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Amd Verses Intel

Which company u like better? rite now AMD has the edge over intel with there 64 and FX series...

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Host My Own Domain

[b]Dear all bros and Sis, I have some question that need all of your helps, I am very appreciated if all of you could share your ideas regarding this issue:[/b] i have already had a domain name, and have it host with other company, but want to host it with my home computer with the ADSL 256/512Kbps internet connection. I computer is behind the 4 ports ADSL modem with built-in router. I have already setup the web server on my computer. but i dono [b]what to do next[/b] to let people over t

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My Hdd Dead?

Hallo guys. I cant turn on my pc when I connect my power supply to the HDD, but everything working fine when I disconnect my hdd power supply.. so.. my hdd short circuit? anyway to repair it? thanks in advance guys!

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Dead Hard Disk

This is the first time I've ever had to turn to the community for help... but I'm desperate. My hard disk sort of died today. It's been grinding down for ever, and it eventually kicked it in this morning. It's a 10gb drive sitting in an old IBM PC300GL I use for misc stuff - sometimes for the server, or to do misc jobs like encryption cracking, or whatever. Anyway, it's not so much the drive itself which is important - I could buy a replacement one for probobly under $

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Pc Turn On For A Second And Then Turn Off With Beeps

Hello, I'm newbie here, so i need some advice from all of you. My PC got some kind of problem. When I want to turn it on it turn on for a second or two and then it suddenly turn off followed by beeps like a police siren continuously. May I know what's wrong with my pc. When i looked at the fan it spin for a second and then turn off at the same time as the pc turn off. Here are my specs AMD athlon XP 2.8 Abit AN7 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9550

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What are your Specs?

The Computer I am on is: Latitude CPI Intel Pentium II Processor 363 MHZ 128 MB Ram Win XP SP2 10 GB Hardrive 24-Bit Screen Depth The second laptop is: Dell Inspiron 3700 Intel Celron Processor 463 MHZ 384 MB RAM Win XP SP1 32 bit depth screen 20 GB Hardrive The main computer is: Intel Pentium 4 Processor 1.99 GHZ 1 GB Ram Win XP SP1 32 bit depth screen 40 GB Hardrive

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Best Processor company?

What do you think is the best processor company? I think intel is, becuase their processors are faster and they have hyperthreading and are starting to produce 64 bit processors...

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USB

Anyone have any luck at all getting any version of Linux to utilize the high speed mode of their USB 2.0 card? I have no problems with getting any of my USB stuff to work in Knoppix 3.4 or Debian or Mandrake 10.0. But all version are only using the USB in the slow mode (v1.1). It would be nice to get it to high speed. In Win2000 I get a huge speed increase. I can copy a 4 meg file in less than 2 seconds in Win2000. On Linux it takes about 7 seconds or about 600KB/s. Is there some driver that m

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hitachi 160GB

i have bought 160gb hitachy hard drive. i fdiske'd it and windows detects that is only 130gb. where my other 30gb has gone?

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Graphiccards

Whats better. Graphiccards from Powercolor Saphirre Asus.....

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Cpu Temperatures

Usually my 2000+ is 43grad C. when i overlock it it´s 47 could that be????

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Issue With Windows Vista - Sound Card Acting Wierd [resolved]

For some strange reason My sound card doesn't seem play sound on my 5.1 properly. I've a dual boot system. on XP its running properly. So I figure this is an issue with Vista only. My sound card is recognized as Realtek HD audio. *(My motherboad is XFX 650i Ultra) Now whenever a jack on the back-panel is unplugged or plugged in it shows and alert and gives an option window under XP where I can select what I've put. It somewhat allows me to configure any pin to be a input or out

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Which Is Your Laptop Brand?

[font="Calibri"][size=3]Dear friends I am planning of buying a new laptop. So I would like your suggestions regarding this matter. Which is the best brand right now to be bought and why. I would like to have the suggestions on the basis of quality, capacity and looks. Thanking you all in advance. [/size][/font]

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Motherboards

Hi people, i open this topic for know what mother is good for a new computer and have a low cost, Asus, Asrock, Intel, etc.? I listen your opinions, thanks!

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Nvidia's New 6800 Gt With Pci-x

Seems that Nvidia's new PCI-X 6800 GT has no advantage over the original one... [size=7][url="http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/143/1/"]Review[/url][/size]

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Hosting Hardware

What would you guys recomend for a personal site that gets about 200 visitors a day? And about how much would it cost?

