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    New PC build, looking for suggestions or huge glaring problems I've missed.

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($197.99 @...
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    Putting together a PC for a friend, and wanted to check with you guys. :)

    To be honest, if I lived nearby, I'd help him build it, as a teaching experience. But if he wanted me to just build it by myself and hand it to him, I'd probably say no. Since he's willing to pay for it to be done, I don't particularly want to do it for free. :p Thank you guys for all your...
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    Putting together a PC for a friend, and wanted to check with you guys. :)

    Thanks a lot! A few things: We're American, actually. All of my links are just to mwave.com, not mwave.com.au. Your links go to a separate site which doesn't even appear to have the same items in stock. For example, I cannot find the Gigabyte 7950 3 GB in stock on my Mwave. The closest I...
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    Putting together a PC for a friend, and wanted to check with you guys. :)

    The CPU would be $320 at Newegg, and the card would be $275. The prices are higher at Mwave, but I think on the build we're losing about fifty bucks. And he's the one who doesn't want to actually build it himself, so I guess that's a price he's willing to pay.
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    Putting together a PC for a friend, and wanted to check with you guys. :)

    My friend wants a new computer. He wants a really great gaming machine that can run basically everything at something approaching best quality. Unfortunately, he doesn't feel like he can build it himself, and I live too far away from him to build it for him. So we're going to use Mwave's...
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    Non-technical cloud storage?

    A friend asked me if there was any way she could backup her files somewhere online, and have the files be updated automatically or semi-automatically. A place where the data would be safe, but kept up-to-date. It would be even better if new files were automatically backed up, as well. I...
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    Old, lying computer advertisements

    Huh, maybe that was it. Looks like they had a 600 mhz chip in 1996, which would definitely have tripped my "wtf" circuits. Though looking around on the internet for information, it also looks like they actually were that fast. So why wasn't that a big deal?
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    Old, lying computer advertisements

    I remember Cyrix, Wal-Mart sold their stuff a lot. I'm thinking of something different, though. I guess I might be misremembering, but I swear I remember ads for things that made absolutely no sense. :p
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    Old, lying computer advertisements

    Back in the 90s, I remember seeing these ads all over magazines like Computer Shopper that were advertising computers with absolutely stupid specs. Like, stuff that I knew couldn't be right. While I only had a 486sx (33 mhz!) at the time, my friends were beginning to get things like Pentium...
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    New computer--weird problem.

    Well, ever since I reseated the videocard, it seems to be doing fine. Cable-wiggling doesn't cause problems, either. If it happens again, I'll try different cables. I doubt any pins are broken, though.
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    New computer--weird problem.

    So I got a Gateway off Tiger Direct. Refurbished. Just got it today, and it's already being odd. So I don't know if I should keep it. When I first turned it on, nothing happened. No video was sent to either monitor. It wouldn't even post. Unplugged both monitors, tried again. Nothing...
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    Best way to test a new computer for faults?

    I just ordered a new computer from Tiger Direct. I built my last two computers, but the price on this one was too good to pass up. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&srkey=fx6831 i7 860, 8 gigs RAM, 1.5 TB HDD, HD 5850, 750 Watt PSU. The problem is . . . well, there are...
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    Laptop drains battery when not plugged in?

    So the battery might have a little bit of wear on it. Maybe it's been used some. It still doesn't seem like a big deal. It seems like it would only ever be noticeable if you were leaving the laptop unplugged for a week at a time, then picking it up and expecting to use it for a few hours.
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    Laptop drains battery when not plugged in?

    That's true, it's not a battery problem. It's the fact that all batteries will discharge slightly when they're installed into a device. Even if the device is not powered on. At least almost all batteries will. Dude, you post a "problem" on a message board. EVERYONE says "That's...
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    Laptop drains battery when not plugged in?

    Well, if by "properly" you mean "Keeping them at as full a charge as possible for as long a time as possible," you'd almost certainly be right. I'm not going to go to annoying lengths to extend my battery life by a few weeks. I bet batteries in my remote control die quicker since I leave them...
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    New wireless router problems

    I just started renting a house that I was previously renting only a room of. My roommate (whom I was renting from) had a wireless router, but it was constantly plagued with problems. Often (several times a day or more), no one would be able to connect wirelessly to the router. It would try...
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    Help me choose a laptop. =)

    I'm now looking at the R61, actually. I can't figure out why it's basically $100 cheaper. I can customize both the R61 and the T61 with identical specs, and the R61 is just under $100 cheaper. Is there something like, inherently wrong with the R series? Cause I just now fell in love with...
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    Help me choose a laptop. =)

    I'm not even considering a Macbook Pro, just to let you know. Those things start off at 2 grand, way too rich for my blood. :)
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    Help me choose a laptop. =)

    I was thinking that too, but the cheapest Macbook is only $999, and the Lenovo that I'd get is about the same. (The Mac even has a little bit better processor, though the Lenovo can burn DVDs.) Thanks for the input, though. :)
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    Help me choose a laptop. =)

    I'm going for a degree in Religious Studies with an Honors in Philosophy. You know, real useful stuff that will get me a job. Hah. ;) I mainly just want something that will let me write, let me take notes, and let me do some research (if I need to surf heavily, I'll use my desktop at...
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    Help me choose a laptop. =)

    I'm starting what should be a painfully difficult couple of years at college this fall, and to treat myself (and to give myself the ability to stay at school longer and take faster, better notes), I'm using some grant money to buy myself a laptop. All I need is something that will let me do...
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    System temp higher than CPU temp???

