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HDBits invite

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any spare HDbits or Torrentleech invites? I would greatly appreciate it!
I have demonoid and HD-Torrents invites if you want to trade!
email is
THANKS!

Which program do you use to monitor your Hardware?

what exactly are you trying to monitor? I use cacti/rrdtool and snmpmost vid cards and mobos come with that functionality.

Ofcourse, but I know there are nicer tools out there.bump
whats the best CPU temp monitoring program?

Vundo

Has any one successfully been able to get rid of Trojan.Vundo without reformatting? I have done all of the obvious things (turning of system restore, booting in safe mode, running avg/malwarebytes/symantec/vundofix/spyhunter) but I still have it. I noticed that quite a few people have been having a problem with this virus. Is there an antivirus [...]

BSOD: I have the message this time. Halp

BSOD is happening every time I book the computer up after a couple hours.
PFN-List-Corrupt
stop 0×0000004e
0×00000008f, 0×00000sd11c (that one might not be right), 0×0000052E6, c0×00000000
That help at all? I have the BSOD sitting there if any more info is needed.download memtest and check the results
update all of your drivers through windows updates(you don’t overclock do [...]

HD ? : For backup ( stability ) smaller drive= better?

I’ll have 1 320gig drive and a 1tb drive in my server. I’m looking to put in more space. I was wondering if smaller drives, 500gig > * would be more stable and reliable. Or does it just have to do with manufacturer.
I will not be doing raid. Just [...]

XP x64 or Vista x64?

My build can be seen here: plus a 7900GS overclocked and another 250gb hard drive
I won’t be doing much gaming, if any at all. My main uses are photo editing, some graphic design (logos, typefaces, non-3d), web design, music listening and composition, web browsing, pr0n.
The idea of XP x64 being a little leaner appeals [...]

CPU-Z is monitoring my processor weird

I have the E4500 Processor and it shows Core Speed at 1197.2MHz with a Multiplier x 6.0 and everyonce in a while it’ll show Core Speed at 2194.2MHz with a Multiplier x 11.0.
This is a 2.2ghz processor. Why would it be switching up like that?
Is it because at the current time I’m not using [...]

What laptop?

My girlfriend has a generic, huge screen, costco HP laptop that she got durring the summer and has finally come to hate it. She want’s to get a new laptop under a thousand dollars that’s not too big (no 17" screens), and that has a lot of bang for it’s buck. She also want’’s it [...]

Turn Spare PC into Server

I got an old computer that I want to turn into a server for my website.
It’s got a 120gb hard drive and 764mb ram.
I googled around and there seem to be a lot of different tutorials or guides on how to do this. Anybody have any guides they would recommend?i just run winxp pro [...]

Oh my! Another Rate My Build Thread!

I posted this in the main but wanted to get the second opinion of people who are a bit more "in the know". Let me know what y’all think. This will be my first PC build, primarily used for gaming since I have a MacBook Pro for other stuff.

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Total runs me just [...]