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    Is it really worth putting together a comp yourself?

    Keep in mind that with your warranty, incompetent people will be working on it and often times fixing it yourself is very easy, not to mention that you will likely have to ship it, which could easily add $50+ to each servicing! It works out that if you care at all about quality, building it...
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    Post here what is/are your main video card(s)

    X1800XT for my main machine running 6.8 and 8.28.8 X1300Pro for my Media Center FX5200 for my third computer that has Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD Oh, and i too am not changing video cards until at least DX10. Mainly because i have tons of games that i own but havent played yet, so i wont be...
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    TV tuner (ATI 550 pro) low volume problem

    maybe its a very subjective thing, but mine is really quiet. I now have my card (sold the PCIe and one PCI) in my Media Center, so that is the only thing that computer does
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    Speculation: self built vs off the shelf

    But you still have to pay for it on an off the shelf system because, at least I, cannot use their included OS. Also, everyone is forgetting that you dont *HAVE* to use Windows. Linux is a very mature OS, and if any of you have tried Ubuntu Linux 6.06, you will see what i mean. I use both...
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    Speculation: self built vs off the shelf

    But the included copy of windows doesnt come with a Microsoft CD to do a clean install, and often includes so much junk that its not really useable. Included copies of Windows XP dont count in my book unless i am getting a holographic, pressed by Microsoft CD.
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    Speculation: self built vs off the shelf

    In my experience of building machines there are a few things you have to ask If you care about little things like which chipset you have, then building is for you. I tried to get it out of dell which audio chip their Inspiron 6400 uses, and they couldnt tell me. If really dont care which...
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    Upgrade?

    Converting movies should be helped a lot by having a dual core IF your using decent, multi-threaded, software. Worst case scenario, you would get a (very) single thread performance increase, also you would be able to do video conversions while gaming :P Either way, Dual Core is the way of...
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    Widescreen monitor resolution and Ubuntu

    Ok, First - make a backup of your xorg.conf sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup Second - open your xorg.conf in your favorite text editor (Vim, Nano or Gedit are my preferences) sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Third - you will see towards the end of the file a bunch of...
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    TV tuner (ATI 550 pro) low volume problem

    I have had three of these cards (2 PCI Sapphire, 1 PCIe PowerColor) and this is just how these cards work. I think there is an ATI Control panel, but it doesnt do anything for me
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