Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 7th 12, 12:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 13
Views: 387
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
November 29th 12, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,665
The end of the road for the DIY PC?
But the lack of a replaceable CPU need not doom DIY. I have a 5+ year
old DIY PC that I am considering upgrading. But since I want USB 3.0 ports,
that means I have to replace the MB anyway, and...
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Forum: AMD x86-64 Processors
November 29th 12, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,530
The end of the road for the DIY PC?
But the lack of a replaceable CPU need not doom DIY. I have a 5+ year
old DIY PC that I am considering upgrading. But since I want USB 3.0 ports,
that means I have to replace the MB anyway, and...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 29th 12, 10:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,218
Microsoft rocks BUILD with Windows 8
Very entertaining, if not enlightening.
Roy Baldone writes:
I just don't believe that TOUCH SCREENs for desktops are going to be
the next Big thing. I don't like...
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Forum: AMD x86-64 Processors
October 29th 12, 10:43 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,446
whats the top amd processor these days
Christ, Tigerdirect sucks. Anyway, go to AMD's website and see what they
think their best CPU is. Then go to Newegg.com and make your purchase
there.
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The human mind is inspired enough when it...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 14th 12, 08:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 8
Views: 885
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 26th 12, 06:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 9
Views: 500
Netgear N Series (WNDR Models)
"SC Tom" writes:
I never had to physically
connect the printer to the router
To clarify, did you connect the printer to router via USB cable?
Or was the printer a wireless...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 1st 12, 07:56 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 15
Views: 980
A question about solid state drives
Rick writes:
You will quickly run out of space if you run both the OS and programs
on the SSD.
How do you know that? You don't know. I have a netbook with a single
80GB...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 15th 12, 04:43 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 16
Views: 954
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 25th 11, 03:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 748
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 29th 11, 04:32 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 568
Hard drive configuration - Opinions, please
Paul writes:
Just use the SSD as a drive, not as a cache, to enjoy fast
performance at all times (although, with less total capacity
of course). I don't own one, but if I...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 20th 11, 05:56 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,218
Microsoft rocks BUILD with Windows 8
"geoff" writes:
Microsoft announced Windows 8 at their BUILD conference and over a
half million people have downloaded the free developers preview so
far. Windows 8 is...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 7th 11, 10:32 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 6
Views: 439
Windows 7 and Drivers?
Davej writes:
No, I'm saying that when I install XP it is unable to use sound or
access the network until I install the motherboard drivers. With Win7
it was able to load...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 2nd 11, 05:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,nl.comp.hardware,sci.electronics.design
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,301
Something very scary just happened.
Skybuck,
You experienced a well-known, but little publicized, phenomena called a
"dry" dream. A "dry" dream is the opposite of a "wet" dream, in that
something bad happens and makes your member...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 16th 11, 04:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 5
Views: 710
OS installation on new components- BIOS Qs.
Seum writes:
I have tried to install Win XP and
failed, and whether the reason is that the DVD or Win XP is faulty, or
some problem with the motherboard, I do not know.
So...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 16th 11, 04:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 5
Views: 710
OS installation on new components- BIOS Qs.
Seum writes:
I have tried to install Win XP and
failed, and whether the reason is that the DVD or Win XP is faulty, or
some problem with the motherboard, I do not know.
So...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 23rd 11, 07:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 800
[OT] End of Space Shuttle Program
Man-wai Chang writes:
So is it a total success with significant money saving compared to
then traditional single-use rocket approach ? :)
In retrospect it was probably...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 23rd 11, 07:47 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,089
Windows 7 SP1
sillyputty writes:
Anyone having problems with Win 7 SP1? Wanted to get some feedback
before installing SP1, or not. Thx.
I had trouble after installation on an x64...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 17th 11, 03:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 678
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 16th 11, 04:50 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 678
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 10th 11, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,230
Dust covers for computer ports
Paul writes:
This depends on whether the case implements "positive or negative" air pressure.
Exactly, and it seems your case has negative air pressure with respect
to the...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 23rd 11, 05:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,675
ISPs?
Don't know about other parts of the country...but in Northern California
there are two independents I know of, DSL Xtreme, and Omsoft. So they
haven't gone away completely, just consolidated a...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 11th 11, 04:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,175
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 10th 11, 07:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 10
Views: 795
ssd advice
Great analysis by Charlie. I too installed SSDs in a netbook and desktop
and was underwhelmed by the performance increase. For a desktop, much
better to install a 2- or 3-disk RAID0 setup...you will...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 15th 11, 03:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 16
Views: 814
Convert to dynamic disk
Charlie Hoffpauir writes:
What type RAID do you have, hardware based or OS (software) based?
It's software based. Drivers have to be loaded for it but for mine those
are...
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