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    OC'ed Gaming Build - Any improvements to this ?

    Need to purchase a new gaming rig. Intend to Overclock using Air cooling. Will run 1280 x 1024 resolution max. Play mostly HL2 / DOD:S / BF2. Any serious improvements on this build -- I've listed it out on NewEgg in my saved wishlist: NOTE -- for monitor -- I'll most likely end up...
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    New Desktop Build - SUGGUSTIONS NEEDED if possible to do this

    Hi - Time for me to build a new PC -- for my folks and I wanted to buy them something I could use when I visit to play games on also. Initially I was thinking about getting them a Dell 9200 or E520 using a C2D CPU with 2 GB RAM -- but I realized a few issues -- I wanted a decent good video...
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    Any differences in X1900XT -- ATI vs Sapphire vs HIS vs Powercooler ?

    Hi -- going to buy one of these bad boys ... and was wondering wondering if there is any difference at all between the ATI product and the OEM solutions ... at this point for the X1900XT card. Is there any reason to pick one mfg over another ... or is the only difference right now the best price...
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    What Do you Think of this config

    Been wanting to purchase but haven't and now is the time I have to pull the trigger. I've more or less decided on the items just need a few final suggustions on which way to go for a few items - MoBo, CPU Cooler and PSU. Others I've decided on. MoBo - Which one for Good OC w Opty 144 and...
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    X1800XT w/ATI MoBO or 7800GT SLI w/nVidia MoBo ?

    Been reading here for a while and now looking at the following issue -- A) Get a single X1800XT and down the road do crossfire on it. This should give me better performance then my "old" 7800 GTX 256 MB. Issue though is what MoBo that supports ATI Crossfire and is stable and good at OC'ing...
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    Upgrade Assistance Needed - Thanks!

    I had built the following machine in Mid August 2005 and used it until now and just sold it to a friend. I need to build a new machine for myself ... what would you recommend I choose -- BTW -- I ONLY use the machine for gaming @ 1920 x 1200 resolution with a 24" LCD (Dell). Machine Sold off...
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    Mother Board Monitor with EPoX 9NPA+Ultra

    Hi - Using Speedfan right now ... but not a fan of it (no pun intended). It shows the wrong 3.3v rating at 1.6x volts, etc. Have used MBM a long time ago and liked it ... on another machines ... Anyone know how to get MBM to work with an EPoX 9NPA+Ultra ? Thanks
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    AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Overclock and Prime95 Question ...

    A question I do have is -- what is Prime95 stressing and failing on when running the Torture Blend test with the setting of use 1500 Megabytes of RAM ... the CPU or the RAM -- which item is causing the rounding > .05 as compared to less the .04 or something like that -- is it RAM or CPU ...
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    New Machine - Overclocked AMD 64 3000+ with Value Crucial RAM

    What do you think ... got the MoBo, CPU and RAM from NewEgg this week only. The exact MoBo is the EPoX 9NPA-Ultra set with 1.7 volts to CPU and 2.9 Volts to RAM (set through BIOS). The RAM is two sticks of Crucial's CT12864Z40B.M16FD not the .16T NOTE: SpeedFan is showing Vcore as 1.63V...
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    EPoX 9NPA-Ultra -- Monitoring Question ...

    Hi I just got my EPoX 9NPA-Ultra based system put together and got WinXP SP2 installed etc. Was trying to use the nVidia NVMonitor app and it tells me "Your system does not have BIOS support to launch NVMonitor.exe" and ends. Have I configured something wrong ... or should I be using...
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    NorthBridge Cooling for EPOX EP-9NPA+Ultra Mobo

    Have an EPOX EP-9NPA+Ultra MoBo with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 939 CPU, 2 GB RAM (1GB x 2 modules) and the PCIe slot has a 7800GTX Graphics card in it. Was wondering if anyone else who has this MoBo could recommend a 3rd party Northbridge cooler that would work better then the one included ...
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    7800GTX -- 3rd Party Cooling Solution ?

    Anyone have any suggustions to a 3rd party Cooler or kit for the 7800GTX card (I've an eVGA one) Want to see if I can jack it's speeds up further. I'm looking to by an air cooling base solution.
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    7800GTX -- RivaTuner -- Speeds shown question ...

    Have a eVGA 7800GTX Factory OC at 450 / 1200. Drivers are Forceware 77.77 and have RivaTuner 15.6 installed. I've set my 3D Performance settings to 490 GPU / 1275 RAM. I ran the Hardware monitoring item within RivaTuner and noticed the following behavior. Standard nothing running really...
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    Overclocking -- Best Heatsink Fan Combo for AMD3000+ 939 Socket

    Hi -- Just bought my entire system ... and have one last item left. What is the best aircooled based solution for me to use to overclock an AMD Athlon 3000+ Socket 939 CPU on an EPOX 9NPA+Ultra MoBo. I looked at the items shown below and it seems nice based on posts here -- but seems priced...
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    Going to Purchase This ... Gaming Box

    Hello -- I've gone through the forums and managed to narrow down what I want to buy by around 11 AM Eastern on Friday morning (August 5th). I am trying to stick with 1 or 2 vendors -- NewEgg seemed cheaper the ZipZoomFly on the whole so far. The RIG will be used for GAMING only and the items...
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    BattleField 2 Profile for Belkin Nostromo n52

    Can anyone point me to a place that has a profile already configured for the n52 Thanks!
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    Opinion Sought: New Gaming Rig I am going to Assemble

    Want to put together a new machine from components (shown further below) and send my Dell back (Pentium D 820 2.8GHz with 7800GTX GPU and 1GB RAM, etc) -- because after fixing everything up the best 3DMark05 I can get is ~ 6500 rating. Would the machine I am looking to assemble below after...
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    Gaming Machine -- Build out Help

    Hi -- I have a Dell 9100 Dimension and am considering returning it since I am not getting the perf I would like outta it -- Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz w/1GB RAM (533 rating), 160 GB SATA HD, Audigy 2ZS, Dual Layer DVD Burner and nVidia 6800 GeForce Card and 802.11 USB Card. The total cost was...
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    Dimension 9100 Config and Question ...

    What do you think about this config for a Dimension 9100 -- for $ 1054 delivered. Also picked up the Dell 2405FP LCD for another $ 733 delivered after buying and then trying to cancel ... from ~ 8xx so they gave me 100 bucks back to keep it. Another question -- do you think this machine...