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    Gaming PC for my Friend. Rate this build please.

    This is the max he can go, budget wise. He likes to keep his computer for years. Playing games but nothing hardcore here. Source games, Spore, RTS, Skyrim, Fable 1/3 etc. And playing blu-rays, All on a 1920x1080 monitor. These are parts I found locally, in Canada, with their current price...
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    Looking for a new GPU ^^

    Setup is in my Signature. I used my 8800GT for quite a long time now. I remembered when I paid 279.99$ for it. :p Now I'd like an Upgrade. Games I play are Fallout 3, Fable 3, BFBC2, GTA IV. Im also gonna get Skyrim when it comes out and few other games. Card must last like the...
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    Little Question about 1155 Mobos

    I heard lots of thing about problems with 1155 Mobos. I'm going to purchase a 1155 based PC for my friend at http://www.canadacomputers.com/ Intel 2600 8gig DDR3 SSD However, which board should I go ? How do I know if they will not cause me Problems ? Spec Needed. USB3/Sata3/7.1...
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    5850 or 6870 ?

    I can have them for the same price.
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    New PC for FSX

    So my friend is running a e2180 with a ati HD 2400Pro He's about to bash his PC and needs a new one. Budge is Limited, he'd like to Push the game pretty high. FS10 is also coming next year. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ~650$ Before Tax, local pickup @...
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    Looking for a New CPU Cooler. Mid Budget.

    Having some high temps on my 965 @ Stock 59C-61C Looking for a new cooler. Will be shopping at http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?cPath=8_129 or http://pccyber.com/?v=Category&c=511 I can get the H50 @ 49.99$ -> 20Off + 10MIR Hyper 212+ Scythe Yasya Corsair A70 etc. Saw...
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    Just Bought an Acer G245H

    First of all. Thanks to NCX for these amazing Reviews which are linked here. *(I'm also a French Canadian, sorry if theres few mistakes around) -> For Canadians, Monitor is on sale @ CanadaComputers for 209$ till 2010-07-31 ---- So I finally did a small Jump and bought this monitor...
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    Cant Identify my CPU. Athlon XP

    Fixing my Friends computer and having hard time finding his CPU. Info I can get from Cpuz and Everest AMD Athlon XP Barton Socket A 462 Tech 0.13um Multi x 11 Bus 100 Cache 64/64/512 Bumped the bus to 166 to reach the 2500+ version Rated FSB at 333. Not sure tho. Help ...
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    Looking for a new PC

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Hard to say. Parts choice will tell 3) Where do you live? Canada 10% Discount in-store if I buy tomorrow tho. Price will go a lil lower than NewEggs Still...
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    World Of Warcraft lags.. sigh

    Info in Sig. 1680x1050 Might go 1920x1080 soon tho. i7 920/930 worth the $$ over 965? PC will last me 2yrs
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    ~ Looking for a 24" Monitor, Help ! ~

    Repost http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1527174 Gaming (FPS,RPGs) Blu-Ray Movies I think I would prefer a 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080 but not sure on this. 24"-25.5" Acer G245H bmid 24" 209$ Asus MS236H (kinda strange looking, heard good review tho) 184.99$ ASUS VW266H...
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    I need a new Monitor for Dual Screens.

    I currently have a 22" Samsung 2253BW which does the job for me. Looking to add a 24"-25.5" Besides it. Gaming (FPS,RPGs) Blu-Ray Movies I think I would prefer a 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080 but not sure on this. I cannot afford a 400$+tx monitor
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    I'm about to Smash My Card. Looking for a new one.

    My little Audigy4 Card is causing me Problems. I hate Creative Drivers, so terrible. I use SPDIF mainly. Card is plugged into a DTS/DD Receiver. Also use HeadPhones at night and use the card to Record music. I will use the card to play movies in 5.1 via Coax, and also record via the analog...
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    Looking for old Games.

    Long time ago, I had Demo cds with good games but I lost them. I think they were named like: Demo Games for Windows 95 (Orange Cover) Demo Games for Windows 98 (Gray/Black Cover) If someone can link me to these so I can remember the games that were on it. Thanks !
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    Recording Problem

    Right now, my mixer is plugged into my Line-in of my sound card (audigy) and I'd like to record it with Adobe Audition. The problem is, I can hear myself when the Line-In is set on (which I don't want since I use CTRL Room out on the mixer). So when I record the second track (I need the hear the...
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    Advice on a New computer

    Its for my friend, he said that he will buy a video card like a 4850 later. Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM Rosewill RP500 500W ATX12V v1.3 A-DATA 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) x2 GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400...
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    Radiator Temperature Question.

    Lets say we put Water Cooling on a Q6600 CPU only. (120mm Fan on the rad) Is the air coming out of the radiator is hot ? Can you feel the hot air ? :confused: Dont ask me why I need to know that :p
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    Looking for a good CPU HeatSink

    My CPU Is running too hot, I can burn myself touching the heatsink ... and my games are having FPS drops bc of that. 53C Socket Am2 5600+
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    Windows XP on Sata hd

    Ive found some tutorials use nLite to put the drivers with windows Xp then burn it as a Booting ISO. The problem is, where can I find the drivers ? which one ? Also, can I use a dvd to install Win Xp ?
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    CS:S FPS Drop

    Well Id say each 5-7Mins, my fps drops to 10-20 for like 5-10Seconds. Anyone knows why ? and how Could I fix it ?
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    Is my Amd x2 CPU running too hot ?

