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On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Hey People? What do you think about this?     kg4icg 7 321 The_Blood_​Raven
03-30-2008 at 11:28 PM
On [Other Components] System Crashing don't know why
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I had issues with my Quad Q6600 and an Asus P5N32E-SLI 680I board until I swapped it out With a Gigabyte GA-EP45-D3SL board P45 chipset on V [...]
    TorQueMoD 12 168 TorQueMoD
11-19-2008 at 07:29 AM
On [CPUs] Core I7 review
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Oh by the way people, in games the GPU is the limiting factor as is discovered in some of the results. The processor didn't make much of a d [...]
    joseph85 42 1609 Stupido
11-04-2008 at 03:19 PM
On [CPUs] I upgrade my p4 cpu from 2.6ghz to 3.2. Everything is slow!
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I tried to edit but it didn't take, I saw that after i read further, I don't think the 865 chipset for socket 478 pins handled the 3 ghz and [...]
    kentzman 18 329 jimmysmitt​y
10-21-2008 at 12:36 PM
On [CPUs] Intels new processor name
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No I think that would be Whupass V2, version 1 is C2D, C2Q
    Hellboy 28 631 exit2dos
10-07-2008 at 07:23 AM
On [CPUs] 4 Ghz Core i7 920
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Hey JD, the US govt uses NDAs' for security purposes. As in top secret information that shouldn't be revealed to the public and if yo [...]
3   BadTrip 122 3639 pausert20
11-04-2008 at 03:58 AM
On [CPUs] Tom's openSSL benchmark results.
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Just 1 little fact you overlooked. AMD can't use DDR3 memory while the X48 motherboards that the Intel chips were put on can. Look at the me [...]
    Deanjo 13 477 deanjo
10-19-2008 at 12:56 AM
On closed [CPUs] AMD finally seeing the dawn?
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It's too late that cats out of the bag, they sent me yours and mine both, I didn't have the heart to tell you that they did, so I deposited [...]
2   BaronMatri​x 69 1143 Jake_Barne​s
09-28-2008 at 02:37 PM
On [CPUs] 14 of the top 30 PC Games Fail on Intel G45 based Motherboards
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reminds me of another hit and run troller ei Thunderman aka Thunderdud
    enigma067 12 479 jaguarskx
09-22-2008 at 07:03 AM
On [CPUs] Intel's worst nightmare
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see the things that can happen in less then 2 years. look what happens when you wake a sleeping giant, just ask the japanese back in 1942.
    enigma067 12 609 BaronMatri​x
09-15-2008 at 10:33 PM
On [CPUs] Burning or toxic smell
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It wouldn't be the caps, they are solid, so no fluid from them. You might have spilled something in the room and didn't realize you did it. [...]
    theryaner 12 412 radnor
09-10-2008 at 05:56 PM
On [CPUs] AMD & INTEL
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He has a point, before AMD was making cpu's they were just making bios chips. It wasn't until IBM said something that Intel licensed AMD to [...]
2   JED 53 1071 jimmysmitt​y
09-03-2008 at 10:50 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Phenom FX Deneb Core - Kentsfield Beater
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it's a fake, look at the cpu-z and tell me what looks wrong? here's a secret for ya, mmx is intel only
4   pogsnet 183 4390 yipsl
11-12-2008 at 08:25 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] If it supports SLI, does it support CF too?
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To be honest if you have a SLI capable motherboard and you have memory that's SLI enabled. There is a big difference, especially with the me [...]
    hart140 5 231 aevm
08-22-2008 at 06:35 PM
On [CPUs] CPU core temp disparity
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or maybe because the the programs don't read the temperature correctly because of the DTS specification in which Intel is releasing this wee [...]
    venusmalta 9 225 venusmalta
08-18-2008 at 03:33 AM
On [CPUs] Cnet: "the first Larrabee products will be too slow"
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Hey don't forget who the poster is, Old hit and run Thunderdud himself. Too bad he didn't get the post from the same article who posted from [...]
