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How does everyone like this build? Any advice/critique would be greatly appreciated. NOTE: these are all in Canadian dollars Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043 Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe...

Hallo everyone! :hello: I'm preparing to build my first game-app-net RIGggg, Yeah... :bounce: I have Cooler Master Stacker 832 case, ...doing some case mods now, and... I need experts opinions about some components, 1. what motherboard would be better: a. ASUS Rampage Extreme LGA 775...

I am upgrading my computer with about 400-500$ to spend. My current system is a 1600+ Athlon XP with 512MB of pc2100 ram and a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128MB. I am thinking of upgrading to a Athrlon 64 3400 (754 socket) with 2GB of pc3200 and a Geforce 6600 256MB vid card. My goal is to be able to...

When testing my single DDR Ram Corsair 3200 ValueRam I came into this issue: Ram will overclock fine running sp2004 ram test to 230mhz. But when the multiplier is either on 9.5 or cpu is underclocked the ram crashes the system. Currently FSB=241 CPU mult is 10.5 = 2532mhz = no ram crashes. Is...

Any word on intels new socket? Socket H (LGA 715) and Socket B (LGA 1336)? Just wondering if anyone knows when they plan on coming out. Thanks, Peter

I'm buying a new case, the Antec P182 Gun Metal Black case, and I am also planning on getting a new PSU as my current one is a few years old and I don't think the cables will be long enough. In a month or so, I'm going to upgrade video cards from a GeForce 7800GT 256MB to one of the GeForce...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt (More info?) My old HD [IBM DeskStar...yes I know...] went dead on me. I have replaced my old HD with a new one. Now I want to transfer my old files onto my new HD. The problem is I didn't know that my old HD was going to die, so I never...

I have recently come in contact with a free APC BACKUPS 1300XS Battery Backup this one to be exact: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BX1300LCD Anyways the reason it was free is that the batterys were like bulging out braking the saroundings of the battery(the...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156062 That is the one I own. Look Closely at IMAGE #4 on NewEgg's host I HATE the door. always in the way and I just want to remove it ,not saw it off, but smartly remove the door. Anyone ever done it with details and instructions on...

The speculation is almost over, http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5877&Itemid=1 "We learned that AMD plans a massive showcase of Phenom B3 revision at Cebit and that most of AMD’s systems will be powered with these CPUs. We are talking about almost 200 computers...

I built my computer around a 4 years ago and now it needs repairing athlon xp 25OO MSI kt6 delta Corsair 512mb Seagate barracuda 8Ogb crappy PSU that came with a zoro case ATI 92OO sapphire (recently replaced with a geforce 68OO Recently my comp hangs in the bios just before the CPU or memory...

Hello All, first time to these boards. I've been out of the tech loop for a couple of years since my last computer. My alienware MB died on me so I decided to build my own this time. I've put a system together in the past that serves as a back up to my main so I'm comfortable with assembly...

I want to upgrade my GTX 470. $300 budget. Ideas, thoughts appreciated. I'm playing Sim City and BF 3 currently. Thinking about Crysis 3. Current setup: i7 930 2.8ghz 8 gig ram 750W PSU

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup (More info?) Last week, Turned my computer off, went to bed, got up next morning and turning by computer on, and that is when all the problems started. No POST, no beeps, nothing on the screen. Lights are on, can here the fans and hard...

Here it goes. I had: Asus A8N-SLI Premium AMD64 4000+ 1MB L2 clocked @ 2.6 512x4 OCZ DDR400 7800GTx2 SLI 450/1050 250GB SATA Ultra 500W PSU Windows XP SP2 That was my old build. On my old build I played TF2 in 1024x768 everything on low, with 2x AA and Trilinear filtering. I would get about...

I was wondering if anyone has graphics experience using the i945G's DMA 950 with a Pentium D processor. The DMA 950 is of course not fully DirectX 9 compliant since it doesn't include vertex shaders instead off-loading it to the processor. It occured to me that this probably wouldn't be much of...

HI guys, I finished this build two weeks ago. You like to tell people what they should have done, right? Well here's your chance. Here are my goals: 1: low cost, 2: will not be outdated in six months (like my last build) 3: ability to play new games at a medium resolution (my monitor is 17")...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I am trying to install Quicken 2005. I must uninstall Quicken 2003 before 2005 will install. I am running XP. Quicken says I must be the administrator/administrator to uninstall and install the new version. I can not...

