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    Building Mini PC - Need mini-itx motherboard recommendation for 5700G

    Looking for a mini-itx motherboard best suited for an AMD 5700G and going inside This Case: IN WIN B1 Mesh Mini-ITX Chassis with 200Watts 80+Gold PSU with Mesh Top Cover, Black All I have on order so far is the APU and case. Also, I hear we need really fast RAM for APU's due to the integrated...
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    need advice on purchasing a pci-e video card to mod to use in x1 slot

    I have been given a micro-atx motherboard, everything's okay except for the onboard vga is fried. I tried reflowing it but it's just not coming back to life. It posts and stuff, just crashes on anything video intent to a scrambled screen, not even BSOD. Anyways, need advice on a pci-e...
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    Basic 2.0 desktop speakers with decent bass

    I'm not looking for a 2.1 with subwoofer, but do any 2.0 speakers stand out above the others in regards to the bass output? I'm looking relatively low cost also, no more than $20. I can also go used, if you know of something out there that is popular or something. Thanks!
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    WTB: SATA 2.5" Hard drives

    Looking to buy 1, 2 or 3, size isn't too much an issue, just need to fill some old laptops lying around with drives. Let me know what you got :)
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    Corrupt .rar archive in windows, how to repair?

    Hey, I have an important .rar that is corrupt that I cannot repair via .par2 etc, because it is my own doing. I just need to get as much of the file data as possible, whether it extracts corrupt or not. My problem is, if I "keep broken files" in WinRar, it truncates the file at the exact...
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    FS: complete hackintosh or HTPC system

    I have a completely mac compatible hackintosh or HTPC system I'd like to put up on here. The specs are below: Gigabyte LGA 1155 DDR3 1600 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Motherboard GA-H77N-WIFI (dual ethernet, wifi, bluetooth onboard) Intel Core i3-3225 Dual-Core Processor 3.3 GHz...
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    Looking for ultra portable 11" laptop with haswell/HD5000 or better video

    Was looking into the new Macbook Air 11" line, but they seem so overpriced when you start doing things like upgrading RAM or CPU or SSD from base and the price for the build I want is getting crazy expensive. Any other ultra portable Macbook air "clones" out there with reasonable comparison...
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    WTB: 60GB+ SSD

    Not particular on specifics. Prefer around 120gb. I know there's a lot of WTB threads for SSD's so I'm just adding my own. :)
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    FS: Open Box Sony Xperia ZL smart phone

    This is a beautiful, high powered top of the line, and extremely unique phone, and was used less than 30 days. Mint condition. - Razor sharp 5-inch Full 1920x1080 HD display - Snapdragon™ S4 Pro quad-core processor - Next generation Mobile BRAVIA Engine™ 2 smoothes out jagged edges...
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    Seagate 3TB External convert to Internal

    Hey, I have this Seagate branded 3TB External drive, that I want to take out of the case and convert to an internal drive. Normally this is no problem at all, just take it out, stick it in a windows PC and repartition it. However, I want to preserve the data on it. The little adapter that...
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    WTB: In the market for a budget PSU

    Would need a modern PSU at least 450-500w with PCI-E power connectors. Looking to spend maybe $25 shipped. More or less depending on the quality of whatever you have to offer, thanks!
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    WTB: Quad core Mobo/CPU/RAM Bundle

    Looking for a relatively inexpensive somewhat powerful quad core barebones system to power a light use home server / HTPC. Looking to spend in all around $100. I'm guessing this is going to bring me to the AMD side of the fence, which is ok. Please let me know what you have available. Thanks :)
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    $100 iTunes Gift Card

    Received a $100 iTunes / App Store gift card with my most recent Macbook purchase at the Apple Store. Looking for find a good home for it, asking $90 obo via PayPal.
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    Need suggestion on which fan to buy off newegg, details inside.

    I currently have this Antec P180 Silver case. The included fans are pretty good, but above the PCI-E slots gets pretty hot with a Crossfire setup. I plan on cutting a hole in the left side case door and installing a niiiiice fan to cool off those hot GPU's. But... What fan should I get...
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    Best methods to play WoW using trackpad..

    Using a macbook to play WoW for the first time. It's got a trackpad. Is there any tips or custom mouse settings in-game to move around easily on a trackpad? Thanks!
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    older thread turned into a RAM issue

    Here is the thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1699769 Is there a way to move this thread to this subforum so that maybe more people dedicated to memory knowledge could see it? If it can be moved, please feel free to close or delete this thread here. Thanks!
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    Second PSU to power second 5870 in PC not working.

    So guys, I've used a paperclip trick to force a 2nd psu always on, and used the two pci-e connectors to power a second video card. The only problem is, it's not working at all. When I try it, it pretty much freezes the whole system, all the fans run on low instead of high. Is running a...
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    Help me explain to a friend about cooling vs total heat production.

