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Want to get a RAID controller, an Areca ARC 1210

Are there any better or similar for cheaper? How about the highpoints, are they any good? suggestions? this will be for a new Vraptor raid0 setup thanks!
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- Feb 6, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will a CM V8 heatsink fit in a cosmos 1000?

because of the padding on the side panel i dont know it it'll fit. anyone tried this yet?
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- Dec 19, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Furmark 1.5.0

no thanks, i'd like to make my card last or at least get the $$ i spent out of it before i willingly set it on fire
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- Post #2
- Nov 26, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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ATI 4870X2 or 4870 CF?

Just trying to see what would be the advantage of one over the other. I cant find much on direct comparisons. any links or suggestions? i already have 2 4870's CF'd, dont know if i should just get the X2 and sell the others or keep the 2 i have already. thanks have a :beer: on me :D
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- Nov 26, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Blu-Ray on PC

powerdvd has known issues with vista and blu-ray, but not so much with XP. i have a blu-ray in my pc with powerdvd that came with the drive. you need to upgrade to one of the 56443452 builds that poweredvd keeps releasing, or you wont be able to play anything new that comes out. notably the...
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- Post #12
- Nov 3, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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I believe crysis warhead DRM has rendered my DVD burners useless

actually yes, but didnt have time to see if if i could copy, the GF wanted to watch iron man last night :D i'm going to try it first thing when i get back in
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- Post #17
- Oct 2, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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I believe crysis warhead DRM has rendered my DVD burners useless

the drives were working fine a few days before the DRM install. 2 days ago i tried to copy a dvd and it hangs at the point of where its going to start burning a disk. there was nothing i do/did differently in burning methods.
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- Post #15
- Oct 2, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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I believe crysis warhead DRM has rendered my DVD burners useless

thanks, but this is a brand new install and i dont even have crysis warhead installed right now, i wasnt taking any more chances with EA and their draconian DRM BS.
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- Post #11
- Oct 1, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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I believe crysis warhead DRM has rendered my DVD burners useless

interesting. i have another pc i can try to burn a dvd with, or i can swap the drives and try it that way. its just really odd that all of a sudden i cant copy anything, when a week ago i could copy fine. its the copying part thats borked, the drives read fine and write data fine.
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- Post #10
- Oct 1, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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I believe crysis warhead DRM has rendered my DVD burners useless

ok, one of the burners is an LG GGW-H20L blu-ray burner and the other is a plextor PX-755SA SATA DVD burner. its definitely the DRM cause both wrote fine before the warhead install. i can write data to the disks but cannot COPY a dvd now just like i could before last week. i know its not the...
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- Post #5
- Oct 1, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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I believe crysis warhead DRM has rendered my DVD burners useless

could DRM update the firmware on dvd drives? i even reformatted/re-installed winxp and still cant copy. i could burn anything before the install, now i cant burn jack, i'm pissed. it'll burn the image to the hard disk but then when it goes to copy it just sits there and does nothing...
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- Oct 1, 2008
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Computer Building
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How do I remove the Tuniq Tower 120 backplate?

it was a LG775 backplate so i just used the LG775 kit from the new heatsink and wallaaaa everythings good thanks all
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- Post #27
- Sep 4, 2008
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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finished installing new hardware/reboot message after adding RAM???

i just added another GB of the same ram, didnt really change anything out. i did change the heatsink to accomidate the extra GB but i dont see how that could have anything to do with it. i took out the stick i thought were bad and kept the other 3 in. i swapped them all out trying each one...
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- Post #5
- Sep 4, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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finished installing new hardware/reboot message after adding RAM???

i'll try that, thanks
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- Post #4
- Sep 4, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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finished installing new hardware/reboot message after adding RAM???

anyone heard of this? i havent. the funny thing is is that now when i click on the my computer icon it LAGS big time (10-15 secs for window to open slowly drawing) and the mouse stops responding but making big jumps across the screen and barely being responsive. it stops jumping only...
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- Sep 4, 2008
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building

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