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None in stock in the Austin, Texas store. For all of you wishing for a Frys, don't feel bad. Once you have a Frys in your state, you have to pay sales tax on your purchases at Outpost. You may save $10 here and there, but dealing with the parking, the lines, and the crummy return process...

I have been eyeballing this board for a new system I hope to build over the holidays. It is tempting to run down to Frys and see if they have one in stock. This is $10 cheaper than the Egg, although given that sales tax will be a few $ more than shipping, the prices difference is even...

A warning on these rebates. I bought 2 adapters the last time these were on sale. I work right near a CompUSA, so I did an online purchase with an instore pickup. My rebate was rejected as I did not pick up the adapters with in the date window of the rebate. My protests did not work. They...

This is a bit off-topic, but hopefully of wide interest. I have purchased inexpensive CPU/ECS Mobo combos at Fry's in the past. Of the 3 such combos I have purchased, 2 of them had significant problems which were the result of poor quality ECS motherboards. Even the "good"...

From a manufacturing point-of-view, this thing is dirt-cheap to make. That little 8-bit microcontroller costs about $3. You buy a Wiikey from your competition, and copy his code. That little tiny PCB (printed circuit board) is about 50 cents. Throw in the the flashing of the micro...

It's $1 cheaper at Fry's. Good info for price-matching opportunities. I grabbed 1 at Fry's, but have been too busy to install it yet. My rig is a bit old, AMD 3500+ single core, although I updated the video to a GeForce 7900GS not too long ago. Hope it runs OK.

The repost police, they live inside of my head. The repost police, they come to me in my bed. The repost police, theyre coming to arrest me, oh no.

This is NOT a repost. I bought the last combo deal. That was a socket 754 3400+ with motherboard for $99. This is a socket 939 3400+ with motherboard for $120. Both motherboards are NFORCE4, which is good. The manufacturers are ECS and Biostar, which is bad. I personally liked the...

Mine showed up as well. I wore it to work--The women go nuts over guys in AMD t-shirts. Have to keep them away with a sharp stick ;)

The problem is that unlike most other stores, BUY.COM is just a storefront which funnels your orders to someone who can fulfill it. My brother used to work for Ingram Micro, one of the biggest wholesalers of computer equipment. Their main business is supplying computer parts...

I disagree. Onrebate puts ridiculous requirements on their rebates, such as using their label on the mailing envelope. They claim they want an invoice, and then in their FAQ, say that the packing list is an acceptable substitute for an invoice. Then they reject my rebate, because I sent a...

Is this any better than Ubuntu? I had a heck of a time getting Fedora to work right, and then I tried the newest Ubuntu distro. I had an old Dell 1Ghz Pentium on the internet in about an hour, and had the wireless and printer working in about another 30 minutes. And I am a Linux...

For a different perspective, I just wrapped up a total rebuild of my Mom's PC with the Gigabyte board. About the only thing left over from her Pentium 400 is a CD-RW drive and the case. The Gigabyte card has the built-in video, whereas the Biostar does not. Mom is not a big...

I managed to get one of these. Here is a link that discusses the card a bit: 7900 GS discussed here Article claims that this card will retail for about $200.

I finished this game last night. You can blow through it in about 10 hours. At 1st, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The novelty of the anti-gravity walkways and the portals was fun. I am not so big on the spirit-walk thing. There were a number of puzzles that seemed very contrived...