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Hey all, I used to be more of a hardcore gamer but now life and career have relegated me to the ranks of casual. Lately, I've been looking for a new gadget to waste some money on and was wondering if anyone uses or has used a gaming keypad. If so, what were your experiences with them? Do...

Quick question for everyone, what are some of the benchmarking utilities on the market (besides 3dmark) that I can use to test server processor/memory/IO performance? I've been looking around but I can't seem to find any that I would trust the results from. Thanks

I'm pretty sure I've picked the exact parts I want but I wanted to get a few more opinions on the config before I dropped 2k on this rig. I already bought the HeatSink and X-Fi on sale for next to nothing. The memory is compatible with EPP although I can't afford to get anything faster for a...

I never ever get to upgrade my system once it is built. For instance, take a look at my sig and see the last one I put together. Well, the time has come to build a new one and I want it to be as kick ass as possible without overspending on things I don't really need. So far I'm looking...

Ok, For the first time in eternity I'm going to get to build my own very near top of the line rig. I'd like to go with a 680i MB but I'm reading about a lot of problems with the boards. So, I wanted to know if anyone here had one of these new boards yet and your personal experiences with...

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MjI0OTUsLCxobmV3cywsLDE= What does everyone think about this? My first impression is this is going to stifle upgrades by tying the two chips together and making 1 more costly product. Instead of a $300+ vid card and a $300+ CPU, you'll have to buy 1...

OK, this is for a friend of mine. I'll start with the specs. Asus A8R32MVP Deluxe X2-4400 2GB (2x1GB) Patriot PC-3200 2 74GB WD Raptors in Raid 0 (partitioned into 1 15GB (OS) and 4 30GB drives) 1 80GB WD on Secondary IDE channel (set as cable select) 2 Optical drives on Primary IDE...

OK, here is the quick and dirty HP Server 560 G1, fresh OS install of W2K3EE, fresh driver install of the 7.4a Support Pack. Windows doesn't recognize localhost. It can't ping it from the command prompt or navigate to a webpage hosted on that box by using https://localhost but it can ping...

OK, here's the problem. I have an HP DL560 G1 with a strange problem. It only boots with video about once in every ten boots. Then, when you do get to see what is going on, everything moves along fine until the Windows 2000 splash screen gets stuck 3/4 of the way through which should mean it...

Ok, so me, being one of the biggest PC fan boys on the planet won 2 freaking IPODs in one day. I won a 512MB Shuffle and a 20GB IPOD. I get the things home and admittedly I'm excited, new toy and all... I plug them both in and let them sit while I play some Joint Ops (about an hour ish...

I know the odds are no one will be able to answer this question but I know there are some particularly talented people in here so I thought I would give it a shot. My question is about an HP KVM IP Who here knows how to assign an IP to the "3D LAN" (used for remote access of the KVM) on...

My director came to me and asked if I could find any desktop MB that supported PCI-X. The catch is it can't be multi-proc and needs to be an Intel based chipset, socket 478. The first board I found that I suggested was this...

Roughly my ass... All I have to say is F Intel and Microsoft This is exactly what I have been saying since AMD released the A-64. MS isn't going to release XP-64 until Intel has it's 64-bit desktop chip ready to go to market. I feel bad for AMD. They were first to market with a 64-bit...

OK, the rig is in my sig I recently bought a gig of Kingston pc3200 with 2-3-2-6 timings (which I did set in bios per Kingston) When I up the FSB to 200 and drop the multiplier to 10 I get tons of errors in test 5 of memtest. I tried upping the vcore to 2.7 and even 2.8 but that didn't...

http://discuss.futuremark.com/forum/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=techmobocpu&Number=4470230&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=1&vc=1 This is my friends computer and we can't figure out what in the heck is going on with it. a few snippets the specs 3400+ 64 1GB mushkin 222 special 2...

