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    Media Stuttering

    Whenever I play a media file every 20 seconds or so the song/movie will stutter. This started happening the other day and is perplexing me. Is it the hd on the way out (SMART has no warnings) a corrupted audio codec, or what? Any insights would be appreciated.
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    College Laptop

    I'll be starting college in the fall and am looking for recommendations for laptops. I am majoring in EE but the school has not indicated that I will need any particular laptop so I'm guessing that I won't need to be able to run CAD programs. Price: around 2k but am flexible Gaming: I have...
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    Overclocking x2 Toledo

    Ok so I was experimenting overlocking my 4800 toledo and I noticed something odd. When I ramped up the voltage to 1.5v from 1.33v the idle temps dropped from about 34 to 24v. Anyone understand this?
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    Advice for friend's new laptop

    Well my friend is looking at laptops for college and he wants to get a mac. Their marketing has gotten to him. I tried to explain to him that they are for hippies with money but I need some more solid proof than they are overpriced and suck for games. He will use this mainly for net browsing...
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    Grandma Build

    I'm putting a computer together for my grandma using my spare parts. She will be using this computer to 1) Play solitaire 2) Read internet news 3) Email relatives I was going to get XP Home Basic for $90 but then I saw that Vista was $85. The price difference does not concern me but I was...
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    Corsair Voyager GT

    Does anyone have any experience with these? I was set to buy the OCZ Rally 2 2gig model but I noticed that the GT boasts higher read speeds. The Rally definitely has the price advantage so the GT would have to have noticeable performance increase to justify the price. Well, at least $10 worth of...
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    DDR Memory Upgrade

    I'm currently looking to upgrade to 2GB of DDR memory but am undecided as to what the best path to take is. I am using 2 x 512 OCZ Plats rev 2 on a x2 4800. Would it be better to buy a 2 x 1gig and sell my OCZs or buy another set of them used? Also, do the x2s suffer from 2T timing when using...