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Trap17 Server

What kind of server does trap17 use? Or did you guys pay someone else.

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HOW MANY PARTIONS YOU HAVE ON YOUR HARDRIVE

I GOT 5 PARTIONS ON MY COMPUTER! Always good to have a empty, or unused partion!!

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Hardwere

Wat is tis hardwere it tink i need no hardwere . but i now flo en i want to sie tis ok bye . all

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question before i buy

i need to upgrade my video card, i have only an integrated crappy one. before i go to the store though, how do i know if i have an "agp slot" on my motherboard? and, is agp the type of card i want? or pci? everyone has always told me agp, but this dude at radio shack tried telling me pci was better.

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How Many Gigs do you have?

ahem,i got 80

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Help with my mouse...

Hi, I have a dexxa Optical mouse... I have al the drivers... Left and Right button to go back and forth work but the scrollwheel doesnt work... Is there any way that you know how to make the scrollwheel work? Its sucks when I am gaming... -Florisjuh

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help!! CD-ROM error

hello, i really need help, my cd drive is working absolutely fine in ms-dos, but when i try to use it in windows it does all sorts of things, sometimes it shows the cd as audio when it is not, other times it tells me that the cd drive is not functioning, and also sometimes it detects the cd, then when i look at the files on it they are a scrambled and have filenames like '??~???__~_???_~~'. i have tried reinstalling windows and updating drivers.. PLEASE HELP ME I AM GOING INSANE!!

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Web Cam

Hi, I want to buy a Web Cam. I want a linux compatible one. Because i am going to use it primarly under Linux but also in Windows. I was thinking into buying a Logitech one, because i have always heard good things about Logiteck peripherals. But i have no idea about models, prices. Can you recommend me any model or any web page about Webcams? Which would you choose and how much does it cost? Thanks in advanced for your feedback.

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Card for view tv

Hi people, somebody knows a card to connect cable tv and dont cost much?? any page?? prices?? Thanks!!!

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computer modding is costing too much

many ppl deicde that they would like to build a comp with all the leet mods and cold cathode lights and coloured fans but wats the point its not asif ppl are going to stare at the case for fun and the money can be spent elsewhere such as a new graphics card. the computer case is just used to hold all the parts together and is put next to your feet so ppl shouldnt bother to spend hundreds of dollars on doing up their comp

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Toshiba laptop AC Power Issue

Hi, i am having a problem with my laptop. It is a On a Toshiba Satellite A65-s1067 and it is 2 years old. It was working last night but today when ever i have the laptop pluged in to its charger the charger, battery is clicking. It even sounds like the clicking is coming from the BIOS when the AC is plugged in and the Battery is taken out. When i am in windows my battery gets drained even though the charger is plugged in, and my computer will not start without the battery for some reason. I

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So, My Friend Needs Some Help On His Build...

Anyway, my friend is looking to buy a new mobo that'll go well with his Q6600 and 8800gt that he recently got. Trouble is he is almost out of money and still needs to buy the mobo. He's stuck on two decisions These are very hard desicions because they are both the same price, almost the same specs and both are made by pretty good manufacturers (eVGA and ASUS). Anyway please help me decide which one is better The eVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 or the Asus P5N32-E SLI (680i SLI, NOT the 650i SLI) Tha

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Need Help Connecting To Trap17 Servers

Im new to trap17.com and im currently using ftp programs to connect to hosting companies but for some reason i cant connect to trap17 servers even though i though i know that the servers are NS1.TRAP17.COM and NS2.TRAP17.COM. Can anybody give me advice upon solutions upon how to connect to these servers or suggest any other ftp program other than cuteftp?

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Many Pc Speakers Are Good Value

I was wondering who else enjoys what their PC Speakers do for them? I purchased a set some time ago for about 30 U.S (Logitech speakers.) They're actually not bad considering their cheap price tag, i consider them to be one of those rare items where you really get a bargain.  I recognize that they aren't "excellent" quality, but sometimes they do surprise. Although their midrange is flat it doesn't matter to me because i listen to music with the EQ midrange set down a bit.

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Processor Help?

I want to but a new processor, a Pentium 4, I have a Celeron at the mo.. is it possible to simply change them, swap the? Or would I need to buy a new mother board? Thank you, Cragllo.

