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Notebook Showdown - 1/24/2004

Sager, Hypersonic, some voodoo, go-L, and many other laptop resellers get their laptops (which component wise are identical) from the same manufacturer, Clevo. I have a sager5680 and love it. Got it from pctorque.com. Since these laptops are basically identical, youre basically paying from a...
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- Post #3
- Jan 25, 2004
- Forum: Laptops
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Ebay Dell Deals? Good Deal or Bad?

every week or so dell has some crazy rebates and coupons you just have to look for a put together. you can usually get a 2g+p4 with decent stuff for ~300
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- Post #12
- Apr 29, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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GeIL DDR memory

drewksi's post reminded me of this. one bad thing about geil memory is it takes a HIGH voltage to run effectively. this is something that people overlook, which probably is the cause of their bad experiences. in every review and from personal experiece, it warns the need for high v.
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- Post #41
- Apr 29, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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GeIL DDR memory

ive had nothing but positive experiences with 4 512mb pc3500 ultra platinum winbond (3 different computers and setups)
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- Post #24
- Apr 26, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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GeIL DDR memory

lots of people use geil and twinmos, have you ever used them? geil ultra platinum series is very high quality. with many ppl, first hand experience, getting 220+ easily with relativly high multi. geil CAS 2 6-3-3 1T and usually considerably cheaper corsair CAS 2-8-4-4-1T yes corsair and hyperx...
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- Post #7
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AGKGA stepping???

you got a tbred a, expect max around 1.9 or so
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- Post #2
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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My Overclock

heh lots of 1700+ and 2100+ are doing 2.4-2.6 on air for a lot cheaper than the 2600+ friend just got a new 1700+ and after 1 day burn it he got it up to 2.56 @ 1.75v air.
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- Post #5
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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GeIL DDR memory

the higher end geil products are very good quality. esp w/ winbond if your going with geil get their platinum or ultra platinum cas2 series and you will be fine.
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- Post #5
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Won't boot for the first time!!!

are there any beeping noises? it could be the motherboard's failsafe. make sure everything is in right esp proc +hsf also try booting without pci cards/hdd etc... if none of that works try the processor in a different mobo and a diff proc in that mobo.
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- Post #2
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Lian-li's vs.... black case showdown

according to some friends, the xpider ps isnt that great so you might as well get a regualar antec/cheiftec case with a window for less where did you find one for 85? the superflowers http://www.oxfordpc.com/components/index.php?action=show_product2&id=1036 are ok but id rather go with the LL...
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- Post #7
- Apr 16, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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T-Bred-b 1700xp VS T-Bred- A 1700xp

well for starters it written on the chip. then you could use like wcpuid
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- Post #15
- Apr 16, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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To OEM? or NOT to OEM???

each has it pros and cons from and overclocking standpoint. generally in the past you would want an oem chip because (a)cheaper and warranty is useless(voided) (b) gauranteed stepping. however now some places are starting to gaurantee retail stepping which is nice. chizow's #2 also seems to...
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- Post #5
- Apr 16, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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PC Supply Source

newegg doesnt gaurantee processor stepping like excaliber, atacom, or this place just wondering if any1 has had experiences with them
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- Post #4
- Apr 15, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Brand o' RAM to o/c

here are some reviews. make sure you get winbond geil http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=55608 http://www.envynews.com/review.php?ID=385&page=1 http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=55588 twinmos http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=52304 corsair...
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- Post #7
- Apr 15, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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PC Supply Source

has anyone ever purchased anything from pc supply source? their 1700+s seem to be the cheapest guaranteed around. Here are the steping code for our AMD XP 1700: OEM VERSION: JIUHB0308XPMW AXDA1700DLT3C RETAIL: JIUHB0310WPMW AXDA1700DLT3C Hope it helps. PCSS SALES retail: $62...
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- Apr 15, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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