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    Razer Barracuda

    I have an X-Fi Platinum that I bought in early 2006. I get crackling and popping whenever artillery strikes go off in 2142. I'm pretty sick of Creative. Since I've had this card, I've had issues with crackling and popping, the driver needing to be reinstalled, the front i/o panel going out...
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    Is there a driver for Core 2 Duo?

    Is there a driver or anything of the like? In Task Manager I only see status grid.
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    Will 2 8800GTS 320's force me into a new power supply?

    I just bought 2 320's and I realized I may have to upgrade my psu. What do you guys think? I'm currently running a single 7900GTX.
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    If purchasing an E6800 today, what mobo/ram would you pair it with?

    Contemplating a premature migration to C2D because I can afford it atm. In a couple of months, I'll be buying a house and I can forget all about that. So I'm curious what the best pairing would be and to kinda get an idea of what that would cost. Also, if going C2D, are there any SLi mobo's...
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    Question for frbdphreak

    I really respect your knowledge on notebooks and was wondering about a couple of things. Recently New Egg dropped the Hitatchi TravelStar 100gig 7200 RPM SATA-only 2.5" hard-drive from their inventory. I had heard there were some noise and heat concerns but am not sure if that was the reason...
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    Are there any Barebones Laptops with decent GPU's?

    I was looking for a barebones laptop that was 14.1 or smaller with a GPU that would run BF2 at playable FPS. Low/Lowest settings are fine, just be able to run it on the road (I usually end up commanding when I'm on the road unless I have my e1705 with me - but I don't always depending on the...
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    Looking for a Kind ATI Soul to help me understand

    I am trying to expand my horizons. With the s939 dual-core prices coming down so rapidly, I decided to build another rig w/ an ATI card. The card I currently have slotted was the 1800XT w/ 256 megs of Ram. It can be found at NewEgg for $239. I opted for this number because had I not gone...
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    Anyone ever try to game on a Sprint card?

    I'm going to be upgrading my laptop this week and I was wondering if anyone has tried to game using the Sprint PCS card that slides into the PCMCIA slot? They aren't that expensive and if they will do what I want them to I would definately get one. Any experiences would be appreciated.
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    Not enough Power?

    Ok, I just built my HTPC. I opted for the 7600GT and had hopes of SLi'ing it with a second. However, when I boot to windows, I get a message that says... NVIDIA System Sentinel is reporting that the NVIDIA-Powered Graphics card is not receiving sufficient power. To protect your hardware...
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    What is the best Tuner/PVR card if I have DirecTV?

    I'm building a media box and the functionality I'm looking for is to replace my DirecTV Tivo Tuner. I'd like to record tv and offload it to my iPod. I have HDTV so that would be a plus and I would be willing to pay for that feature (provided it's a PCI card and not over $200) if it were...
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    AMD Turion: What socket 754 Desktop boards will they fit in?

    I recently built the rig in my signature and have decided that I would like to build a second system to play around with. Also something to have while I am OC'ing this machine (can see the net while I'm in bios, grab software if I need it, lots of other conveniences, etc). Anyway, my boss...
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    If you had $150 to buy 3 games, which 3 would they be?

    I see alot of benchmarks and performance issues regarding many of the games that most people play. But I rarely see people give their opinion on what games they enjoy the most and which they would recommend others to buy. I have finally built my PC and for the first time in 6 weeks, I...
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    What is the best way to cool an Opty165?

    Just bought an Opty165 and a DFI LP UT SLI-DR. What is the best way to cool the processor so I can OC it to the 2.6-2.8 range (provided the chip I get will do that, of course)? Can I use a nice heatsink/fan on the processor and multiple fans in the case? Or am I fooling myself and will just...
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    Building system, torn on specs for Processor/Mobo

    I'm sure this topic has been beat to hell and I honestly looked about 5 pages deep before I posted this. But I need some advice. I've read some comparisons between the A64 and the Pentium D 820. But I am looking into an 830 3.0ghz Pentium D socket 775 and I've seen no comments on the 830...
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    3dmark05 Scores. Why are they so low?

    I'm pretty literate when it comes to computer equipment, but some stuff I just never had to learn about. Benchmarking PC's was one of them. Recently, Ive become interested in building a performance system and so I thought I should start with learning about how this all works. I downloaded the...