    My friend is telling me, that... if you have more efficient cooling on a system, ie: higher fan speeds, etc... that the total amount of heat "produced" by the cpu/gpu, etc is less. Every bone in my body is telling me that the same heat is still there, it's still all produced, it's just being...
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    FS: Tera Online Collector's Edition $50 shipped

    Tera Online, The Collector's Edition MMORPG sealed in the packaging. I believe that this is no longer available from the manufacturer. I will ship priority straight to you. The box is new, sealed, unopened. I planned on playing it, but I just don't have the time. More interested in other...
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    Looking for decent yet inexpensive crossfire 700w+ psu

    Looking to bridge dual 5970's, I found this link on newegg which looks nice (well to me)... In the description, it shows 6+2 second set of PCI-E, does that mean the 8 pin comes apart to be 6 pin? Is there a better choice for under $40 shipped than this? Thanks :)
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    Comparison between two CPU's for a macbook, opinions needed :)

    Right now I have a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo in my macbook, and I was looking at the macbook air configuration of an 1.8ghz dual core i5 in a macbook air? How much of a speed difference? Is there a CPU hierarchy chart or something out there I could use? Thank so much for the help.
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    FS: EVGA GeForce GTX580

    Sold via another forum... FS: EVGA GeForce GTX580 Model #: 015-P3-1580-AR Perfect working condition, ready to go. Complete with retail box, all accessories, driver disc, etc. This graphics card requires: -600 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 42 amps on the +12 volt rail -PCI...
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    WTB ATI 5870

    I have a GTX-580 for trade or can pay cash. Wanting this specific card for a Hackintosh setup....
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    Troubleshoot a crashing system

    I have an a8-3850 system and whenever i max out the integrated gpu, the system hard crashes. no output, no bluescreen, just no signal and all fans on high. Where to begin to troubleshoot this? I can reproduce the crash anytime i start mining bitcoins using the gpu.
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    How to underclock A8-3850 APU

    My system is running very hot, and I don't need all that power as the system usually just idles, and it's only got a 250w psu (this is my htpc setup). Does anyone know how I could successfully underclock this and have it still run ok, just a little slower and definitely cooler. I would need...
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    PCi-E or USB sound card?

    I need to record from line in to broadcast to shoutcast, however... I was told I should get a separate / dedicated sound card for this... which is better, which is recommended, I'm looking to spend no more than let's say $30 or so.. I have a $5 usb "nugget" from china that turns an analog...
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    Best way to encode music from analog source to shoutcast?

    I have a Numark NS6 DJ controller and was trying to find a way to encode the output of this controller to a shoutcast stream. The NS6 does not have any digital out that I know of, just RCA phono for Master and RCA phono for Booth/Zone and a DIN style "balanced output". I would prefer a...
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    Looking for a very simple way to host my own filesharing for noobs.

    I would like to have this scenario become a reality... I drop some files into a folder on my desktop, and I give a friend a URL that points to my server (opening a port through my firewall to let him/her in), and they can browse the files in my folder and click to download their choice...
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    500w Antec psu ok for a 580 GTX?

    I know manufacturer is recommending a 600w, but all I have on hand is 500w Antec.... It should just make it... I am not running anything else in the system, just hard drive mobo CD drive RAM, everything stock speed. Can I get away with this? :)
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    any small m-atx cases out there?

    Maybe to look like a mac mini perhaps? I know m-atx is kinda big and all.... =\
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    Looking for music manager like Helium but for Mac Lion

    I loved helium music manager. It did great. But now I'm finding on a mac there's nothing but iTunes LOL. I would love some suggestions, and thanks! EDIT: Also I tried winamp for mac thinking it would be awesome. Well.... it's not... :)
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    Skyrim - Better on Console or PC?

    My girl's been playing skyrim on the 360, but I want her to try out the PC version. Which do you prefer and why?
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    AMD quad core A8-3850 2.9ghz still being used

    I bought this new 6 months ago, seems to be gone into the void of nothingness as far as popularity. Is there still any value to this chip? How does it compare speedwise to intel, i3, i5, etc?
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    How good is the onboard video on the Intel i5 2500K?

    How does it compare with a discrete Geforce 9800 low power edition (what I used before this).
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    Samsung T27A300 very bad ghosting 5ms GTG bad?

    I can't figure out why a Samsung monitor (T27A300) would have such horrible ghosting. also the 1080p resolution is very horrible, like it's not in native resolution, with cleartext from windows 7 looking awful also even while calibrating. Can someone tell me that I'm not crazy and this...
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    motherboards with integrated HDMI 1.4

    Can anyone recommend a motherboard with very decent onboard video chipset? Most specifically that outputs HDMI 1.4 and not 1.3? Thank you!
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    Best possible socket AM2 motherboard that supports DDR2?

    I was searching for a really nice motherboard that has the best integrated video chipset possible, with TOSLINK 5.1 optical out and gigabit lan. I came across the m4n78-PRO Is this the best motherboard for the AM2 era? I have an AMD Phenom Quad Core CPU I would like to use in this setup...
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