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    Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad

    Although the concept of the Q6600 quad core sounds amazing, and price wise it's a pretty simple decision if you are willing to spend the $300... I keep scratching my head what exactly it does better... well for me anyhow. My e6600 and e6850 are all awesome chips. I have yet to bring either of...
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    How to get the most out of on-board HD audio?

    Edit, forgot to add you can buy the special cable for the SPDIF out at any electronics store, walmart, Best Buy etc. It's a standard cable.
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    How to get the most out of on-board HD audio?

    Hum.. well first of all your SPDIF is an out that you can hook directly up to your home entertainment system. It's just like the audio out that you would probably have on the back of say your stand alone DVD player. Some have Coax and some have SPDIF. It's a fully digital out instead of having...
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    New Q6600 PC Build

    My e6850 and q6000 G0 are both in an Antec 900 case. I switched the top blig fan to blow air inside and I swear it raised my temperatures. Hummm. I am using a Tunic Tower and I am also considering lapping but honestly it seems like a lot of work for it to drop a few c. New Nvidia drivers...
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    CPU-Z question for all you eVGA 680i-A1 owners

    I have the original AR version which also shows A2. My other board is the A1 and also shows the A2 revision. It's all good.
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    Water cooling vs. air cooling -- old argument has new life!

    This has been a great post and I thank you all. I have been one of the many that has looked at WC at face value from most crap kits that get reviewed and never seen to perform on par with top end air cooling. I even purchased a kit a few years back for around $100 that was absolutely useless...
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    Which mem slots are better to use?

    Yah my older Lanparty 939 board had that too. I read so many forums in regards to that and sure enough two of the slots were better for oc'ing. This was the case back then. I wish I could say for sure whether it is still on most boards. Currently on my eVGA 680i I have yet to notice any...
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    Calling all Gurus: Best Extreme Gaming Chipset?

    Let me add to this that the DAY that the 680i chipset was released, I ordered an eVGA 680i. I still have it and have never had any issues with it. In fact I am still running the earlier version which had some issues with its ability to run quads well or oc'ing them. Anyhow in the whole time...
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    Power supplies fitting in Antec 182 Cases?

    Hey all, About to get a new case and have been eying the Antec 182/se. I love the looks and it seems very quiet and well organized. My only concern is that I keep reading that there is little space for power supplies. I currently have a P&C 750W silecer which is quite long. Anyhow ideas...
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    DVI cable

    Hum well I have seen DVI-HDMI and HDMI-HDMI at both Walmart and Zellers. 6 foot ones range from $25-$35 and then 12foot ones are just slightly more. Phillips and Belkin ones. Either will work for you... I know the Belkin ones state HDMI 1.3 but I believe both are and makes no diff. Either...
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    Connecting computer to LCD HDTV -- a few questions

    cool thank you for your answers!
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    Connecting computer to LCD HDTV -- a few questions

    Hi all, Just hooked up my computer to my new 42" LCD TV which supports 1080p. OK so I used a DVi-HDMI cable and all is well. My Nvidia drivers have no issueu allowing my 8800GTX to show everything as it were on my older PC Monitor. Now I want to play HD movies -- my whole point of...
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    Single, multi and Quad core cpu's

    Man if that is all you do with your computer... quad core is overkill., for most work that folks do on a computer, even a speedy single core (with enough RAM and fast HD) will do just fine. My dad's comp has been running an a single core AMD Barton 2500+ for YEARS. I am still amazed as to...
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    eSATA on back of mobos

    Hey all, I just hooked up an HD using eSATA on the back of my eVGA 680i. The motherboard has in its BIOS a setting where you can assign a certain SATA slot as eSATA. What exactly does that do? I have not noticed any difference whether I turn that feature on or off. Also just a quick...
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    Squeeze Another 6c with a simple mod P180/182/190 case

    I would be willing to try this on my 900 but I have NO IDEA how to even get to the top fan. I cannot remove the top panel no matter how hard I try. How did you guys get at this huge top fan? Thanks
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    Common List of Apps that Support Dual Cores?

    Would anyone know of a site that lists common Windows apps that support Dual Core for every day use? I mean programs that convert video or audio, or compress or virus scan etc. Or would folks be interested in creating such a list maybe here? I know WinRar 3.7 supports dual cores... I wish...
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    4.0Ghz C2D

    My e6600 on my eVGA 680i mobo is a particularly ?bad? CPU... in the sense that it requires a very high V "just" to reach 3600 Mhz. Anyhow at the end of the day it can reach it as long as you are willing to pump enough voltage and have the cooling for it. Anandtech routinely tests their x6800...
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    Dump my Crossfire X1950+X1900 Setup for new ATI 2900XT??

    Ok so I have been waiting a long time to be able to get a one card solution to replace my crossfire x1950 + X1900 setup. I was really hoping to see the one card beat out my dual card setup kinda like when Nvidia releases a new series and their faster card is usually able to beat their previous...
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    Full Dynamic Lighting absolutely kills my system in STALKER!

    Using a 1950XT crossfire with my 1900XT and playing this game at 1680x1050 with everything maxed and it does slow down and chopy at times. Never figured out why -- maybe I got something messed up with my Crossifre set up not sure. ANyhow figured it would fly.
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    DFI Lanparty UT DR Expert SLI CPU fan shutting down

    Ok no where in my bios can i tell the stupid board NOT to shut my CPU fan off. There are lots of BIOS settings to set it at what temperature it should either be at full or shut off completely. I have set it to the lowest setting which is 25 to go full power but my temps keep staying at 23-24...
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    BitTorrent

    Bingo... same here. Actually at times during using it, all my network is pretty much dead.. I have to shut it down... close all apps.. reboot modem and such. DOnt know either.
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    Remote Desktop connection going through a router

    Bah I just found this link with a previous post LOL Ultr@VNC -- Guess I should have read more posts before asking. I will try this method.
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    Remote Desktop connection going through a router

    Hi all, Not sure if I can explain this correctly but I am having an issue with setting my dad's home office up with Windows XP remote desktop feature. Essentially he has two computers and he is always messing them up. I live rather far from him and we often spend either a long time on the...
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    PNY 7800 GTX

    Hey everyone... anyone have any experience with this card? Why are they that much cheaper? I can get one of these for $450 Canadian locally. That's just about 100$ less than a BFG 7800 GTX that is on sale for a weel for $559. Normally I see the GTX for well over $600. I noted that the PNY...
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    Hardrive Performance

    Hi all, I went out and bought a 36GB Raptor (SATA) for my main comp. That was not enough in space so I also bought a Maxtor 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA/150 drive. Now I stupidly paid quite a ransom for that minute 36 GB Raptor thinking that it was the fastest thing out there (I could not...