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  1. leexgx

    i7 930 under load, 20 / 21 multiplyer switch

    please post the pictures using the fourm pic img command (unless this fourm does not support resizeing{norm has an yellow bar that you can press to make it full screen}) or report the post as i do not own an 36in monitor this site should explain why turbo boost is lowering the clock on my...
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    COD4 - iw3mp.exe has stopped working

    i find Xfire can make the game have issues i disable ingame chat with xfire with both games (cod4 and MW2) as they never really fixed it, also if running vista or win7 find iw3mp.exe and disable Desktop composition (as the game drops back to desktop for an second when it starts and enables...
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    Are surge protectors a waste of money?

    interesting posts right there are 2-4 types of Surge protection (that you would norm buy for home use) there is the crapy ones that have EMI filter and some sort of upto amperage rating before they fail But most of them still work once the protection has failed they are quite bad as more...
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    Bad Company 2 Hardware Requirements

    stuff about needing quad core not 100% true it helps but only at the map loading stage, the maps are loading all 8 threads max out for 1 refresh on task manager but when in game seem the game is only using 2 threads and not even maxing the cpu out, i recheck again when i get home as i can...
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    Nvidia physX....What the hell?

    not compleatly true if its using the PhysX API if there is no hardware it will use software if Nvidia card 8800 or higher is installed or an PhysX card a lot of them will use hardware PhysX, there is no benerfit any way unless the game uses stupid amount of PhysX objects (unreal PhysX map pack)...
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    spec check, little upgrade (may have around £1000)

    also any one really had any issues with 4870 as the GTX280 price was refunded to me i can get an Peak 4870 1gb or {ASUS 1GB GTS 250 DARK KNIGHT} (no higher as thats all i can get off my list higher end cards are completely not in stock) still bit wearily of selling an ATI card in an high end...
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    PSU problems

    PSU is likely protecting it self with an cut off, most likey an fault with the PSU, still could be an item with in your pc i would stop messing with the PSU and replace it just in case as you not want it blowing on you
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    do ssd's need defragging

    the drive uses maped LBA so even though your disk is fully defragmented its Not what it looks like at the flash level, drives with no GC or TRIM can become very slow if SSD level fragmentation is large (has to erase more then 1 cell before it can save data) only fix for that is low level format...
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    New Build Res & BSOD help!

    before the windows boot screen press TAB (like the F8 screen ) you should get\to the windows boot menu page for mem test or boot windows norm press tab to select memtest and press enter, see if that throws any errors if it does take one of the ram sticks out run the test again work out witch one...
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    spec check, little upgrade (may have around £1000)

    the i5 bundle + extra 4gb ram and case was 710 (800 with sound card) the below i7 setup is with sound card as well but no extra ram (6gb should be plenty) comes out at 785, i would need to overclock this my self as well Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3...
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    spec check, little upgrade (may have around £1000)

    the system is more for gaming but there is likely going to have 2-3 video cards in it for folding as well this is replacing what i am about to sell/sold in my sig i need case (May need to fit an H50 corsair and the case needs 8 PCI slots not the default 7 {GPU Folding }) Lancool...
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    setting up raid 0

    quick read if the system was set to RAID but no raid array was made you should be able to clone the hdd to the RAID 0 array, most of the time this works, if it was set to Sata or AHCI mode high chance it not boot on the cloned RAID 0 setup windows 7 has an quite an good backup as part as...
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    Black WD1001FALS clicking sound

    some drives do quick smart tests (a lot of segates do it very anoying on the .9 drives as they was noisy the .10 and .11 drives you may not pick up on the sound) my WD drive does not click when idle apart from then it powers down, it may be an program that is accessing the disk when idle...
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    Will cloning + format bring back my SSD's performance?

    i think an full format on Intel SSD does bring back performance but your better using HDDerase as that reset all parts of the SSD to an erased state Trim for intel SSD has just been pulled as well i think due to loss of data http://www.legitreviews.com/news/6714/ once they do fix it make...
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    CC Cleaner on SSD - wipe free space - GRRR

    i have posted quite an number of times in the past unless CC cleaner is doing an low level format it degrade the SSD backup the SSD to an second drive and use HDDerase (there are 3-4 versions some do not work on some motherboards) then restore the SSD from HDD Win7 backup is easy for this...
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    Which hard disk to buy? (SSD)

    i would only recommend 128GB in this day and age as you may find 64gb limiting in space (and you should keep 15-20% free for GC to work garbage collection) you will be paying £60 more for the same thing if you got it from OCZ that is you got the Corsair 64gb one (the Crucial 64gb drive is the...
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    2.5 External HDD 320GB

    only need 2 ports if the one port in your system does not provide the proper 500ma of power (most system flow the spec or alow up to 600ma peak)
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    Which hard disk to buy? (SSD)

    ram and SSD are not the same thing, all SSD makers that are using Indilinx barfoot drives are the same drive, Crucial do not make them they just stick there badge on it and offer support (man in the middle) i also had the problems with Crucial ram before (the yellow ballistic ram it was the...
  19. leexgx

    Second Hard Drive Questions

    the SSD should be used for OS, programs and games, use the spare disk for storing any big files or any files for that matter that you have (as i see from your sig the Black HDD you have now is fast any way i use that as the second disk as the raptor just add a lot of noise and maybe little bit...
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    DEOLUX 128gb SSD

    for Price and performance at this time Crucial M225 128GB (in stock now)
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