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    E6700 price drop in effect

    Zipzoomfly has the E6700 at the new price of $337.90 shipped. Mwave has it for $330 + shipping. See Here for Zipzoomfly See Here for Mwave Edit: In the 15 minutes since I posted this, Zipzoomfly has dropped the price again to 337.90. Let's hope this trend continues...:P Edit2: As...
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    Question about a power supply tester

    I recently got a PSU tester with an LCD readout. One of the readings is labeled "P.G." but I can't figure out what it is, and the manual is no help. Anyone know what P.G is?:confused:
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    Drive cage

    I'm looking for a drive cage that will use 3x 5.25" bays to house 4 or more 3.5" hard drives. So far, I've found these models: Lian-Li EX-34 Cooler Master 4-in-3 Can anyone confirm whether or not these can be used in any case? Are there any others that I've missed? I intend to use it...
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    PCIe 16x slot question

    I don't have a PCIe board yet, so I can't try this out for myself. I'm wondering that if I have a dual 16x PCIe mobo, is it possible to use a non-video card (such as a RAID controller) in one of the slots. I'm not planning on doing an SLI/Crossfire setup, but I would love to have a single high...
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    Extreme server monitoring

    I'm looking for software that can write to a log every process that is run on a machine. As part of an upcoming security audit, we need to have a means of tracking all administrator commands that are run on a server. Any ideas?
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    Using DSL and LAN domain at the same time.

    Interesting problem here. At work, the company is an nt domain but internet access goes through a proxy belonging to our parent company in Europe. For general surfing this works well enough, but when us IT guys try to download any files it is painfully slow. Our solution was to setup a...
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    Graphics Workstation Advice Needed

    The wife of one of my coworkers just got a new job and was given a free hand to pick her own workstation, supposedly money is no object. She doesn't want to go the MAC route since she is already very comfy with a PC. I'm thinking of something along the lines of a dual Opteron system, 1 or 2 GB...
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    SMOKIN'!!!! 35W Mobile Athlon 2400+ in stock at ExcaliberPC!

    They're back! These could be the last great overclockers of the socket A line. Get your 35W Mobile Athlon 2400+ AQYHA 0415 for $115 shipped Fed-Ex 2nd Day.
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    OMG I just did the funniest thing....

    I was trying to go to www.hp.com but fat fingered it to www.hop.com. I was promptly shown the site for Hooked on Phonics!! ROFL!!:D:o:P
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    My brother is home!!!!

    My brother has come home safe from being in Iraq, thank God!! My and my families thoughts and thanks go to those who have yet to come home. :beer:
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    Warm - Turbo Cool 510 Deluxe PSU on sale

    PC Power and Cooling has their Turbo Cool 510 Deluxe PSU on sale for $197.10 and free Fed-Ex ground. Still a hefty price for a PSU, but you won't find a higher perfoming unit.
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    Question for digital DJ's/Musicians......

    I have seen a DJ's setup before where he had a CD player that could adjust the pitch of a track without affecting the speed. What I want is a software program that can do the same thing. Anyone know if such a beast exists?
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    Weird issue with Word and Excel(Office XP)

    One the desktops at work is running Windows 2K SP4 and Office XP SP2 with all updates. In both Word and Excel, graphics embedded in a document are not visible except for a black border. I'll try and get a screenshot up tomorrow, but any ideas in the meantime?
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    RocketRAID 404: any review covering RAID 5 ?

    Just as the title says, I'm wondering if anyone has seen a review or even if anyone has used the new RAID 5 functionality on the HPT RocketRAID 404 card.
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    HELP! I screwed up my roomies system! *Solved!*

    He's got a P4 1.6 in an Intel 845GV mobo that I was doing some work on, just software updates and such. I did the BIOS update to the P15 from Intel's website. After updating, I lost all PS2 mouse support. I've tried 2 mice known to work and it's a no go even in safe mode. He's running WinXP...
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    8RDA+ owners with memory problems - PLEASE READ

    I do not have this board yet, so I have not been able to try out my project. Many of you have had problems due to the BIOS reading the SPD by default. I have modded the 3129 BIOS to default to Expert, 100%, with default timings of 7-3-3-2.5. If anyof you would like to try this BIOS out, I...
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    Need help finding a midi file!

    In my extensive search so far, I have not been able to find "Hail to the Redskins" fight song in midi format. If anyone knows where I can find this I will be eternally grateful! :D
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    Abit KT7A-RAID and T-bred: possible?

    I have a 1.1 revision KT7A-RAID mobo. This is the one that does not have "official" support for Palaminos, but in most cases they work just fine. I'm curious to know if anyone has attempted to pair this board with a T-bred at all. If it would work, I could save some money on a new mobo and...
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    10% PC peripherals at Best Buy

    Grab the December 2002 issue of Maxim and turn to page 117. There is a coupon for 10% off any PC peripheral at Best Buy B&M.
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    AMD and Hyperthreading???

