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    SATA1 and SATA 2

    I'm presently running a few SATA II 320s and I'm thinking about throwing an older 120g SATA I in for my "backup docs". I running out of space. Will doing this "slow down" my SATA IIs? Does the slowest drive control the speed of all drives like in PATA? I'm using a striker extreme mobo...
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    I killed my Striker Extreme

    This morning before I went to work, I enabled the SLI memory option (Corsair XMS 6400C4) and set it to CPU 0%. Wasn't trying to accomplish much... I rebooted, all was fine. I come home from work, turn on the computer and the internal lights kick on for a second, then nothing. I double...
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    evga 680i Overclocking itself?

    I'm working on a buddies comp, he is running the evga 680i motherboard with a c2d 6600, 2 gig ddr2 800 ram and I'm having a hard time tracking down what is causing this issue. Everything in the bios seems to be setup right and when I boot into XP and open up the nVidia control panel it all...
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    Striker extreme 0802 bios

    I'm having problems with my mobo, something is fishy with my USB, particularly with my usb mouse. When I boot up, my mouse (copperhead razr) is "dead", and I need to unplug-replug but into a different usb port for it to be recognized. I've also been BSODing on reboot. I was finally able to...
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    Nvidia 4600 and 1680x1050

    I just picked myself up a 22" wide screen LCD and my wife loves it. I'm too lazy to carry it over to her desk and see if her card will support it. She still is running an AGP system using a 4600ti. I have a 5700 laying around somewhere in case she needs it. All she really does is browse...
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    G80s and power supplies

    I have an OCZ extreme 600w PS, and its listed as having 4 12v rails at 18amps each. I was reading the the 8800GTX requires the 12v to have 30amps. Now is that 30 amps in one rail or 30amps total? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't know much about powersupplies. Am I buying a...
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    stock 6600 3dmark score

    Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm wondering about my score it seems really low. I ran the basic verion of 3dmark06 and for my cpu test I got: Score: 1474 CPU1 Red Valley: 0.474 fps CPU2 Ref Valley: 0.734 fps I'm running a stock 6600 on a Asus p5b Motherboard with 2gigs of ddr2 800 ram...
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    MSI 7900GT video problems

    I'm having a problem, specifically with the game FEAR. I had issues right after I installed the VIVO drivers for my card. Since then I have had tp reformat and reinstalled XP. The problem is, the game locks up, I get bad tearing from lights and shadows, rainbow squares all over the place...