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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:25:15 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P4 HT or Core 2?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23376451</link>
<description><![CDATA[Looking to get a bit more performance without spending 2K.

At the moment I have a P-4 2.8 GHz W/Hyper-threading  socket 775 800Mhz FSB and  4 Gb DDR2. The board will support a 3.0 GHz core2 duo 1066 FSB  and 3Mbs L2

With my astro photography I can be working with 20+ 25Mb images at a time. Would the Core 2 Duo processor make a noticeable difference in performance? 

(EDIT)-- to add the Hyper-Threading

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<pubDate>2009-11-21 19:23:55</pubDate>
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<title>Quality AM2 compatible motherboards</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23379641</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi all,

looks like a motherboard off an old system has died, need to get it up and running. it currently has the  ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless
looking for something that will work with it :)

thanks for any help!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-22 16:33:25</pubDate>
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<title>Kindly review my pc build :)</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23373693</link>
<description><![CDATA[I plan on building a small pc to host windows media center with all my media. It will just sit in my laundry room and only stream WMC content to my xbox. I currently use my xbox as the extender. This would be my first build. 

My Build

ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo

Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Memory

ROSEWILL RC-CIX-01 BK Glossy Black Steel Mini-ITX Cube Computer Case

2x 1TB seagate hard drives

The only negative thing I hear is that Atom has problem with flash video. since I will only be streaming WMC to my xbox I dont think thats a problem. 

I like the Atom because I want something running with minimal power.

Any opinions or suggestions would be welcome.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-20 23:56:25</pubDate>
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<title>How do you know which PSU to choose?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Current I have in mind about buying the GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P. On the pictures I can see it uses a 24 pin motherboard plug and an 8 pin CPU plug(link to picture is provided at the bottom). Now my question is can I use this PSU to power this motherboard? hec X-Power Pro 650 650W Continuous @ 40&deg;C ATX 12V v2.2. It's specs are:
1 x Main connector (20+4Pin)
1 x EPS 12V(8Pin)
4 x peripheral
3 x SATA
1 x Floppy
2 x Pin PCI-E
First off what in the hell is 20+4Pin? And can you please tell me if this will work with my motherboard? I don't see any other 4 pin slots lying around on the motherboard.
Here is the picture of the motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=13-128-400-TS&SpinSet=13-128-400-SS&ISList=13-128-400-Z01%2c13-128-400-Z02%2c13-128-400-Z03%2c13-128-400-Z04%2c13-128-400-Z05%2c13-128-400-Z06%2c13-128-400-Z07%2c13-128-400-Z08%2c13-128-400-Z09%2c13-128-400-Z10%2c13-128-400-Z11&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16813128400&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=GIGABYTE%20GA-P55-UD4P%20LGA%201156%20Intel%20P55%20ATX%20Intel%20Motherboard

Thank you.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-20 18:35:15</pubDate>
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<title>Case airflow</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23376105</link>
<description><![CDATA[Without having to buy a new case (at least, at the moment. Waiting for Christmas to roll around...) is there a way to improve this air flow? Which fans should I reverse? etc.? The arrows indicate the direction of airflow.
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ISP: CableOne 5 mbit/500 kbit]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-21 17:57:19</pubDate>
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<title>Ok, what cables do I need to make these work together?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23370669</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 1st pic is the original iPod Firewire opening (I "assume") this is a Firewire 6 pin?
The 2nd pic is the i.Link IEEE port (I "assume") its a 4 pin Firewire?

Should I be looking for a female 6 pin to male 4 pin?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-20 13:41:43</pubDate>
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<title>Ram Drive Suggestions?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23352433</link>
<description><![CDATA[Look spendy!  I am looking for smaller space, but faster accesses and longer life than a SSD.

Acard link http://drlinky.com/c36691b5
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KieranMullen                http://360oregon.com 
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<pubDate>2009-11-17 04:17:49</pubDate>
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<title>Refill or OEM cartridges?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23323972</link>
<description><![CDATA[I get a different kind of reviews on refilling cartridges and OEM cartridges.So please give me perfect reviews on OEM cartridges and refilling cartridges and tell me which one is better in performance?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-11 03:03:51</pubDate>
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<title>Idle temps 68C on Toshiba laptop</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23362988</link>
<description><![CDATA[Looking at a 5 yr old Toshiba Satellite A-45 Laptop with an Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz processor. 
I have vacuumed the rear exhaust openings, and even popped opened the access panel to the heatsink/cpu, and vacuumed the heatsink visibly free of crud.

The bottom exhaust fan spins OK. Not sure if the RPM is correct or adequate to keep it normal temp? 
This brings me to my question of : Is 68C a normal temp reading for a laptop with NO load or idle?

I am basing this temp reading from CPUID`s Hardware Monitor.
Under ACPI: THRM: I get the 68C reading. The Laptop does NOT Bluescreen or crash, and it doesn't seem hot when feeling around the exhaust ports, 
but it does tend to freeze when multi-tasking. Of course 512MB RAM doesn't help in that regard either.

However, after doing a recovery install back to factory default status, I now get a persistent System Warning:
"A problem with the cooling system has been detected. Please turn off the computer immediately, and return it for service". 

After ignoring this warning and completely finishing the installation (*all* those Windows Updates including 3 Service Packs etc.) without any problems
other than being super slow compared to my rigs, and of course that damn Warning pop up!
 
I determined rightly or wrongly that the laptop wasn't actually overheating? Maybe just a bad Motherboard sensor causing the alarm? 
Anyway, I ended up just renaming the culprit file in Windows/System32... just to turn off the Warning!
After all, it didn't display any such warning prior to reinstalling back to default with Toshiba`s "Recovery" disc

I have since, loaded many Programs and data leaving the laptop on and running for many hours at a stretch, with NO BSOD`s or crashes.

Any thoughts or insight here Any recommendations or corrections?

Thanks,

Matt]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-19 00:49:15</pubDate>
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<title>building my 1st computer</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23360454</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have an old Dell Dimension 8200. The computer is about 10 years old has a Pentium 4 running at 2.00 Ghz with a 512 mb ram memory.

I see places like Tiger Direct sells components to make upgrades a new builds. I was wondering if I could use my old case and Install a new mother board, memory and processor. I am looking to buy some parts and bring her up to a core duo, 4 gigs ram etc at an economical price. I don't game but I do videos capturing and photo editing. 

Can someone point me to some components that work together. All the terminology of sockets and pins is confusing to say the least.

Thanks in advance]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-18 15:38:26</pubDate>
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