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I'm looking for a power conditioner for my old house with what I suspect is pretty dirty power. All the units on Amazon (TrippLite, Opti-UPS) have complaints of humming noises, which doesn't surprise me considering they seem pretty lightweight and cheaply made. Can anyone recommend a decent...

Specs of new PC are: 2500K Asrock P67 Pro3 HIS Radeon 6950 2GB 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws Antec True Power 650W Assembling everything yields failure to post and a "d6" error code on the mobo, which indicates "no console output." The weird thing is I can put the HIS 6950 in my old machine...

My mother is looking for a new laptop, and since I'm totally clueless about laptops, I thought I'd get a recommendation here. Her budget is probably about <$900. Also, how does the useless bloatware compare these days on different models, from those at Best Buy to Dell/HP? Are there any...

I've searched but cannot find an old thread that linked to a site explaining how to fix darkening CRT's by replacing the caps to overvolt the tube. If I recall correctly the guy was even selling premade PCB's you could just plug into your monitor somehow. I have an aging FP2141SB that's sadly...

Thinking about purchasing a NEC 20WMGX2 before they're gone forever. My only concern is that a I run a lot of games at traditional CRT resolutions (1024x768 chiefly) and I'm worried how these will look on the LCD. How does this widescreen LCD handle resolutions in different aspect ratios...

I'm running Home Premium Vista x64, using a Razer DeathAdder with the latest drivers and firmware installed, and no matter what I do I cannot get the side buttons to work in Counter-Strike: Source. I've tried using them as the default "Windows 4" and "Windows 5" mouse buttons as well as binding...

I'm running the following rig: E6750 4GB RAM GA-P35C-DS3R eVGA 8800GTS 640MB Vista x64 Home Ultimate with the latest beta drivers from nVidia (163.11) I can adjust gamma/brightness/digital vibrance on the desktop and these work correctly, but when going into a game (primarily Counter-Strike...

I'm building a new system and am using the Seagate 7200.10 drives for storage, and I'm wondering if it's worth it to reformat my 80GB Raptor (it's one of the older ones. not the X) and use that for the OS and whatnot. I hear the 16MB Seagate drives are nearly as fast (if not faster at times)...

I'm building a new computer and have all the parts here except the processor (waiting on price cuts, obviously). I'm planning on using vLite for my Vista Home Premium 64-bit install have read you can use Virtual PC 2007 to test everything before you burn new boot media. What's the best way to do...

How do retailers generally handle these price cuts? What I mean is: can I expect the price on a Q6600 at newegg to drop to ~$266 right on the 22nd, or does it generally take some time for everything to filter down and settle out?

Any and all comments and criticisms appreciated! Q6600 Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R 4GB (2x2GB) G.Skill DDR2 800 EVGA 8800GTS 640MB 2x250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Vista 64-bit Home Premium Silverstone OP650 Thanks!

What would you guys recommend as a good sound card for a new Vista x64/4GB RAM system? I have amped HD580's and listen to my music in FLAC so something that will sound good is a must, but I do also like to game (primarily CS:S and WOW). I currently have an Audigy 2 ZS soft-modded to an Audigy 4...

I'm planning on putting together a Q6600 system when the price drops hit (running DDR2 and an 8800GTS). I will be doing a considerable amount of gaming on it as well as running a variety of normal applications and was wondering what OS will best serve me. Are NVIDIA Vista drivers still...

I'm looking to replace the cables on my HD580's since I've gone through two pairs of the stock cables over the past 2.5 years and both have eventually led to spotty sound on the left side. I use them just on my computer (A2 ZS, cheapo Rolls amp) for gaming and music so I'm not looking to spend a...

About to pull the trigger on this and looking for some opinions. My main game is CSS (more CPU-intensive than GPU) so I figured I'd get a cheaper video card for now and reevaluate when there are more DX10 options available. CPU: E6600 MOBO: ASUS P5B Deluxe RAM: 2G Buffalo Firestix PC2 6400...

I'm considering going with a x1950PRO to tide me over until more dx10 offerings become available, and have heard that for x1XXX series ATI now offers a driver setting that mimics digital vibrance. Is this the case? If so, does it work as well as digital vibrance? I play a lot of CSS and the game...

I'm looking to build a new core2duo system (E6600). I currently have an eVGA 7600 GT card and was wondering which of the following would be a better option: SLI a second 7600 GT ($130 more) or purchase a midrange card (7950 GT or thereabouts, around $250). This would be going on an Asus P5N-E...

I play CSS pretty competitively and really LOVE digital vibrance, so I'm planning on switching over to nVidia from an X800XL. I run at pretty reasonable settings (1024x768, high detail but no AA/AF) so I don't need something crazy, but I'd like it to perform at least as well as my current card...

