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I usually attend the LAN-event Dreamhack, and this year I helped arrange it. http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw05/en.100.html Without trying to sound like a commercial, it's an awesome event. Several thousand geeks under one roof basically. However, I usually don't spend much time in front of the computer during events like this. It's a lot more fun to meet new people and well, work. IRC'ing/gaming can be done at home.

Yeah, with any luck you could get a great card indeed. Besides, even if you do get one without the additional pipelines, the GTO's overclock very well without the pipes. On the topic of Cooler Master cases, I would really recomend the Cavalier tower series. They have that genuine feeling of quality about them that is hard to describe.

I'm using a similar setup, and I don't have any complaints whatsoever. I like the ASUS A8N-E, but there shouldn't much difference between it and the DFI. All the memory you have listed is CL2.5 "value", so there is no reason to get the more expensive ones. You will be able to overclock the processor to 3800+ levels without much effort by using dividers in any case. I don't really like video cards which only really shine if you manage to get hold of one that has unlockable pipelines, but if you do, go right ahead. If you're willing to take the risk, you would indeed get a very fast card for a cheap price with some luck. As you've probably noticed, a lot of the current GTO's are indeed unlockable up to 16 pipelines, so there's a good chance yours will be aswell. Of course, there's the guarantee aspect, but you've probably already thought of that. So yeah, looks like a nice system.

Heh, and there I was thinking the crusades had ended. Exactly. Anyone who seriously thinks Intelligent Design is science needs to consider retroactive abortion. (I'm in a fascist mood today, sue me).

Communications 1.8 megabits per second Storage 216 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 4.7 seconds Subjective rating Great Poorly made test. I used 4x that bandwith this morning, so I'm not having delusions of bandwithal grandeur.

Lame. To be of an opinion is one thing, to attempt to punish the citizens of an entire country because the majority there is of another opinion is nothing short of idiocy. I would cease using putfile simply because of this, but that would be difficult since I don't use it in the first place. Oh well. But then again, I think there are a few people in this world who we would be better off hanging.

As a liberal I fail to see any need to be jealous of the amount of money earned by professional athletes. Hence I fail to see any way to define "overpaid" and because of this I do not mind in any way whether they are paid several millions or not. If they do, good for them. If they don't, too bad. Putting limits on income based on some strange idea on what is and what is not fair is lunacy.

Personally I'd rather take that "risk" than either put my phone number there or pay for some lame service to remove it for me. If ICANN feels there is any point in listing a company who does not really own the domain instead of nothing at all, they are free to track down and sue me. That could be hard to accomplish considering the whois register would most likely be illegal in Sweden, but you get the idea.

You can't ever replace common sense with rules. Not that I care whether Jagex adds rules to their game or not, but the same problem is starting to appear in politics all over the western world...

It's not like said movies matter at all, because you do need to put effort into making the computer boot and not shut down without a heatsink. It's not something you do by mistake. I agree with the first statement, but I fail to see the point in the rest of the text. There are Intel processors who can handle 64-bit instructions, and there are AMD processors who cannot. There are Intel processors (Pentium M, anyone?) which "do more" per clockcycle than various AMD processors. Looking at HTT and FSB won't get you far, because you cannot really determine how effective various types of processors are compared to each other with these numbers. The only way to measure that, is to use benchmarks. Cache has some influence, but it's also limited. My point is also that you shouldn't judge all Intel products by the NetBurst architecture (which ought to land at least a few Intel-exec's in hell), because they are making some good stuff aswell.

yea otherwise this will hapen :roll: overclocking is dangerous if you don't know what ur doing :!: [image] No, it is not possible to set a motherboard on fire with less than two volts of power without putting extreme effort into it. If you gathered all the dust you vacuumed the last year and put it in powersupply unit, and lightning struck nearby, then maybe. If you removed the heatsink and modified the BIOS so that it would boot without it, I can see how you could burn the processor. But the motherboard? Hardly. And yes, I do realize that the image is probably meant as a joke :P While we're on the topic of overclocking, a good rule of thumb is to test your computer on full load every 50Mhz or so on the AMD64 platform. Even more often as you go over 2.6Ghz. But, as always, the most important rule is to read up on everything related to the platform you are overclocking.

