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    Ram 4Gig (3.00GB usable) help ?? :(

    Hi, thanks for the reply, Its definitely 64bit you have my guarantee as an I.T. grunt for the last 12 years (self employed technician) I'm just totally stumped here... and yup, post shows all 4 gig...
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    Ram 4Gig (3.00GB usable) help ?? :(

    I have purchased and installed win7 ultimate 64bit package as my RC version finally ran out at the weekend and I'm having a major headache... For some stupid reason the OS refuses to use 4 gig of ram. it was fine at first, then a couple of reboots later and were back to 4Gig (3.00GB...
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    intel celleron D 2800, 73oC @ idle, is this too hot ??

    the cpu at idle is 73oC according to the bios, having never used a celleron D 2800 before im unsure of the temps but i know they ran hot. any advice is welcome :) thanks.
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    Power supply Requirements?

    ooo... hmmm it used to be accurate i swear, i just did my system on it and it thinks i need 620 watts :/ when i used is 6 months back on my system it said 427 ive only added 2 hard drives :/
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    Power supply Requirements?

    http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp <--- updated weekly, accurate as hell.
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    Need a new hard drive

    Seagate consistently win awards for low noise + high speed. Ive predominantly used seagates for 11 years now, i havent got a single complaint about them, bloody fast, bloody quiet, bloody good warranty. :)
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    Onboard sound or sound card???

    if your using an onboard or stand alone sound card of the cheaper generic variety, they tend to rely on the CPU for all their processing, this can sap up to 10% of a CPU core and as such i would always recommend buying a quality stand alone sound card that is truly capable of hardware...
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    Court Orders Intel to Cough Up Destroyed Antitrust Evidence

    full story:http://www.dailytech.com/Court+Orders+I...yed+Antitrust+Evidence/article6854.htm "ooops, we moved a desk and accidentally nocked 4000 sheets of paper containing valuable legal information which we are required to keep by law into the shredder" Intel seems to have had allot...
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    is this board conroe compatable ??

    intel D915GAG its currently sporting a P4 2.66Ghz CPU and i was wondering if it will take conroe, i have to admit to knowing nothing about intel as i am an AMD fan myself, but im trying to help a friend out.
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    max fsb for a DFi Lanparty Nforce4 Ultra-D ?

    2 words... supreme, commander, anything i can crank up, is being cranked up, HTT, CPU, graphics, ram, the works. :)
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    Is my motherboard dying?

    or verify your memorys integrity using memtest, http://www.memtest86.com/memtest86-3.3.iso.zip unzip it, burn the iso to a cd, change the boot order of the problem system to boot from CD, put cd in the drive, save your bios changes and exit :)
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    max fsb for a DFi Lanparty Nforce4 Ultra-D ?

    im attempting to get 1000HTT whilst keeping my cpu`s clock at around 2.9Ghz, to do this i need to change the multiplier to 9 and increase the FSB to 333, currently im at a multi of 9.5 and fsb at 305, HTT = 915, i was just wondering if there were any DFi owners left to give me some tips...
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    The film "300" ... no mention of gayness, why ?? unless im mistaken, historically they were all gay?

    i said loosely based, i didnt say it was a documentary, every film and indeed every graphic novel of this type has some historical leanings. I read the sandman graphic novels and although total works of fiction they contain references to historical events and im always interested to see if...
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    The film "300" ... no mention of gayness, why ?? unless im mistaken, historically they were all gay?

    im a little confused, ive just seen the film 300, now i know there are those of you out there that dont like gay people and think there all limp wristed girls but hear me out. it was my understanding that 300 was losely based on the sacred band of thebes final battle. the sacred band of...
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    New microprocessor architecture

    im presuming you are serious in which case i will try to offer a little advice. you basically need to find the right market for your product, think hard about what type of processing it actually dose and what its strengths are, then write out a list of the various company occupations that you...
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    How can AMD make money come Apr 22?

    actually they would probably be something like 4 Ghz dual core, sloppy itanium chips with massive amounts of cache and giving off some 300 watts of heat. :/ there would be no conroe / core 2 if AMD did not exist, and our computers would not be as fast or as efficient as they are, that much...
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    A friend of mine was killed yesterday. :(

