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Specs: Homebuilt machine in Aug 06 C2D X6800 2.93 4 GB DDR2 ATI 5750 1GB SB Audigy ASUS P5W DH Deluxe 3 case fans, 2 in, 1 out Thermaltake SpinQ cpu cooler Windows 7 Pro 700W psu Just installed the SpinQ which dropped my idle temps from mid 50's to mid 40's. Right now my idle is around 44-46...

Should I sell my core i7 920 system and get a core 2 Quad instead? Here is my specs: i7 920 Corsair 3GB DDR3 ASUS P6T non-deluxe XFX 8800GT alpha dog Corsair TX 750W PSU WD 300GB 7200rpm SATA HDD Enermax Uber Chakra Full tower case Windows XP 32-bit If I sold this system I would sell it for...

The two 3.0 USB ports on my ASRock 970 Extreme4 mobo don't work? Also I downloaded XFast USB and when I click on it nothing happens?

I was wondering the difference because I'm probably going to get an Alienware soon and one of the options for a hard drive was a 1TB 5,400 RPM + 64GB mSata caching drive for $225, then there was a 500GB 7,200 RPM + 128GB mSata boot drive for $175, and I was wondering if there was a better one...

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Its been really frustrating buying intel hardware. It seems that they only last for a year before something worthwhile comes along. Looking at their roadmap its 2 years between generations, yet, using the same socket most boards require a refresh to use the newer level CPUs. Take it for...

I was on steam almost bought the game but, it said "Windows XP or Vista (32-bit) (64-Bit versions of Windows not supported)" I have read things on a hit or miss on if the game would work with win 7. the game is only 5$ so its not really a loss. Anyway even with compatibility would i be able to...

WHile AMD is just getting the channel supply back up, builders are getting upset that the chip makers are maintaining their volatile pricing. CRN has a blurb about it in the midst of good news from AMD. Linkage!

Budget = USD $1600. Gaming = yep, I am a gamer, not the bleeding edge "my FPS is teh r0XX0rz" that requires liquid nitrogen to cool my overclocking, but I do play shooters and a lot of online graphic heavy stuff. Requirements: 1) Want to get 3 years minimum with the only upgrade being a new...

I just recently purchased a Core Duo based notebook, due to Turion X2 not exactly being all that I had hoped it would. One question that I do have is: with relatively little pain, will I be able to replace the chip on my notebook computer with the Core 2 Duo when it comes out? Is it possible?

I'm looking to buy a new computer and want to get some advice and opinions on motherboards, processors, a power supply, case and ram. It will be a home desktop pc. I'm going to be doing a lot of multi-tasking, running different programs at once like ms word, dreamweaver and statistics...

I recently upgraded my video card from a AIW Radeon 8500DV to an AIW X800XT. Now every once in a while my system will randomly and momentarily lock up- display and mouse freeze and i get a popping sound comming from the speakers. It lasts about 5 seconds and when it unlocks, my CD drives spool...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) I've read about some ups's having their outlets too close to each other. With that in mind, if I use my current stuff which is all plugged into a surge protector (in a strip) and leave that as is and just unplug this surge protector from...

I keep getting drunk and emailing random people trying to start fights. Hpow can I get help? Please email me :do not post your personal email on the forums, kk thanks:

Slow boot into windows with SSD I have a 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD as my OS drive. The drive is still less than half full- just Win 7 and some small programs. The problem is that it used to take about 25-30 sec to go from off to desktop, but now it takes over a minute 65-70 sec to do the same...

Archived from groups: alt.games.halo (More info?) Hi, I was just curious if any of you guys are planning lan parties after the Halo 2 release. I have one planned for November 20th. I will have a definite 8 and a possible 22 attendees. Anybody in Winston Salem NC interested? spidey

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I just bought a new motherboard and found out that it doesn't have a PATA connector on the motherboard so I cannot connect my DVD drive to it. I have a SATA cable except the DVD drive doesn't have a SATA connector on it. Should I get a PATA to SATA converter? If so which one should i get...

Hi guys, I've first enabled AHCI in BIOS and then I've installed Windows 7 x64 on a brand new PC with SSD. So I wan't to ask does Windows 7 has automatically configured it's Registry for AHCI mode? I checked via CMD with this command fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify and it returned 0...

my system continues to lock up. i've gone over everything and I determined it is my power supply. i have an athlon 900 w/FIC Az11 motherboard, savage 2000 video, 384mb ram, modem, 1 dvd, 1 cdrom, and a usb mouse all connected to a 230 watter. (on the back it says in little small engraved...