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On [Sound Cards] hot!!!     Derek2006 14 1216 OrionMan
06-05-2006 at 07:29 PM
On [CPUs] Cpu Charts.     Derek2006 8 640 Derek2006
10-23-2006 at 06:18 AM
On [Sound Cards] BF2 wont start after upgrade.     Derek2006 16 1356 locky28
11-09-2006 at 05:56 AM
On [CPUs] Only 1 Core being utilized?     Derek2006 2 499 locky28
12-04-2006 at 01:39 AM
On [Sound Cards] Sound card causing reboots.     Derek2006 0 254 Derek2006
12-14-2006 at 02:54 AM
On [Other Components] how do you guys like firefox 3>?
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Seems to crash more often than FireFox 2 did. On the SouthParkStudios.com it seems to have a lot of issues. But I noticed Explorer will cr [...]
    Maverick7 42 1012 batkerson
06-19-2008 at 04:28 PM
On [CPUs] Need Help please! CPU freezes every 30sec.
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Bench the HD again. See if you get the same result and make sure all programs are closed. Or are you saying it hung when benching the HD [...]
    schnydz 18 298 iluvgillgi​ll
06-02-2008 at 01:55 AM
On [Sound Cards] XtremeGamer vs Fatality... only the X-RAM?
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Also the Xtreme gamer does have 2MB X-ram. Just not 64MB like the fatality.
    u2vini 12 532 bpogdowz
04-26-2008 at 09:11 AM
On [Sound Cards] Creative fscks with customers again!
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The Xfi is my last card from them, I will get Asus now.
3   levicki 137 3151 Shadow7037​93
04-04-2008 at 10:48 PM
On [CPUs] AMD 64 X2 6000 3.0GHz video game problems
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The thing is overheating. I didn't even know that it was possible to run a CPU without thermal paste without it even shutting down during b [...]
    biggleswor​th1 47 2475 sashg
03-19-2008 at 12:25 AM
On [Network Interface Cards] Intel seized my NIC... what to do?
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I don't know if you guys read popular science but recently there was an article in the magazine about this kinda stuff. Heres the link its [...]
    dhrysg0d 18 1212 Dooyas
12-03-2007 at 10:26 PM
On [CPUs] How necessary is a quad-core for future proofing?
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If you want full enjoyment out of the game at full settings get the quad.
    ericvpi 45 2763 dashbarron
10-05-2007 at 01:45 AM
On [CPUs] How far can you undervolt?
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When my E6400 is at stock (2133mhz) I can get it at 1.08V stable.
    neokill3r 9 717 SuicideSil​ence
07-04-2007 at 07:07 AM
On [Sound Cards] X-FI Extreme Gamer conflicting with Video Card
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Link?
    Tunes 4 938 darkguset
07-03-2007 at 05:24 AM
On [CPUs] CPU maxes out at 105C!!!!!
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Just thought I would like to clear this up here. Desktop Intel cpu's throttle at 85C not 75. Also the 88C temp he reported isn't under l [...]
    andyahunt 36 1979 Kronos76
06-28-2007 at 11:22 PM
On [CPUs] Highest FSB overclock Ever!
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Nope it's not even booting into BIOS at 2GHZ no matter what latency, voltage, multiplier combination I use. I know my Patriot Modules can ru [...]
    BigCharb 19 2138 MrMr
06-26-2007 at 02:35 AM
On [CPUs] Help!! P4 overheating when idle!
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You don't need a new cooler. It is not making good contact. Reseat it and put new thermal compound on it. If it was making good contact even [...]
    betrayer_ 9 693 Aurora18
01-29-2008 at 09:04 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] A good power supply for an 8800GTS 320mb card
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Ya I can see where your coming from. You wouldn't want a guy seeing that 500 watt PSU for 20$ and think a guy in a forum said this is what I [...]
    maguszxz 27 2917 Mandrake_
06-17-2007 at 06:50 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] what is the minimum PSU for 8800gts
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I trust the sticker more than I trust what your saying. Do you have proof that there is 400 watts all together no you don't your just saying [...]
    VanHalen 25 1882 Clue69Less
06-15-2007 at 03:38 AM
On [CPUs] The difference between 120mm fans and 80mm fans?
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Why does everyone have the same DP???
    JiggaJigga 16 1587 jackluo923
05-24-2007 at 09:06 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Is 550W enough ?
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8O Thats kinda scary for me. How many Antec's have you owned?
    Infernal01 36 1858 randomizer
05-22-2007 at 04:38 AM
On [CPUs] AACS cracked again, 1 week before it's supposed to come out
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How much time and money do people spend to make those protections? And how much does it bring up the price. Why don't they just stop making [...]