I'm in the market for a reasonably nice pair of canalphones to take to LAN tournaments. As such the sound quality doesn't have to be great, I'd like the cost to be less than $70 if possible, and I'd like something comfortable that blocks out as much noise as possible. The Shure line sounds...

I'm looking for a 19" LCD exclusively for gaming. Ideally I'd like it to scale well to 1024x768, and widescreen is definitely not something I'm interested in (I'd like it to have the same aspect ratio as a typical CRT so the shock when playing on tournament computers at a LAN, etc. etc...

Counter-Strike: Source sounds better in 2 speaker mode (positional audio works better imo), but music sounds much better with headphones as the control panel audio setting. Is there any way to set "2 Speakers" in CS:S without having to change the control panel back to headphones when I want to...

I have a nice setup for music (amped HD580's) which I generally use for playing games as well when I'm at home. I also go to a lot of big LANs and I'm looking for some closed headphones since the 580's let in a lot of outside sounds at these noisy tournaments. These cans will be running...

What would I need to buy to convert the standard audio output (red and white jacks) from a PS2/GC/etc. to headphones? My TV has a headphone jack but it's poorly made and the sound it produces is pretty dirty.

Half the time my Quake 4 DVD is in the drive, but it doesn't show up, and when I go to play the game it asks me to insert the DVD. Any advice? Specs: A64 3200 Radeon 800XL Lite-On CD-RW/DVD Drive DFI LAN Party Ultra

I just got a SilverStone SFF case and was switching my older setup over to it today (specs below). All of the components are known to be good and worked in my old setup (obviously though I now have a microATX board). The problem is that I don't get any display when I power the system on...

I'm building an SFF system and would like to use it at the lab where I work, so I will need a way to lock it up. I've googled it but the only products I see involve epoxying a hook to the case and threading the cable through that. Does anyone know of a way to lock it up that won't require...

I've been using the stock HD580 cables for some time now but the left ear just went out after about a year. I believe it's the cable itself since it works sporadically if you fiddle with it, and disconnecting everything and swapping the left and right cables led to the left speaker working fine...

I'm converting my old system to an SFF. It's a P4 Socket 478, my planned case is the SST-SG01. I'm not planning on OC'ing it, I just want something cool and quiet that I know will fit comfortably in the little guy. Thanks!

For some reason in the box that pops up for menus such as Save As or Open, my folders and files are no longer alphabetized. Although I can of course go View, Sort By, Name the next time I return to this location all the files are randomized again! How can I apply sort by name to every...

I'm using a Hauppauge PVR-150MCE to play my Gamecube and PS2 on my monitor. I have it registry fixed so there's no lag, but objects in motion look sort of corrupted somehow and it's really hard on the eyes (still objects or those not moving quickly look excellent). Is there any way to improve...

I'm looking into making my old computer into an SFF. I have: P4 2.8C, Radeon 9800 Pro, 1 gig PC3200, an SB Audigy2 and the other usual stuff. Obviously I'll need something capable of powering this hardware, and something that runs cool and quiet in addition would be nice. Price really isn't...

I'm looking for a smaller keyboard for gaming use. I bought a generic apple keyboard and really liked it at first, but then I discovered it sufferes from the annoying two simultaneous signals max from a given region of the keyboard, meaning if I already have A and Shift depressed, pressing 1...

I just got the regular Apple keyboard (the one with white keys and a clear base) because I really like the feel of the keys. Unfortunately (and I feared this might be the case beforehand), it's one of those keyboards that has a low number of simultaneous keys it can register in a given area...

I've been using EAC to rip things to FLAC for a while now with no incidents. I recently won an mp3 player that supports OGG format, so I thought I would rip some of my tracks to that. Unfortunately, when I use this command string: -a "%a" -t "%t" -l "%g" -d "%y" -N "%n" -G "%m" %s and EAC...

I just built my new system and I'm trying to download the latest video card drivers. Specs: A64 3700+ DFI LAN Party UT 1GB TwinMos PC3200 Radeon 800XL using IE, I can access every single website I've tried, except www.ati.com. Is this some sort of Nvidia joke since I'm using the NF4...

Just put together a new system: A64 3700+ San Diego DFI LanParty UT ATI x800LE WD Raptor 74GB Installed a legal copy of XP Home (32-bit) and while it boots extremely quickly, it is ridiculously slow after the boot. We're talking 5-10 seconds for a right click to register. I'm...

I'm currently living in Boston, MA and looking for a ride to the ATI-Revolution in Montreal June 3rd-4th http://www.ati-revolution.org/mai05/index.html?langue=en. I'm meeting the rest of my team up there so I would just need a ride for myself (and my computer and monitor), and I would be...