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Amd And Next Year

For anyone interested in what AMD will be producing later this year, AnandTech has written an article detailing the next generation processor from Texas. [url="http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipset...aspx?i=2939&p=1"]http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipset...aspx?i=2939&p=1[/url] Personally I'm rather looking forward to what's coming, though the question right now is not whether it will be enough to topple the Core 2 or even if it has come quickly enough, but whether AMD can pick up

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Overclocking Is Cool

ive realised that i could overclock my computer my more than 400 mhz which save me like $600 instead of buying the latest release of cpu that people have dreamt about.... but buying a few fans and a few tips and tools from people ive manage to clock my comp faster and the the performance is obvious. the danger of overclocking is present but speding about $50 is worthwhile to get the best outta your comp

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Ip Cctv

Did u ever try IP CCTV? How good it is: fps, pixel ..etc

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Quick Question

i'd like to buy a video card for my computer. how do i know if i have an agp slot? i am told agp cards are much better. my computer is almost 2 years old, pentium4, 2ghz, 512 ddr ram

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New Computer (custom)

I plan on buying a new computer for christmas.. Only problem is, I can't find any good preconstructed ones. I want something about 1,000$. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had a link to a nice website where you can custom-build your PC? P.S. Penteium 4 or Other? (I want the fastest and stablest. )

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Tablet Purchase, Any Help?

Hey there, I am searching for a tablet PC with wifi wireless connection and everything else for cheaps. So far I really want the toshiba top of the line one, but its too expensive. If anybody know of any really good tablet PC for cheap, please let me know! thanks!

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Video Card

wut video card do u have?? I have a 128mb ati radeon 9200 vidoe card... not bad.. i need more tho.. lol

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Computer Trouble

I have a computer thats about 6 or 7 yrs old (not currently being used), i went to start it up to re-format the harddrive and install the required components and such and the comp booted but would not load into dos no matter what i did and it does not load properly and it does stuff i dont want it to do... WHAT SHOULD I DO??!?!

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Cd-rom Problem

i got a very big cd-rom problem it came up when i got home from my vacation okay for some reason the cd-drive couldnt read any cd-keys,and i changed it to a different cd-drive but i don't know how to set it up,snice my new cd-key also got the same problem as my old one

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Personal Comp Vs Pre-made

So what do you prefer? I actually just have a premade computer. But I have been thinking of building my own or at least having one I had a company custom make.

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What Graphic Card Should I Get?

I'm planning to upgrade my computer soon. Right now i'm using a *BLEEP* Nvidia Geforce 2 mx card, which can barely play any top of the line games, and i am planning to upgrade it soon. Question is, which graphic card should i get? I haven't done any research yet, so i'm asking on a blind whim. My friend has a Geforce FX 5700 and he says it runs like a charm... So, any suggestions?

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Irda

did anybody know how fast the data transfered via IrDA? i will use it for internet access via mobie phone.

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Best Laptop Dvd/burn Combo Drive

So I got an old compaq from my sister, not too shabby but it doesn't have a burn drive. It only has a DVD drive. I want to replace this. I have looked at like Fry's and Compaq and Curcuit City. They don't seem to have any. Do any of you have any suggestions?

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Thermal Take

You know the name ThermalTake for computers?? its good??

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Servers

does anyone own their own server ? how much does a resonable 1U server cost? how much is the resell value for a 1U server?

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cooling solution is not the real solution

i recently purchased various fans for my cpu and graphics cards hoping that it will help cool my comp down which it does the problem is it makes it as loud as runnning water which really pisses me off i thought to myself i wasted like a hundred bucks on *BLEEP* that makes it even louder omg wat am i to do?

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Where I can find an inexpensive processessor...

on the internet? Also, if you could tell me where to find a good gfx card that is inexpensive, post that too =)

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video card

what video card do you thing is the best?, im using a ati radeon 9200 128mb

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Hunting for Area 51 Case

anyone know where can i get a Alienware Area 51 case for cheap price? i don't want the whole system..i just want the case for my new computer i'm going to build. there is a case in a good shape in [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51062&item=6710686526&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW"]ebay[/url] but it is 325 bucks now..i would probably get a decent graphics card with that much money... anyway, if anyone know i can get the case separately for a cheap pr

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Hardware Training

Here are some sites which offer hardware training to you.... 1) [url="http://www.tomshardware.com/"]http://www.tomshardware.com/[/url] 2) [url="http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/"]http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/[/url]

