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    Photoshop Box Memory Question

    Why 6GB, why not 8GB? Just curious.
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    digital camera--how to improve images

    First thing I do with digicams is use only center focus point. You don't wantt he camera to decied where the focus should be. Use focus-recompose if you need to off center your subject. Meter for the sky. In P&S you will see it on your LCD. Point your camera towards the sky a bit and you will...
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    Seagate 400GB SATA - $99.99 w/free shipping

    It says only 8MB buffer. I thought most new 500GB were 16MB buffer.
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    Photography rig design: your thoughts?

    Even when using XP, you should put 4GB. Of course not all of it will be used but you doing large pano so anything above 2GB should help by not going to scratch disk. Also how fast these raptors compared to regular SATA II drives? Wouldn't be better to put separate drives for OS and PS scratch...
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    Need help with my Gigabyte P965-DS3

    I just put together my new system using DS3 rev 3.3 and I just hooked up my Seagate 80GB SATA II drive to the Intel ICH8 port 0 and my Samsung SATA II DVD R/W to port 1. had no problem with windows XP Pro detecting these drives and doing the installation. I then updraded to SP2 using an external...
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    Is 2 gigs enough?

    4GB can be useful for soemthing like photoshop even when using XP. Sure not all of 4GB will be used but still better than 2GB.
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    input on setup of 965p board

    Not sure if this will help you but this thread does have some info. http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=430097 Note;- I am not sure if it is OK to post links to other forums.
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    Seagate 750GB Ultra DMA/100 16MB Buffer $189.99

    Nice deal. But I am still waiting for seagate 500GB SATA II for $100.
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    input on setup of 965p board

    Yesterday I hooked up a spare 300GB IDE drive to the JMicron IDE controller and it worked fine without any drivers. But I haven't tried setting up the IDE as my system drive. I have seen lot of folks have issues with this. Wish I knew before I bought the board. Have you tried loading the...
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    Super Talent DDR2-667 2GB (2x1GB) $67.98 + Ship

    Me too and i thought it was cheap at that time. Oh well, I couldn't resist and put an order.
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    Is it time for me to move up to a PDA?

    Carrying 2 is pain IMHO. BTW - Once you get used to something like Treo, it is hard to go back. You can reply to boss emails while sitting on the beach. Only wish they make them thinner.
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    How often the CPU fan comes on under normal use

    Just looked at CPU temps reported by the BIOS and they were under 29 deg. C. Fan remained off when I had the computer ON for short time. Will do more thorough testing over the weekend.
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    How often the CPU fan comes on under normal use

    Just put together my first system using E4300 on DS3 rev 3.3 board. When I turned it on, the CPU fan wouldn't come on. I was scared but then read online that CPU fan would come on only when needed. It did come on for short time when I was installing WinXP. But it remained off when I was updating...
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    NEW - Seagate 750GB SATA 16MB - Retail Hard Drive Kit $199.99

    Damn they getting cheap. Went to local Fry's and they had no deals on any HD. Hoping deals come back to B&M over this weekend. Would love to get 500GB for $100.
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    Rebel XT, really painfully slow transfer

    Just buy a cheap card reader and use that rather than connecting your camera to the PC.
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    Need quick help with Power Supply

    The PS should turn on even when not connected to the MB? Anyone, before I RMA this stuff?
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    DS3 rev 3.3 question - Where to connect case fan

    Do I just connect it to the PS or to the SYS_FAN connector on the MB? My case Cool Master Mystique has an additional fan on the front for hard drives. Where do I connect that? Sorry if these questions sound stupid. Building for the first time.
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    How is this external drive?

    Not sure but recently Fry's was selling Seagate 400GB USB/FireWire for $119.
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    PSU Failures... Why?

    I just got my first FSP PS. It is DOA. Now I need to RMA to newegg.
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    Need quick help with Power Supply

    Trying to put together my brand new system but the power supply seems bad. The fan doesn't turn and my system didn't boot up. So I disconnect the PS and and tried turning it on couple of times. The PS fan still won't turn and when I measured voltages they all read 0 volts. So I am assuming PS is...
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    Building system: what's the best Photoshop setup?

    Why not? I am just asking. I in process of building a new rig for photoshop. Fromw hat I gather using SATA II drives should improve performance over older IDE drives (assuming they were on same IDE controlelr) as now I can put my drives on separate SATA channels.
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    Seagate FreeAgent 500GB or Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB with enclosure?

    Why not put seagate 500 into an external enclosure?
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    Question about SATA DVD drive and DS3 rev 3.3

    Going to order this DVD drive for my new system Samsung Will I be able to install windows XP by just installing the XP CD into this drive? I keep hearing from some folks that you need to have SATA drivers installed before it recognize the DVD drive.
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    Will this PS be enough for my system

    Thanks guys. Since this PC is going to eb used for photoshop, I only need a cheap video card. So far I am thinking about this one X1650
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    Will this PS be enough for my system

    Looking at this FSP 400W FSP My system E4300 Gigabyte DS3 rev 3.3 2GB SuperTalent DDR2 5400 2 - Seagate 80GB HDD SATA2 2 - Seagate 500GB SATA2 HDD Lite ON DVD Video card (still looking) No gaming, this is photoshop system. Will be doing OC.
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    external hard drive enclosures for multiple hard drives?

    Here is for SATA MacGurus Here is another one CoolDrives I haven't used either but heard good stuff about macGurus.
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    Power Supply for my new system

    E4300 Gigabyte DS3 2GB DDr2 5400 Lite-ON DVD 4 SATA drives Cheap video card. Going to OC but no games. Only photoshop work. What kind of PS would be enough for me? I heard about FSP being good. Looking for something <$50 if possible.
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    Help me set up a new computer

    This is what I am planning for my system. E4300 $118 965P-DS3 Rev 3.3 $118 Supertalent DDR2 667 2GB $80 Case $30 AR Add power supply and SATA drives.
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    E6300 plus MOBO for $150 at Fry's

    I see that proecssor alone is around $170. MOBO might be junk. Link
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    Video card for photoshop

    Putting a new system together. Would be either AM2 3600+ TForce 550 or E4300 Gibabyte DS3 Need to decide about the video card. No gaming on this machine. Any recommendations for cheap card
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    External Enclosures that hold multiple drives

    Check this out MacGurus
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    SuperTalent (STT) 2 x 1GB DDR2-667 PC5400 $82.54 + Shipping

    Thanks bruceyg. Plan is to do some OC but not too much. Stability is more important. Whatever I buy will be junk in a yr or more. So, I am just trying to save some money.
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    SuperTalent (STT) 2 x 1GB DDR2-667 PC5400 $82.54 + Shipping

    Just ordered these from EWiz. But can't decide between getting E4300 or the cheaper AM2 3800. Will this memory work fine withAM2 based boards?
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    Difference between these 2 GigaByte MB

    I was looking at GA-M16P-S3 MB for 3800+ system GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX but local Frys has GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX for same price. Which one would be better option. Another one i just saw is GIGABYTE...
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    Which board for an IDE drive user?

    Just a newbie here but don't almost all the boards have the PATA connector for your old IDE stuff?
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    Please help - Motherboard for AMD X2 3800+

    Total newbie here. Reading lots of articles for past couple of days. I need to put together not too expensive system ($500 range). It seems people say good things about this Gigabyte GA-M16P-S2 MB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128034 Is this good board? Went to...