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    smoked ram, pc works fine, cause an electrical fire later?

    I have been running memtest86 for 10 straight hours and not a single error over 14 passes with both sticks in there. so i guess no sporadic fires to worry about in the future when i'm not home. btw, how do i make sure that my motherboard is pristine? any special test for that?
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    smoked ram, pc works fine, cause an electrical fire later?

    i put the "smoked" ram aside and replaced it with a spare set of sticks. do i still need to do memtest? computer is in an antec 900 case.
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    smoked ram, pc works fine, cause an electrical fire later?

    my ram was defective because I kept getting the blue screen (bsod). So I swapped it. When I installed the ram, I didn’t realize that I didn’t fully insert the ram into the board (stupid!). When I turned on the computer, it immediately started smoking. I held the power button to shut it down. i...
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    is the amperage of my power cord too low?

    thanks for your help. i appreciate it. sometimes when we choose what psu, people say to focus on amps on the rails (& efficiency of course) rather than just total wattage so i confused that concept here. all is good then!
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    is the amperage of my power cord too low?

    lol, i was worried about the amps. if the psu is capable of 17 amps and this cord can do only 10 amps...is that a problem during peak loads? :D also with a psu, people around here suggest using ~40-60% psu max load for best efficiency / safety..should i try the same with cords and get something...
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    is the amperage of my power cord too low?

    i have e6600 2.4 ghz core 2 duo. no overclock. ati 4770 gpu. asus pf5-e wifi mobo. 1 dvd-rw drive + 1 hard drive. antec earthwatts 500. iirc this puppy is supposed to do 17 amps on two rails. is the ampage on my cord too low? i'm sure these are cheap so i can replace them anyway but i'd like...
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    New Mortal Kombat game coming

    what are you talking about? the only thing close i remember is sonya blade's lesbian kiss of death...:)
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    Which should I keep? Ps3 or xbox360 for casual gaming and media services

    i have a 360 and i'll tell you to keep the ps3 and ditch the 360. however...360 was $86 (dunno how much gift card) whereas the ps3 is 3x price...that's not negligible but for a casual gamer / media center guy - ps3 is the way to go. plus you don't have to pay for xbox live when you only...
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    Where to buy Mechanical Keyboard? (Cherry MX Brown)

    seems like i got lucky on ebay...new in the box, made in germany, compaq 11800 for $20. one of the best computer purchases i've ever made. i really like cherry browns. they feel stiff when new but once you break them in...very tactile, fast, and responsive. i like it better than my ibm model...
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    Is it my 9800GT 512MB bottlenecking me or my X2 4800+?

    i don't know the specifics of tf2 but remember that whether your bottleneck is (1) cpu or (2) gpu (3) crappy game coding depends on the game itself. some games like bfbc2 use 4 cores so even if you have a nice gpu on a dual core, you'll be disappointed with performance. other games like modern...
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    help a noob: will i benefit with more ram?

    so i had to rma the 2gb crucial ballstic kit because of the bsod. i accidentally replaced by 2 sticks of 1gb with 2 sticks of 2gb so now i have 4gb. the most i use with all my programs open + cod4 is 2.3 GB. the new ram is pretty quiet. maybe the previous one was noisy because it was defective...
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    470 or 5870?

    6 months late is not my idea of "new". i judge by innovation and performance.
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    Need a new video card under $100 advise

    my opinion on video card purchasing: don't plan for the future. prices are dynamic and new products always come out. so just get what you need for now. for the same reasons, i always go bang for the buck. dx11 is out but as some have pointed out already, how many games fully utilize dx10...
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    Need a new video card under $100 advise

    i love my 4770. as a 40 nm process it's power efficient, runs cool, and packs a lot of power for the price. these are the top 3 qualities i look for in my card. drivers have never given me problems. but not everyone thinks like me or has the same preference (unfortunately - jk lol). since you...
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    XFX Rma nightmare

    ^^^ well i'm not exactly sure how they work but sometimes i'll get a fedex home delivery truck deliver my package whereas othertimes i'll get a truck from a rental company like ryder. it seems to me that in your local area it is the fedex driver but it does vary from region.
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