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    Bigger HD's

    I kept reading in November that in 2008 a couple of HD manufactures were planning on releasing HD's larger than 1.5TB. I am getting ready to buy a new HD for storage and because of the wife I only have one shot at this for the next year and I always need the extra storage. So, any rumors...
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    Samsung Spinpoint F1 640 GB Hard Drives

    Looking for one of these. I am hoping that they are a good price since they only have two platters. Moved to Memory & Storage Anandtech Moderator Gillbot
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    Another Phenom Review w/ Poll

    Xbit Labs did a great review on the Phenom. Sad to see how well the A64 6400+ does in gaming and how bad the 3 ghz does compared to C2Q.
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    Samsung Spinpoint F1 1 TB Hard Drives

    Finally have found them at Newegg The first HD to only have 3 platters (that is 1TB)!
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    Did Anybody Else Know About This?

    AMD to Expand Operations in India They need to leave India and stop trying to save a dime. Even a theoretical dual core Phenom can barely beat a Athlon X2, and they are expanding their operations their. Damn good job by the CEO!
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    FM Transmitter

    I would like to transmit my music to my backyard while doing a remodel on a cheap FM radio or anything else that sounds practical. I have been looking at the Griffen RocketFM, but it only transmits quality at 10', but can go 30'. Any other ideas for under a hundred dollars.
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    Always used DSL now I have to go to Cable

    I know about all the speed issues. What I am wondering about is how the modem and other accessories are different? For an example I would like to buy a Wireless modem router. Now I can't get a ADSL modem router, but what do I get. Will I have to use a cable modem and then route it?
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    Hitachi 1TB HD's

    I keep seeing news and reviews on their new 1TB and other HD's for months, but were in the hell are they? I am not going to buy a 500GB HD for $134 when it could drop to $100 to $110 in less than a week. I need another HD bad and already have my 3 in 4 HD module for the extra HD.
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    Weird BIOS issue

    A computer I built, about three weeks ago, for a friend has a Foxconn NF4 SLI socket 939 mobo. Suddenly, last weekend after the Windows logo came up the blue screen of death flashed with some words and the comp restarted. I tried everything in the book to fix it. Safe mode worked, repair of...
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    Multi-Threaded Games

    Does anybody know what old and new games are multi-threaded? For example I was wondering about Company of Heroes it has high system specs and I was wondering if my dual core X2 will be able to handle all the physics at the highest settings.
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    A Question on Networks

    At LAN parties, on my own home network, or when using hemachi download speeds of files are always so slow. It is much, much slower than my DSL connection. My friends and I can't figure this out, because I would say that the connection should be lighting fast. I do know about editing the registry...
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    National Geographic TOPO! 4.0 and a AMD X2

    I have recently upgraded from a 3200+ to a 3800+ X2. At first I ran my X2 in my mATX HTPC until I got my new parts from Newegg for a full ATX build. In the HTPC TOPO! 4.0 for Colorado would not load with the new X2 and its Optimizer and Driver even though 3.0 of other states would. If I put the...
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    Cheapest X2

    I want to swap out my 3200+ for a X2 3800+ when the prices drop. Any predictions on when and how much. I know Conroe will have a effect on it.