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    I suck, can't get my heat sink on.

    Hey mate I had the same problem as you, I managed to get the HS attactched properly in the end though, you just have to use a LOT of force to get all 4 pins to click through the mobo
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    The best budget video card

    Certainly the X1800XT, I just got one and it can run everything at max settings including F.E.A.R., BF2, Half Life 2 etc. Also check Tomshardware for the VGA charts
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    Asus P5VD2-MX motherboard

    Im looking to cut costs on my new PC to accomodate a X1900XT. The Asus P5VD2-MX looks to be good value considering the price of other Conroe motherboards are over the top at the moment. What are other peoples opinions of this board? Any big cons...
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    Light gaming PC

    If the pc was for me, I would OC but I prefer to risk it when doing it for someone else
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    Light gaming PC

    The last time I was looking inot buying a pc, AMD were the best. From what Ive heard the Conroe is a lot better than the AMD processors currently but I know nothing about them. Considering I am not going to be overclocking whatsoever is it worth getting a Conroe over a AMD processor? What is a...
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    Light gaming PC

    I am buying a computer for a family member, I am going to be buying the parts seperately and getting a friend to put it together for me. My budget is £700 and this is what I am going to be getting CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM) £105 Mobo MSI...
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    Athlon X2 Cache

    If you have absolutely no intention of OCing then the 4600+ will be better because 200mhz makes a bigger difference than the bigger cache
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    Need a new comp, $5000 budget

    It was hilarious
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    Choice of cases

    I have been looking at some of the TT cases which i think I will be using when i build my new system. The 3 I like the most are the Tsunami, Kandarf and the Eclipse. http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/midtower/eclipsedv/vc6000swa.asp...
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    Hard Drive

    You may want to buy a small raptor (36gb) and put your OS and thing you want to load fast such a games. Then you can use your old HD to store other things such as music
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    New printer

    Can anyone recommend me a printer for under £100? (About $150) All I want from the printer is for it to be able to take the paper and print, all of the printers I've had in the past can only have 1 piece of the paper loaded or it will get jammed and either screw up the paper or cover it in ink
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    Holy crap!

    Holy crap indeed. But do games utilize both cores?
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    So lets talk about drives...

    Sony, NEC, Samsung, Phillips.....don't make too much of a difference when it comes to drives
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    What motherboard???

    Why is that one so expensive? I don't know much about Intel mbs but that one doesn't support SLi and doesnt support ddr667
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    My build: good?

    For the power supply get either the Fortron 450W or the Antec TPII 550W. FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX450-PN 450W Power Supply - Retail Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply - Retail If you're going to be overclocking you're going to need better RAM, OCZ and G.skill make some of the...
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