    FishBoi 17 1396 bfellow
05-18-2007 at 04:49 PM
On [Sound Cards] Audigy Platinum vs. DS3 On-board sound
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Yes it will sound a lot better. I don't know a lot about it offloading things but I'm sure you may geta few FPS more.
    daverimer 4 583 locky28
05-17-2007 at 04:15 AM
On [CPUs] check the new intel conroe-L
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This just reminds of how dumb the name "Core 2 Duo" is, since Duo is two in Latin it basically means Core 2 2. And seriously a [...]
    makaka 31 3373 qcmadness
03-28-2007 at 02:55 PM
On [CPUs] Overclocking - Want that last 100MHz
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Same here. They thought I was weird when I tried to see how hot I could get my GPU and CPU before failure.
    tgstyle 16 917 tgstyle
03-26-2007 at 09:43 PM
On [CPUs] Set CPU Affinity prior to app launch?
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Subscribed.
    Skyguy 18 2482 MayDay94
04-08-2008 at 03:09 AM
On [CPUs] My New(er) and Improved benchmark
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I'm No. 1 so far: Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.65GHZ @ 1.55v FP Bench 1: 7088.48 FP Bench 2: 12177.71 At my standard speed: Core 2 Duo E6400 [...]
    jaywalker2​56 30 1375 LambofGodE​3X
03-16-2007 at 05:19 AM
On [CPUs] Bored, so i wrote a simple benchmark.
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I have no clue who she is. I can't even remember where I found this at, had it for like 6 months now. I can't seem to find it again eith [...]
4   jaywalker2​56 187 9364 jaywalker2​56
03-16-2007 at 10:24 PM
On [CPUs] What will come after 10GHz?
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We will never reach 10 GHZ. But 1THZ and beyond we will. Google ballistic Transistor.
    ferrazf 33 2241 crusher
03-02-2007 at 05:06 PM
On [Other Components] LCDs:At what ms responce time does ghosting start showing up
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I also have a 8ms LCD, I notice ghosting only if I'm really really looking for it.
    little_scr​apper 27 2837 billdcat4
04-11-2007 at 05:06 AM
On [Other Components] Broken keyboard leg!
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Ya I missing my leg too. I got pissed one time playing NFS: Carbon and slammed my keyboard took 3 keys off and broke a leg.
    Wonderwill 9 605 ShadowdogK​GB
02-24-2007 at 11:41 AM
On [Sound Cards] Worth Switching from a Onboard?
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O ya definitely worth it. Going from AC97 to Audigy 4 was a huge improvement. Especially in bf2, and bf2142. Every thing just sounded so muc [...]
    Hussar 6 874 Derek2006
02-19-2007 at 06:05 AM
On [CPUs] *Problem Solved* blah OC on e4300
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Ya multipliers make a difference in how much you can overclock. Even though it sais your ram is running at 400mhz and your northbridge also [...]
    AlphaKP295 37 2998 AlphaKP295
02-17-2007 at 07:12 PM
On [CPUs] AMD K8L is in fact K10 !!!
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I know my system won't get any slower in reality. But in my own mine it will be slower.
    Moonskin 22 1786 Julian33
02-07-2007 at 12:25 PM
On [Network Interface Cards] Is PCI Express x1 compatible with PCI Express x4?
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I don't think there is a mobo with both a PCI-e bus and an ISA bus. ISA is what they had before the original PCI and I don't think they [...]
    7angofragg​er 3 2726 Derek2006
02-06-2007 at 04:18 AM
On [CPUs] How many PC's do you have?
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1. The one in my sig is my current and only DIY computer. 2. Dell Laptop, Celly 2.4ghz, 256 ram, integrated gpu. - Dad's business 3. G [...]
4   Simonetti 168 7184 KyleSTL
07-24-2008 at 04:39 PM
On [CPUs] Ok now , how about the best CPU you`ve ever had?
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Is it possible to clock a P3 that high? And I never heard of a P3 supporting mobo that would work with that card.
3   cal7 141 5990 quantumshe​ep
02-04-2007 at 10:41 AM
On [CPUs] Core2 temperature
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I think the temps are kind of high. 1.14v and it is reaching that 50+. I think that there maybe something wrong there. Those temps are fine [...]
    larsdidrik​sen 11 1570 CompuTroni​x
01-25-2007 at 01:26 PM
On [CPUs] P4 overclocked to 8 GHz!
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Holy crap thats high! I bet it isn't stable enough to bench though. I think it should be able to match a (if there were a such thing) single [...]
    Cryogenic 32 4136 Feathersto​ne
01-24-2007 at 12:22 AM
On [CPUs] Pentium D 945 Oc'd at 4Ghz faster than C2D E6600?
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How?
    BigCharb 13 1474 gOJDO
01-16-2007 at 05:19 PM
On [Sound Cards] X-Fi Extreme music - PCI-e?
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They won't be any more powerful because they still use the x-fi core. And no sound card is yet limited by the PCI bus.
