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    Performance difference between Raptor drives.

    Anyone know if there is any performance increase between the 74 GB, 150 GB and 150 GB raptor X? Just wanted to know if any one person has had working experience with either two of the drives or maybe all three. I checked the net and can't seem to find any direct comparisons. Any links...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I have a gigabyte ds3 motherboard. The problem Im having is with the keybaord not working at startup. For example I can go into the BIOS and make modifications using the keyboard and go to the use boot menu only after enabling USB keyboard support in BIOS. The problem comes when I go to...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I have a gigabyte ds3 motherboard. The problem Im having is with the keybaord not working at startup. For example I can go into the BIOS and make modifications using the keyboard and go to the use boot menu only after enabling USB keyboard support in BIOS. The problem comes when I go to...
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    Please help

    I installed the CPU but I'm having a tough time putting on the retails heatsink and fan. I watched the intel video on installation and it looks simple. It looks like you lightly press on the four corners and it just snaps in. It is not doing that for me. Anyone please help.. I'm doing...
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    If I use and HDTV for my computer monitor....

    What will be my maximum resolution in windows? 1360x728?. I am thinking of a DVI-I to HDMI cable from my 8800GTS to the set. Probably a stupid question but oh well I don't know. I know the HDTV does 1080i as well so maybe.
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    SATA optical drive or IDE?

    Here is the problem. I currently don't even own a DVD burner at the moment. My motherboard does not support SATA either. It's important to note that I will be transfering new mobo, RAM, graphics card, PSU and the DVDrw drive into my current case for the time being. I am building a new...
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    Question about power supply

    I bought a core 2 duo E6420 and I'm likely getting the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB PCIe video card this Friday. Just wondering about power supply. I already ordered the PSU which is a Coolermaster eXtreme Power 600W SLI/CF Power Supply. I checked the BFG website and it says...
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    32 or 64 bit vista?

    Hi I'm building my new rig on Friday and installing Vista Ultimate. What I'm wondering is if I should install the 32 or 64 bit version. Are there any application compatibility issues with the 64 bit version or is it backwards compatible. My computer will be: Core 2 Duo E6420 2 GB of...
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    Which video card to get?

    I have the Core 2 Duo E6400 and 2 GB OCZ dual channel RAM. Im getting the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo. Which video card should I get? Can I just choose any of these or is there one option that is better than the other? Possibly looking at either BFG 8800 GTS OC2 320 MB Asus GF 8800...
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    Which motherboard should I get?

    Posted this in general hardware but thought I might get extra responses here since this is the official mobo forum. :) I just bought a Core 2 Duo E6420 CPU and 2 GB OCZ PC2-6400 RAM dual channel today. I'm probably going with a Nvidia graphics card in 2 weeks and will need a motherboard as...
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    Which motherboard should I get?

    I just bought a Core 2 Duo E6420 CPU and 2 GB OCZ PC2-6400 RAM dual channel today. I'm probably going with a Nvidia graphics card in 2 weeks and will need a motherboard as well. Anybody have any suggestions on which mobo I should get? Which brand and model? I'm checking now and would like...
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    Questions about which CPU etc. to get

    Hi I'm new here. I wanted to get some info about a purchase I am considering. I know a lot of people probably consider the core 2 duo architecture to be better than AMD 64 X2 but I am trying to build a budget system so AMD is the way to go I guess. So what I need to know is: I'm...