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    A SSD is the single biggest performance improvement you can make.

    Only bummer would be coming into work, and having to go back to the slow desk top. No, we don't have SSDs here at work. We've got hundreds of old Dells that are leased. They're slow as a turtle and crunch the drive all day installing software updates. So no, I'm not going to rush to buy...
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    PC not starting at all

    I have a similar issue with an old 939 gaming machine I've given up on. I've run memtest and the memory is good. When the system boots into windows (XP), I get a BSOD. I boot in safe mode, and it's right at the last driver (AGP). I've since found that when windows is done loading all...
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    Finalizing Build

    Many are going with 128gb on the SSD, Corsair seems to be the popular choice. Read the Newegg reviews. If you go with the 80GB Intel, you'll wish you had bought 128gb. I wouldn't mess with water cooling until you have the system up and running. The Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is what I'm...
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    Intel SSD price drop - what does it mean

    Because 128gb seems to be the sweet spot now. Plus many are giving the Corsair drive more reviews on Newegg. I'm going with 128gb in the rig I'm shopping for, and it was all based on the Newegg reviews. I know that sounds whacked, but that's how I do it. There's nothing wrong with what...
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    Buying New System

    Nice graph. I'm in the same boat as everyone else around here. 6 year old 939 system, ready to build. People are supposed to upgrade their video card after 2-3 years, and that lets them go to 5. The problem happens when the video card spec changes (AGP To PCI-E). But I don't...
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    do we get gtx480/470 benchmarks today?

    I imagine Hardocp is going to get the card first. And since it's Friday, it will take them at least a day to do all the bench marks and write up the article. Unless they come out with a "breaking news" type thing as a headline grab for the ratings.
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    Dying hard drive or paranoia?

    Had a hard drive in my main 24/7 machine become un-recognized. Lucky for me, I had another drive laying around. The bad drive came back after cooling off. Used a free unix utility called CloneZilla to clone the drive. Was going to RMA the drive back to Seagate, but the web site...
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    How much data do you have backed up with Carbonite or Mozy?

    Online backup is another safety net. Everyone reading this should have all their important stuff in more than one place. Multiple computers, external hard drives, DVDs, Tapes, offsite.
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    Any difference between DVD burners?

    Consider a Blue Ray burner from Pioneer. $200 but then you can burn 50 gig blue ray discs to back up all your data. Right now the discs cost $10 each, but that price should come down.
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    New Nvidia Rumors?

    So I guess I'm over reacting, that's what I was trying to find out. And I agree that all cards will be compatible (3.0 with 2.0 and so on). It was just such a bummer to build that AGP system and then have no upgrade after a couple years. Yes, I could have bought a new MB, CPU, memory, GPU...
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    What were the specs of the first computer you ever built yourself?

    P2-450 Asus P2-DS (motherboard) Diamond Fire GL (main gpu) VooDoo II (2 of them) Seagate 9gb SCSI Smart and Friendly Rocket 8x CD burner (fastest at the time) Windows 98 Machine is sitting in the corner of my room, still boots, connects to the net. When I played Q2, I was always the first into...
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    New Nvidia Rumors?

    The other thing to talk about is PCIe 3.0 due out this year. Read the Wiki and it puts things into perspective. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express The spec is due out in Q2 2010. It would be a bummer to build a new machine with Fermi (or whatever), then have PCIe 3.0 come out with...
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    Time to upgrade 5-yr-old rig, need to build for photo and video editing.

    Your building a whole new rig at this point. SSD will help if you run Windows 7 with the trim function. The good news with the new system is you'll get a huge 2TB drive for all your files. But it's going to cost more than $800 to build something that's fast. All you have to do is...
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    How much data do you have backed up with Carbonite or Mozy?

    252 gigs of 450 on my Dreamhost web account. I uploaded all my pictures, music, and other directories manually using FTP. Took me 6 months, upload speed on Bellsouth is only 50K or less than 1 meg. And the biggest file I can upload is about 200 meg. Anything bigger and the FTP times...
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    Need several TB of storage, concerned about 2TB drive reliability

    Heat is an issue that causes drives to fail. I cloned my main drive to another, ran tests on it, everything checked out. Computer would crash every now and then. Now the drive is literally laying outside the case on it's side, everything has been fine for 2 weeks. Sticking drives on...
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    $2000 Build Feedback and Build vs. Buy Q

    Water cooling becomes a PITA after a couple years. In my case, the pump housing cracked and started leaking. I got a new pump but it wasn't the same exact one. Koolance no longer made it, so the one I have sticks out of the case. Plus you'll have 3 fans on top of the computer, as...
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    Where do I dispose of a lot of PCs and hardware?

    ^^^ Yep, recycling center. They have one here in Broward County Florida http://www.arcbroward.com/electronics_recycling.html People with disabilities sit at tables taking apart the computers. They sell the copper. Trucks full of old Dell computer pull up to the warehouse and unload...
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    Is it worth changing from 1366 to 1156

    This is the Asus board that seems to be doing well if you want 6gb Sata and USB 3.0. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...s%20p6x58d
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    What do you do with your old video cards?

    Keep as spares. They do have computer recycling centers if you look enough. Broward County has this http://www.arcbroward.com/electronics_recycling.html And Broward county also has electronics collection days.
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    Looks like I need a new MB

    This one seems to be hot right now. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...s%20p6x58d
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    CPU versus GPU

    A few years ago the GPU meant much more. I ran my own tests back in the day and found that... OCing the GPU meant a 5 fps difference in the HL2 Benchmarks. OCing the CPU only gained 2 frames. I'd still lean towards the GPU buying the midrange model and then OCing it when needed.
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    Web access security camera setup?

