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    Are Sound Cards worth it?

    Is it true that onboard sound requires more cpu than a dedicated card?
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    Anand has Lynnfield Preview Up

    It looks kinda like one of those apple pie crust cutters.
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    HP laptop wireless problems

    I ended up downloading an reinstalling every driver available on the HP site. So now my son is optesting the connection... we'll see how it goes. Thanks for all your tips!
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    HP laptop wireless problems

    There's no newer router firmware, it checks automatically and lets me know. Edit. Thats wierd how did my post about th firmware get ahead of the question?
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    HP laptop wireless problems

    It has been doing it out of the box. He hasn't even had a chance to use it cause of the problem. The wireless light illuminates fine. The net always has an exellent signal as indicated on the HP, the signal will be full strength and it still won't stay connected. The SSID and the encryption...
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    HP laptop wireless problems

    Recently I purchased an HP DV7-1270us laptop for my son. It has Vista Home Prem 64. No matter how far away it is from my wireless router(an older Belkin) is disconnects very consistantly. I have 3 other computers that never have had a problem, 2 Viao laptops and a home built machine. Is...
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    Do energy efficient PSUs pay for themselves?

    It's better to use a quality power supply, but it will never pay for itself because no mater how efficient it is, it will still cost money to use.
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    $300 burning a hole in my pocket.... Which SSD should I get?

    Get the X25 M. I just starting to use it for my OS and apps and things open up instantly. I think its the best upgrade you can make for the money.
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    Hard drives not recognized by windows

    Thanks. I think I'll do that when I get back from work.
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    Hard drives not recognized by windows

    Hmm, now that you mention it, kinda forgot about that part. Thanks for the tip, I hope it works. Also thanks for the tip on AHCI, I didn't know you need to have the drives set like that to get NCQ.
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    Hard drives not recognized by windows

    Last night I installed 2 additional HD's onto my Asus Rampage Formula MB, a 1TB Seagate and the Intel 80GB SSD. Both are there in the BIOS(latest revision), but Windows XP doesn't show either. Do I need to reinstall windows or is there a simpler solution? Thanks in advance.
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    Bose, Monster, Johnny Walker...

    Everclear must be the best then.
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    Bose, Monster, Johnny Walker...

    Has anyone seen Bose equipment with HDMI?
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    Mid-high range gaming system for around ~$1000

    The amount of RAM would depend on your OS. I read somewhere that 6Gigs is ideal for Vista 64.
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    What are your considerations when moving from LGA 775 to 1366?

    As long as the cooler is compatible with both sockets, it's all a matter of preference.
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    Best Bang for the Buck Gaming System

    I've read that 2 ATI 4770's in Cfire are the way to go for graphics bang for the buck.
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    XP pro not seeing all 4gb

    Thanks
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    XP pro not seeing all 4gb

    I just installed 4gb of 800mhz dual channel ram on my ASUS PB5 Deluxe MB, CPUZ sees all 4GB but Windows only sees 3GB. I though XP pro can see 4GB max?
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    How can we strategically invade North Korea?

    Kim Jong IL has the rest of the world exactally where he wants them. He detonated that nuke to prevent someone from invading and overthrowing him. Striking first against NK is an impossibe choice. Here's how I think it will happen. More sanctions will be applyed, and NK will finally be...
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    You should probably see this

    Here are the things I learned from this post: 1. I shoulda bought an E6300 instead of my E6600. 2. Like little children crying for attention, trolls go away if they are ignored.
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    Room Cooling CPU cooling

    Yes because it's still generating the same amount of watts.
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    Cable modem problems and possible replacement question.

    Make sure your modem is pluged into the very first coax cable that comes in you house, use a quality spliter and keep those to a minimum.
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    KillerNic

    Someone please enlighten me on how this thing would speed up your connection, when the ISP for cable is like 10Mbps. So does it only speed up the connection from the output of the modem to your computer?
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    Does the ASUS P5B Deluxe/Wifi have an external antenna?

    the external antena just sit on my desk, works well, no problems configuring the onboard wifi unless u want N then u gotta buy a seperate card once they finalize the standard
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    How can I load every core?

    You can never have too much power.
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    G80 De-Mystified; GeForce 8800GTX/GT

    Just for a point of reference, how many watts do current GPU's consume?
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    G80 De-Mystified; GeForce 8800GTX/GT

    How big would the heatsink have to be to cool a hypothetical 300w GPU on air?
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    Safe Overclocking P5B/E6600

    If you just want to OC a little you can always use the AI NOS or the other OCIng utilities that were packaged with you MB.
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    Chorus of Islamic followers freak out about Pope's comments

    I have yet to see any Christians buning and Islamic leaders if effigy
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    Chorus of Islamic followers freak out about Pope's comments

    No but they are burning him in effigy(however u spell it) in India. My favorite muslim slogan is "Behead those who say islam is violent" as seen during the Danish cartoon protest. Kinda says it all.
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    Chorus of Islamic followers freak out about Pope's comments

    Almost everyday you can read about some homicide bomber blowing himself and his fellow muslims up at some marketplace, police station or sporting event, all in hopes of getting to those 72 virgins. I'm not gonna waste my time looking for links, if you don't believe it, I can't change your mind...
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    Chorus of Islamic followers freak out about Pope's comments

    More innocent Muslim civilians die by indiscriminate homicide bombers in the name of jihad. Also the last time I checked, the Pope was from Germany.
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    New Case And Power Supply Question

    Since you got the P180. make sure you get a power supply with sufficient cable length, preferably a modular one, otherwise you're gonna be hurtin.
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    ->>>>EXPERTS!!!: Need a system blower that blows AIR IN? Is there any? <----

    Well, since its a DC fan, and you usually have a + wire a - wire, you switch the + and - and the motor spins the other way. Sometimes you'll have a 3rd but its for rpm pick up.
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    ->>>>EXPERTS!!!: Need a system blower that blows AIR IN? Is there any? <----

    You could use the one slot one designed to suck air out and then switch 2 wires on the power cable since its DC or take it apart and flip the fan blade over if possible.
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    ->>>>EXPERTS!!!: Need a system blower that blows AIR IN? Is there any? <----

    I've seen a slot cooler from ANTEC that was desgined to blow outside air onto the video card by being instaled in the PCI slot below the card, perhaps that would work. Here it is http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=75060
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    asus p5b deluxe 0614 bios

    Not on the US version. Just double checked.
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    asus p5b deluxe 0614 bios

    Just curious, but why is this new bios not on asus' official website?
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    ARGH! Didnt know the P180 had no power supply!

    Yes the Antec Smart Power 500 has long enough cables for the P180
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    Fans REALLY loud when start up computer

    It's just part of the start up process. Mine does that as well but returns to normal speeds around the time the BIOS posts.