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which processor

i am trying to configure some systems for internet browsing,this will be thier sole purpose,which processor should i use for them,am sorta centered on d older celeron 830 mhz chip,cant afford any chip higher than 1000mhz,pls advise,as a standard these chips would be mounted on intel chipset boards with all integrated basic components with 128 mg ram and a 20 gb hardisk

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graphics: integrated or add on cards?

am tryin to get good graphics on my system,but at the same time i want to keep it simple and achieve a balance between functionality and cost,integrated graphics chips on a system board are cheaper take less system resources but may not give high end performance while on the other hand video cards are quite expensive,take a toll on system resources and thier gains are bogged down in low end systems,am running a low budget pls advise

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Macbook Or Laptop?

Ok so I just got z-listed on Lockerz and there's 2 things i'm interested in getting MacBook Pro 13-inch Aluminum and Dell Inspiron Mini 10-inch The Dell I can get in just 2 months but the macbook looks better... but I have only heard bad things about Macs like most windows programs won't run on them etc.. so what's your opinion? is Mac better or worse then Windows? and can a windows OS be installed on Mac? :S

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What Is The Best Processor For Gaming?

What the above said....lol... I was browsing the Internet the other day looking for the answer of which processor is the best for gaming, the compared processors are Intel Pentium IV HT E and AMD Athlon 64 (if I am not mistaken...) Most people say that Intel is better than AMD but also more expensive. While others say then AMD can be over-clocked and is less hotter than Intel. So know, I want your opinion. Which is the best processor for gaming? Intel or AMD? Thank you for the help.

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Twinmos Go2 Mp3 Player

The Twinmos GO2 Music P11 stands as the cheapest MP3 player in this group test. Despite its value pricing, the GO2 Music P11 does have a few tricks up its sleeve. Should you find the player's built in 128MB of memory limiting, the GO2 Music P11 features SD and MMC memory card slots for easy upgradeability. While radio functionality is present with seven programmable presets, the GO2 Music P11 does not allow for either voice or direct FM recording. We were pleased to find however that Tw

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Ipod

I had an ipod but i broke it man i wish i could have it back man ipods are so cool Its so crazy how they can hold up ten thousand songs that it NUTS lol I think that i am about to get one for christmas yeahhhhh that will be really cool I THINK

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30000 Terabyte Hard Drive

hey i read in some windows xp magazine that scientists over in America made a 30000 terabyte hard drive by using nano technology and adding believe it or not, water to the hard drive. how sick would it be to have a hdd that BIG

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Which Speakers Should I By For My New Pc?

Basiclly, ive got £100 to spend. My new mbo supports 5.1 sound, so no sound card is needed i am going to be suign them to be playing Music really loud I'm not bothered about Movie quality surround sound or sound quality for games, as i wont have the space to set it up properly. Please could someone make some opinions, im askign around in quite alot of places. I'm not sure weither to get 2.1, because ive ehard their better for music, as 4.1, 5.1 etc tend to be a bit wimpy Help will b

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Comparison Speed- Centrino To Pentium 4

Just wondering how the speeds compared. How powerful is a Centrino say 1.6GHZ to a Pentium 4-3.0GHZ??

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What Is You Dreamsystem?

If you had the money (like $5000) what kind of system/configuration would you buy for desktop use? my monster would look like this - Enermax CS-A666TA - GigaByte K8NSNXP-939 - AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz) - Zalman CNPS 7000B-Cu cpu cooler - Corsair DIMM 1GB (533) - Western Digital Raptor (74 GB) 10000rpm sata 2 times - LiteOn SOHW-832S dl dvd writer - Plextor Premium - NEC Floppydrive - Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS - Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 speakerset - Gainwa

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Best Video Card

What is the best video card out! Im looking to get a new card for Christmas or sometime soon and am wondering what is the best video card out. Also were is a place to get great prices on them.

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Replaced My Laptop Internal Hard Drive Today

I bought this MacBook Pro over 15 months ago and it came with a 160GB (149.1 GB in real terms) Hitachi Hard drive that spins at 5400 RPM and is a bit noisy for whatever reason. Yesterday, UPS delivered to me two WD 320 GB (298 GB in real terms) 5400 RPM drives. The second one is for a friend who's going to pay me to install it in his Macbook Pro for him. I paid $190 each for the WD Passports off of newegg.com which, oddly, is less than the hard drive without the Passport enclosure. Fir

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Sata Hard Drive Not Recognized By Windows

Hi there! I recently re-installed windows on my 250 gb WD SATA hard drive. I had a 50 gb windows partition and the rest for files. First thing that happened was my system partition wouldn't boot and eventually chkdsk said that the mbr was unrecoverable. A friend recommended that i use a seperate parallel hard drive to load windows and then convert the disk to dynamic in disk management. I did this, but the computer crashed and now windows won't even load with the SATA hard drive con

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What Kind Of Comp Do You Have?

