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  1. azrael
    In terms of synthetic benchmarks, I would say it's better to get the E6800. How that would translate to the real-world, I can't say. That extra speed may make up for the 1/3 less cache. At the same time, the extra cache of the E7600 would help make things run faster by reducing load times. Because these 2 processors are nearly identical, it's hard to answer the question.
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    I had that same CPU and mobo.... You want more L2 cache or would you be happy with 2MB of L2? Other than that, that's all the E7600 has going on it. Spec wise, they're the same. If you want to save the money and spend it on something else, I'd go with the E6800.
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    If you can find cheap RAM, then I would definitely just upgrade to a minimum of 2GB. But yes, DDR is old and well, you can find 4GB of DDR3 for half that price whereas a single 1GB stick of DDR could cost you $50. But I would agree with mikeszekely, an upgrade would be preferable. Honestly, you can shoot low with a micro-ATX, Intel Core i3 or i5/AMD X2 or X3 (Athlon or Phenom), built-in video (like the Intel HD 3000 or AMD 700/800 series graphics) and be fine.
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    And comes the eternal question, what are the parents using it for?
  5. azrael
    And the PC and smartphone markets. Heck, the fate of webOS is up in the air too.
  6. azrael
    See, it's not a bad reboot. In fact, it's pretty good.
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    It's fan art. You know, the usual RT-fans mooching of other shows.
  8. azrael
    In case no one can read the AU site of ANN, here's the main site link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-17/jmanga-manga-site-launches-with-100-new-titles
  9. azrael
    Look at the side effects.... *pulls out laundry list* Yes there's more but you know how it is with fine print.
  10. azrael
    How else do you expect them to make the laptop so thin? How old is the laptop? You may find one for old old ones but newer ones usually have the video card soldered to the motherboard. Either way, you'll probably be searching Ebay or Craigslist for a video card.
  11. azrael
    Ebay? Unless the laptop has a MXM, Axiom, or proprietary "Dell slot", it is nearly impossible to replace video cards of notebooks.
  12. azrael
    Everything is powered by Protoculture in the happy land of Rowbow-tech.
  13. azrael
    They usually don't make those because those 2 extra pins are usually for controlling the fan speed so I won't try to solder a molex into that. A 3-pin to molex adapter should work with that motherboard connector.
  14. azrael
    You mean a molex power connector to a 4-pin power connector? Isn't that the same thing? Or you mean a molex to a 4-pin PSU cable? Or a molex to a 4-pin connector cable/splitter?
  15. azrael
    He's "checkin his e-mail". Really, most panels usually have 1 laptop for the presentation and yet I see 2... possibly 3. So whatever is on their laptop screens is more important than the "crowd"? How sad.
  16. azrael
    What you found is probably all they've release to the press (i.e. TV Guide/TV listings/etc.), so far. Somewhat similar to how comic companies are releasing the solicitations for November's releases this month. By the end of the month, they'll get the schedule and info for whatever airs in November/December. And then the next month, they'll get the next schedule and so on. They may change the titles of the episodes and/or they may do some schedule changes for sweeps-periods, etc.. Anyways, great episode this week. Kinda sad.
  17. azrael
    Thought all the old fans were outgrowing this show....
  18. azrael
    Kenichi Suzumura = Shin Kudo (Macross Zero) & Morley (Macross 7)
  19. azrael
    Unless you plan on burning Blu-ray discs and using your computer as a media center, not really. They are cheap enough these days but unless u plan on burning BDRs, then no. Do you need BitLocker Drive Encryption, UNIX application support, multilanguage interface, more Windows Media Player features, multiple virtual machine support? If no, then no. If yes, then get that.
  20. azrael
    That would rule out B. Unless you have a coupon or can get a discount, B is out of the picture. Out of the remaining selection, C is the best card. A would be the next, followed by D. If you really wanna stay under $300, A would be the best choice. C and A are fairly close in performance but either one of those would be the better buy over D.
  21. azrael
    This might help. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/can-i-stop-windows-7-from-automatically-resorting/799858a9-d37c-4b91-b30f-8cf0f6f87c46
  22. azrael
    The cable should should not matter. SATA 3 cables are just rated for the higher speeds of SATA 3. Otherwise, there's no difference.
  23. azrael
    1) The cable is the problem. Either it is loose or it's just a bad cable. 2) The plug on the motherboard is bad or not suited for that hard drive. Try a different SATA port on the motherboard. Or the much worst scenarios: 3) The hard drive is dying. Download HD diagnostic tools from Western Digital and see if the S.M.A.R.T. sensor was tripped. Replace ASAP. 4) Your motherboard is dying. Replace ASAP. A few other scenarios are software. Either some power management is running and shutting down the HD, or firmware on the HD's controller board is bad and needs to be flashed, or you need to update a driver.
  24. azrael
    I'll have to agree. Yes it was filler, but it's a lead-in to the larger story (i.e. the jump from A->B->C, not A->C) so in the end, I thought it fit. It reinforces that Lion-O still has a little more growing-up to do.
  25. azrael
    You can reset it from the default. You'll need to make the menu bar show up for that to happen. Control Panel->Folder Options->"View" tab->"Always show menu bar." Then you can change the view to List/Detail/Large icons/etc. as you would in XP.
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