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    How do I set up RAID for my hard-drives?

    That would be a terrible move, pairing a different sized 10 00rpm HDD with a 7200rpm HDD. If you do that then your transfers will only be as fast as the slowest drive in the array (ie: the 7200rpm drive), meaning that your raptor would be wasted. Also, on a 74gb HDD (ie: the raptor), you should...
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    Armenian Genocide - April 24, 1915

    Can0Worms, thats exactly what I think when this whole "own up to genocide issue comes up". Turkey should own up to its atrocities, but the irony of it all is that the countries who most often preach self righteousness normally have the worst histories of the lot (ie: England, USA, Spain, France...
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    Does the nForce advantage still exist?

    I think that had more to do with AMDs integrated memory controller and hypertransport then the actual chipset itself. It's probably better for you to focus more on features and stability when deciding which chipset you want to get.
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    Why is my CPU making strange noises?

    What settings did you tweak?
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    Why is my CPU making strange noises?

    Yep those are the ones I am talking about. I can't give a technical explanation on why they would whine/squeak, but it seems a lot more probable then the cpu itself squeaking. Since the noise goes away when the cpu is running at a lower clock\volage the suggested scenario seems even more likely...
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    Why is my CPU making strange noises?

    Maybe its the voltage regulators on your mobo?
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    Best looking Race?

    Not on the same scale, not yet anyway. It's going that way, but I'm just pointing out if Caucasian women were in general, that "good" looking (and I'm not saying they are all bad looking), it wouldn't be necessary for them to have all these procedures done in order for them to think they look...
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    Best looking Race?

    Yeah that's right, Caucasian women, with their fake tans, fake boobs, and half a ton of make-up look wonderful....
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    K7VZA rev 3 CPU help

    I used a 2400+ barton in a k7vza rev 3.0 about 2.5 ago (the mobo has died since then). It worked just fine, although the cpu was under clocked a bit, since the board only supports a 200mhz FSB.
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    Vista gadget problem.

    I have a single display hooked up and every time I run a full screen application any undocked gadgets move toward the left of the screen (about 3/4 of the way).
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    Post your GPU History

    PCI: S3 Verge DX AGP: TNT2 16mb MX440 64mb PCI-E: 7800GTX 256mb
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    Best QUIET case for 8800GTX

    I was under the impression that the 8800GTX fits just fine in the P180 as long as you take out one of the hard drive bays. However I haven't looked into it very closely, so I'm probably wrong
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    How to know if my video card supports 1680 x 1050

    That isn't a standard PC resolution so I'm not surprised that it is not supplied by default. Since you have an older card, your best bet would be to use powerstrip to achieve the resolution that you want. It may take a bit of messing around (and learning your way around powerstrip) but it isn't...
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    PS3 emulating Xbox games?

    Well think of it like this, if there isn't a proper xbox emulator for linux yet (which I don't think there is) what is the chances of getting an xbox emulator thats runs on linux that runs on the ps3. Get what I mean? If an xbox emulator for Linux is ever released, then it will probably be...
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    KVM Switch

    One thing you should watch out for is additional mouse\keyboard button support. I bought some cheap generic KVM, and it works, but the extra buttons on my mouse and keyboard don't work. The keyboard isn't a big issue, but I use the side buttons on my mouse all the time, making the KVM pretty...
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    MSI 975X Platinum Power Up Edition

    Well, as you would probably know, the 680i is an nvidia chipset. From what I can see basically the only extra you get with the 680i is SLI so if you don't want that then it probably isn't worth it. Both are quad core compatible as well. Obviously there are many other subtle differences, but...
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    MP3 player recommendations please

    I haven't had any experience with any of those players, but I did used to hear a lot of people rave about how good the Rio Carbon was. At the moment I have a 6GB iriver e10 and it works really well. The only things I don't like about it is that it uses a proprietary USB connector, but apart from...
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    MSI 975X Platinum Power Up Edition

    Matt, no one is going to help you if you keep hijacking threads. If you have a question. do a search, or make your own thread. Tizyler, apparently the 975X chipset boards (like the MSI 975X Platinum) OC better with the E6600 and E6700, while the P965 chipset boards (such as the P5B-E)...
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    E6300 at low voltage

    Yeah that should be fine. All you need is something that stresses your CPU.
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    E6300 at low voltage

    What he is trying to say that if you had a higher vcore then you would be able to overclock further. Therefore by setting your vcore so low, you are limiting your potential overclock. But if you are happy with it running at 2940mhz, which is still pretty good in my books, just keep it running...
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    Case front panel LOCKED!

    Just get a paper clip and pick the lock. Those locks they use on cases are just for novelty purposes (well the ones I have come across anyway) , they aren't overly secure.
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    Does DVI make a difference?

    I have found that text is a lot sharper using DVI then it is using the VGA output. Another good thing about DVI is that your screen is always aligned properly, unlike VGA where you have to do it manually.
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    Media Center 2005: What hardware/software do I need to add?

