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Watercooling Guide @ Toms

This article is pretty funny. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/03/2...or-watercooling-your-pc_uk/page10.html So they decided how far the PC would OC on its stock cooler, and then compared temperatures with water cooling. What for? If you're spending extra $$$ on a watercooler, then it's...
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- Mar 29, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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What Would you Build for $1500?!?

ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $179 CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Retail 2*$99 = $198 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail $311 EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce...
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- Post #5
- Mar 28, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Dell Axim X51v PDA, whats best GPS?

Reviews: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/item-menu.php?idSubCat=5 Just find a device with the Sirfstar III chipset in. Do not buy a GPS device without this chipset. Examples include the Holux GPSLim GR-236, which I have and is fine. I don't think it matters, so longas you have Sirf III.
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- Post #2
- Mar 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SiSoft Sandra broke my PC

The drive had been in my PC for 15 months. It had important data on it :-). Luckily I had it in RAID1 so no great loss.
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- Post #12
- Mar 23, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SiSoft Sandra broke my PC

after I ran the Sisoft burn-in program, the PC broke.
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Post #10
- Mar 22, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SiSoft Sandra broke my PC

Looks like a I could have a hard drive failure. I've checked the POST messages (it doesn't stop for some reason), and I get: SATA 1: WDC WD4000YR-01PLB0 01.06A01 Ultra DMA Mode-5 S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status Bad
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- Post #6
- Mar 21, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SiSoft Sandra broke my PC

It's a Asus P5BE-Plus motherboard (very similar to P5B Deluxe). The motherboard has a 24-pin connector, plus a 4-pin connector. My 20-pin plug from my PSU is plugged into the frst 20-pins on the 24-pin conector, and the 4-pin to the 4-pin connector. The PSU is an old one (TruPower 380W)...
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- Post #5
- Mar 21, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SiSoft Sandra broke my PC

Sorry, I might not have made it clear. I originally had a Sempron 2600+ build (about 2 years ago). Using the Antec PSU. Worked fine. But it was too slow, so I upgraded to Core 2 Duo, new motherboard, same RAM, same PSU That worked fine for 9 months, but I had minor compatibility issues...
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- Post #4
- Mar 21, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SiSoft Sandra broke my PC

Here's my story - had a Core 2 Duo E6600 + AsRock motherboard, couple of SATA drives, 2GB RAM, and an Antec TruPower 380W power supply. Upgraded to Vista, and got stability problems (crashes in Vista) due to the onboard graphics on the motherboard. Bought an X1650 Pro, but didn't fix the...
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- Mar 21, 2007
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory Latency & o'clocking

Check the corsair site. It will list the correct speeds. Yes, you shold set them manually. The problems is your default voltage from the motherboard is probably 1.8V, but the RAM needs 2.1V to go at its rated speed. So if you set the recommended voltage and timings, that is correct. For...
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- Post #2
- Mar 19, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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N00B overclocking help

So what's going to be fastest - faster RAM speed, or tighter timings? E.g., if I leave things at stock (FSB 266 MHz), then my options are: 1:1 divider - DDR2-533 4-4-4-12 3:2 divider - DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 2:1 divider - DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 Which would fastest?
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Post #3
- Mar 19, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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2GB or 4GB of RAM for Vista?

Not sure how well mixed sizes will OC. I have 4*1GB. I also have a 512MB vcard. I get 2.93GB RAM available in Vista....
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- Post #28
- Mar 19, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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N00B overclocking help

I've got my E6600 and my P5B-E Plus mboard with 4 * 1GB Corsair PC2-6400 RAM (CM2X1024-6400C4). Just trying to work out my settings for OC. Corsair says: Tested at EPP SPD settings (4-4-4-12) at 2.1V SPD programmed at: JEDEC standard 5-5-5-18 values at 800MHz EPP standard...
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- Mar 19, 2007
- Replies: 3
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Vista - don't expect to be able to change motherboard without reinstalling Windows

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. If I turn off my PC and change my SATA mode from IDE to AHCI, it's not changing during boot. It's changed. Windows could deal with it surely. It's not changed in the middle of the boot process. That's cool. So when Intel release working drivers...
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- Post #22
- Mar 16, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Does Vista 32-bit see 4GB of memory as 4GB?