    Thunderman 36 787 jimmysmitt​y
08-14-2008 at 09:02 PM
On [Other Components] Low FPS on Counter Strike Source
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When you are playing counter strike and other games from valve, the server sets the frame rate, not your video card. It's called balancing s [...]
    gurby 11 440 gurby
08-11-2008 at 11:46 PM
On [CPUs] Why won't my CPU throttle?
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Basically go into the bios and in the tweaker section set c1e and speedstep to enable Sounds ike you have them off, and also turn AINOS on a [...]
    rattyocast​er 6 423 rattyocast​er
08-04-2008 at 11:31 PM
On [Other Components] Canadians listen up newegg is comming............
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I guess I'm lucky I live near a Microcenter. Don't really have to online shop for computer parts.
    macer1 18 332 The_Blood_​Raven
07-31-2008 at 08:30 PM
On [CPUs] CPU on it's way out?
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To the person who said playing online doesn't effect your fps you are wrong. If there is lag involved and the server is not reliable and als [...]
    vnderachie​ver 26 568 radnor
07-22-2008 at 05:53 PM
On [CPUs] Could this Intel BK really happen?
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You do know that the Chinese would still have to get past a certain US Navy fleet in the area in which the Chinese very well know that a US [...]
    antonmadco​w 39 736 NMDante
07-21-2008 at 06:37 AM
On [CPUs] New CPU won't fit in the socket!
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Hey guys and gals, When i used to work for United Rentals and i would want to do some serious overclocking, I would go get the 500kw generat [...]
3   Mandrake_ 105 1848 exit2dos
08-29-2008 at 11:58 PM
On [Sound Cards] 5.1 system not fully working in Vista
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your welcome
    nico3d 5 482 kg4icg
06-15-2008 at 02:22 PM
On [CPUs] Anand does Nehalem!!!
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I'm going to take a guess and say that LGA-1160 is for desktop versions quad core and i would say that LGA-1366 is for server side of things [...]
7   jaydeejohn 305 5634 apache_liv​es
07-16-2008 at 10:29 AM
On [CPUs] AMD plans to release a 6 Core processor! Impressive
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Yeah, Intels 80 core chip can be set up in a number of ways depending on what you want it to do.
2   thunderman 59 1244 jimmysmitt​y
05-12-2008 at 09:26 PM
On [CPUs] Nehalem: The End Of Mainstream Overclocking?!
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We are talking fudzilla here. The same people who said with reliability that the 45nm Intel cpus would be delayed by a quarter or 2
2   dattimr 76 1235 amdfangirl
05-12-2008 at 02:35 PM
On [CPUs] Where did all the 45nm intel's go?
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here are some here too. and a 65 nm and if you really want to go overboard
    sorset 6 370 stabgotham
05-11-2008 at 11:03 AM
On [CPUs] what do you guys have in your system tray at startup?
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I have AVG 8.0, XFire, EALink,HP Digital Image Monitor,Open Office 2.4,Steam, and the usual 3 volume, sidebar, and network
    dobby 12 559 dobby
05-11-2008 at 03:35 AM
On [CPUs] x86 vs. x64 CPU performance
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Half-Life 2 also has 64 bit capability and as far as I know was the first to do it. When you load steam on a 64 bit system it makes the down [...]
2   bpogdowz 61 2568 bpogdowz
05-14-2008 at 05:46 AM
On [CPUs] Suggest me mobo and cpu under 500$
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AMD fast and cool. I guess you haven't been looking at the facts lately.
    mrfrantik 15 320 spuddyt
05-08-2008 at 10:05 PM
On [CPUs] Intel's Nahelem does not love SLI!
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It's not the CPU that supports SLI it's the chipset, why should that be news. Nehalem is the CPU, and the first batch of them coming out are [...]
    romulus47p​lus1 6 664 kg4icg
05-04-2008 at 02:44 PM
On [Other Components] To SSD !!! or not TO SSD !!!
