Recent content by desolate

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    How often do you clean your case, cpu, and fans?

    When you find a squirrel living in it.
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    Any safety issues with using a previously owned computer

    I personally would keep a camera monitoring that used computer at all times to be on the safe side.
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    Q8300 OC - Did I Do It Right?

    lol I love this thread, gave me a great laugh to start off the day
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    Core i7 wake up call: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE overclocked to 6.29GHz!!

    I think I might consider going the AMD route for my upcoming new build if these 6 core thuban CPUs turn out to be great.
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    What INTEL CPU do you currently use? Post here!

    I'm using an Intel Xeon X3210 Quad CPU...I bought it off of ebay for $110 awhile back and I absolutely love it, currently have it at 3.5GHz but it can go up to 3.7GHz.
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    Brag if you got into the SC2 beta

    I've been dieing to get into the Starcraft 2 BETA and I opted in awhile ago :(. I remember playing the heck out of Starcraft back in 1999...I became really good and had a blast kicking butt on Battle.net. I can't wait until SC2 is released and I can get back to kicking ass...until then I guess I...
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    Any word on SimCity 5?

    I would absolutely love an updated Sim Tower! That game was so addictive and I played the hell out of it back in the day...now I can barely get it to work on Windows 7 64-Bit :(
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    Metro 2033......Spoilers Inside.

    I loved it, just beat the game the other day and got the bad ending...the game raped my system as well though...time for upgrades.
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    Need a new sound card that works well in Windows 7 64bit, any suggestions?

    I would also suggest the HT Omega sound cards, very nice cards.
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    My videocard is crapping out, looking for a new one

    Hi all, I currently have a Sapphire 4870 512MB Radeon video card and I've had it for a little over a year and it's now starting to show artifacts randomly in different games. I'm currently looking for a new video card to replace it while shopping on a budget. My question is, would a 5770...
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    Are Sound Cards worth it?

    I have an HT Omega Striker 7.1 and it sounds much better then my onboard sound, I love it and you can get it for only about $80 on newegg
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    What INTEL CPU do you currently use? Post here!

    Intel Xeon X3210 2.13GHz Quad (G0 Stepping) @ 3.5GHz 1.475v. I Absolutely love this CPU...I got it for only $100 on EBay back in the day and it is a monster when I play games and watch movies...very happy with it.
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    Pentium MMX 200 - Any use?

    I would say use it as a firewall, router, or server by putting some flavor of linux or bsd on it. I recommend you try Debian, Arch Linux, or OpenBSD (if you're going for a secure server).
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    SC2 and D3: What is Blizzard doing?

    I can't wait for Starcraft 2 and I'm anxiously awaiting it's release. I don't really care how long Blizzard takes in it's development as I'm sure it will live up to it's hype and I have many other games to play while I wait for it's release. Blizzard has never disappointed me with their games...