    Maybe its just me or w/e Is 54C Load too high for my Amd x2 5600+ CPU ? its no o/c'ed
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    Internal PortScan

    Its seems that my Computer does PortScan to my other Computer on LAN. My fathers says I have some kind of crap on my computer lol.. Spy Bot s&d = Nothing Adaware = Nothing Avast ! = Nothing Ccleaned. Could it be Steam ? that is portscanning ? or a bad program on my comp ?
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    I need a Free Burning Software.

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    I need a Free Burning Software.

    I need a Free Burning Software without ads and stuff like that. Its just to burn files to Dvds, not movies. I know that Burn4Free is good but I h8 their ads lol... thanks
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    CS:S Lagging

    I just bought the game with steam. When I connect to big servers 30ppl or more, I saw ppl moving/stop/move. I lag badly. FPS = 60 Vsync FPS = over 120 No Vsync Ping = Under 50 CPU_USAGE = under 20% Core0 / 40% Core1 anyone know why ?
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    Counter Strike Garry's Mod

    I know what is a mod but is it worth the 5$ more ? For online play n stuff like that ? Thanks
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    lil Question

    when you scroll the page up/down does the side of the website flash or its just my monitor or w/e ? http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ Thanks
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    Anyway to test Pixel Response Time ?

    Anyway to test Pixel Response Time ?
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    Samsung 2253bw problem.

    I was watching CHAOS movie. When the camera was turning, its like if the video was skipping frames. Is the monitor really 2ms ? is anyway I can test it ?
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    Returning my 2253bw. Which monitor I should buy ?

    So yea, I was watching a movie and the 1" bleeding a top was too annoying even if the movie was great lol... I need a monitor around 250-300$ that I will buy @ bestbuy canada or futureshop its for gaming so I also need 2-5Ms response time. Should I stick with TNs ?
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    Need 22" LCD. 3Choices... which ?

    samsung 2253BW 2MS 22" LG 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (W2252TQ) theres other lg also but I dont know if they r good :confused: damn thats 2 choices lol.. :p I need a monitor for Gaming and watching movies mostly. So I think I need like 2-5 Ms for response. anyone know if these...
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    Amd x2 5600+, Worth OC ?

    I would like to bump lil bit my CPU like to 3 or 3.2. Since Amd Stock Cooler Suck, I will get a Cheap One, not like these TRUE @ 70$ which Cooler should I get ? I there anyway I can Fuck up my CPU By Ocing it ? Next time, I will buy an intel chip... lol aka Nehalem
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    EVGA 9800 GX2 512MBx2

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfaigoUzSxI
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    I need Help Choosing 22" LCD

    I currently have a shity 17" (16") CRT lol.. and Now I have a comp that can play games @ 1680x1050, I need a new LCD. Theres some cheap LCD at BB Canada ViewSonic (VX2245WM) 269$ Acer (X223WBD) 269$ ViewSonic (VX2235WM) 349 @ 280$ are these good ? I like w2207 SMT01 but its too $$
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    Oblivion Character Help

    Well I just bought oblivion and Id like to know what are the best Race etc.. and Magic Bow Warrior or Stealth... I need a character that will start kinda fast. Can anyone tell me why they use ? :) thx
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    Nfs ProStreet Problem

    I got High FPS 75Sync or 130+ Without Sync but its lag or w/e its just goes to FAST. I press the gas I go @ 200 in a fraction of a second.. Its the demo. Other games runs Fine. Im using Xp. En8800GT 675/1600/1900 (Stable 60C Load) 5600+ @ 2.8 2Gig Ram 520 Watt PSU so Wtf ?
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    Automatic Oc 5600+

    I just used the Automatic Overclock @ 5% Can you tell me if numbers are good ? Like voltage, HT, BUS ? my vid card is also there little Oc http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6805/39390258af0.jpg thx
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    Fable is Lagging on 8800GT

    I just installed Fable on my computer, I got about 175FPS but when I look around, its drop @ 2-4 then goes up to 175... Ive tryed with setting low.. same thing Res 1048x768 Spec in Sig I run Crysis at high with 40-60Fps... and CoD4 is smooth at max + max AA AF No patch exist., eh...
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    Should I OverClock my 8800GT ?

    I bought the asus 8800GT with the big fan + Heatsink on ram Its @ 600/1500/1800 right now I overclocked the core to 660 and its jump about 5-10 C in temp but I didnt saw any improvements in Crysis. Idle right now is 40C Load I can say about 50C. I cant control my Fan speed and I...
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    Problems with games and FullScreen

    When I Start games they are not in full screen.. I can c borders lol Look at the top Windows Vista 32Bit 8800GT Drivers are Up-to-date
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