    You should look for a card with BDA drivers. Any card with BDA drivers will work in MCE. Most of the hauppauge cards seem to be supported in MCE, but they seem to be fairly pricey. I have only used MCE with Digital Tv (DVB-T), but I am pretty sure the same applies to all TV Tuner usage under...
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    want an SLI setup, have one 7800 GT

    You need one of the same model. So you can use a BFG 7800gt with an eVGA 7800gt in SLI, but not a 7800gt and a 7800gtx. Im pretty sure you will only get them second hand now, because they are not manufactured anymore.
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    Cool & quiet on KN8-SLI

    What are the options for it in the bios? If there is an "on" option try that instead of "auto". Also make sure that you have installed the AMD cpu drivers.
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    Playing .mpg in OS X 10.4

    Try vlc: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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    Looking for a budget laptop $1000

    Dell seem to have some reasonably priced systems (down here in Australia anyway). Their casing isn't particularly fancy, and it isn't all anodized aluminium like you would expect from for expensive laptops, but they do put reasonable components in there for the price.
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    So why don't you have a 360?

    I'll probably buy the 360 next year when prices have dropped. The halo 3 launch date will be nearing too, which is actually one of the only games (along with gears of war) that I am interested in playing on the 360 right now. Computer gaming is great when only one person wants to play but if...
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    MSI 975X Platinum Powerup & Virtualization

    Google VMware, that would be a good place to start.This probably isn't the best forum to ask about virtualization though. I would recommend you make a new post in the software forum, or maybe the Operating Systems one. Either that or you can ask a mod to move this one over for you.
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    Is it me or did Firefox go downhill since 1.0?

    I have three windows open with a total of about 19 tabs and firefox (version 2.0) is only using 68mb of ram. How many pages are you trying to open at once when it shows 100mb memory usage? Meanwhile internet explorer (version 6) is using 38mb with only ONE window open (and no tabs obviously).
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    Asus P5B Deluxe + active IDE optical drive = mouse lag?

    Do you have your mouse hooked up through PS2 or USB? If you have it hooked up to PS2 then switch to USB and if it is hooked up through USB switch it to PS2. I know you dont have that option with all mice, but if you do, try it out. That isnt really a long term solution to your problem, but if it...
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    What is it about humans that makes some of us think shooting an animal with a gun is brave or noble or tough

    Yes, but there is no point in pretending that there is no connection between the two. What I was getting at is that people who do stuff like that give responsible gun owners and "hunters" bad names whether there is that distinction there or not, because in the end there is a fine line between...
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    What is it about humans that makes some of us think shooting an animal with a gun is brave or noble or tough

    Well personally I would never want to hunt myself, or hurt any other species for that matter. However, I don't think there is anything wrong with hunting, as long as it is done humanely, and you eat what you kill. What pisses me off is when you hear of people slaughtering animals for nothing, or...
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    eVGA 680i First Review :

    What I would like to know is how stable the thing is. I haven't had much luck with nforce 4 (stability issues) so hopefully nvidia have cleaned up their act here. Their boards seem fine, its the drivers that are lacking.
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    Mac OS X vs. Windows XP

    For your purposes It doesn't make sense to go Mac. Graphic design seems to be the lowest in your list of priorities and that is what OS X is supposedly good at (I say supposedly because I haven't seen any evidence of what makes it better then any other OS for graphic design). Web design...
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    MX 1000

    :P kind of ironic since one of the selling points of the mx1000 is that it functions better on a wider range of surfaces then a standard optical mouse. That said, I have had a MX1000 for about a year now and haven't had any problems with it at all no matter what surface I use it on. Maybe they...
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    Is it true P965 runs really HOT and needs extra cooling?!

    Heat pipes just transfer the heat to another area on the board. The benefit of heatpipe cooling on a motherboard is that heat from the chipset can be transported to an area on the mobo with more free space (and no overhanging, heat spewing gfx cards) where that can be dissipated more effectively...
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    65W X2 4200+ and Asus M2NPV-VM

    Well, if thats what AMD say, I would just try to set it to 1.25v in the bios. Either way, it wont hurt. Just run some stress tests after that (ie: prime 95) and make sure everything is stable. If it is, then everything is fine, if it isn't, then set it back. Easy!
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    Media Center won't play 5.1 DVD audio... but Media PLAYER will O.o

    Do you use Nvidia's purevideo decoder by any chance? There was a fix for 5.1 sound and MCE a while ago. If you do, check it out at the nvidia site.
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    Suggestions on Porting my MP3's to our Audio System..

    Or if you wanted to go the DIY route, you could buy a modchipped (or softmodded) second hand xbox and run XBMC on it. All you have to then is hook it up to your network (via ethernet, or one of those wireless ethernet bridges) and you can access all your music. It just may be something for you...