Recent content by xjboonie

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    HTPC rebuild help

    Wed night I added a Vbox Cat's Eye 150 card, 320GB SATA HD, and 7600GS agp video card to my HTPC (specs below). Everything seemed to be fine, but Thursday night when it started to record both Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural in high def, it went into a constant reboot loop. I was finally able to...
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    Hot!? Dynex 800VA UPS for $39!

    Quick question: is it better to use the USB port or serial port? or doesn't matter?
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    Hot!? Dynex 800VA UPS for $39!

    Was at the Richfield, MN Best Buy on Sunday, and they had a bunch set up as an island with the $39.99 price posted. Just a FYI
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    Hot!? Dynex 800VA UPS for $39!

    Just picked up another one in Oakdale, MN for $38.33 out the door (used my 10% rewards coupon). Don't know what I'll use it for but couldn't pass it up. They've got about 3 or 4 more on the shelf...
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    WAS HOT! Gateway has a 21" Widescreen Monitor for $599.99

    I picked up the Samsung 930B last night, and it looks great, still tweaking it. But then I notice today that Circuit City has the Gateway (FPD2185W) on sale for $527.99 before tax. Of course, it's out of stock and not available in stores... :(
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    Samsung 910MP vs 930B

    I picked up the 930B, because its cheaper and has a DVI input (forsome reason, I had written down that the 910MP did... duh!).
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    Samsung 910MP vs 930B

    I'm looking at getting a 19" LCD, and am wondering if these two use the same panel? The specs look the same (both 1280x1024, 8ms, 700:1, etc). Is one better than the other? Thanks! Mike
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    WAS HOT! Gateway has a 21" Widescreen Monitor for $599.99

    Anyone had any luck using the recent (12/9 - 12/12) best buy coupons on these? They don't say monitors, but do say good on TVs... and this would be a great tv.
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    Hot!? Dynex 800VA UPS for $39!

    Picked one up from the Oakdale, MN store - 39.99. There wasn't a price on the self, and the were opposite the rest of the apc/cyberpower ups, with the end of the carton facing the isle. If you weren't looking for them, you wouldnt find them. It looked like they had 9 or so. I may pick up...
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    Hot!? Dynex 800VA UPS for $39!

    Does this have Auto Voltage Regulation (AVR)?
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    Antec 500W SmartPower Power Supply for 59.99 after rebates

    really? SilentPCReview has a good review of the smartpower 2, even recommends it.
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    Which MB/CPU combo would be a better choice...

    Just wondering which would be better to get, for a general purpose desktop system, some gaming and some video editing. The video card is an ATI AIW X800XT. Abit AN7 nForce2 Socket A AGP motherboard & AMD XP-mobile 2400+ cpu or MSI Neo2 Plantinum nForce3 Socket 939 AGP motherboard & AMD...
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    Socket 939 & AGP motherboard

    Thanks everyone - I picked up a MSI Neo2 Platinum from FS/FT, and at a great price!
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    Socket 939 & AGP motherboard

    It seems like the MSI board is out of stock everywhere... :( If I don't want to go with the ASRock (though i don't know why...) Which would be better? Abit AV8 (K8T800 chipset), Epox 9NDA3+ (nForce3), or Asus A8V Deluxe (K8T800)? Mike
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    Socket 939 & AGP motherboard

    I was thinking of getting the MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum motherboard, but it doesn't seem to be instock anywhere. Is there another motherboard that might be a better choice, or do I stick it out and wait? Also, been reading up on the nForce3 and K8T800 Pro, but can't figure out which one is...