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    Reliable external drives?

    I want to pick up a 2TB external usb drive (usb 3 if possible) but pretty much every drive I come a cross has gotten really crappy reliability reviews from users. Surely someone makes a good drive.
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    Stanford offering free online computer science courses

    First off, I swear I am not a bot posting spam, lol. Now... This was posted by a friend on my google+ stream: Looks like a really good (and you can't beat free) opportunity for people of various experience levels in computer science to take on a subject they are interested in. I am going to...
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    Packaging for Motherboard RMA

    So I am going to RMA my ASUS motherboard, but they say to not even include the original box. How else can you ship a motherboard safely?
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    Order of cards in SLI

    Question: I am SLI'ing 2 GTX 260 cards from EVGA, one is the 192 shader 65nm version, the other is the 216 shader 55nm version. I have used this setup since January, and it works fine, using the 216 as the primary card. However, with my Obsidian 800D there was quite a discrepancy in...
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    Is this possible? (RAID)

    I am sadly doubting that it is, but here is what I want to do: I currently have Windows 7 installed on 2 WD2500KS drives in RAID0 on my P6T-Deluxe V2. Unfortunately, my motherboard has a faulty ram slot so I am going to RMA it. I have a GA-965P-DS3 and E6300 cpu sitting in my closet going...
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    Removing old bootloader entries

    Ok, well I have 2x250gb HDs in RAID0 that I have Windows installed on, and a wd640aaks as my storage, but about a month or so ago a corrupted Vista disk resulted in a few botched installations, and the boot info is still somewhere in my storage drive Searching the drive shows many...
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    Anyone experience this error in W7 RC?

    Once I click view message it brings me to a blank blue desktop with Aero disabled. Present is the error with an OK button, and another dialog that has a "Return Now" button that brings me back to my regular desktop (wouldn't let me take a snapshot) This just started yesterday. The only...
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    Strange overclocking results (q6600)

    I have a Q6600 (G0), GA-965P-DS3 (rev 1.0) and rest of rig in the sig I can boot fine into Windows @ 3.1 (9*344), and it is prime stable (max core temp on prime is 52), Intel Burn Test Stable (max core temp on IBT is only 60c) Currently running at 1.37 vcore, stock fsb, mch voltages The...
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    Strange E6300 overclocking issues

    *before I start I know no amount of overclock is guaranteed, and everyone's mileage varies, and am NOT complaining about what I can overclock to* Ok, now with that out of the way, onto the problem. Basically, with stock voltage(cpu, mch, fsb) at 7x444 (3108mhz) my computer is 100% stable -...
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    Memory problem?

    I have the G.SKLL F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ, but the thing is even if I loosen the timings and up the voltage to 2.2 it wont even POST at 500Mhz The max it will post is around 475-485 in which it is memtest stable, so this really confuses me. The rest of my system is: E6300 right now @ 7x443...
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    DVD & CD Burner won't show up/function in Vista x64

    Vista x64 Ultimate no longer recognizes my DVD Burner or CD Burner. Doesn't show up in My Computer, device manager, anywhere, and CDs do not auto play. I dual boot XP & Vista and the drives work fine in XP, and work pre-windows boot. They worked fine until a couple of days ago...
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    Stock Intel fan

    I was curious about the fan that came with my E6300. First of all it takes a good 3 seconds for the fan to start after my computer is turned on is this normal? Secondly, after working all day when I was away from my computer for a while I came back to see the cpu fan had shut off, and...
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    Xbitlabs roundup

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/7games-gpus.html Only 7 games, but they use a lot of diff cards Lots of variety in the game choice, which is good not to use the basic run of the mill crapperware like FEAR, DOOM3, etc enjoy i guess, hopefully people wont have to make new...
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    Transparent AA for Geforce 6 users

    First read it here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=74790 Then tried it for myself and it does indeed work with no real performance hit You can get the 91.45s with modified inf here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1468
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    Computer goes into hibernation when i load games

    So far i have experienced this in CS1.6, COD2, and Oblivion In Counter Strike i get into the game for a short time (in a server) and the game stops the screen goes black and the little monitor light just blinks, no sounds, no nothing. But my computer is still on In Call of Duty 2 it does...
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    Some people and their money...

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30572
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    *hot* X1800xt

    Well, not scalding, but very warm at least X1800XT $399 no MIR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127199 Cheaper than any 7800GTX or other X1800XT
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    TP-II 550 vs Enermax Lib 500

    Both similar priced (antec slightly cheaper) Silence is good, fastest 120mm fan in my system is at 1100rpm right now Would be powering ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (doubt i will ever[for a long time]go SLI, got it cheap though) A64 3000+ Overclocked 2.5+ 2x1GB Gskill PC4000 X1800XL 1x DVD...
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