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PC Building Guide

One of the big reasons that some people have trouble building computers is that there is an absolute myriad of components out there that have certain compatibilities with other parts, which means that the combination has to be flawless for

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Am I The Only One?

I just read a press release/article on the new Tagan 1100 watt PSU, found HERE. A couple of things suddenly began to sink in for me. Well, I should say it’s more like the “Sink” (as in heavy kitchen sink)

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A Valentine’s Day Present . . .

There’s an interesting article over at Tom’s Hardware. It demonstrates that nVidia’s 8-series cards deliver rather more increased firepower with a revved-up CPU system than other DX9 systems. I’ll also note that this site just put up an article which

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Linux On My X2-4800+

Here’s the next chapter in the story. Please refer to Is Linux Ready for Prime Time? and its follow-up for additional details. I should also warn you….it’s long…so go get a cup of coffee…..and I only re-read it once…so my

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DrakeFeet Notebook Cooling

BACKGROUND I had some issues with my desktop computer which forced me to use my notebook extensively – well, actually exclusively (had to RMA the Mobo, CPU and GPU). Normally I use it forabout 5 to 30 minutes; occasionally I’ll