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    Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 + Yuri's revenge --on the house

    Thanks! Too bad I have to download Origin to play though...
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    Newegg has Corsair stuff on sale -- CX430 for $16.99 after MIR

    Do these still whine under load?
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    Washington DC LED bulbs - Cree 75W 2700k bulbs $3.98 @ HD

    $16 in MD. Must be super local.
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    Portal 2 $4 PC/MAC/Linux

    Great game. It's a steal at $4. http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/
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    Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC) $16.32 GMG

    Deal dead? Its $24 after the 20% off now.
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    [DEAD] Intel Z87 LGA 1150 Motherboards 30% off @Newegg $34.66 AR & $51.66 AR & $56.

    Should one assume these *87 boards ship with a bios that doesn't support Haswell-R? EDIT: FWIW I just picked up an ASRock Z87M Extreme4 at my local Micro Center and it had the latest bios that supports Haswell-R. The box had a "New Version" sticker on it. I've read reports to the contrary, so I...
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    MSI G41 mATX LGA 775 mobo, DDR2 or DDR3, $59.99 + tax @ Microcenter B&M

    Great boards. I have a gigabyte G41 running built about two years ago after a s775 mobo failure. With DDR3 and a 3.2ghz wolfdale pentium, it's a pretty snappy machine.
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    4TB Seagate 5900RPM 64MB cache SATA6G HDD $189.99 FS @ Newegg

    Will modern mobos and OS's support these out of the box or w/o advanced format stuff?
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    $11.99 shipped - Logitech M515 "Couch Mouse"

    Anyone know the range? I assume it's RF b/c it doesn't say Bluetooth in the description.
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    Windows 8 Professional for $14.99 thru microsoft.com, Expires 1/31/13

    No bios mod necessary. I installed the iso created by the upgrade assistant. I purchased this ugrade from a Win7 laptop bought at Micro Center last year.
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    Windows 8 Professional for $14.99 thru microsoft.com, Expires 1/31/13

    Thanks, OP. Works great. Have Win 8 Pro 64 up in VMware for a test drive.
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    D-Link 8-port gigabit switch $20 AC FS

    Just got mine. More compact than I thought and it is pretty light (all plastic.) Unexpectedly, though, the power connector is on the left side, close to the front. There's worse things, but it is ugly IMO.