Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 7th 13, 03:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Forum: General
June 7th 13, 03:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 19th 13, 03:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Forum: General
April 19th 13, 03:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 11th 13, 01:37 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 7th 13, 12:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Macrium backup larger than contents of drive...?
I've been using Macrium Reflect for a while and it's worked fine up to
now, but just encountered an odd glitch. I set it on max compression
but the backup file is actually larger than the h/d...
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Forum: General
April 7th 13, 12:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 15
Views: 704
Vista or 7 for gaming?
On Apr 7, 5:21*am, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:
Core2 Quad, MSI GTX 460 Cyclone video card, all under DX9 of course
since that's the max XP supports. Looks pretty...
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Forum: General
April 7th 13, 12:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 15
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Vista or 7 for gaming?
On Apr 7, 5:20*am, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:
Win 7 is the best choice for speed, but Vi$ta should support old games
better. But then 64-bit Win 7 could run most old...
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Forum: General
April 7th 13, 01:49 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 15
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Vista or 7 for gaming?
I'm currently running XP SP3, the game I play the most is Battlefield
Bad Company 2. Also have Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Running on a
Core2 Quad, MSI GTX 460 Cyclone video card, all under DX9 of...
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Forum: General
March 27th 13, 11:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 27th 13, 11:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 27th 13, 04:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 15th 13, 07:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 12th 13, 04:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop
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Replies: 6
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Data and formatting disappeared from 1 TB WD drive
Have a 1 TB WD SATA drive that I use as an archive drive. After firing
it up today XP recognizes it but now the data isn't showing and it
shows up as unformatted. No "whirr click" like a dying drive,...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 28th 12, 10:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 13
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How to test a PSU?
I have a PC Power and Cooling 470W unit that's a few years old but
hasn't had a lot of mileage on it and the rig it was in didn't come
near to stressing its limits. It was modestly pricey when I got...
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Forum: General
December 28th 12, 10:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 3
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Forum: General
December 28th 12, 04:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Forum: General
November 1st 12, 01:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Forum: General
October 16th 12, 09:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Forum: General
October 11th 12, 07:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 7
Views: 649
Acceptable CPU temps?
I think I've been running the cpu voltage higher than it needs to be. It's my first attempt at OC'ing and I went by what one particular site was posting - 1.4v for stable running at 4.0 gi but I...
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Forum: General
October 11th 12, 08:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 7
Views: 649
Acceptable CPU temps?
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:12:49 AM UTC-4, Paul wrote:
My heatsink is bolted to the motherboard, so there's no question
how much pressure the heatsink is getting in terms of normal...
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Forum: General
October 10th 12, 11:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 7
Views: 649
Acceptable CPU temps?
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:59:42 PM UTC-4, Paul wrote:
So the readings are closer on the high end (as presumably the
trip point is calibrated at the factory). Someone did the
...
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Forum: General
October 10th 12, 05:23 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 7
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Acceptable CPU temps?
Just got an E8400 3gig Core2 Duo CPU to run on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev 2.0 board.
I've been fooling with overclocking, currently have it running at 4.0 gig. Using an OCZ Vendetta 2 cpu...
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Forum: General
June 28th 12, 06:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
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Is overclocking genuinely useful?
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig
processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games.
Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 28th 12, 06:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
Views: 539
Is overclocking genuinely useful?
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig
processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video games.
Wondering about overclocking to move it into a higher realm...
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