    I posted this question originally in the articles forum, but thought it would be valid here and get more views. I noticed the Gigabyte GA-K800A Hammer board says it "Supports Hyper Threading Technology processor." Is this a typo, or will Hammer support HT and I've just been under a rock...
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    XP encrypted files

    I've gone and made a real bonehead mistake. I had a folder that I encrypted in WinXP. Then I did an XP reinstall, but forgot to deencrypt the files first. Now I am denied access. Any recovery ideas or are they just lost?
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    Puzzling cable modem performance

    In a bad storm a couple weeks ago I lost 2 cat5 cables, a broadband router, a nice 3com NIC, and a slew of other stuff. I bought a cheapo Linksys NIC to get the cable access up again, and I now see some interesting performance problems when playing online games. In SOF2 and Counterstrike, the...
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    2 cpu's hooked up to cable modem through switch?

    Here's the deal. My broadband router got fried in a storm last night. Is there a way to share a cable modem between 2 computers (1 winXP, 1 win98) using winXP internet connection sharing with a 10/100 switch? I can't afford to replace the router for a couple weeks.
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    R300 has hardware MPEG-4 encoding!

    Found this powerpoint presentation here. Hope Divx will be able to take advantage of it....
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    Hot AIW 8500 128MB at newegg

    Get a refurb OEM card for $259.00 shipped. Includes the remote and every thing but extra software. Check it out here.
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    WD 120 GB w/8MB buffer $184!!!!!

    Check it out at cnetpc.com! Makes it $193.50 shipped which beats out TCWO special. :Q:D Edit: Just checked the reseller rating and it might be better to stay with TCWO on this one.
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    NV30 & NV35 specs

    Some NV30 & NV35 Specs DutchGeForce Reports : NV30 : 0.13 micron process 400MHz GPU 512-bit chip structure AGP 8X 8 rendering pipelines Supports 128-256MB of DDR SDRAM 900MHz DDR SDRAM 200 million polygons per second Lightspeed Memory Architecture III Supports DirectX 9 and OpenGL...
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    Adjustment for max downloads?

    Just wondering if anyone has any registry tricks for increasing the maximum number of downloads allowed at once in WinXP/IE6.
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    Need water cooling advice please

    OK guys, I'm getting ready to move and my computer will be in my bedroom in the new place. This could be bad since with 12 fans it sounds like a freaking wind tunnel! I've been reading up a little on water cooling and would like some input on some good kits or combination of items to piece a kit...
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    Water Cooling Recommendations

    OK guys, I'm getting ready to move and my computer will be in my bedroom in the new place. This could be bad since with 12 fans it sounds like a freaking wind tunnel! I've been reading up a little on water cooling and would like some input on some good kits or combination of items to piece a...
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    1G AXIA stable at 1420!

    Just got my 1G AXIA Athlon in and man am I loving it! Posts at 1460, got Sandra benches at 1440, and rock stable at 1420 and only using air cooling. Check out KD Computers if you wanna pick one up. They have a great rating on Resellerratings.com and I had no trouble with the order. Here's some...
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    Looking for LAN case recommendations......

    Anyone that has ever dealt with the W8500 case knows what a bitc# it is to move it around......and my dumb butt actually takes it to LAN parties.:o So after hurting my back getting it out of my car one day, I've decided to build a nice small LAN system. What cases are out there that give...
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    Win2K not playing nice with Sportster modem......

    Installed Win2K last night and love it so far......the only exception being is that my Sportster 56k Voice PnP does not want to work. It is recognized correctly by the OS, but says modem can not be detected when I try to dial my ISP. Here's what I've tried so far: Installed latest INF driver...
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    Booting from SCSI CD-ROM question...

    I'm using an Adaptec 2940AU card. In the SCSI BIOS, I have enabled my DVD-ROM's SCSI ID as bootable, and enabled the option to boot from a CD-ROM. In the KT7 BIOS, I made the 2nd boot option SCSI, 1st is floppy, 3rd is ATA100. When I boot with a bootable CD though, it just goes on the hard...
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    Mod read please!----False alarm :o

    I have just noticed that I can now edit ANYONE's message! Should this be happening?
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    SCSI card question

    What are your recommendations for a SCSI card that will allow me to boot from a CD-ROM. Main use of the card will be with DVD-ROM and CD-RW.
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    OMG!!! Did I ever get lucky!!

    I learned a very valuble lesson when it comes to extreme cooling. You can never have enough precautions against condensation. I had sealed the socket with silicone conformal coating, had silicone and neoprene in the center slug, and foam around the cooler. I'm using a Alpha PAL 6035/Delta fan...
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    Need some peltier help....

    Please keep in mind here I know little to nothing about electronics and wiring. Ok, I have an 84W peltier, and of course there are 2 wires, 1 black and 1 red. According to directions recieved, the red should go to the yellow wire on a molex connector, and the black to the black right beside it...
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    Conversion from AT to ATX

    Someone might be giving me an old AT case that I might turn into a LAN system. (The Addtronics w8500 rocks, but damn is it big and heavy to carry!) Most AT cases I've seen have a wire straight from the power switch to the PSU. I would want to use a newer ATX mobo. Is there some way to install an...
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    My system goes under the knife tonight, wish me luck.........

    Tonight I tear apart my system for some mobo/cpu mods. I'm applying Dow Corning Conformal Coating to my socket, redoing the pencil trick since my X.5 multipliers don't work, and adding the Leufkens socket A peltier kit to my Alpha. Please feel free to add comments, questions, concerns, and...