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On [Sound Cards] The time has come to replace my onboard sound     sleepdepri​ved82 26 1078 astrallite
03-23-2006 at 10:10 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Dual Power supplies and DX10 sli power needs
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Ah I see, well that is more than enough power
    raknarius 12 1165 comptia_re​p
09-01-2006 at 06:32 PM
On [Other Components] LCD nub help plz!
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They are all pretty much the same, go for which looks better. I personaly wouldnt get any of them as they are all missing DVI but thats m [...]
    Pengwin 14 907 LordSlashs​tab
07-02-2006 at 09:55 AM
On [CPUs] how much will the conroe that beats out the fx-62 cost?
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Well in good old UK, you can pre order the E6600 for £252. Now taking VAT off that is £214 so at current rates thats $395. I would ta [...]
2   michaelwol​fson 83 6831 Fred_Pohl
07-05-2006 at 09:29 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] New vid card and I noticed it asks for more power..
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He has orderd a PCI card not a PCI-e card so its fine. Yeh I would say it will be ok for a while like its been said it may just not [...]
    vint1 6 640 Pengwin
06-25-2006 at 05:30 PM
On [CPUs] Difference
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In general opterons will oc higher than X2's The fact is though there are lots of combinations and parts to an overclock, different batch [...]
    Fungalberr​y 8 428 Mitch074
03-23-2006 at 04:12 PM
On [CPUs] Stupid Question
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Yes WOW will work on an opteron An opteron is just a A64 on 939, so if the game works on a A64 or X2 it will work on an opteron.
    Sandmannig​ht 15 654 Mitch074
03-25-2006 at 09:40 AM
On [CPUs] Top World Chip-Makers
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Looking at processors AMD is doing well. or it was:
    ltcommande​r_data 26 990 Luminaris
03-19-2006 at 11:42 PM
On [CPUs] possible upgrade...
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Ok fair enough, if it works I will not argue I never tried as it said it was a 1gb limit i just built a new computer. The ram will be the [...]
    rabidbunny 23 942 awalts
05-07-2006 at 08:58 PM
On [CPUs] Athlon64-3700SD or Athlon64-X2-3800
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Yep the sandy is seconds faster than the x2, however look at the xvid benchmarks which is multicore patched and you will see the x2 is 1 [...]
    Cliffhucke​r 46 1266 sleepdepri​ved82
03-06-2006 at 10:27 AM
On [CPUs] Advice on components for new gaming RIG!
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I would stick with dual core. All the chips will prob oc nicely, get the x2 as its faster out of the box than the opty. I would only go o [...]
    Sticky 12 613 CompGeek
03-06-2006 at 06:19 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] running Nvidia BFG 6800 GT oc on a dell 250 W PSU
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The 6800gt and 9800xt both have a min of 300w psu, how can there power requirements be much different. A 6800ultra would be pushing it but n [...]
    jb77 19 1108 ak47is1337
03-05-2006 at 09:09 AM
On [CPUs] Ok then what do you use your computer for?
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LOL @ limewire, its all the same clip renamed 1 million times bittorrent, newsgroups i guess it what most use Bittorrent is the worlds [...]
    MJuric 37 1269 rodney_ws
03-02-2006 at 09:05 PM
On [CPUs] AMD64 3700+ with 2x 7800GT, why doesn´t it eat the graphics?
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yep ram will work in dual channel with 2 or 4 sticks. Running 4 sticks means you can not use 1t command rates, the impact of this is uncert [...]
2   falsterbo 86 4838 falsterbo
03-07-2006 at 08:16 PM
On [CPUs] ran it to problem upgrading
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Stop, the 9800 better than the x1300 dont even contemplate that as an upgrade. If your sticking with AGP max it out with the x850xt it wi [...]
    Lowlife488​0 9 352 Godiva
02-21-2006 at 04:34 AM
On [CPUs] 3700+ or 3800+?
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3700+
    Chil 17 985 Sekeru
02-20-2006 at 10:11 PM
On [CPUs] System Performance
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Or
    Scotteh 14 668 chuckshiss​le
02-14-2006 at 06:28 PM
On [Other Components] UK mail order componants.
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Komplett.co.uk is another one, never used them though.
    Goudwijzev​is 5 322 squealy
02-14-2006 at 11:36 AM
On [CPUs] What is the fastest opteron?
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So does any one know if the 185 is 2.6GHz, amd website has nothing
    Rabidpeanu​t 27 1521 IVAces
02-14-2006 at 08:24 PM
On [CPUs] Athlon 3700 2.2GHz San Diego or Opteron 148 2.2GHz San Diego
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Any one got there 3700+ to 3ghz, my 146 will. I dont think you can say opterons not overclocking better can not be proved, search the web [...]
    jonno 7 968 old_times
02-18-2006 at 07:37 AM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] DELL 8250 power supply, standard or not????
