I don't think VALVE did this to make the game more realistic. I think this is due to the architecture of the game: you are aiming at a "guy" on your screen, whose position is ESTIMATED by his previous position and direction the LAST TIME these data were updated on your local machine. Now the...
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    Mass Effect

    Took me 40 hours. Great game. Going to play it again, but not yet. Any idea why my FX-60 and Radeon X1950pro give me 20fps? I'm running it at 1280x1024 and most graphics options make about zero difference in FPS... OK if I set everything to minimum I get like 5fps more than everything...
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    Hardware RAID 5 for home PC...

    Thanks for your input guys. RAID5 here I come. Are the new Samsung 640gb up to par with the WD's? Which is best?
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    Hardware RAID 5 for home PC...

    Ah, just the man I want to talk to then. If you had to do it again, would you do anything differently? RAID 10 instead of 5? Is the advantage of RAID5 over 10 only capacity? How about speed? Is 10 slower or faster? I think it's a good idea for me. I may not need huge capacity though, so...
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    Hardware RAID 5 for home PC...

    Hm, OK so RAID 5 is kinda good but for speed & reliability I might be better off doing a 4-drive raid 10? With the WD 640's? I don't mind paying $350 for a good controller...
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    Hardware RAID 5 for home PC...

    I've read it was useless... I'm thinking of getting a hardware raid 5 controller and 4 SATA2 drives to make me a nice fast reliable storage solution. I do quite a bit of media. Also boot time drives me nuts. My current setup is a dual core opteron 185. It's on an older mobo with AGP and PCI...
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    Radeon X1950Pro AGP does not insert fully?

    First, I did run a search to try and see if such an issue had ever been documented. It appears not, but please forgive me if that is not right. I am replacing my Radeon AIW 9600XT in my MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum for the X1950Pro. Upon trying to insert the new card, it does not seem to fit into...