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    Need a recommendation on good Sci-fi books

    Thread derivative of this thread. Got some good books to pick up from that one, so here's another genre to list out the best of. My recommendations: Robert J. Sawyer - Neandertal Parallax (trilogy), Calculating God, Factoring Humanity. Anything I've read of his has been great (and I've...
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    OpenSSh on Vista

    Has anyone managed to get OpenSSH server working on Vista yet? I haven't had much time to fiddle with it, but i've been unsuccessful so far.
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    Where to put my swap file?

    Just wondering where i'll get the best performance. Should i leave my swap file on my main Sata II drive that contains my windows install, or should i move it to my second drive which is IDE master, with my DVD burner as slave. The primary Sata drive is definitely a better performer. E6400...
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    My 6400 results

    So I've been playing with my voltage, and I've found my 6400 doesn't mind dropping some volts. Rig is in sig. Still oc'd to 3.2 @ 400x8 Where I'm at now is the voltage set in bios at 1.275V. At idle cpu-z reports 1.296V. Under load, it bounces around from 1.248V - 1.264V - 1.280V. It...
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    Best HD performance Setup - 965P-S3

    I'm a little confused by the options of my Gigabyte 965P-S3. I have a Seagate 320GB Sata II drive as my main boot drive. It's plugged into port 0 on the ICH8 Sata controller (After reading some benchmarks online, it seems the Intel controller outperforms the Gigabyte one for Sata HD's, which...
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    OC your blender?

    Spend $400 bucks on a blender? Not me, but i'd like to borrow one for a few days. Cool videos of this blender going to town on things. Hockey pucks, golf balls, and much more. http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe I personally saw Tim Allen wipe a tear from his eye while...
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    Explain the relationship

    Bear with me for a min. I'm currently looking at going with a c2d for an upgrade. I've been poking around looking for best price vs performance. C2d is the obvious choice. Before coming to the forums here, my mainboard choice was between the Gigabyte S3 board, and the Foxconn...