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So I just built a new system (the specs are below). Everything works PERFECT, I'm keeping it stock for the meantime with no overclocks. Games run incredibly well, everything is kosher. HOWEVER..... I've had this problem with VIDEOS, movies or anything that plays in WMP....where it really...

I have a coolermaster Centurion 5 mid atx um It might fit....I guess my real question is how NECESSARY is it? -J

Interesting....thanks for the help on the fan, makes sense but I don't think it will fit with my Zalman (the thing is HUGE). I'll try it. As for piracy, if you must know, I'm just using it until my OEM XP CD arrives, so calm down it is technically a "backup" at this point. :) I'll mess...

Quick question about my motherboard before I start on my problem. I just built a system based around a EVGA 780i using the Wolfdale E8400. Included with the motherboard was a little fan, smaller than a case fan probably....and I can't find ANYTHING in the documentation about wtf it is or where...

but what is the max speed I can put in that board....1200? and can I do inbetween speeds, like 1066 or 1000....even though it doesn't list it on the spec sheet on Nvidia/Evga's Site??? Thanks, -J

I'm building a new pc based off EVGA's Nvidia 780i board and I'm kind of confused as to the memory that I'm able to use with the board. The website says it supports DDR2 533/667/800/1200MHz My question is 2 fold. First, I've seen several people list stats of their setups with the same...

I was wondering if anyone has any good resources for a good Power Supply Calculator.... I'm building a new machine and kind of unsure how big I should go on Power. Here are the State: Intel e8400 Wolfdale 3.0ghz Processor EVGA 780i Motherboard 8800GTS 512mb G92 Video Card 2 gb of OCR...

So i'm building a new machine based off of EVGA's 780i board and Wolfdale E8400 and I'm trying to figure out which graphics card to go with..... I liked the look of the 8800GTS G92, but as I was perusing NVIDIA's site I noticed a foot note that said: "A GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB must be...