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    In need of new speakers

    I'm confident you will be more than pleased with the Klipsch 2.1s. They're the best PC speakers for listening to regular stereo music. You might want a set of 5.1s if you game or watch movies. In this case, the Klipsch 5.1s are the best if you can afford them. If not, Logitech's THX...
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    What will replace 975X and how soon?

    Title pretty much sums it up. The 975X chipset is getting long in the tooth. Is the P965 the way forward for high-end 775 boards, or is there a new chipset coming down the pipe? I haven't seen any AT articles about this.
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    Silent PC?

    Those passive heatpipe cases (by Zalman) are ridiculous. With a little care, you can build an actively cooled system that falls below the ~22dBA@1m ambient levels in even the most quiet residential environments--without sacrificing performance. Here's how: Antec P180 - the gold standard in...
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    HDD enclosure for several disks?

    Bingo!! I found what I'm looking for, and it was on Newegg the whole time (under the server category). Norco DS-500e. 5 hot-swappable SATAIIs with an eSATA interface via an included PCI-e 1x card and cooled by a 92mm fan. Implements RAID 0/1/0+1/5 and JBOD in hardware or lets you handle...
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    HDD enclosure for several disks?

    Is this internal or external? I was previously considering putting all the disks (6 including the system disks) in the case (probably a Silverstone GD01), but I'm worried about cooling them. I would like to keep at least the data disks outside the case in their own box, hopefully with a 120mm...
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    HDD enclosure for several disks?

    4x 500GB disks running software RAID on Linux (MD driver via the EVMS storage management framework). I'll first try RAID-5, do some benchmarking, and if I don't like the performance, redo as RAID-10 (stripes over mirrors). So 1-1.5TB with at least single-disk redundancy (sometimes double with...
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    First HTPC Build

    I agree that you should try to stay away from the Pentium D. I get the feeling you're going to be disappointed at this price point for a media PC. Especially if you plan on moving to Vista in the next year or so, it's gunna get marginal before you're ready to upgrade. You should consider that...
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    HDD enclosure for several disks?

    I'm looking for an external HDD enclosure for my HTPC. I'd like to put 4 or more SATA disks in a single enclosure, preferably connecting via eSATA. I looked on Newegg and only found one enclosure that holds 4 disks, and it's for IDE disks only. There's got to be larger enclosures on the...
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    HTPC for digital cable: set-top boxes, captures, and encoders

    I'm building an HTPC for use with digital cable (time warner). As far as I can tell, all of those TV tuner cards (i.e. Haupauge) are pointless. I can only tune and decode channels using a set-top box with the CableCard (right?), so all I need is a capture device and an MPEG-2 encoder for...
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    Motherboards, pros and cons: 975 vs 965 vs 680?

    I'm in a similar position, non-gamer looking for rock-solid LGA-775 board, distressed by the horrible quality these days. My plans call for 6 SATA hard disks plus a SATA optical drive (it's a MythTV and pro audio box). 975X only offers 4 SATAs, and 650/680i looks disastrously unstable, so P965...
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    newfangled power connectors

    With my pants hiked-up nearly to my neck, I say to you that my last build was an Athlon T-bird, and it was the sweet hotness at the time. There was one power plug on the motherboard for the ATX 20-pin, and life was simple, minus the uphills both ways in the snow part... Fast forward to...
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    DFI Lanparty and Thermaltake issue

    Really? I was just over newegg searching for a PSU and it came down to Thermaltake Toughpower or OCZ GameXStream... They're about the same price for most wattages, do the OCZ PSUs seem more reliable? I trust the folk here at AT more than the idiotic comments at newegg...
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    quality mb for massive I/O: HTPC and multi-track recording

    I'm spec-ing a new build, which is a weird feeling considering my last build was an Athlon T-bird rig. Things have changed a bit... This will be a monster. HTPC, pro audio multi-track recording, and software development, running on Linux of course. I will have two or three 1920x1200 LCDs...
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    Dell 2005FPW & 2405FPW vs. 1905FP & 2001FP

    Oh, and where should I look for these widely reported deep discounts that Dell often runs on their displays? Thanks... I finally have a reason to be back in the good ole AT forums.
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    Dell 2005FPW & 2405FPW vs. 1905FP & 2001FP

    OK, so this might be akin to heresy in these forums, but I don't game. At all. I'm a developer looking for a large LCD with high resolution (1600x1200 or higher) and reasonable image quality (brightness consistency across the display would be my primary concern) in the <$600 price range...
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    Moore's Law!

