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    Asus X202e overheating

    Just a heads up really, in case someone Google's this I have an Asus X202e Vivobook, its great, but overheats and CPU throttles like a motherfucker. There is no way to control the fans, speedfan and every other fan control software I used couldn't control the fan speed, so the laptop would...
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    Just fried my motherboard, upgrade to 2500K now or wait for Ivy Bridge?

    I bought a cheap $60 replacement motherboard for the Q6600. I will use that for now, and when I upgrade I will demote the Q6600 to file server duty and put the current server to rest (S754 Sempron...eww) I talked to a buddy of mine who works at intel, and he says Ivy Bridge will OC like a boss.
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    Just fried my motherboard, upgrade to 2500K now or wait for Ivy Bridge?

    I have a Socket775 Q6600 and a P35 based motherboard. It has served me well these last 3 years or so. It was starting to get long in the tooth, but I wanted to wait till the next round from Intel before I upgraded, supposedly around April. In order to try and get a bit more performance out...
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    HOWTO: flip removable media bit on windows 7 x64 - make a removable drive fixed

    After an afternoon of failures I have worked out how to flip the Removable Media Bit (RMB) on usb drives and SDHC cards under a 64 bit install of windows 7. This is based off the Hitatchi Microdrive trick, but I found a 64 bit compiled version of the driver on some german site. I did not make...
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    HD6870 slow in skyrim @ 1280x720

    I tried playing BF3 this morning 1280x720 Ultra settings, full AA/AF min FPS: 60 maxing out around 120 at times. something is up with Skyrim or drivers.
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    HD6870 slow in skyrim @ 1280x720

    I'm pushing half the pixels you are (921,600 vs1,764,000)and getting half the frame rate. :mad:
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    HD6870 slow in skyrim @ 1280x720

    I just bought a new HD6870 to play skyrim, From benchmarks I have seen a lesser 6850 should be able to run skyrim at Ultra 1280x768 8xAA 16xAF FXAA between 50-60FPS I'm running fewer pixels at 1280x720 but i am getting 25fps, max and often dropping to 15fps I''m running the newest AMD...
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    Best Card for BF3 @ 1280x720

    I use a 720P projector, max resolution is 1280x720 the low resolution has helped keep my 8800gt serving me for an extended time, but with BF3 and Skyrim i think i need a boost. What card is going to let me turn everything to max, but still give me the best bang for the buck? under $300...
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    Bitcoin Mining GPU Performance Comparison @ [H]

    5.98 cents per kWh BC Hydro FTW :D
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    Bitcoin Mining GPU Performance Comparison @ [H]

    knowing diddly about bitcoins how long does it take to earn one? how many Mhashes? what is the "exchange rate"? *EDIT* about $14 USD atm. https://mtgox.com/trade/sell Can you turn them into cash or just buy stuff? *EDIT* can turn into cash say my power is 6cents per KWh and i spent $1000...
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    KÜHLER as it Gets! - Antec Big [H] Giveaway!

    Do want!
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    Intel 320 Series 300GB SSD

    Looks like a minor iteration, anyone have any dirt on when we get a new blockbuster?
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    HardOCP Question on SSD

    Intel Intel Intel
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    Playing Video Games Hazardous to Dictator Succession

    Korea, StarCraft kekekeke
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    watching videos, and playing games on the same computer at the same time.

    this how?
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