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Help, broken socket 423 clip!

For some reason, the plastic clip mechanism on one of my mainboards here has broken off, so now there is nothing to mount a socket 423 heatsink to the mainboard. Does anyone know of where I can get a replacement clip? The holes on the mainboard are standard ATX2.03 holes so a...
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- May 7, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard disk: 5400 vs 7200?

One thing to note is that 5400's are practically silent, while 7200's are audible.
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- Nov 22, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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How fast is RAID 0 with 4 HDD?

Tom's had a RAID review a while back comparing 1->4 drives. Tom's RAID Article It was based on an ATA66 RAID controller, so the results should scale a bit more for ATA100.
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- Post #7
- Jul 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why Do People Not OC?

<< Bottom line. If you have the knowledge and skill to perform overclocking do it, it works and it works well. >> No, that isn't the bottom line. I build, troubleshoot and repair dozens of computers a week for a living. I know how to overclock very well, but it's not in my interest...
- Ahz
- Post #48
- Jul 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why Do People Not OC?

I don't overclock because tangible benefits are rarely there. Where stability can drop like a rock. I don't give two @$#$ if my 3dmarks go up 100 points or whatever, I care If I can see a difference in my PC. Stability is king and I've seen many many chips slowly die over a period of months...
- Ahz
- Post #44
- Jul 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best antivirus program?

Norton Antivirus is ASS. I've seen it let viruses by all the time (yes with latest updates). For the rare times it finds a virus, it can't fix the file, only quarantine or delete it. I vote for Panda Antivirus. It knocked all the other anti-virus programs in a shootout a while back and I use...
- Ahz
- Post #31
- Jun 30, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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What card does Final Fantasy VII run best on?

By the way, you don't need support for 8-bit palettized textures. It doesn't affect the game at all.
- Ahz
- Post #5
- Jun 27, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What card does Final Fantasy VII run best on?

There is a D3D patch for FF7. Check www.eidos.com They call it a TNT patch, but it should work fine with your card.
- Ahz
- Post #4
- Jun 27, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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We need to demand CHEAP MICROSOFT O/S to run our CHEAP SMPs!

Keep a clean install of Win98 and it will never crash unless due to buggy software <cough> Tribes2 <cough>. My win98 NEVER crashes, I keep my software installed fairly simple. All productivity apps and games. I don't waste my time with shareware, demos or cutesy applications and screensavers...
- Ahz
- Post #37
- Jun 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Can I extract movies off FF8 cds?

http://www.vekoduck.com/sky/ff8fmv.zip This is an extractor to grab the *.bik files off the FF8 PC CD-ROM's. Then yes, use the RADgametools to play the *.bik files.
- Ahz
- Post #3
- Jul 24, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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Monitor issues? Viewsonic with 2 faint lines across, and goes jiggly when tapped on the side...

Yep I get the jigglies on my PF790 if i give my desk a hard whap.
- Ahz
- Post #6
- Jul 18, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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huh?...this cant be right......

Yep, too much grease is counter-productive.
- Ahz
- Post #5
- Jul 16, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building

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