    Nem2k 12 1145 LambofGodE​3X
01-16-2007 at 05:24 PM
On [CPUs] Post your C2D temps here
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E6400 @ 3.15 GHZ @ 1.312V / Big Typhoon. 43 Idle 64 Load for 3 hours.
    wallis 34 3250 cappster
01-26-2007 at 06:53 PM
On [CPUs] ps3 cell
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Ok I guess I'm misguided. From everything I have read prior to this, this doesn't agree. Willing to accept that I was wrong.
    dobby 26 2511 parge
01-09-2007 at 08:19 PM
On [Other Components] lexmark x83 and xp, not working on another computer
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We have that same printer. Couldn't get it to work with any of our 5 computers except one. I did get it to work eventually with our server c [...]
    tantoo 2 473 Derek2006
01-07-2007 at 09:21 PM
On [CPUs] Core2Duo overclocks break 5 GHz
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These are 2 totally different processors. The Pentiums could clock better due to the longer pipeline. A Pentium can go past 7 Ghz.
    Wombat2 16 2394 Heyyou27
12-22-2006 at 04:48 AM
On [CPUs] Old P3 933!
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I doubt it will ever get to 81ghz. Silicon is supposed to in theory scale 10 ghz but I don't ever see that happen because of heat, anything [...]
    sorrowfox 18 993 zjohnr
12-12-2006 at 06:55 AM
On [CPUs] Will there ever be a plateau?
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And then they only take like 3 days to beat. Old games like zelda and mario 64 took me forever.
    mickeddie 11 675 gman01
12-02-2006 at 04:21 PM
On [CPUs] oc'd core 2 duo left on 24/7
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I do. I'm pretty sure I won't rune it because it's the same process as the Intel EE965 which runs at 3.73 ghz. 530 mhz more than mine.
    mickeddie 16 1609 dasickninj​a
11-19-2006 at 07:22 AM
On [CPUs] My short CPU History.. what's yours?
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Hey ya If you have in Slot 1 processors I would love to have 1 that would replace a 800mhz slot 1. And if anyone has a socket 370 thats over [...]
4   ElMoIsEviL 161 13282 irishsk8rp​atrick
11-19-2006 at 06:09 PM
On [CPUs] Intel's 35 years of chip design
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O missed it I overlooked where it said Pentium 3 and thought it was talking about a celeron.
    exit2dos 9 1112 Derek2006
11-16-2006 at 02:33 AM
On [Other Components] Computer lag when reading/writing CD/DVD
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Whats your motherboard?
    theGuy82 5 477 theGuy82
11-07-2006 at 12:45 PM
On [CPUs] My New E6400 Posting at 3519 on stock v core.
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It's kind of fun talking to people that don't know $h!+ and then laughing behind there back.
3   RobsX2 136 5425 Jake_Barne​s
11-03-2006 at 05:02 PM
On [Other Components] Geforce 8800GTX Spy Pics! Will this run The Sims at 640X480?
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R u serious 11 inches. Damn. It will be 3 inches into my hard drives. I just bought this case. This sucks. :(
2   Qeldroma 91 12874 lltfdaniel
11-20-2006 at 03:37 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] 1500 watt PSU???
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Ya I also doubt he will ever be able to use all those watts. But If he does he's going to have problems.
2   Zeal 86 7240 Clue69Less
10-28-2006 at 06:33 AM
On   [CPUs] THGC Needs You -Team 40051
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I got them working. So far they have been going since I went to bed till when I got off school till now.
45   Flinx 2204 133992 cunninglin​guist
11-11-2008 at 09:48 PM
On [CPUs] Guys N Geeks Who Ever Can U Plzz Suggest An Ulti. Gaming Mac
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O no he really tries I have never seen anyone try harder in school. I didn't really want to say this but he gets help.
    incredible 34 1261 Dante_Jose​_Cuervo
10-20-2006 at 05:18 PM
On [Other Components] Blasted ram prices
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I bought 2 gigs of patriot ram for 170$ 3 weeks ago. I am going to build a computer for my friend and use the same ram. So I went onto neweg [...]
    elpresiden​te2075 9 1174 melarcky
10-19-2006 at 02:50 AM
On [Other Components] irql_not_less_or_equal
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Firewalls are a pain in the a$$. I never have one run. They make everything online slower, and they block alot of things i want, and they ar [...]
    TattooJoe 7 1339 FatTony
10-16-2006 at 10:15 PM
On [CPUs] Does cpu OCing see diminishing returns?
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Y does it decrease?
    gentrinity 38 2766 wusy
10-20-2006 at 12:44 AM
On [CPUs] Core 2 Duo Lapping
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It lowered my temps 5- 7 C I think its totally worth it. And my paste still has to set in!
2   3lfk1ng 58 4680 BMFM
10-14-2006 at 06:34 AM
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