I have and HP invent with windows xp proffessional, how about you>? -oh darn, i put hp invent on there twice.. just use the top one, please.

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Monitor Colour Problem?

I have a problem regardinig my computer. My computer is just 8 months old. Recently I have shifted it from one room to the other in my home. After shifting it I have seen a problem in it. Sometime there are rainbow like colours in the four corners of Monitor. These are not permanent. Sometimes these are very light , sometimes very dark and sometimes they are not at all. What can be the problem?? In the previous room the UPS was under the computer table but now it is on the table. Can it be the p

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Sata And Ata Drives

Hi guys, anyone can tell me the diference in performance between a SATA and ATA drive? i mean with the a same system configuration cause im for update my pc and maybe i can replace one of my HD i can get 10% more of speed? more? thanks.

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Best Cpu

What do you think the best cpu is? According to what i have tried and heard AMD is way more powerful than pentium. I heard that AMD gives you its full power for maximum efficiency while pentium gives you about 80%-89% full power. This is why for all of you that have AMDs you better have a huge fan for it or it will over heat. Has any one else found something odd about any cpu chips?

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Nintendo Cubed

When is NC coming out in stores?

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Pentium 4 Processor (remodled And Reanimated)

is it possible to get one of these?

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Computer Breakdown

To all you computer experts out there: I have a windows 98 packard computer and my c: disk is full(well nearly) and just when i want to format it, now it cuts out every time I log in, as in the computer appears to be on yet the screen is not getting any signal from it so can anyone help me?

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Psp (play Station Portable)

Better than the game boy with 3d graphics and mini disks. When is it actually coming out?

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Dvd/cd-rw Problem

well, i've tried using the search bar, but it returned an error, so if there's a duplicate topic about this, forgive me. my mom bought a laptop a few weeks back and my older brother installed everything the laptop needs for it to be fully functional (including players for dvd's). i got some videos from a classmate that was written on dvd, so i thought the laptop is the best option for me to play them. when i tried playing the dvd on the laptop, the drive just lights up for a few sec

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What Processor You Have?

Hi all, I don't know if you already had poll about processor type, but now I think ist time to tell again, which processor we have. I have AMD Duron - 1,6 ghz, but personally I think that pentium4 is best choice. Reason for me to have Duron is cheap price.

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Intel Dual Core

anyone bought intel duo ? i was wondering is there a much or major differences in speed.. for example 2.8G wih duo compare to 2.8G HT.. how much difference? If it was much faster , probably i would consider duo.

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Sound Problem

OK, let me tell you how my Thursday night went. First of all, earlier in the day, something caused the electrical outlets in the kitchen to reset, so the T.V. in the living room shut off also, and the cable box. I was trying to figure out what was wrong, because everything else in the house was working fine. I test out other plugs and sure enough the other one works, so I'm assuming the problem is solved, well it wasn't. My Dad then comes home around 7:30 P.M. after he gets off of work,

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What Components You You Manage To Kill?

I'm interested how many, and what, PC components died, or ceased working on your systems. Include ALL hardware you [u]had[/u] to replace, ever since you started using comps. Don't include replaced components that still worked... I'm still making my own list

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Adding An Additional Hard Drive Question

Just wondering the answer to a simple question. If I want to add a second harddrive to my computer, does the hardrive need to be formatted first or can it just be taken out of another computer and added as is. I'v never actually done this and was wondeing if it would work. Thanks = )

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Macs Or Pc's Or Self-made

I am asking because I don't really care about the model but I want to know if my next comp I should buy should be either one of these.

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Free Computer Parts

What kind free computer parts has everyone got? I have a free dvd rom, 24x12x40 cdrw, 256 ram, hard drive (fried it last year though) I've gott'n most of my free goods from people who get new stuff and/or its "broken" hehe. I've also been given an xbox (dvd drive was shot), digital camera, video camera, amp and subs. Its kinda nice being "the guy that knows how to fix electronics" I really dont know jack (anything), its just people are kinda retarded sumtim

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Technically Speaking: Usb Or Firewire?

