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    Are PIII and PII CPU's still in demand ?

    if P3 and P2's were in demand I would be rich, I have a stack of old hardware.
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    Upgrade an E8600 @ 4.1GHz to Quad core (non-gamer)

    This could be somthing as simple as a driver issue.
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    Motherboards that can reach 5 GHz

    exactly what I was thinking. 5gig would kill your chip fast. And what do you want to do with it once you have a 5gig pc?
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    Quad-core or Dual-core ? Which one do I pick ?

    Is there actually a list anywhere of what games support how many cores? Thats would be useful to know, I personally suspect that not many fully support quad cores.
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    6 core AMD on Desktop Preview

    he, thought games were only just catching up with quad cores
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    Why there aint multi CPU mobos?

    A lot of people would disagree with that. no use having a blazing fast CPU(s) if it cant get data to/from RAM fast enough.
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    Best chip for a new build

    I dont think you will be dissapointed with that setup, especially that ram ;)
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    Data corruption from overclocking?

    isn?t this all down to the definition of "stable" if your pc does a 48+ hour burn in test using the recognised utilities then surly its stable, overclocked or otherwise?
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    Overclock has never been "stable" under stress tests, but why should I care?

    I think the stress tests prove if its a fully working OC or not. I have often wonderd myself though as at the end of the day stress test utilities are uually artificial and dont represent real world load.
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    What is the best cpu for video editing?

    TBH I'm using adobe premier on a Q6600 OC'ed to 3.2gig and 1333 bus and I'm quite suprised with the results. Spose it depends on the type of videos yoru making though.
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    Advice for a new card...

    was just thinking the same! he could get another 200-300 mhz out that CPU without even trying. its criminal to have a Q6600 and OC it even a little bit!
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    Low Cost Gaming System

    good call, my bro built a similar system and managed to overclock it slightly, but he wasnt really trying TBH. I was quite impressesd with it.
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    Peer to peer network, MS-DOS application

    hmmmm, why not use virtual PC with an MS DOS disk image. you wont have to worry about windows compatability issues (as you effectivly running the apps on a complete DOS OS) but you will need to get the apps working with the virtual network adapter virtual PC uses.
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    Lot's of new chips from AMD this week

    6 cores - nice - would like to try one of them. shame more apps and games dont support that many
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    I'm gonna give credit where its dure and say that this guide rocks. I used it to overclock 3 pc's in the last 4 months thanks again
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    How do you obtain your games?

    used to buy mine from asdas or tescos, but all main retailers seem to have stopped stocking pc games. now I get them from play.com
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    Finally, I take no responsibility for what you do with the information in this guide. Overclock your hardware at your ow

    lol same here, I've RMA'd stuff that I'd blatently screwed up myself and its always been replaced. they dont have th etime to test everything.
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    Anyway to fix a broken data connector on a SATA drive?

    might be a bad suggestion but is holding it on with duct tape out of the question?
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    Dungeon Keeper 2

    I played through this game only the other week. absolute classic, shame we never got to see DK3
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    72-year-old or not, never mess with a former boxer

    I just know hes gonna get taken to court by the guy who broke into his house. lucky he wasnt stateside else he'd be dead now.
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    Which CPU For Gaming?

    I have an overclocked q6600 and having played lots of games over the past year I feel I could have managed just was well with a dual core overclocked higher, if not better.
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    Unallocated space.

    If you mean you put a new HD in your pc just right click on my computers, go to MANAGA, go to disk manager, right click on the unallocated space and create a new basic drive using all the space... format, assign drive letter of your choice, Job Done
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    Not Recognizing New HDD on my Vista 64 bit

    I;m assuming your talking about the text based setup screen you probably have to get the drivers off the driver CD, put the on a floppy disk and press F6 (I think) when it asks you if you want to setup any 3rd party scsi drivers durin windows setup.
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    HDD utilities?

    download the CD image from here and burn: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ boot off that CD and you have a mass of freeware formatters, disk erasors (really secure) defraggers, disk cloners, etc.... plus a lod of other tools
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    Print screen software

    paint shop pro
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    Installing XP over Vista on a new laptop

    go to the website of the company who makes your hard drive, they should have a tool that you can use to low level format the hard drive. once you have done that i cant see why you would not be able to install XP, unless you have a hardware problem.
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    Bittorrent DL's = Teh Slow!!!

    use netlimiter to limit your upload speed if you max out your upload then bittorrent cannot send ACK's back timly fashion and your downloads will slow down.
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    Cisco will give up on your hardware after 3 years

    suit yaselfs the situation is how I told it.
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    Buying cat5

    In your sutiation I woudl do the same thing, you can get 1gig that way. anyway, standard cat 5 cabel would start to deteriorate afrter 5 years. you could buy strips of plastic cable shield from these guys: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/ I cannot see any reason why this would not be legal...
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    Very slow gigabit network

    was gonna suggest this myself. I seen lots of instances where 1gig cards autodetect down to 100, even when 2 computers are connected direct with a crossover cable.
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    Issues with lag spikes

    hmmm, I dont know about that router, so I dont know if it can tell you what you need to know. one free way to find out is it install DU meter on all pc's so when a lag happens you can go back and look at the graphs. http://www.hageltech.com/dumeter/
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    Cisco will give up on your hardware after 3 years

    We had the head network guy tell us that cisco wont support our core switches once they are 3 years old. They want us to trade them in for newer models which woudl costs us tens of thousands. This is really anoying as there hardly a spec of dust on this hardware and now cisco want nothing to...
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    Network card and old computer

    whatever card you need you could get one off ebay for peanuts. theres loads
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    Getting full speed on wireless

    Is it possible to get full speed on wireless, like 100+mbps ? I really want wireless at home but all the equipment I used at work is rubbish speeds.