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    Artifacts in startup screen + other weird things

    Hey everyone, I've been having some weird graphics glitches and some strange crashes with programs(World of Warcraft especially) Here's my setup: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Asus A8N-E Mobo 500W Seasonic S12 PSU 2GB OCZ memory ATI X1900XT video card SB Audigy ZS2 This problem first...
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    Troubleshooting my computer

    Ok, I'm trying to figure out which part of my computer has crapped out. My video card had a warning light that said something was wrong with the power coming into the card. This led me to think that my PSU was somehow broken. But, power is still being supplied to the computer. Everything lights...
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    Is my video card dead?

    So I shipped my desktop down to my college dorm and when I booted it up for the first time, nothing was showing on the screen. And my monitor was still in sleep mode. I cracked open my case and I noticed that my video card's fan would not wind down. It was blowing at 100%. Then I noticed two...
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    Possible Video card or PSU problems

    Ok, so I just shipped my desktop to my dorm room and something may have been damaged in transit. I tried booting it up for the first time and nothing was showing on screen. The monitor was still on standby mode. I checked the video card and the fan was running at full speed(without winding down)...
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    Hard drive louder than normal

    I have a seagate hard drive and normally it's really quiet, but now whenever it's reading or writing something to it, it's making very loud(relatively) clicking/reading sounds. It's usually very rapid and goes on for "bursts". I'm backing things up either way, but this seems very strange...
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    quad cores vs 2 dual cores

    I'm trying to help a friend put a workstation together and I'm wondering, besides the price, is there any advantage in having a quad core over 2 dual cores or vice versa? I've been trying to decide whether or not 2 dual core 5140 xeons or 2 e6600's are somehow better at batch rendering than a...
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    Medusa 5.1's?

    I'm thinking of buying myself a mid-range headset since I have a roomie and I'd prefer not to have sounds of explosions and gunfire going off everywhere ;). I'm pretty set on getting a headset since I need some kind of mic for VoIP, Ventrilo/Teamspeak and recording dialogue for my projects and...
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    Building a new compie for a friend

    - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Case http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119068 - GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (LGA 775)Intel P965 Express ATX http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128012 - eVGA GeForce 7900GTO 512MB...
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    Uh oh...time for me to back everything up

    I'm not sure what is causing this problem and I'm hoping I won't have to switch out major components. Yesterday, Windows would not start. After my motherboard splash screen showed, there was nothing but black. I thought nothing of it at the time and restarted the comp. Windows worked fine. Today...
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    Lowest overclock on a 1900XT?

    Ok, there's been a few threads about highest overclock but what about lowest? I'm curious as to whether or not anyone has gotten the "bottom of the barrel" batch of XT cards. The reason I ask is because I tried overclocking an XT and I can't even get 650mhz core clock speed without artifacts or...
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    Processor making odd sounds?

    This is really strange. I know they don't have any moving parts so... I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and I benchmarked my system with 3dMark05. When the program started doing its CPU tests, I heard tiny clicking sounds in sync with what was going on on the screen. It was under heavy load at this...
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    Silverstone Temjin05 thoughts?

    Hi everyone. I couldn't find any mention of the TJ05 on the boards and I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with them. I was planning on buying one and I was drawing to it since it had such nice reviews regarding cooling. Keeping the insides cool is a pretty major factor for me...
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    Suggestions for a new computer builder

    Hi guys, I'm new to building computers and I figured this would be the best place to get some advice. I've replaced parts before but I've never actually built one from scratch. I'm actually having fun researching and figuring out what parts I'll need. My budget is about $1500 and I have several...