Did anyone else read that review from the main page? 85°C!!!!! That is nearly 200°F. I don't care what kind of chip that is, silicone has its limits and that has got to be right at the max before permanent damage is done to the chip. and these tests were done under ideal conditions...

http://www.compuvest.com/Description.jsp?ItemID=108441 My friend is telling me that this has been confirmed to be BH-5 mem. I don't see how this can be legit. The price difference between what this site has it listed for and what Kingston has comarable ram listed for is too large. What...

My Brother in Law gave me a dual 10" speaker box with this amp http://www.kenwoodusa.com/product/product.jsp?productId=2481 I want to hook this up to my home theater and replace my existing sub with it. My question is this, will the 12 volt rail on a PS supply the correct amperage to get...

Background: 3 PC SOHO network -1 HP -1 Custom built -1 laptop -All XP This network also has a very nice printer connected through a JetDirect card which I have never delt with before. After upgrading the router on this network I configured the router to statically assign the IP to the...

Is this any good? http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=26-164 I just built a computer for a customer based on the ABIT KV8 pro. The problem is that he has an old game port joystick that he still wants to use but since he is using the on-board sound, he has...

I have a CoolerMaster HHC-001 http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=product&p_serial=HHC-001&other_title=0 This thing is LOUD!!! You can hear it two rooms away. I do have a few things that I am looking for in a new CPU cooler: 1. Weight - I want it to be...

I'm not sure that this is the correct place for this so if it isn't, mods please move it. I have a customer's pc at home that is giving me grey hairs. After cleaning everything else off of it, I still have two rouge instances of IEXPLORE.EXE running in the task manager. When I try to end...

Mods, please move this if this is not the correct forum to post this in. I am purchasing an NEC DL DVD burner from Newegg today http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-023&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE I have a question about media. What is the real difference, if...

Can someone tell me the major architectural differences between the two chips. I'm not talking FSB, cache or 32/64 bit. For example, what I want to know is why an Intel is faster for video editing/encoding and AMD is faster for gaming. Pipes, internal design, etc... Thanks in...

How important is it to be able to crank out insane FPS in games when your monitor only refreshes at 75 or 80 Hz. Does this mean there is a lot of wasted processing power generating many more images than could ever be delivered to the monitor or do they all manage to make it on there somehow...

My system (same as sig) Unlocked Barton 2500 Abit NF7-S revision 2.0 (2x512MB) PC2700 Corsair (2.5-3-3-7) air cooling I recently bumped the multiplier up to 12 and was able to play UT2k4 for several hours no problem. My question is, with my current hardware, how far should I be able...

For those of you who qualify to join the AMD Retail Pro program, they have a promotion running where you can earn points (through tests and selling product) and then use those points towards prizes. Take a look, http://www.retailaccess.com/ Their exact wording of the promotion: This...

I just remotely checked my home box and MBM says the my proc is 49c (120f). I looked in my task manager and nothing is running. I'm a little worried about that temp and was wondering if this is a dangerous temp for my cpu to maintain. Also, last week the average idle temp was about 40c (102f)...

Hey everyone, I have an HP Pavilion laptop ze1110 that has a hard drive that is about to die. The drive is accessible through a bay in the front of the laptop so it shouldn't be too difficult to change (I hope) My question is, where should I/can I get the replacement hard drive? HP...

I'm posting this in here because I am pretty sure this is just a software problem. HP AMD Duron 1000 laptop with 256MB ram. XP Home OK, this thing is driving me nuts. It boots up fine but once you actually get to desktop, things are very wrong. It takes anywhere from 1-5 minutes for...

Could someone tell me which DVI cable to use to connect my 9800 pro to my HD tv? I have looked on a couple of websites and I see that there are a couple different types. Also, why are those things so damn expensive when you go to someplace like Best Buy or Circuit City?

Ok, my friend and I have been going back and forth about this for a while. He is building a new computer (a64 3400, NForce3 250, etc) and wants to go with a SATA RAID 0 array. Our point of conflict is the performance difference between using dual 10,000 RPM Raptors and using dual 7,200 RPM WD...

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html I've never heard of CPU drivers before. Is that just something that has always been built into an OS before now? or is this something new? or am I just misinterpreting what I am seeing?