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    time to build a new comp

    Well, after 4 years its time to build a new comp. I have a list of stuff going but can't decide on a few things and need some help finalizing my choices. This will be a gaming computer that I hope will last for 2+ years. I will probably overclock to 3.6ghz, don't really want to push it too...
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    motherboard or power supply problem?

    A couple of weeks ago, I left my comp on to download stuff, and the power went out that morning. So, I came home to see my comp sitting at the verifying DMI pool data screen. I rebooted and found C: drive had been wiped out. So, I put my windows disk in and try to use chkdsk which gave me an...
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    Nvidia 6,7 series questions

    So I finally decided to get a 6800 over the 6600GT after reading countless posts. My question is, will the prices be going down anytime soon on the 6800 series? The Evga 6800 is at 189 now, which isn't bad, but the GT's and such are still a bit expensive for me, because I also need more RAM...
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    Random lockups

    I can be doing anything from reading forums, playing games, listening to music. also, everytime i try to burn a cd, it locks up. Are there any programs to test the HD to make sure its fine? i have a feeling my P/S is causing the problems, but since i want to use my HD in my new system, i...
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    Which monitor is the best out of these 2?

    With my wonderfull luck, my monitor died.. im using a POS Packard Bell 15" right now... so anyways, im looking at the Samsung Dyna-Flat 900DF and the Samsung Syncmaster . Im looking at those because they are in local stores. Whats with the dot pitch? is lower or higher better? Id...
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    whats the difference between XP pro and XP home?

    Im using XP pro now, but i want to buy XP home. Whats the difference between the two, and will i notice it?
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    Thermaltake power supplies, are they good?

    My setup will be an ABIT IS7-E, P4 2.4C overclocked to 3Ghz, Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu, 512MB (2X256) Kingston PC3200 Dual Channel setup, CD rom, 1 HD now, will be 2 HD's later, 5 or 6 case fans, plus a PCI slot exaust fan, GF4TI4400 128MB, which will be swapped for a 97 or 9800 pro later...
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    what brand of RAM to get?

    First of all, do i need a special kind of Dual Channel RAM, or can i just buy 2 X 256MB PC3200 sticks? second, what brand should i get? Are Micron, Samsung, or OCS good brands? or should i stick to kingston, crucial, corsair? i have to keep the price under 100 though, thats the problem...
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    overclocking a P4 2.4C w/ ABIT IS7-E, and Zalman CNPS7000a-AlCu.

    Does anyone have an IS7-E with a 2.4C Overclocked to 3Ghz? if so, how is the IS7-E at overclocking? ill have a zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu on it with Arctic Silver 3 so, that should keep it cool at 3Ghz. But, how would i go about overclocking it? i know about the multiplier part, but i dont know...
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    boot problems with XP

    Everytime i start my computer now, a second after the XP logo comes up with the progress bar, i get a blue screen that says unknown hard error with ntdll.dll. It takes me about 15 tries to actually get the comp running because that keeps happening, i scanned ntdll.dll with a AV and it was...
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    system locking up, always with distorted sound...

    My system locks up in what seems to be random events, i can either be reading forums, listening to music or playing a game, but everytime it locks up, the sound coming from the speakers turns to a shhhhhhhhhhhh sound with a touch of a high pitch noise to it...iv'e taken out my sound card and was...
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    Win98SE/XP pro dual boot problem.

    I had 2 partitions. C: was XP pro, and D: was 98SE which i loaded in first cause i didnt have XP boot disk. Anyways, something happened to 98 and it wouldnt give me the option to boot to it, no problem, i only stored things on that partition anyways. Well, now, i just formatted D: and...
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    OC'ing an eVGA Ti4400...

    I want to try to overclock my eVGA Ti4400 card, if it is possible, i need to know what programs i can use to do it and how much i should or can overclock it without burning it up...my MSI card had a nice prog i could do it with...but i had to send it back. :( ASUS A7V266-E AMD 1800+ 512MB...
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    cd-rom spin down time

    i have nero burning rom and i wanted to know what the cd spin down time meant...its set at 8 min. what happends if i set it lower? does it improve anything?
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    something is wrong somewhere....

    Sometimes when im on the computer *twice now in RTCW* it locks for a few seconds then does it again about 5 times...i bring up the CPU usage box and when it locks like this, the CPU usage rockets up too the high 90's drops, locks again going into the 90's...it does this a couple of...
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    98SE or win2k Pro?

    In win 98SE it seems to take WAY to long to boot up, about 2-3 minutes, and sometimes it seems like the system is trying to catch up*pauses in games, opening progs/folders* and it has only recently started doing this *after i installed it on new system*, ive heard that 98SE can start messing up...
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    eVGA for Ti4400?

    I previously ordered an MSI Ti4400 and it was one from the lot 020 which are supposed to be bad, and i found that out after it commited suicide and i went online to read about it. anyways, i finally called the place i got it from because i had sent it back and after almost 3 weeks it still...