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Yep dell rate thier psu's lower than other manufacturers. I had a 4550 once upon a time with a 250w supply, found out from the dell froums [...]
    jb77 10 1857 Jake_Barne​s
02-13-2006 at 08:37 PM
On [CPUs] Intel fanboy's
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oh ok I read the 1st few pages a few days ago, seems to have gone a bit sideways since then.
18   dvdpiddy 875 18729 Jake_Barne​s
02-22-2006 at 06:34 AM
On [CPUs] How does this setup look?
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If thats your general budget I would drop down to a 3800+ and buy 2gb of ram with the saving instead of 1gb. I think dual cores more than [...]
    BorisTheSp​ider 5 386 BorisTheSp​ider
02-09-2006 at 04:54 AM
On [CPUs] £400-ish to spend. What's the best upgrade solution?
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I would not touch a p4 you will get a lot more performance for your money with AMD. If gaming is your priority then I would go with a sin [...]
    BorisTheSp​ider 6 382 BorisTheSp​ider
02-09-2006 at 04:57 AM
On [CPUs] 3800 or 3800
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to get any sort of good fps on BF2 you have to turn a core off, so you will not be able to achieve your desired playing and watching. Th [...]
    dvdpiddy 17 705 Wolfy
02-05-2006 at 01:21 AM
On [CPUs] Dell stops offering Intel 9xx series processors
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UK dell has the 940
    gem 12 1003 K8MAN
02-05-2006 at 03:30 PM
On [CPUs] AMD OPTERON 146 OR AMD ATHLON 3700 SAN DIEGO
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yeh the 148 is 2.2ghz the 146 is 2ghz so the 148 is better at stock.
    mlightsey0​182 9 786 sleepdepri​ved82
01-28-2006 at 12:32 AM
On [CPUs] Locked or Unlocked?
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165 $330 3800+ $282 Well those are the prices I have found for your options Im in the UK so I just looked on newegg for ease. The tro [...]
2   tvfreak 62 2908 wusy
01-18-2006 at 07:14 AM
On [CPUs] opteron 939 vs Atlhon X2
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Yeh ok sorry bad choice of words on my part, just trying to get across that the opteron is identical to the Athlon. Had to explain it so [...]
    JayMan 24 5359 jjburnell
09-09-2007 at 06:24 AM
On [CPUs] Is an upgrade worth it?
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Could also balance the upgrade: Buy the asrock motherboard with both an agp and pcie slot, then upgrade your card at a later date. IMH [...]
    BossHoss 2 434 sleepdepri​ved82
01-07-2006 at 10:53 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] HELP BEFORE I SMASH IT
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LOL i was being to polite to say that, and I wouldnt touch em with a barge pole. On the other hand it is easy to return things than using a [...]
    Jubble 27 2604 Finneus
01-27-2006 at 03:28 PM
On [CPUs] AMD and Intel.
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Intel also have thier fingers in more pies, they produce a lot more than just CPUs. They produce the most GPUs as well I think (correct me i [...]
    tvfreak 19 1595 runswindow​s95
01-04-2006 at 07:47 AM
On [Other Components] Keyboard writes wrong letters for wrong keys
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Sounds like a broken keyboard im affraid, rather than any thing software related.
    TurkzZ 12 6981 Renih
09-26-2007 at 03:58 AM
On [CPUs] Which Core is Which
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3500+ is a venice core Here is the difference between yours and the latest San Diego core
    143gadgets 2 487 sleepdepri​ved82
01-02-2006 at 07:34 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Opteron 146 Venus any good?
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What? How can a chip that is identical to the top of the line fx-57 gaming chip when overclocked not be good at gaming. I have my 146 [...]
    daddydc650 11 2047 daddydc650
01-02-2006 at 01:35 AM
On [CPUs] Mod Please Close.. Thanks
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I only said some games may want to turn a core off for better performance. The BF2 forum is full of people who had signigficant gains from [...]
    nitto1320i 15 708 Jake_Barne​s
01-01-2006 at 12:38 AM
On [CPUs] BUYING THIS: help me please!
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Also a lot cheaper here:
    Legoflamb 7 860 Legoflamb
01-01-2006 at 12:53 PM
On [Other Components] How to find out if HDD is sata or ide?
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Most certain way is open your case and look: Ide looks like this:http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/23/pc_interfaces_101/page15.html [...]
    Bullseye21 2 712 Bullseye21
12-29-2005 at 06:11 AM
On [Other Components] HDD Question
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Yep, just make sure you get the right connection for your new hard drive e.g sata or ide
    Bullseye21 2 592 fishmahn
12-28-2005 at 05:47 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Opteron 148 Venus Compatiblity w/ 939 Motherboards
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Motherboard makers will not officaly support them as they are server processors. However I have a 146 opteron running on a abit an8 ultra an [...]
    Grabbar 2 491 sleepdepri​ved82
12-28-2005 at 09:25 AM

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