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    Xeon e3 1230 v2 $1k upgrade

    Similar performance to the i7 3770 but cheaper.
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    Xeon e3 1230 v2 $1k upgrade

    This is my price list: e3 CPU - $220 MB - $40 Mushkin SSD - $180 Corsair RAM - $149 GTX 750Ti - $150 Case - $50 Screens - (2x) $130 120mm fans - $20 --------------------- $1069 Maybe it has been AMD's lagging behind the high end i7's. I remember years ago cpu prices would drop...
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    Xeon e3 1230 v2 $1k upgrade

    This all started with intentions of upgrading my i7-860 machine with an SSD. Since the motherboard doesn't support SATAIII, I decided to upgrade it. As a recent college grad, I worked mostly in 3d modeling and animation, but now have a job doing mostly web/interface/frontend/backend design &...
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    Looking at Archos 43

    I have the Archos 5. When it works, it's kinda nice, but you will become an advanced user and find yourself familiar with the intrinsic details of the Android OS/Filesystem whether you want to or not. I found the need to start "hacking" it within 15 mins of owning it. It has had issues from day...
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    XFX Radeon HD 6990 Drawing!

    Been buying gaming graphics cards since the late 90's... The last few being XFX, which have turned out to be the most stable/properly working cards I've owned.
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    Futuremark - Mobile Scores?

    I was looking to see how mobile gaming laptops compared to see if my RAM upgrade helped me or hurt me. Maybe I can compile a list here. (or point me in the right direction) If you want to add, try to follow this model, and I'll make a table. ASUS N61JQ-X1: P1194 3DMarks i7-720qm (2600mhz) ATI...
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    Linux VM (webserver) under Vista (file/print server)

    I am condensing a few physical machines into a new single machine that will run Vista/VirtualBox. (or Ubuntu/VirtualBox) What I need Windows to do is run: Remote Desktop (no screen/keyboard/mouse will be attached) USB Printers (shared on LAN) File Sharing (2.5tb worth of crap) VirtualBox...
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    Single drive partitioning & swap file

    Many store bought machines, and laptops will come pre-configured with 2-3 partitions on the hard drive; one for windows, another for storage/data, and the third for restoration. I can only determine that it might be intended to prevent the main partition from becoming fragmented... But more...
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    New Hard Drive Smell?

    I just installed a 1tb Western Digital Caviar Blue, and am formatting it for the first time as I write this... It is making a burning/melting smell. I have never known a component to create such a smell, while not be causing my machine to beep horrendously. I will power down and inspect the...
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    computer turned off while gaming, won't turn back on!

    does the old jumping green-to-black jumper trick work on newer power supplies? I just tried it on both of those PSU's and neither turned on. The HipeR was making a really loud squeeling noise when i plugged it in.
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    computer turned off while gaming, won't turn back on!

    i do not have access to any PSU's that have the appropraite +12v cpu power, just some older psu's from the pentium 3 era
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    computer turned off while gaming, won't turn back on!

    the apevia PSU was in there. It came with a small form factor case. The HipeR was from my old tower, it was working when i parted out that system.
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    computer turned off while gaming, won't turn back on!

    My nephew was playing a game on my desktop today, and it turned off completely, power, everything. I figured maybe the GPU had burned up since it was kind of warm in the room. But no, with gpu removed it still does not even attempt to power on. No lights, no fans, no beeps. I do however, get a...
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    Crappy laptop cooling, super hot CPU/GPU

    I did read about that in Armoured's links, and I am pretty sure that my laptop has a similar issue. I have an old copper heat spreader from some ddr1 that i've been saving, and it might be a bit lower gauge than what that mod used, but it should work for me since the whole heatsink is just a...
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    Crappy laptop cooling, super hot CPU/GPU

    I have searched, but there doesn't seem to be much out there aside from buying a cooling pad. I'm not really interested in lugging one of those around with me. The card is older and low end, so i've been playing older games like battlefront, quake 3, and command and conquer. Battlefront is the...
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