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    posted a message on My new motherboard and CPU.
    is your copy of windows retail or oem? if it is retail you should be able to use it on the new one...
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    posted a message on why does apple use weird parts?
    Quote from jacobdb

    that what im talking about. its all about the integration of hardware and software.

    also. apple makes CPU's so they are a hardware manufacturer.

    what integration does apple have that neither linux or windows does? and no intel makes apple's processors, just like every computer company(except for those that use amd of course)
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    posted a message on why does apple use weird parts?
    ^thinks he is cool for being unique and overpaying for an inferior product.
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    posted a message on Gaming rigs
    looks good but don't buy dell(owns alienware), they are overpriced and have bad quality control in my experience.
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    posted a message on What is a good GPU and PSU for my system?
    gtx 580's? new cases? are we forgetting that he has an athlonII at 2.8ghz? just get a nice mid range card, 6770? as for the guy recommending overclocking, wouldn't that be difficult on a prebuilt?
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    posted a message on Help me out with my Java?
    try this:
            public static void main(String args[]){
                    double tuna;
                    tuna = 5.28;
                    String userAnsString;
                    
                    System.out.println("Hello world! I'll be working with variables today!");
                    System.out.println("Would you like to know more about variables, and println/print commands?");
                    Scanner userAns = new Scanner(System.in);
                    userAnsString = userAns.nextLine();
                    if(userAnsString.equalsIgnoreCase("Yes")|| userAnsString.equalsIgnoreCase("Yes.")){
                    System.out.println(tuna);
                    System.out.println("That number is the variable tuna. Tuna is = "+tuna);
                    System.out.print("I'm trying here to make a statement stay on this line, using the");
                    System.out.println(" System.out.print command. It's only slightly different, but could be very");
                    System.out.print("useful for basic real-time error reporting systems, possibly making ");
                    System.out.print("use of variables. I had to split the lines, though, to save space.");
                    }
                    else
                            System.out.println("Then goodbye."); 


    you need to embed the code you want to execute in brackets or it will only do the next line, also putting a semicolon after an if statements ends the statement completely and keeps it from even checking the next line. Just use an or operator ||, if place them on top of each other like that then the second if statement will only be tested if the first is true, so they both would need to return true at the same time for it to print those lines.
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    posted a message on why cant they....
    they don't do this because 99% of programs can only use one processor (hyperbole) and really only server applications would be able to take advantage of that. You can find people that have done it and generally it is just a way to put more expensive parts in your computer without any real performance increase (I'm looking at you apple).
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    posted a message on Computer Build Help
    Quote from Mojave

    I have a Mini-ITX based computer myself, and I have a GTX 580 in it. Then again, all the components are watercooled. There is no way that you can get away with good airflow in a Mini-ITX case. You have to keep in mind the PSU. So if you do decide upon a PSU, make sure for the sake of the heavens that it's modular. Otherwise, you are going to go through hell.

    lol mini itx and a gtx 580...what case are you using that can handle a gtx 580 and watercooling? or is it modded?
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    posted a message on THE NOOB'S GUIDE TO SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
    Quote from RoflHaxBbq

    Part 3: RAM
    RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It is the computer's short term memory.
    If you are reading this page right now, your internet browser as well as this page is stored in the RAM. All processes are stored in RAM. If you were playing a game, all textures and models in the current level are stored in the RAM.

    Refer to the attached screenshot. Inside the green circle is how much RAM you have installed.
    It is measured in MiB (Mibibytes). It is incorrectly labelled as MB (Megabytes), but you don't need to know that. For these purposes, just assume that 1024MB = 1GB (It doesn't, but that doesn't matter).

    Check on the box of your game. For example, if it requires 2GB RAM, and dxdiag tells you that you have at least 2048MB RAM installed, you're good to go.


    Thank you for making this, but what is this? I think you are confused and are making this over complicated. the direct x diagnostics tool has been a part of directx since version 6.0. it isn't wrong about labeling the amount of ram you have. first, there is no such thing as a mibibyte, so i asume you mean mebibyte. A mebibyte and though literally speaking mega anything is 10^6, when used to describe bytes it is defined almost exclusively as 2^20 which is the same value as a mebibyte. and yes 1024 MB = 1 GB for the same reason. It is just assumed that when used in conjunction with bytes metric prefixes are given their binary values. Maybe that isn't good enough for the pen pushers at the IEC but this is supposed to be a noob tut anyway so just keep it simple.
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    posted a message on m17x Owners? Problems?
    Quote from mitchnorris

    Well I've now had it for a week and it hasn't overheated at all, no cooling pad, It can play every game I have, and it can play cds and dvds. It's not a m11x. haha

    *Knocks on wood*

    give it 5 months...and congrats on your dvd playing capability
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    posted a message on broken computer
    ok well im just gonna assume its the mobo then
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    posted a message on broken computer
    Quote from WrenAkula

    You were plugging things back in while it was running?!

    not insde the case, i mean speakers and keyboard...
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    posted a message on broken computer
    the monitor doesn't detect the computer and goes into sleep mode as if the computer is off. I have tried with a different monitor and tested the monitor i am using on a working computer, it is not the monitor.
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    posted a message on broken computer
    so, I am having computer issues. today my computer stopped working, I was just running IE and the screen went blank while i was scrolling. Restarted the computer and all, and it beeps once to signify it booted correctly, but the screen is just blank. so i figured it may be the graphics card, so i took out the graphics card and tried to run it off the integrated one. this worked, and I got into the login screen. as i went to plug back in some of the things I had unplugged when i took the gpu out, the screen turned solid blue with white diagonal lines, then it stopped displaying anything just like before. so at this point I am thinking that it is almost definately the motherboard, any other ideas?
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    posted a message on Vertical Sync?
    Quote from Shortanimationz

    What does it really do when turned on in a game?

    I turned it on for javaw.exe on the Nvidia Control Panel and now Minecraft runs at 60fps (Usually runs at 300), but now it is amazingly smooth. It's awesome.

    limits your frame rate to your refresh rate, so that it only renders whole frames instead of partial frames to reduce tearing.the result is a max framerate of 60 and if you have the graphics power very smooth graphics.
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