Recent content by sorthnarolina

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    Need help determining value of used parts to sell...

    yeah that's tricky I really don't want to sell then have it go over poorly with a new owner,. But at the same I don't want to deal with helping them set it up too much. Unless they requested. I'd like to just sell it and leave it at that. I've tested it for stability over and over again so if it...
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    Need help determining value of used parts to sell...

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    Need help determining value of used parts to sell...

    asking an educated friend he told me 180 dollars firm, what do you mean between parts and system?
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    Need help determining value of used parts to sell...

    E8400 core 2 duo with zalman cnps9500 cooler abit quadgt ix38 motherboard 2 x 2gb pc2 8500 memory I've never overclocked it despite the highend cooler.
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    Slow HD video off of WD Caviar Black 750GB...

    Alright I'm having a horrible little problem with my 1 year old WD caviar black 750GB hard drive. I record football games off of WMC to my hard drive and the HD video that plays off of it is incredibly choppy and slow. The files are very large but I've never had a problem before. I'm using...
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    Looking for decent laptop to play older games

    1. My budget is $500 minimum and about $1000 max. 2. I think 15" is about right for screen size. 3. 1366 x 768 would be a minimum resolution. 4. My laptop is just for basic needs, websurfing, taking notes, and light gaming. 5. About 5 hours on a charge would be ideal, maybe 2-3 hours on...
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    Thinking about a vintage gaming build....

    I forgot to mention, games to play would be things like starcraft battlezone midtown madness 1 & 2 deus ex the theif series so it be about 10 years old maximum I would think I know ati is better than nvidia with older games, I'm wondering how new my components could be
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    Thinking about a vintage gaming build....

    I've been hankering to play some of the older games of my childhood from the 90s, I have a vista x64 machine right now so it's just not cutting it when I want to have that good feeling of nostalgia from way back in the day I'm looking for information on either how to get these games to work...
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    My uploaded youtube videos are very choppy....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17S-CEzafY it's not the quality thats the problem it's the framerate
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    My uploaded youtube videos are very choppy....

    I am very new to this, I'm a big football fan and I have been recording football games on my computer through a Hauppage 1600 in 720p I edit the videos in WMM, when i publish the movies i do them in 640 x 480 to make it easier on youtube to do it's job, I'd like to do them in high quality if...
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    AVerMedia M780 vs. Hauppauge HVR 1800

    I have a hauppage 1600 and i love it, you won't be dissapointed with hauppage the 650 HD compared to mine is very very close, you need a big monitor to tell the difference, but analog is another story, the 650 is the best on the market for that
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    looking for a good video card...

    lol i should have picked a better topic title, my b thanks for your help
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    looking for a good video card...

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116015 this is what I have picked