    They ran this story here in the UK, my condolences to her friends and family :(. I hope they dont destroy the animal, although tragic and brutal, it is its nature.
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    2 boards, 3 chips, 2 gcards, 3 sticks of memory, 3psu`s and a funny beeping... pls help :(

    ok, well, heres what it was... ive been working with systems for ten years and was a system tester for one of the UK`s largest pc parts suppliers untill recently. we had test benches set up at out work place and i built my own test bench to that design at home as i do alot of this type of...
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    Holy sh!t, there's something *large* living in my wall

    for the OP... http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com <--- enjoy :)
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    2 boards, 3 chips, 2 gcards, 3 sticks of memory, 3psu`s and a funny beeping... pls help :(

    i have in front of me the following: Athlon 1100 XP 1700 sempron 2200 3 x 400 watt PSU`s 1 msi MS-6712 V1.0A board (KT4V) 1 Asrock K7V88 1 pci Gcard 1 AGP Gcard now, what's happening is when i try to assemble these, the board boots, then shuts off after about 3 seconds...
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    Hiro's Dad(or for you old fogies - Sulu) responds to tim hardaway's anti gay comments

    most trek fans would, fantastic captain, fantastic ship and a totally missed opportunity by the startrek franchise. you can thank Hollywood for decreeing that 95% of main actors must be under 40 with no prior experience :( The clip was excellent :) p.s., TRIVIA FOR HERO + STARTREK FANS...
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    Leave PC on 24/7 or turn on/off each day better for components?

    several, its fairly common, usually caused by cheap generic power supplies. I always possition a smoke alarm above my pc as i leave it on 24/7
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    Leave PC on 24/7 or turn on/off each day better for components?

    systems prefer to be left on, each time you turn a pc off all the components are just as susceptible to temperature contraction (and expansion upon startup) as any other material is at the right temperature. However the cost of running the system can be mitigated by using power saving features...
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    Pondering a purchase

    erm... according to frys.com they dont actually stock the E4300, let alone a combo for that price, and given the cheapest price for an E4300 in the USA is 159.00 just for the CPU, youl be bloody lucky to get a combo of the board and chip for that money and if by some miracle you did, the board...
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    Intel paid Dell up to $1 billion a year not to use AMD chips

    i really dont care if you think its crap, i know im right, your government is also of the same opinion, as are the economics of the situation. However if your so correct and wish to drag the world to your view point go and argue the toss with The Federal Trade Commission.
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    Need $500 computer

    $900 for that is a rip off, you could build it yourself for $700 max.
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    AMD's first consumer level 3Ghz dual core. The 6000+ X2

    ooops, doublen posten :( :(
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    AMD's first consumer level 3Ghz dual core. The 6000+ X2

    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *breathes*... Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah :D netburst ?! dear god, nothings that bad. how is that sad ?? Intel have always been ahead with the Nm process, you dont automatically get a jump with it. the K8L (which is actually K9...
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    Intel paid Dell up to $1 billion a year not to use AMD chips

    your living on a different planet my friend, Intel is a monopoly, the united states The Federal Trade Commission certainly seems to think so, however feel free to e-mail them with your arguments. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/06/intelc.htm
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    Intel paid Dell up to $1 billion a year not to use AMD chips

    lol, actually it is, for 3 years AMD had the fastest, cheapest and most efficient architecture, yet due to Intel paying off the big 3 pc suppliers AMD could not get the inroads it needed and as such despite having a better cheaper product, AMD`s market share didnt budge an inch in 3 years of...
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    Need $500 computer

    lol, have you been smoking something ? first off they didnt get caught with their pants down, AMD`s new architectures been on the boards since 2005, put simply it just wasn't ready yet, it comes out in august, the Barcelona quad core featuring K8L architecture and integer performance far...
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    Supreme Commander benchmarks

    i didnt mean to give the impression that i required a boxing match, although i will admit i do have a rather abbrasive posting style at times, usually when the "I" word is mentioned. understood :) but dont worry, Barcelona will be here soon which will end Conroes little party and should...
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    Need $500 computer

    meh, nice chips but Intel are still a dirty company.
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    Supreme Commander benchmarks

    im sure you mean a fast processor, not a fast "intel" processor. Theres no reason for high end AMD owners to go throw there CPU`s away and turn to the devil incarnate just for an extra 4fps. also remember 4 gig helps "under Vista" youl find very little difference with 4 gig under XP due to a...
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    Supreme Commander benchmarks

    i presume on the day they made that, and i do mean day as thats probably all the time that was spent on it, they were on drugs, or drink, or both. but TA:K was never intended as a sequal, just a different line in the series. TA2 was promised in 1999, but cavedog were bought out by infograme...
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    $800 CAN build -- need video card suggestion (edit)

    quoted from a $500 build i did for someone on here. for the G card, either wait for the 8600GT or an ATi equivelant, your only talking a couple of weeks, you should be able to pick it up for around $180. 1,NCIX.com is more expensive than canada computers. 2, AMD are worth it, there...
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    Sound and integrated sound

    i didnt say he wasnt right, i said DFi boards are legendary for their sound processing, they use high end realtek audio chips that do most of the work unlike your standard integrated sound system which uses the cheaper realtek solutions and a software layer for processing. as for conventional...
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    Supreme Commander benchmarks

    i use dual display for supcom, 1 screen for zoomed out radar, the other for zoomed in on the area im working with, i also use the second screen to watch out for flash points and skirmishes. if you have dual screen and just want to use 1 screen in the game you can set this in the video...
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    Sound and integrated sound

    Unless you own a DFi board, their onboard sound systems are legendary. :D