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it's a hard drive not a flash drive, readyboost wouldn't recognize it as a flashdrive even though it's made up of flash memory.
    cooljumbo2​008 10 441 cooljumbo2​008
04-29-2008 at 10:40 PM
On [CPUs] Upgraded to Quad Core - but can't get nothing out of it!
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p5n32e-sli from asus also supports the 45 nm with bios 1403, anything up to a 1333 fsb
    mgregory98 24 972 mgregory98
05-01-2008 at 11:26 AM
On [CPUs] Unknown (rare?) Core 2 Duo
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You can get this brand new from here for $70.00 and if that doesn't suit you how about this
3   customisbe​tter 148 4021 customisbe​tter
05-26-2008 at 09:29 PM
On [Sound Cards] Looks like Creative "Blinked"
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I guess you forgot that Creative isn't in the US either.
    Worf101 6 459 Jalek
04-02-2008 at 06:15 PM
On [CPUs] SOI
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If it isn't then why would Intel list the Q6600 as SOI on there spec sheet. HK didn't start until the 45nm process. strained silicon pro [...]
    endyen 32 662 endyen
03-22-2008 at 02:19 AM
On [CPUs] Q6600 Ocing vCore close or above 1.5 volts
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I don't know about you guy's but that exploding capacitor on that board wasn't from that board. Wither it be oiled filled or solid, capacito [...]
    chrisfroma​lbany 9 696 righteous
03-12-2008 at 04:08 PM
On [Sound Cards] X-fi Elite Pro external i/o console not working...
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did you plug power into it. it's just like my platinum, it needs power. The same little plug that you use for floppy drives.
    Overfiend 1 462 kg4icg
03-09-2008 at 09:26 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Cheap PSU vs. Expensive PSU?
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heck i picked up my ThermalTake PurePower 2.0 500 watt psu for 50 bucks at Radio Shack. I was using a Ultra 500 watter till it just stopped [...]
    doomsdayda​ve11 40 1074 4745454b
03-10-2008 at 06:02 AM
On closed [CPUs] AMD Phenom Black Edition can Hit 3Ghz !..very Impressive
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Well thunderdud forgot one thing. The actual review of the phenom be that came out this week that says they were lucky enough to oc it to 2. [...]
    Thunderman 35 1332 Jake_Barne​s
01-28-2008 at 12:25 AM
On [CPUs] AMD overdrive overclocking software very impressive! Amd Innovation
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You want to know something? The amount of time it took Thunderdud to claim he wasn't 9 Inch aka 9mm. Heck he went a whole 4 post before he s [...]
2   thunderman 99 5963 reynod
01-21-2008 at 04:56 PM
On [CPUs] AMD used in Green low power consuming PC!
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Hey to get really low, how about the new Intel Menlow processor that has a idle watt usage of just .5 watts. But don't take it on my word on [...]
2   thunderman 73 1582 Stemnin
01-17-2008 at 08:02 PM
On [CPUs] Q6600 VCore
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My core voltage according to cpu-z is 1.264 volts on my Asus P5N32E-SLI motherboard. I have a Q6600 in which C1E can be disabled. By the way [...]
    jkmcgrath 10 1468 jkmcgrath
01-10-2008 at 11:23 PM
On [CPUs] Majority of real Phenom Users are Very Happy
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9 Inch aka Thunderman, in which it shoud be Thunderflop is a hit and run artist nd a AMD schill. It's a good thing Jumpin Jack isn't here to [...]
5   thunderman 242 5782 yipsl
01-28-2008 at 04:37 AM
On [CPUs] Q6600 Question
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Heck, i'm having fun with my Q6600 on a Asus P5N32E-SLI 680I mb :bounce:
    stuart72 9 582 dashu31
12-28-2007 at 03:33 PM
On [Sound Cards] does this sound card have digital outs for z5500??
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On the Xfi's That white jack doubles as Mic jack and digital jack. It's software configurable. Just go to creatives site and read up on it. [...]