According to my experience, USB 2.0 and Firewire had basicly same speed while transfering files.. but is it really near the same? If you have some experience, help me out to choose which is better? And which of this two technology's will survive on the market?

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Hardware Conflict

Hi all, I have some old soundcard: AudioExcel Theatre, PCI,5+1... and after installing winxp sp2, every time when i reboot, I have to enter safe mode and disable that soundcard because it wont boot. Then when winxp boot's, I need to enable that soundcard manualy to get sound working... Soundcard drivers are ok, and everything seems to be ok with card. Before sp2 everything was ok... And I doubt that there are some newer drivers on internet... So anyone had some idea how to solve this confli

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Huh? Anti-virus Processor

I keep hearing these commercials on the radio about a processor which keeps virusses out (AMD athlon). Is this *BLEEP* or what? How can a processor be anti-virus?

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Putting A Face On Technology

Imagine a surveillance system that presents a virtual embodiment of a person on a screen who can react to your behaviour, and alert you to new e-mails, among other technological possibilities. Basic versions of these so-called avatars already exist. Together with speech and voice recognition systems, they could replace the keyboard and mouse in the future, or at least be in addition to current means of input. One such avatar is Jeremiah; it is a virtual man, which you can download and install f

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A Couple Quick Computer Questions.

I am getting a new monitor and I plan to use it for gaming, WoW, BF2 etc. And I was just wondering, for being on a budget if the monitor is fine, I've read about ghosting and dead pixels and such and was just kind of worried about getting the wrong one. [url="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1828823&CatId=2318#detailspecs"]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...318#detailspecs[/url] That's the link to it... But it's Hanns·G HW-191D

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Solution Need.....speed Performence Problem

hi guyz, i just need a solution for the problem that i am going to identify, please give me the solution for it, PROBLEM :- I play lots of games on my computer, but some of my games run slow, such as The Sims & Counter Strike i need to know why, and what's its solution, please give me the cheapest and the greatest solution,

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Amd Or Intel ?

Money is not really a problem, but I want a STABLE system for extreme gaming. At this very moment, I got 1000-2000 euro to spend. My current system is a P4 2400 mhz, 512 RDram @ 1024 mhz, 120 GB & 160 GB HD @ 7200 rpm. As a soundcard I got a soundblaster live with a 2.1 speaker system. My graphics card is a radeon 9700 pro. I also got a laptop wich is around the same configuration, but I'm using thisone as a server, connected through LAN with the other. In about 2 months i'd like t

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A Pc That Is Cool Looking?

I was browsing through a fashion magazine which I frequently keep my eye on and in it I found advertisements for a style of PC company called Hip-E. it is apparently created mostly for the "teen lifestyle" [url="http://www.hip-e.com/"]http://www.hip-e.com/[/url] <-- link.. check out there stuff but here is a pic. [img]http://www.hip-e.com/images/storenode.gif[/img]

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Dvd V.s. Blu-ray

What do you guys think, will DVD pick up its socks or will Blu-Ray take over? In my opinion since the aptly named Blu-Ray uses the new blue laser technology allowing it a finer beem and data to then be packed more, You can have 27GB Single Layer Dics's as compared to the 4gb DVD or 54gb Dual-layer as opposed to the 8gb dvd, so far it looks like it will CRUSH the compentition and if anyones wondering, yes it will be backwards compatible with redlaser discs such as CD's or DVD's. More

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New Video Card!

Any way well guys I finnaly decided to officially start buying stuff for the new computer im building. Most of the stuff ill get from tigerdirect but these two things they dint have and so today I ordered a new sweet turtle beach 7.1 or 7.2? montego sound card. Its gonna be awesome and I also ordered my video card. Check it out [url="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102685"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102685[/url]

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Help Me Buy A Pda

hi I have a low budget, the less i spend the better. Around $80 would be great, refurbished ok. Budget $40-$120 if worth it for my needs. I need a PDA to enter names of DVD's I purchase for my collection. I have started buying the same twice, I need something alphabetised when i am in stores. I want to update when i purchase new ones. I want to play too, keep phone numbers, alarms silent or not, reminders, have access to large freeware/shareware library online. Some features

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Looking For Video Card That Supports Two Monitors

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