I've seen on here that nearly everyday someone asks a question for suggestions on their choice of components of a new system they are building. So here is mine. I want a mild gaming system and something for multimedia use. Here's what I'm leaning to: MB: Asus Maximus Formula CPU: Intel...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) I just got a new rig with an ASUS A8V deluxe. I'm trying to figure out how this cool and quiet thing works. I loaded the drivers, set the power settings and I'm running the C&Q app, but I don't see any fan slowdown after...

What is the main difference between bootable and normal pen drive? I didn't see any difference between them except that normal pen drive is FAT or FAT32 and bootable pen drive is NTFS formatted. Please clarify me. Thanks in advance.

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.comp.periphs.mainboards.asus,alt.comp.pheriphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) Hi there! I am wondering why the VGA BIOS is shown first and then the POST of the BIOS starts. There could be some time saved when it could be skipped, but HOW...

Hey! My current computer was fried during a power surge, i need to get a new computer, mostly for games. prefereably with a p35 for future upgrade path. Can anyone recomend me a system for around or less than $800. I am thinking something like this. Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 Asus P5K Intel P35 OCZ...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) Does anyone know how much RAM an the Highest speed prossesors I cam get this board to support? Any help apprieciated. Thanks for your help in advance. Jason

I've fiddled with the advanced settings in the Nvidia Ntune graphics control panel and now Quake 4 is unplayable and the jaggies have returned on Dawn of War. Is there a way to revert the settings back to their defaults? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also would anyone know why Q4 wont...

Hi all, I just got a Duron 700 with EPoX EP-8KTA+, and I'd like to overclock it.. from what I've read, all I need to do is connect all the L1 bridges and then modify the dips on the motherboard. Is that right? Please respond.. Now, I am connecting the L1 bridges with a lead pencil, will that...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) No matter what I try, using any 800FSB P4 on this motherboard locks the system at various points (BIOS, after OS loads, etc.). Is this motherboard and it's chipset just incapable of running an 800FSB processor? -- C The...

This post is meant to be a basic introduction to homebuilt PC's and even a refresher to those of use who haven't done it in a while. The points covered will be basic; yet if anyone can think of something specific that would help or if I just missed something entirely let me know and I'll edit...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) i have a mainborad msi ms6309 and the bios doesn't see the 200 go of the harddisc (seagte barracuda) but 137 go. i wanted to flash the bios but on the msi and ami-bios web site there are not new bios update.the last...

I am in the process of building a Workstation for my job. I'm trying to get away from the $1000 Quadro 3500 or FireGl 7300 or $1500 Quadro 4500. Does anyone KNOW how well the 8800 would work for CAD type applications? I know there have been issues with the GeForce chips and CAD in the past...

Archived from groups: comp.security.firewalls (More info?) Hi, With all the worms and MS patches out there we have recently installed a firewall by Symantec but we are trying to figure out how to allow the Windows Update site to work. We thought that the redirected http service would be enough...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox (More info?) Hi All, just a short question: I'd like to know how I can disable the S-ATA Support on my Epox 8RDA3+!? I looked for a jumper or a setting in the Bios, but I found nothing. Is there a solution?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone who used the XForce 3D Glasses as reviewed here if they worked well. Is image clarity high quality, or do you suffer great image quality loss? It seems too good to be true, it's cheap, it doesn't require any specially programmed games or video hardware (Except any...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) Hi, I am going to build a computer that is going to be used for listening to MP3's and as a personal video recorder (Tivo). I have been considering two mother boards: Asus P4P800 Deluxe and the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe. I want...

how easy is it to add a second hdd do i need to alter settings in the bios?or is it plug and play

one of my friends has a 3.2 HT Ghz Northwood in a laptop, readings are 102*C i told him to buy a mobo + RAM + vid card+ case and pop the CPU in since it is no a mobile CPU.. any other suggestions?

Hi Folks. I seem to have a problem booting my system into XP Home when there is a USB device attached (and active). The system will hang shortly after the CPU Health test. When there are no USB devices attached, the system boots normally, then the devices can be connected and operated...

Hey, When you have about 1 or 2 GB of RAM, is it okay to just simply get rid of a page file on your hard drive? Or do programs do a good job of filling that memory? If you still do need a page file, how big? The old rule used to be about 2 x RAM size (2.5 according to PC gamer, but they also...

I have a PC based on an Intel 915GEV motherboard and an Nvidia 7600 dual port video card. When I press the record button in my recording SW (Cooledit2000 or Roxio Creator) the system crashes BSOD every time. I have updated both the video drivers and RealtekHD drivers and there is no change. I...