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    need help choosing some gear

    I currently have a dlink 514 wireless router. It's been discontinued for some time now. Both of my desktops are using standard gigabit ethernet ports on their mobo's. My laptop is the only thing using the wireless connection of the network at this time. I have to move soon and the layout of...
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    HELP!

    so i got some new fans today i booted my computer and checked my mail and shut it down to install the new fans so when i get new case fans installed and press the power button nothing happens my motherboard should have some lights that come on, but i get thothing i have a multi...
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    biostar t-force 550 overclocking

    within the bios there is a setting for auto overlocking, where it makes adjustments to all the settings based off of 3 default presets i noticed my fsb went from 333 to 266 for each core when using this feature i want to up my cpu speed from stock 2.0 to 2.2 and leave all other settings...
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    nforce drivers

    there are nforce drivers available on the mobo's website nVIDIA nFORCE5 MCP55 Chipset Driver (LAN,SMBus,IDE) and there are drivers on the nvida website nForce 570 SLI/570/550 - Windows XP/2000 (32-Bit) i have a biostar tforce 550 AM2 board, it uses the 430 northbridge are they both one...
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    Does the ASUS A8N-VM CSM support pc2100?

    I have a 2x512mb pair of pc2100 cosair memory, and I was wondering if it would work in the ASUS A8N-VM CSM motherboard. The mobo standard is pc3200 ddr dual channle. mobo specifcation on: Memory 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/ non-ECC,un-buffered...
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    need 80mm case fan

    i need to get some new fans for my rig, and i want to get a fan that actualy changes speed based upon the temp, one that is actualy "smart" can come with adjustable speed or not, just as long as its "smart" the mobo is a biostar tforce am2 550, and its fan headers are 4 pins these fans...
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    newbish memory questions

    Why all the different ddr2 speeds? Most mobo's I look at are ddr2 800 standard so. Why choose a slower speed of ddr2? What is the difference between ddr2 400 and ddr2 800. What makes memory overclockable? volts, latency, speed? Now that memory has gotten price hike, what would be...
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    Budget Build, Is this Ok?

    Can't spend more than 1000$, feel free to offer up somthing if you feel it is more bang for the buck. Here is what I have sofar which comes to $875.91 before tax, and shipping. MOBO Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail VIDEO 2 of...