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    Performance Partitioning for Vista 64

    I've heard of multiple smaller drives that hold your OS can improve performance but by how much? If you have your swap file on a seperate drive, registry on seperate drive, applications seperate, etc.. can you expect a noticable boost in performance? any insight into the idea would be...
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    P5Q-E BSOD: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    all stock, no OC. I just ran memtest for 6 hours without error. as soon as i reboot into windows i open iexplorer and it crashes with bsod "pfn_list_corrupt". i reboot and windows starts with "ati catalyst couldn't load". i don't know if i should lean towards ram or gpu. i'll try running one...
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    P5Q-E BSOD: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    2 day old build - everything new. getting blue screens of death at random. passed 1 round of memtest86 3.4 boot cd. (1st day): windows installed easily, windows updated, drivers installed, not long after i start getting comfortable with my new system boom BSOD! got multiple different errors at...
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    search forum = no results

    i see it now.. the launch a search button. got it. very stealthy thanks!
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    search forum = no results

    the search feature at the top of the page is rather limited? for some reason when i try to search the forum i get no results. i just posted a topic about antec three hundred case fans. if i search forum for antec three hundred fans i get no results. what am i doing wrong or is this feature disabled?
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    antec three hundred question

    i'm about to pickup an antec three hundred for my new build but not sure on this one thing. will the front fan cages accomodate a 120 x 25 or will they take a 120 x 38 or either? i've been researching and have found conflicting information in the reviews i've been reading. also, in my process...
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    xeon not clocking correctly

    only seeing 1 of 3 snapshots i posted, url is correct.. motherboard is a supermicro p4dc6+
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    xeon not clocking correctly

    older dual 2.4 xeon not clocking correctly. sometimes it boots 800mhz, sometimes it boots 1.6ghz. what could this be? running xp sp3. system information and cpuz report the same frequency. this board has never been tampered with as far as clocking is concerned - just an old workhorse...
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    Do I have enough PSU? New Build..

    Been awhile since I built a new machine.. Let me know how this looks. newegg prices... Is this too much or even a reliable power supply? I wanted modular but not necessary i suppose. I would appreciate any other suggestions as well on combo's or discount codes. Thanks if, BIG if.. i throw...