Actually I'd be happy with one that would use exactly 4gb, never mind *more*
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- Post #27
- Mar 16, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Vista - don't expect to be able to change motherboard without reinstalling Windows

yeah well, I had read Vista would just 'work'. I wouldn't have expected XP to work. It seems kind of brittle - if you change from IDE to AHCI you get a BSOD http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976 And the Intel RAID controllers cause serious data corruption if you use them. Hopefully they...
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- Post #4
- Mar 16, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Reduce graphics card memory

it was the cheapest Direct x 9.0c card I could find with dual dvi ports. 512mb was cheaper than 256mb. When I bought it I had 2GB of RAM. I'd have exactly the same amount of RAM with only 3 sticks (and saving me £70 on the 4th stick of RAM). I guess that would be slower due to not being dual...
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- Post #10
- Mar 16, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Does Vista 32-bit see 4GB of memory as 4GB?

is it possible to use the last 1gb somehow with vista 32? Any 3rd-party program?
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- Post #23
- Mar 16, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Reduce graphics card memory

The PCI-E address space is mapped to the top of the 0-4GB range. So if you have a 512MB card, you lose 512MB of address space. The amount of RAM available under Vista 32-bit is never going to be the full 4GB, but you can get better than 2.93GB. There's discussion of this here...
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Post #6
- Mar 16, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Reduce graphics card memory

I have a 512MB ATI 1650Pro, and 4GB of RAM with Vista 32-bit. Due to mapping of video RAM, I only have 2.93GB available system RAM. Accordingly I'd like to reduce the video RAM to 128MB (I don't play games, the extra must be completely useless). Is this possible?
- asdfqwertyuiop
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- Mar 15, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Vista - don't expect to be able to change motherboard without reinstalling Windows

looks like Intel are to blame for this.... http://www.flyingnerd.com/intel-raid-problem-under-windows-vista/ Well, I'll just have to run in IDE mode. Bummer.
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- Post #2
- Mar 15, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Any reason to install ATI drivers

just want to add, I'm on a 1650pro
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Post #2
- Mar 15, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Any reason to install ATI drivers

I'm currently reinstalling Vista, and I'm wondering if there's any reason to install the ATI driver package. Windows Update has a generic R520 driver, and when I installed Vista before the ATI catalyst software seemed really bloated and unstable. So for me as a business user (no games), is...
- asdfqwertyuiop
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- Mar 15, 2007
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Vista - don't expect to be able to change motherboard without reinstalling Windows

Well, silly me, I believed the hype - change motherboard, and Vista will just work perfectly. Er, not quite. I had an Asrock 775Twins motherboard + E6600 and a RAID1 array running Vista (Uli RAID controller) I replaced the unstable Asrock motherboard with a Asus P5B-E Plus motherboard...
- asdfqwertyuiop
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- Mar 15, 2007
- Replies: 27
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Possible to overclock with 4 sticks of RAM on P5B-E Plus

I've ordered 4 * 1GB Corsair PC2-6400 CL4 RAM (CM2X1024-6400C4) to go with an Asus P5B-E Plus motherboard (which is very similar to the P5B Deluxe) and an Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7. I chose the RAM because it's listed on Asus' compatibility list for use with all four slots. I've read that...
- asdfqwertyuiop
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- Mar 13, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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E6600 with onboard graphics - memory VERY SLOW - will new gfx card fix it?

on the mboard, probably best to avoid Nvidia chipsets as well.....
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Post #8
- Feb 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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E6600 with onboard graphics - memory VERY SLOW - will new gfx card fix it?

Well I got the X1650 Pro, nice card with two dvi ports, and the DVI port is definitely a lot better than the VGA port was for clarity. But it hasn't done much for my memory performance (possibly because Asrock doesn't actually let you disable the onboard graphics) - up slightly, to 2.5, but...
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Post #7
- Feb 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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E6600 with onboard graphics - memory VERY SLOW - will new gfx card fix it?

I have a Core 2 Duo E6600 with a RAID1 2* Western Digital 400GB raid-edition SATA drives. It's running on an AsRock 775Twins-HDTV motherboard, which I picked to allow me to reuse my 2 * 1GB A.DATA PC3200 DDR1 CL3.0 memory (there's little performance difference between DDR and DDR2, so I saw...
- asdfqwertyuiop
- Thread
- Feb 23, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Computer Building

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