    I just built this machine a couple weeks ago. Now, I don't have the best air flow I've ever seen... but it isn't horrific. (I'm not very good at cable management, honestly.) But up until today, my temps have been about 35 or 36 for my CPU, and about 30 or 31 for my system. But today the...
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    That other guy just said that on a dual core, each instance will hit 50%. Totalling 100%. How could two instances both run at 100% usage? That gives the computer 200% power. When I run large ffts, I can only get 50% out of one of them, and the other won't go over 10%. I am glad...
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    No, I really did explain this. (I just checked my previous post and made sure.) Two instances are running. One will go to 50%. The other will stay at like 5%, and never once go above 6 or 7%. If I run small ffts, both will run at 50%, like they should.q
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    Running small ffts on both instances pushed my CPU usage up to 100%. I can't figure out how to run large ffts and do that.
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    Opteron 165

    I doubt I could push it more than 1.45 without going a bit over 51C, if it's at 51C at 1.42.
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    Opteron 165

    Got FSB at 270, memory set at 133, volts at '+0.025.' (Ends up about 1.42 volts) I can't seem to get it to boot at 280. Hrm. What is the upper limits for volts? Probably 1.45-1.50 max, right? (For me to be playing it safe, I mean. I don't like risk.) What's the max safe temp? Right...
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    I downloaded Stress Prime 2004. I ran two instances. I chose 'core 0' on one, and 'core 1' on the other. I hit 'start' on both. The first instance immediately went to 50%. The second was at 5 or 6%, then slowly worked its way up to 50% as well. It then dropped back down into the...
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    Before or after the quotes in the target section? After, I guess, since it says that in front of the quotes is invalid. I put it after them and ran it. The first instance is at 50%, the second is at 1%. When I right click on them and go to 'set affinities,' both core 0 and core 1 are checked.
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    My CPU usage never goes above 50%

    I've got an Opteron 165. I installed the dual core drivers. I haven't installed the hotfix, because everything I've read says that the hotfix only helps with problems encountered with Cool 'n' Quiet, and I don't have that activated. Now, let's say I run Prime95. It will immediately jump up...
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    Problem with 3DMark05?

    No, I don't have anything overclocked.
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    Problem with 3DMark05?

    When I attempt to run 3dMark05, it errors out. When I click 'Run 3dMark' it flashes my screen black and then goes back to the desktop. There are two error messages. One from 'epunsydima' that says, "Unable to write to F:\Program Files\EPoX\EPTP\TYPE13-1.INI." Another from '3DMark05.' It...
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    EPoX "EP-9NPA+Ultra" NVIDIA nForce4 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard

    I just built a system with this board, and I'm planning on overclocking it eventually. One thing, though. Are all the SATA slots locked? Or only 3 and 4? I thought I plugged it into number 3, but it was number 2. (I was looking at it upside down.) If I do need to change it to 3 or 4...
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    WOO! Just built my new computer! A few problems though.

    Are there any passable partition programs that are free?
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    WOO! Just built my new computer! A few problems though.

    Huh... I installed SP2 and it still reports my drive as being 130 gigs. My BIOS reports 250. Wha??
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    WOO! Just built my new computer! A few problems though.

    My current computer's CD burner doesnt work. Ah well. So when I download SP 1 and 2, it'll recognize the full thing? As long as it's not broken, I'm happy. Haha. (My BIOS does recognize the full drive.) Hey, Microsoft will let me install my copy of Windows on a new PC, right? Since...
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    WOO! Just built my new computer! A few problems though.

    I just finished building my new computer. It has a 250 gigabyte Seagate HDD in it. I'm installing windows XP right now. It's formatting. But it's only recognizing 131062 megabytes of space. Why is this so? Will this get better when XP installs? Or is something else wrong? Thanks. =)
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    Looking for a motherboard

    Try Epox. I got an Epox NF4 SLI for 125. It doesn't have firewire coming straight off the board, but it does come with an adapter for two firewire slots. You just put it in a one of the case's card slots and hook it up to the connectors on the board. Works fine. (Also comes with two...
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    Whoa.. .I'm lost.

    The manual for the case doesn't mention these wires at all. ;-) The manual for the motherboard gives me diagrams of the pins, but doesn't give any helpful information about the connectors. Haha. Oh well. I guess it'll just be trial and error. (Gonna be HELL trying to get in there and...
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    Question about Opteron installation

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