Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 20th 13, 06:42 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 525
SSD refurbished drive - what caveats
I see prices for refurbished SSD drives that are starting to look
reasonable but am not quite convinced to buy one.
What pros and cons do you all see about buying a refurbished SSD? Are
there...
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Forum: General
June 10th 13, 06:19 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
Views: 629
OT a bit - matching UPS with one's pc
I'll probably be buying a UPS for my pc soon and need to learn how to
size and match a UPS with my pc, but there's a lot of unclear info out
there.
Complicated but probably more exact method - add...
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Forum: General
May 31st 13, 10:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 17
Views: 754
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 3rd 13, 04:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 333
hard drives - where to find reviews?
Is there any site that keeps track of HD manufacturers and issues
regarding the quality of their drives? I posted a similar question
last year, I think, and am wondering if anything's...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 3rd 13, 10:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 322
how will APUs affect upgrading a build?
Paul wrote:
Yes wrote:
Paul wrote:
Both Intel and AMD are already shipping processor chips with
built-in graphics. The graphics are suitable, for lightweight
gaming.
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 3rd 13, 03:06 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 322
how will APUs affect upgrading a build?
Paul wrote:
Both Intel and AMD are already shipping processor chips with
built-in graphics. The graphics are suitable, for lightweight
gaming.
-- snipped --
So eventually, the...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 3rd 13, 02:54 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 322
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 2nd 13, 08:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 322
how will APUs affect upgrading a build?
I haven't paid attention to advances in CPUs and motherboards for a few
years. I assembled my own pc and use it for basic apps, including one
game that requires shader 3 support.
I was trying to...
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Forum: General
November 5th 12, 05:36 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,005
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Forum: General
November 5th 12, 05:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Views: 2,005
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Forum: General
October 24th 12, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,005
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Forum: General
October 23rd 12, 06:23 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,005
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Forum: General
October 23rd 12, 05:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,005
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Forum: General
October 22nd 12, 01:57 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,005
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 9th 12, 06:53 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 1
Views: 172
Public records etc.
Motor T wrote:
A current set of postings regarding 'people finder' has made me
wonder: How exactly does one get this info? If I want to find a
veteran buddy all that shows up in a search...
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Forum: General
May 19th 12, 03:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 2
Views: 412
HD supply
Is it my imagination, or are hard drive prices starting to drop a bit
I'm on NewEgg's mailing list, and it seems like they're starting to
offer more variety of hard drives and at what IMO are more...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 1st 12, 04:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 79
Views: 1,526
Hardware Requirements for Internet PC
Searcher7 wrote:
Thanks everyone.
As I mentioned, surfing the internet is slow right from the beginning
of reformat and install, and it just gets worse.
When I said "Ctrl+Alt+Del"...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 27th 12, 04:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 79
Views: 1,526
Hardware Requirements for Internet PC
Searcher7 wrote:
Can someone give me an idea of what the minimum hardware requirements
are for a PC that will be used mostly for internet, as well as playing
DVDs? (I have a 900Mhz, 512mb XP...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 14th 12, 04:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,200
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Forum: General
February 7th 12, 04:42 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 4
Views: 355
who are quality monitor brands these days?
I expect to have to buy a new monitor soon and would like to get some
input as to which brands to focus my research. The market has changed
a lot since the last time I bought a monitor (2005). ...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 15th 12, 05:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 554
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 13th 12, 07:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 554
need help monitor problme at startup
Recently, I've started having intermittent problems with my monitor
during boot-up of the pc. It is not a consistent, reproducible problem.
The problem - after powering on my pc, the monitor power...
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