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    The official "clean desktop" club.

    Resized from 1920x1200.
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    Asus P5LD2 Power Button connection issue

    Alright, [H] here's my problem: I have built some old components together inside the chassis from an even older Dell Power Edge 600SC. I am using an Asus P5LD2 mobo, which requires a 10x2 pin layout for the front panel connection (Power button, Reset button, Power/HD LEDs). However, the front...
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    Asus P5LD2 Power Button connection issue

    Alright, [H] here's my problem: I have built some old components together inside the chassis from an even older Dell Power Edge 600SC. I am using an Asus P5LD2 mobo, which requires a 10x2 pin layout for the front panel connection (Power button, Reset button, Power/HD LEDs). However, the front...
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    [H], what to do get with $500?

    Yeah the budget is firm, as all my remaining "fun" allotted funds are being reserved for a trip to Bonnaroo next month. Why do you feel putting an SSD in the laptop would not be worth the money? Simply because of the high cost per GB? Because if the performance increase would be noticeable...
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    [H], what to do get with $500?

    I guess that's why I've been thinking about upgrading the laptop -- my desktop performs basically exactly how I need it too. Sure, it could be faster but I only game lightly, it's mostly used for media storage/playback/streaming, office apps, and some Photoshop work. The laptop is mainly used...
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    [H], what to do get with $500?

    So I've got about $500 for an upgrade, maybe two. Currently have the rig listed in my sig and a Thinkpad x201i. I was thinking about upgrading the laptop to the 160GB X-25m G2 and throwing on another gig of RAM for 3GB total to gain some performance and perhaps battery life. But the desktop...
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    Need laptop suggestions

    I'm looking for a new laptop, my old Thinkpad finally took a shit on me, after years of quality service. Anyway, [H] I need some advice, I'm looking for a thin and light, 13" with a real world battery life of 4+ hours and as much performance as possible. Budget is around $1K. Thanks for your help.
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    Boot Problems

    I built this rig last December, and have since installed Windows 7. Everything has run very smoothly until today. I power the system on, I hear the POST beep, it loads my motherboard's boot screen normally, but at the point where Windows would begin starting up it lags for a minute or two and...
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    Potential n00b RAM Frequency question

    I purchased some G.Skill DRR2 1066MHz from newegg for my new build, and now that everything is up and running, cpuz is showing that it's 400MHz. What is causing this?
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    Just finished my first build, E8400, etc.

    Danny: Yeah, the main plug is inconvenient, though it's mostly aesthetic, it's not posing any functional problems. And free is free. bigdogchris: Thermal paste is Arctic Cooling MX-2, ~ $6 @ NewEgg. I haven't performed any extensive stress testing yet, though I have done some practical tests...
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    The official "clean desktop" club.

    I know this is kinda far back now, but link to original?
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    Just finished my first build, E8400, etc.

    Well after receiving my hardware by Christmas Day and dealing with my family all day, I finally got some time to assemble everything. Had quite a time fitting the NB heatsink and the CPU HSF, but other than that, everything went in fairly easily, and booted on the first try. I just finished...
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    n00b Question, E8400 chaning multiplier?

    I just completed my new E8400 build and after running CPUZ I keep seeing my frequency and multiplier change. From ~2000MHz@6x to ~3000MHz@9x. Why is this happening? I apologize for my ignorance.
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    Recommend me a monitor...

    I'm building a new rig, and I'm looking for a new monitor. It's an all purpose rig, though it won't be handling much gaming. It will be running Photoshop/lightroom, etc. and handling media playback, so color accuracy is important, but it needs to be within my budget. Looking for: -At least...
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    New keyboard?

    Barring any price constraints, I'd opt for the optimus maximus. http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
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