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    1kw enough for this build?

    Busy building my new rig and getting a GOOOOOD deal from a supplier of parts but limited to what he has in stock. I'm building: Corsair Obsidian Series 800D case Watercooled CPU block 360 rad +3 fans,pump,750 res etc 8GB Corsair Dominator GT with DHX and Airflow Fan (If I go for 4 cores) 2 x...
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    2 x GTX580's watercooled and in SLI OR 1 x GTX590 watercooled?

    2 x GTX580's watercooled and in SLI OR 1 x GTX590 watercooled? I ask because I've just noticed that the Asus Maximus IV xtreme has 2 x PCie 16x but they only work x8 x8 with 2 cards. I'm wondering how big an effect running a dual card x16 over 2 cards at x8 x8 will have? Will it be...
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    Swap my P5-KC for a Asus maximus formula?

    My friend just did an upgrade for a client and got to keep the old Asus maximus formula as part payment.He can't use the mobo but could use his old cpu on my Asus P5-KC mobo so offered me a straight swap. Anyone got any suggestions as to whether it's a good swap,better than my current mobo...
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    2 DVD RW'ers both showing as CD ROM drives

    Strange problem,my ASUS SATA DVD RW D/L started spitting out DVD's when I tried to write and it told me to insert the correct media.I checked and it appears in Vista 64 as a DVD Ram drive (but only reads CD's) I inserted the DVD into my 2nd Asus IDE DVD RW and it wrote ok. I then went to bed...
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    Seagate Barracuda 500GB HDD

    Ok,about 3 or 4 weeks ago I bought a new Seagate Barracuda (ST3500320AS) 500GB HDD and installed it in my system (see sig for specs) running Windows Vista Home Premium 64.All was fine for 2 or 3 days until I used utorrent to download,to one of my other HDD's,and left it running overnight. I...
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    Buying 2nd 500GB Barracuda for RAID 1

    Ok,buying a 2nd 500GB Seagate Barracuda HDD and going to install 1 x 100GB partition on each drive to be used as RAID 1. I'm running with a Asus P5KC mobo which has a RAID controller onboard BUT I've been told that this isn't a TRUE raid controller by some and others disagree. Would I be...
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    Sandra reporting wrong RAM?

    I've got my stable overclock up to 3.7Ghz (E8400) and started trying to tighten my memory timings (see sig).I'm using Sisoftware Sandra to check my timings after each tweak but for some reason it's reporting my RAM as DDR3. Was wondering if this is a problem between Sandra and Vista 64,my...
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    Can't Partition my 500GB SATA II Seagate Barracuda

    Not 100% sure if this should be in this section of software,but this seemed best ......if it's in wrong area I apologise. Ok,just bought and installed a 500GB SATA II 32MB cache Seagate Barracuda and formatted it with my Vista 64 disk.This is my first time trying to partition under Vista and...
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    Can I use an ABit Uguru panel with Asus P5KC?

    My new upgrades (E8400,Asus P5KC,4 x 1GB Geil blackdragon) will arrive tomorrow and I was wondering if there was any way to carry on using the Uguru panel that came as part of my ABit Fatal1ty An8 SLI? I like the info the Uguru panel provides such as case/ambient/cpu/pwm temps,fan...
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    Is Thermalright IFX-14 too big for Praetorian case?

    Tomorrow (Monday 11th Jan) I'll be ordering my new upgrade parts,buying a C2duo E8400,Asus P5kc mobo,4 GB Geil DDR2 RAM and I will OC to at least 3.6Ghz and possibly 4Ghz if temps allow. I've read a load of reviews whilst trying to figure out the best CPU HS and the one that get's the best...
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    How does this build look?

    I bought my current Abit Fata1ity and AMD Athlon X2 4400 around 2 (possibly 3) years ago and it's starting to become (due to none support of AM2 and DDR2) both pointless and more expensive to upgrade the parts that need it, and it's only going to get worse,So... I've bitten the bullet and...
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    PCI Video card for an ancient system

    My Fiancee is running a very old and crappy system,she's on a budget and can't really afford a full new system.I mailed her (she's in the USA and I'm in the UK) my old 9800 Pro card assuming she'd have at very least an AGP slot but it's so old it only has 3 PCI slots. My question is,what's...
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    Buying DDR 400 PC3200

    Hi Guys, I'm going to be buying new RAM withing the next week and wanted to ask your advice. I've currently got 3 x 512k RAM modules (1.5GB) but I'm buying 2 matched 1GB modules and was wondering what affect running the 2 x 1Gb and 2 x 512k modules. My mobo (Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI) can...
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    Abit Fatl1ty AN8SLI

    Hi everyone ,hopefully an easily answered question ,but I've been unable to find the answer :) Bought my Abit Fatal1ty AN8SLI /amd athlon x2 4400+ about 14 months ago and finally getting round to buying 4GB memory for it.Here's where I'm confused ..... The manual states it accepts ALL...
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    NEC Multisync 20WGX2 whining/whistling

    Had my NEC Multisync 20WGX2 for about 2 weeks now,beautiful picture and really happy with my present to myself :D My PC is in my living room and I just leave it on when I relax on the sofa so it goes to screensaver and then switches off the video output. I've been hearing a totally...
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    My x800 GTO2 says "limited edition"

    Just checked my brand new GTO2 and spotted it said it was limited edition.When I ordered it it didn't mention this,anyone know what makes it limited edition?does it make it better? or is it just a buzz word to give us a warm and fuzzy feelin? :) PS edited cos my dumb fingers posted before...
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    Order of installation

    Hi,I'm going to be adding my new components over the weekend and I'm sure I read somewhere that the order in which you install the OS and drivers affects how well the system runs.I can't find the thread where this is mentioned sorry. So could someone tell me what is the best order of...
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    Writing to DVD in windows XP

    OK,this is bugging me like crazy. I want to backup my HDD's to DVD and it won't allow me to drag/copy n paste my dirs/files to my DVD rewriter,keeps telling me there is no disk in the drive.I can use Nero to burn them ok but that's not really the point here lol.Same thing with my CD rewriter...
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    Tell me if I've made a good choice please?

    Hi Guys,I value your opinion and wanted to ask what you all think about my choices. Yes I know I should have asked prior to ordering but I've spent a week looking for reviews and critiques on the parts I could afford and just wanted to get rid of my budget before I spend it on wine,women and...