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    Two $300 budget builds - AMD vs Intel - [H]elp!

    I need to build 2 machines. They will be used as follows: Desktop - Vista x64 Premium, Aero, Office 2007, email, internet, some movies Server test machine - Windows Server 2008 x64, Exchange 2007, VMWare, etc. There will be NO GAMING on these machines. At most they will be hooked up...
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    P5Q Pro ram?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148212 I'm using those in my P5Q Pro and they are awesome. You do have to change the timing initially, as it defaults to 5-5-5-18 at 1.8v. So you just have to change voltage to 2.0v and timings to 4-4-4-12, but alas you did not want...
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    Corsair Warranty FTW

    Just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to Corsair and sing their praises to you guys. I recently warrantied some old pc3200 TwinX RAM, a matched 2 x 256MB pair. Well I just received my package and inside is a BRAND NEW in the package 2x 1GB pair of pc3200!!!!! so I warranty 512mb and get back...
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    Hidden Windows 7 Features Uncovered

    Ya I forgot to mention, I can't remember if the unlock tool did this or if it was part of the default install, but the OS recognized "gestures" now. You can "throw" a window to the top of the screen to maximize it or to the sides of the screen to maximize it to half of your screen. You can...
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    Hidden Windows 7 Features Uncovered

    I've been playing BF2 on my Windows 7 install, ATI catalyst installed beautifully and runs like a charm. Same with all drivers for the P5Q Pro.
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    Is a cheap Onkyo 5.1 system better than PC speaker setup?

    I was looking in the $100- 200 range at 5.1 computer speakers (the logitechs, klipsch, etc) and was wondering if it's just worth the extra $100 to buy a cheap onkyo surround system. I have had a couple of the Onkyo systems and they are decent little budget setups. But wondering if the sound...
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    [Official] [H] 4G of ram thread

    I have a few comps with 0MB. For some reason i'm always out of extra ram :P
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    Your best investment

    My Geforce4 ti4200 from Gainward lasted me over 3 years before it fried. I am still running a Geforce4 mx440 (OC'd even) in one of my old machines, and it still runs Wolf ET like a charm on the 21"CRT it's hooked up to. Its about 7 years old I guess. LEGACY!!!! It's on a KG7-Lite with a...
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    VisionTek 4870 has HDMI in one pic, dual dvi in the other?

    Thanks for clarification guys. When you hover over the pic in the product details screen it shows the "correct" pic apparently with 1vga 1dvi and 1hdmi. However if you CLICK the picture it shows the dual dvi card. Does the VGA to DVI connection give the same quality as a straight DVI...
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    VisionTek 4870 has HDMI in one pic, dual dvi in the other?

    VisionTek 4870 I might be going insane but there are pics of two different cards in the gallery for the VisionTek 4870 on egg. It also says Integrated with native HDMI port. So are they selling a new revision of this card under the old part number? It was in my wish list but that is not...
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    What's the *oldest* card you're running?

    Oldest in a currently running box is GeForce4 mx 440 running Wolf ET, and a RivaTNT or whatever those were in my ipcop firewall :)
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    AGP refuses to die

    Currently running an HD2400 Pro, evga 6200, MX440, and a gainward ti4200 FTW!!! Go stone age computing :D
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    4850 with 430w power supply

    He's just got the bare card on his desk connected to the power supply and monitor. Yes that should be fine. :P
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    Best GPU that will run on ASUS P4S333 (AGP 4x, SiS 645 chipset)

    Man I just pulled that exact board from an old pc and had a 1.6 northwood on there! I pulled another processor that reports as a 2.6 northwood in CPUZ, but I can't get it to run on the P4S333. I have done the bios update to most recent. But I get a very strange behavior.... if I unplug...
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    Trying to choose, Corsair 620HX vs Thermaltake 750W

    I can't decide between these two power supplies. Also wondering if they both have what the Visiontek 4870 card needs as far as power plugs? Corsair 620HX - $144.99 AR Thermaltake W0116RU 750W - $109.99 AR The thermaltake is $35 cheaper after rebate, but I don't hear much talk here about...
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    New Build - researched and ready to buy...almost :)

    Thanks Danny Bui for clearing up the hard drive mess for me. Not sure what I'm going to do but leaning toward a single WD6400AAKS. Also, I have way too many legal copies of XP lying around and no Vistas lol, I even have a couple original sealed bubble pack XP pro retail copies vanilla with...
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    New Build - researched and ready to buy...almost :)

    Thanks tiraides for the input. I think I agree with all of your suggestions and this modified setup is only 40 bucks more than the original setup with the tax and shipping from newegg ($1,065.11 minus 60 bux in rebates = $1,005.11)!!! Here is my new updated list, with a couple updated...
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    New Build - researched and ready to buy...almost :)

    So after a few year out of the hardware game, I am back (to a deleted account no less! I been here 6 years i swear :D). It's time for the NF7-S with the Barton 2500+ and 512MB of Corsair XMS pc3200 to retire. So here's my new build. I was trying to keep it sub-$1000 including case and...
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    Need advice for 8 to 12 monitor setup if possible

    I'll repeat quique55's question: Are all these monitors going to be close to the main machine? If not how do you plan on getting the video to them? Unless I am totally misunderstanding what you are doing it would seem WAY easier (and much cheaper) to me to build a simple Mysql database...
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