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    X-Fi sound card worth it?

    I'm glad that I didn't stuff my Audigy 2ZS to my new Win7 64bit PC... Creative used to be the ONLY dominating sound card maker (Goes all the way back to Sound Blaster 16-bit, remember?) but now you have so many options to choose from. Man those were the days... SB AWE64 that was the...
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    4890 or a 5xxx card?

    ^+1.
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    Awaiting Clarkdale

    I already ordered mine on newegg, I'll let you know when it arrives next week.
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    Upgrade Q6600 to i7 920: worthwhile??

    There was an invention called the dark room. lol.
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    Upgrade Q6600 to i7 920: worthwhile??

    I jumped from E6600 o/c 3.2 to i7 920... I haven't even o/c yet but I can already feel the difference. Jumped from XP to Win7 64bit as well. Wow what a difference. I have a photography business and do a lot of RAW image conversions (8000+ 10Mb RAWs on fashion week), and my old computer was...
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    Audigy2ZS vs onboard HDAudio (ADI AD2000B)?

    I've recently upgraded my E6600 machine to a i7 920. I'm left with a Audigy 2 ZS card that I'm unsure of what to do with. Since it's a PCI card I can't put it to the bottom of the mobo/case to allow better airflow to my 5850. Is the ADI AD2000B better than Audigy 2 ZS? I've heard that the new...
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    Thermalright Venomus X with "Pressure Vault Bracket"

    This mount looks exactly like the one that comes with my U120E Rev.C ... perhaps it's just a wrong pic by mistake?
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    Fan controller choices

    What about the Zalman ZM-MFC3? Tho it only has 4 fans/temp controls. I have the MFC2 and it works great. http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=341
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    Scythe Setsugen GPU air cooler

    ^But what if I don't overclock?
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    Thermalright Venomus X with "Pressure Vault Bracket"

    Goddamnit I just ordered my U-120E last week... Nice mounting bracket but I almost never ever remove the damn thing after it's mounted anyhow.
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    Scythe Setsugen GPU air cooler

    Did anyone check out the review on this? The arguments that it does not blow air outside of the case & doesn't cool the PWM are valid. Add the cost factor as well it might not be all that feasible... Oh well... let me pickup a 5850 first to see how loud the stock fan is first before I...
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    Is it ok to ghost from a HDD to SSD?

    Can you please provide us with more info on how this is done? Maybe doing a fresh win7 install is more worthwhile than going through all this.
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    Is it ok to ghost from a HDD to SSD?

    Hey guys, Is it safe to run Ghost on my 320Gb HD to the Intel 160Gb SSD? Obviously used disk space is nowhere near 160Gb. Thanks.
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    Win7: Upgrade from HD to Intel SSD

    I just got a new Gateway EC1430u laptop with Win7 Home Premium 64bit and it has a 320Gb HD. If I buy an Intel 160Gb SSD with TRIM support, do I just clone the drive and Win7 will automatically configure everything for SSD?
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    XP - upgrading mobo/cpu/ram only ...

    I'm still running XP on my desktop, if I upgrade from E6600 to 920/Asus P6T/6Gb ram do I have to do anything to XP at all? Do I have to run sysprep??? I'm thinking about uninstalling video card driver just incase. Please advice guys. Thanks.
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    *** Unofficial ASUS P6T / Deluxe / v2 Thread ***

    Will anyone choose P6T Deluxe v2 over P6T (regular) specifically in terms of o/c to 3.6-3.8Ghz 24/7 stable with 920 D0 cpu (aircooled)? Ncix have this bundle right now with vanilla P6T but not sure if I should get P6T Deluxe v2 instead. I don't need any of the extra features on the Deluxe to be...
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    *** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

    Does anybody know why my PC wouldn't go into standby mode? It will go in standby for 1-2 seconds then the system automatically resumes by itself back to the login screen. Here are my components: Geforce 7950GT SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS a PCI USB 4-port card USB Devices include Logitech...
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    PSU for an Antec P180.

    Yeah why buy a PSU from a memory maker? I use an Enermax and you can easily tell they know their stuff.
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    P180 vs P182

    I'd go for P182... absolutely love the room at the back of the motherboard tray for cable routing!!!! (They even leave a few cable ties back there.)
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    Ultra-120 /w Panaflo L1A... new fan?

    Hey guys, I've recently upgraded my case from a P160 to the new P182. I'm currently using Ultra-120 HS with Panaflo L1A 120mm fan. Which of those newer fan can I upgrade to that is quieter with more airflow? I guess I'm choosing between the Scythe S-FLEX and the Nexus??? Thanks guys.
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    *** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

    Phil: I'm aware of the limitation of 32-bit OS. I did tried to put 4x1Gb of ram in my mobo for fun and it didn't even post but that's probably because of my tight timing but I think I'm getting too old to fiddle around with my PC. :-p
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    Is Antec P182 worth the premium?

    Yeah I was completely unaware of this until I finished connecting all the cables in mine. :-p I bought it 2 days ago and it was the last 2 left at the store. AWESOME DESIGN AND QUALITY... Antec makes awesome cases and the previous one I was using was their P160 case.
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    *** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

    Has anybody tried flashing to the new 2004 BIOS? It says it improves on memory compatibility. Not sure if it will solve the issue of having 4 sticks 1Gb memory on the board?
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    *** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

    phil: I flashed to BIOS 1503 and I was able to find the C1E disable option. However, when I tried to overclock to 3.2ghz it failed to post. Setting I was attempting to change to: vCore: 1.350 vFSB: 1.300 Memory Voltage: 2.1 FSB: 400 Mem-Ratio: DDR2-800 CPU-Ratio: 8 Mem Timing: Auto...
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    Asus P5W DH - New beta BIOS (1503)

    Oops nevermind just found threads like this one a few pages down. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1948132&enterthread=y
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    Asus P5W DH - New beta BIOS (1503)

    Can someone please post link regarding to the cold-boot issue? I went to that .de website and I can't read the language (german?)
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    *** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

    Sorry for being a nub, but here's my question. :o I have a E6600, OCZ 2x1Gb Rev2 DDR2-800 4-4-4-15 and P5W DH 1407 fw. Current settings: CPU - FSB333 - DDR667 Ram - Manual - 4-4-4-15 *rest of the BIOS settings are auto* I'm trying to squeeze a bit more to 3.2Ghz (8xFSB400), but I'm...
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    OCZ DDR2 mem OK for Asus 975x mobo?

    I have an Intel C2D E6600 with Asus P5W-DH 975x mobo. I haven't started o/c'ing it yet because I currently am using 4x512Mb of Corsair 533mhz DDR2 memory. I am looking to get the Corsair XM2 stuff but availability of those seems to be lacking from where I'm at. The alternative is the OCZ...
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    Best 24" LCD?

    Best 24" is the Eizo, bar none. ;-)
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    Mobo/cpu upgrade without reinstalling xp?

    Yep I had to run the windows repair feature after I booted to the XP (slipstreamed) SP2 CD. When it was (re)installing it did tell me it had trouble finding a few files... then after I return to windows it did a few finiky things like hanging randomly because it sort of overwritten new system...
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    Mobo/cpu upgrade without reinstalling xp?

    Hi fellow geeks, I've finally ditched my oven (P4) to jump on the new Core 2 Duo E6600... Now I've upgraded the mobo and cpu and fired the baby up... xp is giving me a blue error screen then automatically restart itself. I did remember a while ago that it's impossible to use the same...