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    Build now or later?

    Basically I am in now hurry to build now, but could, so what is the consensus on timing currently. My budget is around 800-1000ish. With the i5 coming soonish, new phenom II's getting released, SSD's getting cheaper and better, i7 boards really expensive currently....any thoughts? or does it...
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    Laptop warranty replacement

    Hi, so I got a warranty on my Toshiba laptop over 2 years ago. I sent it in for a warranty repair and they said it would cost more to fix than to get a new one. So what they said was I could take a replacement or get the cash the replacement costs. What was interested is the replacement was...
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    laptop vs desktop w/ adaptor

    So I have a thinkpad X61 with the intel wireless n, and a desktop with a Dlink wireless N adaptor, and a Dling 655 router. Basically if I click on the same download link on the internet the desktop moves at about .5mb/sec and the laptop about .25 mb/sec. Will the desktop always be better since...
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    wireless N file transfer

    so I have wireless N router and adapters on my laptop and desktop and copyed a shared folder of music and pasted it on the other desktop and the transfer is only going around 500kb/sec. Isnt that really low for wireless N? or do you have to optimize something or use a program??? or is this...
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    onboard and directx

    its likely this has been discussed but it is difficult to search for (i tried) but.....I just got a thinkpad with the new x3100, I updated the driver to the beta and play cstrike source at around 35-45 fps. now, my question is the chipset is a dx10 but should I use dx9 instead, would that mess...
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    Laptop has wireless N adaptor...

    I know a lot of you are against going with wireless N right now but considering I have a laptop that already has an adaptor would you then recommend getting one?? or get a quality G and call it good until the final N comes out... also I heard that some of the N routers can be "updated" later to...
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    older computer wireless issue

    I just got a new laptop (thinkpad x61) that comes with wireless N, so i got a wireless N router (linksys), the laptop flys wirelessly, but I also got a D-link platinum pci rangebooster N desktop adaptor for my older Dell GX260. the internet is considerably slower using this than hard wired in...
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    New processor

    Ive been out of the "keep up with computer components" game for about a year now but want to upgrade my setup for DX10 games (BTW is now the right time for that? or would you wait, im ancy to upgrade now though). My question is about my Mobo/cpu setup. Processor speeds are so ridiculous these...
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    switching Mobos on Dell

    So right now I have a Dell GX260, it has a pentium 2ghz and agp, I was looking at upgrading the mobo to one that has either am2 or a 939 (to get an opteron 1.8ghz dual core, i think 165...) and pci-e (to do some gx10 gaming later on). is it as easy as taking the old mobo out and dropping a new...
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    Turion

    So I know the core 2 duo mobile processors rock the turions but I am interested in the tx1000 (i think) HP 12.1 inch laptop. I comes with AMD processors. I can get a 2.2 ghz turion X2 for the price of a 1.8 or 2.0 core 2 in other systems (with the discount I get). The 2.2 ghz amd would beat a...
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    best video card to not bottleneck

    I have a P4 2.0ghz northwood (I believe my MB supports 2.4 ghz, it is a Dell GX260) and 512 of ram. I am only looking to play CS:S at around medium settings with a very good frame rate (maybe other games but not much). My question is: I am not looking to upgrade my entire system (cpu, memory and...
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    power supply a problem??

    I just downgrades to a gx260 to save some money and now im thinking of throwing in an old video card to play CS:S. I am looking at a 9800, 9600, or 6600gt, I would rather grab a 9800 or 6600 but concerned about the power supply, it has 250 watt, I am pretty sure it would just not work with the...
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    notebook recomendation

    for school/gaming: dont care about amd vs intel (although i heard that intel has edge in mobile processors, is this just good marketing by intel or is amd cool just like they are in normal desktops) like the pointsticks want vid card that will do cs:s good and the new DX10 games at...
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    lcd projection bulb question

    Hey, anyone know where I could get a good deal on these 300 dollar bulbs for my lcd projection tv, I havent found anywhere really, just curious
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    xbox360 vs x850xtpe

    my friend has a x850xtpe and he says that his video card is better at running graphics than the xbox 360. I told him that it is not and one of his reasons is that nvidia/ati/whatever the maker of the xbox360 video processing wouldnt give xbox 360 a better card for cheap to be able to sell it for...
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    battlefield 2 fps

    hey I just got a x850xtpe and I have a 3200+ with 2 gigs of ocz ram and while running battlefield 2 on 10X7 med textures, dynamic shadows off, dynamic light low and 2X AA, I average about 55 fps and it dips to 35 ish and goes to 90ish, is this normal or do I have settings I need to switch...
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    higher gpu temps recently

    Hey I have a x800gto2 with an artic silencer rev. 2 and have been running these overclocked at x850xtpe speeds for about 8-9 months now, but over the last month or so the temps have risen about 7 degrees C, I was wondering, I see a lot of dust in the case on the board and fans ( where it is at...
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    engineering student laptop rec.

    Hi, I am an engineering student that does no gaming and I am in the market for a new laptop and have some options im sort of confused about the differences. one has 1 gig dual channel and core duo 2300 1.66 ghz 2mb cache the other is just a pentium m 1.73 with 1gb shared ram the runs at slow fsb...
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    engineering student laptop rec.

    Hi, I am an engineering student that does no gaming and I am in the market for a new laptop and have some options im sort of confused about the differences. one has 1 gig dual channel and core duo 2300 1.66 ghz 2mb cache the other is just a pentium m 1.73 with 1gb shared ram the runs at slow fsb...
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    new computer set up

    Hi, I am an engineering student that does no gaming and I am in the market for a new laptop and have some options im sort of confused about the differences. one has 1 gig dual channel and core duo 2300 1.66 ghz 2mb cache the other is just a pentium m 1.73 with 1gb shared ram the runs at slow fsb...
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    error message ati2mtag.sys

    Hey I have a x800gto2 flashed to x850 and OC to 545 595 with amd 64 3200 slightly oc, asus mb, 2 gigs ocz plat and over the past month or so I have been getting a blue screen error reading: stop:0000008e ati2mtag.sys (something) Its normally not to big of a deal it will eventually load...
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    System lock up

    Hey about 5ish times a week I will get a system freeze while trying to load counter strike source (mouse stuck then I just restart), and also sometimes get the blue screen of death while trying to load windows sometimes (freezes after the loading windows screen acts like it is trying to load). I...
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    raptor

    Hey, sorry if this has been posted several times but cant find an outright answer, how much real world performance increase would I see (in gaming casual computer use) from 7200 rpm hitachi sata, thnks
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    quiet case

    Hey currently I have a cheapo case I got for about 60 dollars with a power supply about 1 year ago, I do some overclocking these days so sound is becoming an issue/annoying, was wondering if I would notice a difference in the noise and would it be worth it to get a say p160 or p180, also if so...