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    Need some opinions on some upgrades

    I was thinking of upgrading my CPU and Video Card. Since the good Video cards are PCI-e that means i would have to replace my AGP only motherboard. Here what i was thinking of upgrading my rig with: ASRock 939SLI320-eSATA2, Opteron 146, and an 7900GT This will cost around $590. Any...
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    Looking for a good 939 mobo w/ only 1 16x pci-e

    I only need one16x PCI-E slot since i will only be buy one video card. Any one know of any good mobos that fit this discription?
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    power consumption of psu.

    How much watts per hours do power supplies consumes. The reason is that at my house we are very concerned about electricity consumption. For example i have a pcpower and cooling silencer 410 psu in my rig. The question is the wattage rated at a per hours basis or the by watts supplied. If it...
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    Windows using PowerPC.

    I heard a rumor that IBM is bringing their PowerPC CPUs over to the PC side. Also i just got done reading that microsoft gave out development kits for their XBOX 2 and guess what they are G5 running a modified version of windows NT.
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    6800GT cooler relpacement suggestions

    Currently my stock BFG 6800GT idles at 60c and at load runs up to 80c. Ive read other forums and threads that said the stock BFG cooler was not very good. Currently the stock cooler is the loudest thing in my system. Does any one have any suggestions on aftermarket coolers for the 6800GT? One...
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    need advice for OCing my A64

    Right now i have my 3000+ winchester oc'd to 2070. Here are my current components and settings: MSI Neo2 Plat OCZ Performance Series 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3500 939 3000+ w/ thermaltake silent boost K8 BFG 6800GT @ 410/1080 FSB: 230 HTT: 3 cas Latency: 2.5-3-3-6 T2 Multi x9 I tried...
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    How fast and how hot?

    I was just wonder what people are getting from their 6800s and A64. Right now my whole system is running at stock speeds. So my BFG 6800GT is running at 58-62 C idle and my 3000+ 90nm is running 40 C idle are these numbers high?
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    need help with my new system

    I just currently put together a new system with A64 3000+, MSI K8N NEO2, 1 GB RAM and it will not boot up to the bios screen. I have installed the D-bracket that came with my MSI mobo and so far my system get stuck at Processor initalization.
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    Intel or AMD.

    I was just wonder which company makes better procs?
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    need suggestion for upgrading to a AMD 64 platform

    I am currently thinking about upgrading my computer. Here is what i currently have: Athlon XP 1800+ MSI KT3 Ultra 512mb PC2700 60GB PATA HD Audigy 2 ZS Bfg 6800GT I want to build an Athlon 64 system that takes full advantage of my 6800GT. I have a budget of about $1000. Any suggestions?