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    Other USB Transfer rate super slow (After Updating to Windows 7)

    Odd problem that , the only thing I can suggest is checking the connection between the cable going to the front ports and the usb headers on the...
    Post by: francois, 20 Aug 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Hardware Does Nvidia have a future?

    I've gone off nVidia recently as well , especially hearing about the design flaws which led to the high failure rate of G86 problems.ATI have...
    Post by: francois, 20 Aug 2009 in forum: Article Discussion
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    Hardware First Look: MSI P55-GD80

    Agree that parallel , serial and ps/2 ports are a waste of space on the board but there's still too many parallel ATA devices around to drop that...
    Post by: francois, 20 Aug 2009 in forum: Article Discussion
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    Storage Samsung Spinpoint F1 reliability problems?

    No problems with my Spinpoint F1 1TB , which I've had for about nine months now when I got it last December.I have heard things about the failure...
    Post by: francois, 10 Aug 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Build Advice GPU, CPU and mobo advice

    I don't think it's done the brand image of AMD any harm then with the 4 for the price of 2 deals :D .Although I'm sure they would rather you...
    Post by: francois, 10 Aug 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Hardware First Look: MSI P55 GD65

    I know my Gigabyte EP45-DS3P double boots after I've removed the mains power , the board resets itself first then boots again with the FSB and CPU...
    Post by: francois, 10 Aug 2009 in forum: Article Discussion
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    Displays Need guidance in buying a new 24"

    This 24" BenQ looks as it might be worth a look.
    Post by: francois, 10 Aug 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    PSU Which PSU for ~£60

    Corsair PSUs are extremely good units - can't recommend them enough. The VX450 offers 33A on the +12V which will run your rig fine and should...
    Post by: francois, 10 Aug 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Build Advice Running quad core / crossfire on air?

    You won't have any trouble running a Crossfire setup and quad core at stock at all with a case like that!
    Post by: francois, 20 Jul 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    CPU AMD Phenom 2 955 black edition or Core i7 920?

    The i7 is massively faster than the Phenom I but the platform costs with the motherboard would be very high.I wouldn't go down that route because...
    Post by: francois, 20 Jul 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Blogs Is LGA1366 the most future-proof choice?

    Toying with whether I should upgrade my heavily overclocked E6420 to a Q9650 some time in the next 6 months or so now I've got a P45 board or...
    Post by: francois, 16 Jul 2009 in forum: Article Discussion
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    Rant Overclockers.co.uk customer "service"

    I agree - there doesn't seem to be anywhere I can really think of selling good quality high end hardware round here , Web Systems is the best...
    Post by: francois, 16 Jul 2009 in forum: General
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    Other A 'prize' in my psu? (warning: pics are kinda disgusting, view with care)

    QC (epic) FAIL - I find that quite hard to believe that chewing gum should be allowed to get into a PSU which is going to be sold on.What on earth...
    Post by: francois, 16 Jul 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Storage RAID a tale of useless 120Gb HDD's

    The only small drives that might be worth going for would be a WD Raptor or something like that because generally the small drives tend to have...
    Post by: francois, 16 Jul 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Build Advice CPU/Mobo combo for a €400-500 PC

    I personally would go for the Radeon 4770 if you can find any lying around , that should be able to cope with older games like BF2 maxed out at...
    Post by: francois, 16 Jul 2009 in forum: Hardware