Never, ever, look at the clock frequency to determine which processor to buy. Always look at benchmarks. The AMD64 series is easily the best bargain at the moment, especially considering you can overclock even a 3000+ to 3800+ levels easily.

Stay away from CloneCD and CloneDVD. Both are very good programs, but unfortunately they are being targeted by various copyprotections which means that by having them installed there are some programs that will not run on your computer. This is obviously a problem that isn't caused by the Clone- programs, but it is still a problem that can affect the customer.

You can only hide the Windows folder, you cannot put a password for access on it. You can accomplish this with 3rd-party software, but the likely result would be that your operating system will no longer boot.

Firefox all the way. I can't stand the default Opera UI and I don't particularily feel like dedicating time to making it less painfull to look at. It also has no feature that I require that Firefox does not have, so switching browser would be poinless to say the least. I don't doubt that Opera will increase in popularity soon enough. When the hype around Firefox dies people who need to feel special/haxxor/randomterm will switch again.

Considering hardly anyone would ever even reach a gigabyte in terms of email storage, they could just aswell promise unlimited space. It could be real, and it could be a scam. Odds are you'll never know without trying it :P However, I somehow doubt you need that kind of email storage.

Yes and no. There is no such thing as Windows-based computers though, but some parts of the computer do support alteration when in use. The most popular example are S-ATA harddrives, which support hotswap and can be installed and removed while running without any problem at all. However, RAM DIMM's do not support this. While it is quite possible that installing RAM while the computer is turned will occasionally work, it should not be attempted. As a general rule, to avoid any damage, all types of work inside the case should be done while the computer is turned off, and installing a component should be followed by a cold boot (IE: Don't use hibernate or similar features).

Touching metal will only ensure you are carry as much static electricity as the item in question, and if the item is not grounded you could end up charging the case instead of it actually doing anything helpfull. I recomend purchasing a cable to connect your wrist to the case (there are special cables for this, don't just use a spare copper wire since you want one with resistance in it), and to touch a radiator (water, not electrical) or something similar that you know is grounded before you connect it. This takes very little effort and reduces the chances of doing getting any ESD-damage whatsoever enormously. Look at it as cheap insurance. ESD does more damage than people think. How many volts run in the mobo/ram/whatever usually? It varies, but hardly ever more than 12v. Electrostatic discharges of a few hundred volts aren't exaclty rare, and obviously you do not want that to happen inside your computer. Many believe that if you plug in a component and it works, you are guaranteed to have avoided ESD-related damage. Unfortunately, this is not true. ESD's can happen and cause problems many months later, or simply reduce stability on some components. Could you install components without taking my advice? Yeah, probably. After all, the chance of damage isn't that big. However, it does exist. I'm not going to argue that proper care of hardware is "the win", but I will point out that if there is one easy way to eliminate a potetential problem, this is it. I would personally never install any components without using some kind of wrist - case link.

I cannot explain your problem, but I'd like to say that the System Idle Process is simply 100% minus the percentage used by all other processes in total. It does nothing else and it should not be related to your problem at all.

I am pretty certain the Frozen Throne requires two CD-keys when used online, one for the expansion and one for the original game. If the key for the original game is currently in use, you will be unable to play. The games are far from seperate as they do share quite a lot of files.

Works great! I need to work out a few details, but that should do the trick. Thank you everyone :)

2x 6800GT in SLI? Drop that and get yourself a Geforce 7800GT instead, or a 7800GTX if you feel the need to be excessive. SLI is just expensive bragging rights, and SLI-systems with cards that aren't even in the latest series is a total waste.

Anyone who hasn't played Fahrenheit doesn't know what an awesome singleplayer game is.

Tried both changes, still doesn't submit automaticly :/

It should be noted that Symantec does not aim to please the public, Symantec aims to sell Anti-virus programs. This is best accomplished by ensuring the public feels unsecure. I doubt they would lie and expect to get away with it, but I am fairly certain they would have no problem with naming certain problems as far more serious than they are. In the end, I have never had any exploit run on any version of Firefox I've used. When that happens, I'll consider an alternative, but before then I don't see any point in caring about what Symantec wants to say to help them advertise.