Recent content by jreg

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    24" Soyo Widescreen LCD Monitor $225 shipped

    I picked up one of these B&M when they had the last sale ($229+tax B&M only, not all stores). Keep in mind this 24" is the Pearl series, which is different than the Topaz that a lot of people might be referring to. It was the last one they had on the shelves. No dead pixels, but it did have 2...
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    TD Ameritrade $7 trades offer until 5/31

    Are you sure you can't do direct deposit? If you apply for checkwriting, you should be able to use the routing number for any ACH transactions, including direct deposits.
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    TD Ameritrade $7 trades offer until 5/31

    He may be talking about Izone, which is $5 trades but doesn't offer phone support. Izone link
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    EVGA 680i RAM compatibility

    Ok, the modules I have are OCZ PC2-6400 Gold (OCZ2G8002GK). They are rated to run at 5-5-5-12 at 2.0V. I have 2 1GB sticks, and one works better than the other, if you can call it that. The "good" one is able to pass memtest at 2.1V running at 533mhz with 5-5-5-15 timings. Lowering the...
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    EVGA 680i RAM compatibility

    My board is on order, it should get here on Tuesday. I'm trying it with some PC6400 OCZ Gold memory I had sitting around. I'll post my results then.
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    WoW 60 day game card $20 @ BB

    In store and online. Pretty good deal, regular $15/month. Link
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    What's the Geforce 6800 GTO?

    You'll never be able to use SLI on an 8400, so it's a moot point, at least in terms of an upgrade. Maybe it's something to consider when you're shopping around for a Dimension 8550 or something... Don't have HL2 to test out the pipes, unfortunately. Maybe I'll pick it up, though I haven't...
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    What's the Geforce 6800 GTO?

    Started out just playing with the clocks. Ran fine at 430/1125, did a few runs of 3dmark without any visual problems whatsoever. Was pretty happy with that, even though temps are similar to what other people are reporting with the GTOs. Decided to give the unlocking a try, just for kicks...
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    Recommended Antec Case/PSU

    I'm actually shopping around for a nice PSU for an A8N-SLI based system too. I don't have much personal experience with those power supplies, so I can't offer much help there. I'm putting the system inside a Sonata case, which I already have. I have the True 380S power supply still too, but...
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    Do UPS/FedEx ship on Christmas and saturdays?

    I think it's pretty much the same way at Fedex. Friend of mine is a driver for Fedex, and when I spoke to him yesterday, he said that because of all the delays, he'll be working today. Not entirely sure what kind of schedule this is on, but deliveries today are likely YMMV depending on location.
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    What's the Geforce 6800 GTO?

    Heh, I got an xmas gift from Dell as well, though a different one. My roommate bought an 8400 a little over a month back (when they were running a promotion for a free 19" flat panel). At the time, all they had was the X300SE, X800SE, and the 6800 GTO. Neither the $330 GTO upgrade nor the...
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    AGP 6600 GT's available!!!

    Anand's 6600GT AGP article Anand's SLI preview article Wesley's NF4 Article
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    AGP 6600 GT's available!!!

    Definitely agree that you should wait just a little bit longer and get a PCIe based A64 system. If you can afford a little extra on the motherboard (and maybe a slightly longer delay), I'd splurge for an NF4-SLI system. That gives you a very nice upgrade path, since you can just add in a second...
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    World of Warcraft - Circuit City $44.99

    WoW won't have a million subscribers, or anywhere near that. Also, you should look up who Raph Koster is (the author of the article) before you claim how much he doesn't know. Anyway, all of this is utterly irrelevant. Blizzard will charge whatever the market deems as fair value. Right now...
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    XFX Geforce 6800 GT - $333.99 at buy.com

    Did you try it? It adds both to the cart fine for me, but it won't check out with the $285 price, it says to remove one.