    I've got one of these looking out my window at the driveway. http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Netw...3080398&sr=8-1 Comes with recording software for 1 camera. I record 2 fps 24/7 at 640x480. They have fancier models that will PTZ. Plugs into the router. The wireless version is...
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    Please help, my comp wont boot

    2nd the props for having a backup. Good job.
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    The Whole Point Of Raid-0 Striping Is....

    Not overkill and very smart. I'm looking to buy one of these to back up all my pictures and music. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...KT8F1&v=glance It's a 500 gig USB drive that has good reviews. And like you said up above, the drive is only used to back things up, so it's not used...
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    The Whole Point Of Raid-0 Striping Is....

    Blue Ray DVDs will be one answer, 50 gigs a disc. Still kinda expensive at $10 each, but the burner can be bought for $200 right now. The price will eventually come down. 8 gig DVDs used to be $10 each, now you can buy a 50 spindle at Sams for $60. Nothing is perfect, which is why I...
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    Is my graphic card dying?

    GPUs that need the extra molex connectors cause power supplies to wear out. That's why you hear talk these days about the dedicated 12v rail. And that's why I have an extra PS on the shelf. Try a different Molex from your PS to the GPU. I've done that and it worked for a while. But...
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    The Whole Point Of Raid-0 Striping Is....

    I've never understood the hype with everyone who recommended Raid for a home system, and all the people who tell others to Ghost a drive as a back up. I have never heard of a drive failing and someone having a ghost copy around that is fairly current. Meanwhile, I've got 2 sets of DVDs of...
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    Can I get more PSI out of my compressor?

    What a bummer for you. This is the one I have, goes up to 150 PSI too. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...-WK&lpage=none Great for blasting out computer dust, and cleaning fridge coils. But now that people have talked about spinning fans producing electricity through the MB, I'll...
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    Upgrade from Athlon x2 4200+

    I think we're going to see many more threads of people with a 939 systems that want to upgrade. You're lucky in the fact that your GPU is PCI-E. You can go with the stock heat sink fan to start. And your DVD player won't work if it's IDE, needs to be Sata. It's a question of whether...
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    Please help, my comp wont boot

    It could be lots of things, you're going to get responses claiming it's the power supply, memory, motherboard, or HD. Tuff to trouble shoot if you don't have spare parts lying around. I keep an extra power supply on my shelf just for this reason. Also have extra memory, another hard...
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    Is this a good time to buy?

    Don't know about disabling cores. The parts are only going for $30 on Ebay and the FS forums. Amazing. Paid $550 for the processor (FX53), now $30. MB is going for $30. Basically the entire computer was state of the art 5 years ago, now worth dinner money. Parents already have my...
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    Is this a good time to buy?

    The only thing that would make people wait right now would be Sata 6gb (from 3gb), and USB 3.0. These are minor and there's limited items that take advantage of these faster speeds. For example, if you go on Newegg and search for Sata 6GB hard drives, you'll find one, a Seagate 2TB drive...
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    Is a 1994 Compaq computer with 16mb of harddrive space running MS-DOS worthless?

    They have places that recycle old computers like that. Here's one in Broward Florida. http://www.arcbroward.com/electronics_recycling.html They take apart everything saving the copper. Look at the pictures, they have trucks pull up with pallets of outdated monitors and Dell desktop...
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    Anybody enjoys tinkering with old PCs to find out how slow they are?

    Kingpin was the best. Yeah, that's the problem with the older machines. Youtube videos load slowly and stutter because the machine is crunching the hard drive. I've tried loading up the older games, fun to remember the old days, but not the same.
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    HP Pavilion dv5 Laptop Display Issues

    My screen developed a red line. Bought a new screen on E-Bay and replaced it. Here's my web site with pictures of how it's done. http://www.nogodforme.com/FixHPDV6500T.htm
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    Best simple backup method

    Novaback has a few online back up providers they recommend in their software. Novaback will also do online backups provided you pay a monthly fee. What happens when my host goes belly up? I'll start over with a new one. In my case, I'm doing it manually using FTP to my Dreamhost...
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    Watch Out!!: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS & Win 7

    Probably true. Installed the L4D2 Demo on my FX53 (939) with a Sound Blaster Audigy 2Z and it stutters and locks up the game. I upgraded the drivers, still no luck. To play the game, I had to turn sound off completely. The game played fine even on my older computer, but it was a...
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    got a busted gateway from uncle, should i refurb it?

    Co-Worker had a Dell that died. I replaced the MB and that brought it back to life. It was a different MB, not an exact replacement. I did a complete re-format and installed office and other utilities. Some of the connectors to the case buttons didn't match up, so I left them off...
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    Anybody enjoys tinkering with old PCs to find out how slow they are?

    My old machines always went to my parents. But now they're obsolete and the machines are coming back to me. P2 - 450 (windows 98). Still boots, costed me 5k to build back in the day. Has a 9 gig SCSI drive (Seagate 10k), 2 Voodoo cards, 8x Rocket CD Burner. This was top of the line back...
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    Building a PC for the in-laws - Need recommendations

    Pass down your machine to them and you build something new. My old computers always went to my parents. Dad and wife are now using HP laptops, that's probably the best idea. It's portable, so they can bring it to you if it crashes.
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