    BBsin26 9 822 amuehl1
08-18-2007 at 05:50 AM
On [CPUs] Multi Core: Vista vs. XP
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I am Running Vista Ultimate 64 bit with a creative x-fi platinum and i have no problems at all getting 5.1 working. You have to also downloa [...]
    radium02 46 4258 EV700
08-03-2007 at 10:42 PM
On [CPUs] A slight disappointment with Intel
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You guys don't get the obvious. The games are making calls to the same dx files that are being used by each game and when one comes up to ca [...]
    kitchensha​rk 22 1347 djgandy
07-11-2007 at 01:01 PM
On [CPUs] AMD releases Barcelona specs
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Hey Captain. The 64 Shelby Cobra with the 427 ripped the vette a new as#hole. Also Ford had a 427 ci highriser block in a 64 fairlane called [...]
2   nitin213 69 8427 HA_ZEE
04-24-2007 at 02:32 AM
On [CPUs] OMG... Intel is Unstoppable.
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I hope you mean the B-58 Hustler, not the B-57 Canberra which was subsonic and based on a british design. The B-58 was the Mach 2.5 4 engine [...]
2   celewign 63 5704 turpit
02-14-2007 at 03:40 AM
On [CPUs] Finaly, RD600 appears on the market!
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wait a sec i'm thinking r600 vid cards that will be out in march. in other words what the 505 site was trying to deceive ppl about. my bad , [...]
    gOJDO 15 2237 gOJDO
01-16-2007 at 07:45 PM
On [Sound Cards] Barracuda AC-1 vs Creative X-fi
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just read this
2   krisz 95 9470 gondo
01-30-2007 at 02:44 AM
On [CPUs] FX70, FX72 & FX74
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Hey Baron I may be just a trucker but in physics wither it be water, air, or a vacuum Force has a lot to do with structures for example [...]
5   Col-P-Todd 238 15906 turpit
01-04-2007 at 07:45 PM
On [CPUs] AM2+ (quad cores) drop-in with AM2; *AND* cheap path to AM3
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the 945p chipsets are c2d capable. You better look at the c2d motherboards and see how many 945's are in the list on the same page he posted [...]
2   halbhh 78 5904 halbhh
01-03-2007 at 02:45 AM
On [CPUs] Quad FX shows up on Newegg
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Hey Jack, Want to bet on what he's going to be next year? Head of a IT department for a major company? Lead programmer for such a c [...]
6   r0ck 268 17084 tpmeredith
12-31-2006 at 03:40 AM
On [CPUs] behind the user names, who are we?
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I guess it's time for me to chime in. I'm a 43 year old ham operating trucker for a local company here in northern Virginia. You can get a B [...]
12   reconviper​one1 562 25766 lca806
01-25-2007 at 05:24 PM
On [CPUs] AMD demonstrates first native quad-core CPU
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Someone had said that 4x4 was the only one to use 4 graphics cards and have dual cpu's. Only if AMD had come out with it earlier then Apple. [...]
2   exit2dos 86 7982 MU_Enginee​r
12-05-2006 at 05:47 PM
On [CPUs] Intel Samples 45nm Penryn Microprocessors.
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Baron you need to read your roadmap, that you posted. 4x4 is 90 nm not 65 and AMD 65nm won't be out till next year. According to your roadma [...]
2   r0ck 50 4003 Threshold
11-30-2006 at 07:39 AM
On [CPUs] True 4X4 mobo pic
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Hey i'm surprised no one noticed what the bottom right chipset said on the motherboard. How does VIA act with AMD? , because I know from per [...]
2   Papi4baby 70 6210 Crashman
11-27-2006 at 07:28 AM
On [Sound Cards] Xi-Fis worth it with Vista comming?
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I've been using Vista RC1 and i don't know about you guy's but EAX is supported by Creative's drivers for Vista. So i don't see how anything [...]
    Etherian 34 6259 Mitch074
11-21-2006 at 09:57 AM
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