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Hey guys, I'm about to order a new build but I'm a little conflicted.. Here's what I originally had: Q6600 with an XP-120 (Tricool) Asus P5Q Pro Patriot Viper Series PC2-6400 4GB (2 x 2GB) P180 EVGA 9600GT My absolute main concern here is heat. I'm looking to get an overclock of...

Hey guys, I have an overclocked Opteron 165 (2.5 ghz on stock volts). Problem is, this thing gets waay too hot now that I have a 9600gt pushing it. I have to pop the side off my p180 and crank the fan on the xp-120 to max. I also use this computer for work (development), multitasking a lot...

Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade to a 9600gt but I'm wondering if it'll really be worth it. I have an Opteron 165 oc'd to 2.5ghz, 2 gigs ram, on a dfi lanparty ultra-d. My monitors run at 1680x1050, but I only use one to game. I'm looking to play Crysis at playable rates, and just see an...

That little one in the bottom right was popped off while trying to pull the card for a mobo change (it literally fell off with a little brush. the posts were entirely intact, it looked as though it "unstuck" from the board). We soldered it back on, albeit kind of hodge-podge. The connections are...

I absolutely loved X-Com Apocalypse, and have recently gotten into Fallout Tactics. Both have a fantastic tactical aspect, but are getting dated. Are there any newer games that are somewhat similar? My favorite aspects are being able to set engagement (passive/aggressive), stance, weapon, etc...

Does anyone know if Creative has announced anything to follow the X-Fi line? I've done a bit of searching around and havent found anything, but I'd be interested to hear what they have planned. It seems as though computer audio is at a point where serious innovation is needed to continue pushing...

My system boots fine until the Windows XP loading screen, where the bar goes for about 30 'loops'. It finally seems to load correctly and the leds on my G15 light up and the welcome splash screen displays shortly after. I tried formatting my OS partition (the boot sector is on a different...

A couple months ago I built an HTPC box: Antec NSK1300 AM2 X2 3800+ (stock cooling) Asus M2NPV-VM (using onboard 6150) Two 512 corsair value Seagate 160gb mounted in the main HDD 'bay' Seagate 500gb mounted on the side opposite the PSU Coolermaster 120mm blue led fan Pioneer DVR-110D...

I have a set of logitech 4.1 THX certified speakers (don't know the model offhand). The speakers connect to the sub via regular speaker wire. Lately I've noticed the right front speaker cutting out at low volumes. If I blast the volume for a split second the right speaker "unsticks" and plays...

Does anyone know if the Wii will be shipping with these (am I dreaming)? If not, I've heard it just uses Gamecube cables so Gamecube components would work with it.. Is this true? I'm hoping someone could shed some light on this so I know whether or not I should order some component cables...

So I just got my HTPC build set up, complete with optical audio out and Dolby 7.1 DTS encoding. I'm reading up on winamp and realize it only supports two channel digital audio. Does anyone know of a music program that suits 7.1 DTS? Any help is hugely appreciated.

This one is for my Dad. It'll need to take video from camcorders etc and put em on the hard drive, ready for editing. HTPC duties, minus the TV funtionality. Decent gaming; bf2, farcry etc. Measured to fit in a tv cabinet, will be hooked up to a 60inch JVC lcd projection screen via VGA. How...

I'm moving my 40 gig drive to a new computer, but now I realize that it has the partition with the bootsector and boot.ini on it (C: ). My main operating system is on a different drive (E: ). How would I go about making E: bootable without formatting the entire thing? Thanks again for any help.

I'm moving a hard drive in my primary computer (sig) to my secondary comp (a7n8x deluxe). I remember about a year ago I did something similar, and used a tool to prep the windows install for redeployment. Does anyone know what this tool is? Could I just install the mobo drivers, shut down...

Okay, I've finally decided on a SFF build (sorry to those who have been reading my threads and witnessed my indecision). I'm going to use the Antec Minuet 300 Slimline, and put an Asus M2NPV-VM in it. The ONLY thing left that's holding me back is trying to figure out if the multimedia expansion...

I know it's a stretch, but is it possible? EVGA recommends a 400w psu and a +12 Volt current rating of 18 Amps. Do they mean one rail or in total to compensate for other system components? 12v1 - 8.0 amps 12v2 - 14.5 amps I'd also like to run an AM2 3800 X2 (or just vanilla 3800 if the X2...

Here's the mobo: http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/mb/specification.asp?pro_id=215# And the case: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc09.htm I'm wondering if these two will work together nicely. I love the case, and think it would make an amazing HTPC/emulation box/multimedia...

I've got XP on a seperate 10gig partition, with nothing else but my desktop and my documents (something I'll change upon reinstalling). I'd like to format my XP partition and replace it with a slipstreamed version, but somehow keep all of the installed programs tied to the OS. Is there some...

Here are the specs of my current HTPC/Server/Secondary gaming rig: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Barton 2500+ 1gb 3200 Kingston ValueRam BFG 6600GT Antec 450W PSU Seagate 160gb ATA LX700 Keyboard+Mouse All of it inside this huge, heavy Antec case from 4 or 5 years ago. I loved the case at the...

I'm attempting to connect my PAP2 Phone Adapter to the second lan port on my Lanparty NF4 UT Ultra-D. I have my router connected to the Marvell port and the phone adapter connected to the Nvidia port with a patch cable. I can't seem to get the damn thing to work. I've tried enabling ics on the...

Any time I start up Quake 4 or Far Cry, the music playing in the background gains this strange reverb effect. All the sounds in the game also have this effect, and it can be fixed by alt-tabbing out of the game and changing my speaker configuration to a different setup (I assume this resets...

Hey guys, I'm building a computer for my gf and was wondering which card I should go with. She has autocad and pro/e stuff to do, but she also wants to play FarCry and Battlefield 2. At first I thought a 7600GT would be the goto card, but after some thought I realized she would play games at a...

I spent a good 4 hours on a city, and man it was PERFECT. I zoom out for a sec and bam, crash to desktop. You guessed it, I never saved. Anyone know if SimCity 4 secretly autosaves or something? I'm very, very miffed. :( Tried going into the game, that region is blank. What a horrific slaughter.

Are there any ancient dwarven ruins in Oblivion? They're my favorite part of Morrowind, with the insane blueprints and weird mechanical monsters. All I'm really looking for is a yes or no.. At least not TOO much info; I just want to know if I should go searching! Thanks and sorry for yet another...

Hey all, I've been spending a lot of time on these forums attempting to absorb every bit of information I come across. I think I have enough information to set up my new rig, and would just like to ask for some final input before I throw down $1300. Here's what I've got: DFI LanParty UT...