    AMD announced today that they have developed transistors with gate lengths of 0.015 micron, or 15 nm. They said that they can stick with 300 mm silicon wafers until about 2010-2012, when they will begin to phase in more advanced processes based on carbon. For now, AMD doesn't seem to have any...
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    What's the deal with HyperTransport?

    Is it just a marketing term for a loosly defined bus, or is there something else? I know that HT buses are two-way with 2,4,8,16,or 32 data paths in each direction working at a maximum of 1.6 Gbit/sec. However, AMD says stuff about it being specifically low latency and low power. What factors...
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    BSOD during installation of WIN2K AND WIN98

    Try formatting, taking out all of your PCI cards (but leaving the video card), and reinstalling windows. It is always better to add PCI cards once Windows is up and running. Also, try booting with a windows boot disk and see if the system appears stable at the DOS prompt. If it isn't you...
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    KT7 Problem

    If it's not a hardware problem with the hard drives, then it must be a problem with the BIOS. BIOS's have been known to become corrupted. Try flashing your BIOS with the newest available version (Abit comes out with new KT7 series drivers every couple of weeks), and if that doesn't work, try...
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    GF3 TI200 or nForce?

    You'll probably get a better performance boost going with the nForce, since you will also get the GF2 MX-like graphics in addition to the DDR upgrade.
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    NVIDIA drivers under Linux

    I am a seasoned windows user who is trying his hand at Linux. I had Red Hat 7.0 installed and working on my previous machine with an old S3 integrated video chip. Now I installed Mandrake 8.0 on my new system with an Asus V7100 2V1D currently driving a NEC Ambix LCD in digital (DVI-D) mode. I...
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    What is the best sound card for win2k?

    My recommendation is the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. It packs the best sound for the buck. If you can afford it, go for the Hercules GTXP. It has the same DSP as the Santa Cruz and has an outstanding breakout box with all the connectors you need to build home theater dream system. Either way...
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    Need advice on what video & sound card to get....

    Not yet. But we can wait and wish.
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    Is this feasible or am I dreaming.

    Just visited the website for Metricom, the maker of Ricochet. They filed for chapter 11 one month ago and shut down their network. So much for that idea.
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    Is this feasible or am I dreaming.

    I beliebe that there's a service called Ricochet that allows for DSL speeds with no wires. I think that the modem costs about 200 bucks and the service costs another 70 bucks a month. Its expensive, but its better than a cell phone if you're paying by the minute.
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    System Died for no reason, please help me out here

    So your fans are only doing a 1/2 turn and then stopping? There can only be a few things wrong. The first reason is that your power supply is not working properly. This would explain the fans and also the problem with windows randomly shutting down Next, the voltage regulator(s) on your...
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    Sound skipping on Epox 8K7A+

    Here's my system: Epox 8K7A+ (AMD 761/ VIA 686B) AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4 Ghz 266 MHz FSB 512 MB (2x 256 MB) Crucial PC2100 DDR Asus V7100 2V1D GeForce2 MX200 Hercules Game Theater XP Linksys LNE100TX NIC Creative Ovation 12x DVD Sony Spressa 12/8/32x CDRW Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 40 GB 7200 rpm...
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    Epox 8k7a+... whats this code mean?

    Your correct in that there's no "2b" code for the LED debug. It's reserved for later boards and has no meaning on the 8K7A+. The board is also equipped with a POSTman function. Try plugging some speakers into the line out on the board and seeing if you get an error message read out. I hope...
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    Long boot for Win2K

    Hi, I do havea RAID controller, but I use it.&amp;nbsp; My IDE setup is as follows: Primary Master - Creative Ovation 12x DVD Primary Slave - Empty Secondary Master - Sony Spressa 8/4/32x CDRW Secondary Slave - Empty RAID Primary Master - Maxtor 40 GB, 7200 rpm HDD All other RAID channels empty...
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    Long boot for Win2K

    Hi, I upgraded my OS from Win98SE to Win2K Pro this week and am having a small problem.&amp;nbsp; Booting into windows takes an incredibly long time, although I always eventually get a clean desktop at the end.&amp;nbsp; Also, the boot time is very inconsistant.&amp;nbsp; Somtimes it stays on...
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    Well I'm getting 512mb of RAM for Win98SE

    I have 512 MB ECC Registered PC2100 DDR (Crucial) on an Epox 8K7A+ running Win98SE. No problems.
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    MoBo's with new Via KT266 chipset?

    Are there any motherboards out that use the new Via KT266 chipset that has just been released? I am a big Via chipset fan and I would like to run a 133 MHz DDR FSB with a 266 MHz FSB Thunderbird and DDR PC2100 SDRAM. Unfortunately, the AMD 761's are too expensive and the Ali Magik 1 is crap...