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    What was your first PC spec?

    After C64, Amiga in Jan 1997 P200 16MB RAM 1.2GB Quantum Bigfoot (5.25") 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive Creative labs 4x CDROM Creative labs Sound Blaster 16 Creative labs Graphics Blaster (1MB, not sure of exact model) Creative labs Speakers Samsung 14" Monitor Generic Mouse / Keyboard Windows 95b
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    Looking back at retro gaming stores!

    Most have already been mentioned (Boots, EB, Special Reserve, Virgin Megastore, WHSmith etc.) but also Beatties and round here independent shops like Computer Cavern. I remember loads of random places having a carousel of C64/Spectrum/CPC budget tapes - like Newsagents, toy shops and even a...
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    Where do you do your shopping?

    I think your friend will get better results if the questions were improved to make them clearer and more engaging.
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    Upgrading old PC for modest gaming system

    Thank you both!
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    Upgrading old PC for modest gaming system

    Thanks for that. Is the MSI motherboard significantly better than the Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 I'm already using? Any reason to not use the Asus? Initially I will be playing older titles I already have like TF2, LFD2, GTA IV, Metro 2033 etc. but would like the ability to play current titles too.
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    Upgrading old PC for modest gaming system

    Hi, I'm thinking about putting together a modest AMD gaming machine using an existing system as a base. At this stage looking to replace the Harddrive, CPU, GPU and probably the PSU (if required). Budget for this is sub £300 really. What I have now: Motherboard: M5A78L-M LX V2 CPU: Sempron 145...
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    Phenomenon of **** tyres

    Hey, I think I once bought a Cavalier from you :D
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    RIP Steve Jobs.

    Very sad news :(
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    Moral dilemma - dropping a friend in it?

    Is it possible that this is a trap for your friend? The first guy wants to find out if your friend is spreading gossip - by seeing if you find out....
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    Question about aircrash safety measures from female friend

    People would be too tempted to pop the bubbles while they waited to crash so they would have very little benefit :-)
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    Pancakes currently trending on twitter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6gIk0h-62w&feature=youtu.be#t=0h1m26s
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    What Nerdy stuff do you collect?

    Nice. What do you have?
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    Amiga VS PC

    Yes, I enjoyed that one. So many great memories of C64 & Amiga games.
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    F-I90HD not showing full 4GB

    OK, so today I tried each of the two new RAM sticks in each of the two remaining sockets. Using 3 sticks in any combination - I get 3145728 (3GB) showing as total RAM in BIOS. But when I add the 4th (regardless of sockets) I get 3932160 (3.75GB) total RAM. This seems to me that nether the...
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    F-I90HD not showing full 4GB

    Base Memory: 640k Extended Memory: 3931520k Total Memory: 3932160k Even if the on board video was using some of the RAM I would still expect the total memory to show the full 4GB, with it only being noticable within the OS - right? You are right that it isn't much being "lost" overall - but...
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    F-I90HD not showing full 4GB

    Thanks. The on-board should be disabled. In that I have specifed the PCIe slot for the display. No other obvious things to disable. Windows certainly does not detect it. It is odd because when I just had 2x1gb it detected the full 2gb. The board is supposed to support up to 4x2gb - i.e...
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    F-I90HD not showing full 4GB

    Sorry, could you elaborate a bit?
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    F-I90HD not showing full 4GB

    Hi, I have an abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD motherboard which has been runnig with 2x1GB RAM (Corsair value select). Last week I purchased another pair to give me 4x1GB. Stragely (to me) I can only see 3.75GB in the BIOS and 3.7 in Win7 64 HP. My 9500GT has 1GB and as far as know no shared...
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    Game dropout - any tips advice

    Has anything else changed since you moved properties? ISP? Router? Also - when you loose connection to the game - can you still connect to other services - e.g. these forums or do you loose all internet connectivity?
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    Which budget GPU for HD video decoding?

    Thanks for the suggestions! What is the driver support like for Windows 7? All good I assume? The 4670 looks nice, but the cooler is huge (it would get in the way of my case lid) but have seen an MSI varient with a regular heatsink / fan that is a more suitable size.
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