Recent content by Pkeg

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    What universal remote do you use?

    Not to long ago, the Harmony ones were obtainable near $120 or so. Now, they are nearly impossible to find and when you do, you are looking at ridiculous $300. I'd really like to avoid the touch, and the current 650 has constant bad reviews. Anyone aware of reasonably priced Harmony Ones?
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    Best place to purchase 14/4 speaker wire?

    If you are not in the market for "exotic" speaker cable, then my money is on monoprice. Just be mindful of run lengths (for any brand) and wire gauge.
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    Will 14 gauge wire for distributed audio system

    Shorter runs are always good. Here is good reading/charts on insertion loss which is what you will run into with that long of runs http://www.audioholics.com/audio-video-cables/speaker-cable-gauge
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    Please help with picking a receiver

    More than $400, but I find this to be a killer deal http://www.sherbourn.com/products/sr8100 basically, it is the Emotiva UMC-200 and UPA-700 combined. No pre-outs, but that doesn't seem like a problem for what you have planned. Emotiva acquired their sister company, Sherbourn, and they dropped...
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    AGP video card for older mobo......Thanks guys !!!

    This one should do the trick http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130452 Reviews and price are favorable for a legacy AGPx8 card
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    Recommendations Full tower case for 3 GPU's.

    Recently did a build using the Fractal Design Define R4. Not a full size case, but tons of space (and for my needs, lets me do an 8 HDD server). The build quality/cost ratio is very good. Here is their full tower http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2&prod=111
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    Where will CPUs and GPUs be in 400 years?

    I have enough old Popular Science magazines from the 80's to know that "predicting" anything on this level is pure fantasy :)
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    Can I do better for ~ $900?

    I've put a decent amount of time doing the legwork and reading but I am a bit out of date as you will see. My current computer (don't laught too hard) is an Athlon 64 3800+, 2gigs, and an "upgraded" 9700 GT (used to be a 7900). Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 COOLER MASTER Hyper...