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    $3K to spend on 2.0 speakers...

    If you've got the space these are a steal at this price: http://www.chasehometheater.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4181 You could add a sub, but they go down to 25hz and even lower in-room. I probably wouldn't bother for a music only system. That way it'd leave some cash left over to get...
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    Sub-$100 2.1 system for a bedroom?

    It seemed pretty obvious to me that the recommendations were for a specific price range. Sure there are way better things out there. What does that have to do with the topic at hand? A simple "I think buying anything in that price range is a waste of money" would suffice if that is your...
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    Sub-$100 2.1 system for a bedroom?

    Klipsch 2.1's are pretty good for the price, and fully acceptable for desktop computer speakers. I don't know of anything else I would be able to recommend at that price point personally.
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    Ok, I'm not an audiophile: home theatre $$$ question

    I'd look at upgrading the 750's too. They are a MUCH better speaker with the Danny Richie designed crossovers. Congrats, Edge1. Those are nice little speakers. I have a pair that I upgraded with Ninja Master crossovers, NoRez, and Vampire binding posts. They currently occupy my computer...
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    Stumped by a Simple Thing...Video Card Install...

    It usually doesn't matter if onboard graphics is turned on in BIOS still (OEM boards usually have a much less robust BIOS anyway, so it may not even be possible) but uninstalling any old drivers is important. Definitely use the cleaner tool.
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    OEM Athlon X2 BE-2400 45w Dual Core

    There's an OCZ 2x1GB kit of DDR2 800 for $19.49 after rebate too.
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    Anyone here ever used, or currently uses, a hardware graphic equalizer?

    yes, a couple of devices will make a negligible amount of difference. (most decent stuff will have specs that will tell you their signal response, distortion, etc.) I can totally understand the desire for a simple, clean signal path. I just don't think we're dealing with a level audio...
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    Anyone here ever used, or currently uses, a hardware graphic equalizer?

    It's unlikely the gain (in control) or loss (from distortion) would compare to the change in sound quality you would experience from getting better speakers. I've got a lot of experience in pro audio and studio situations, so I've got quite a bit of exprience with hardware eq's. They are good...
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    Enermax Active Users Blog

    Enermax just started a blog for information, promotions, and the like. Currently, they are drawing for people to get a free Liberty 620w power supply to evaluate and post reviews on newegg. There are some other rewards, and promotions are promised to be on the way. Sign up here Once...
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    XEON E3110 $200.00 No Holla !! @Buy.com

    yes, make sure to get the 775 version. and the 5% coupon worked for me this morning. I don't know if it was a different one though. I found a link to mine at slickdeals.net EDIT: Yep, they're gone. It made the "what's shakin'" list, so a bunch of people must have realized this. It's...
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    E8400 vs E3110

    using that buy.com coupon, I picked one up this morning for 189.40 shipped. (you could get it shipped 3-5 day for like $6 extra) I'm also curious about the features. Would they have two cpus with different features enabled and still use the same CPUID string? It looks like the features list...
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    E8400 vs E3110

    Is that going to matter? The xeon starts .106 higher, but doesn't go as high. If I'm not really overclocking I won't need it, right? Does average use ever see the upper or lower limits? I'm not sure what the PCG spec is, but the fact that there isn't one for the E8400 makes me suspect it...
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    E8400 vs E3110

    Can anybody tell me if there is any reason I would want one over the other? Here are the Intel Spec Sheets: Core 2 Duo E8400 Xeon E3110 It looks like a re-badge job of the same processor. I'd be able to put the E3110 in a P35 mobo, right? It's LGA-775. I'm primarily interested...
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    Core 2 & AM2 Motherboards - Recommendations

    I won't pretend to know which x38 board is the most stable since I don't have any experience with any of them yet, but I will say that when researching mobos for a build you have to take those reviews with a grain of salt. Look for recurring issues that may constitute design flaws and such, but...
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    Which budget board

    *sigh* (stops being lazy and looks it up)
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    Rant - shouldn't motherboards actually support their features?

    True, who really uses 12 usb connected devices and doesn't get a hub to make connection easier? I would argue that the "extra" headers are more for flexibility than people actually needing them all. There's an extra usb header to connect to your case's front usb connectors. (some cases have 4...
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    Which budget board

    I've been looking at a DS3L and already have purchased some corsair xms2 ddr2-800. Any idea what the voltage requirements are off the top of your head? Also, sorry if this is too far off topic to be in good taste, but does anybody know if a scythe infinity will fit a DS3L?
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    Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W Power supply $10 AR

    the old smartpowers were great. It's the smartpower 2.0's that were crap. From what I've read/heard, the TruePower 2.0's weren't nearly as bad, but there is a higher than acceptable failure rate. Right now I've got a Neo-HE because it came for free in my P-150 case. So far so good. It's...
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    Netflix 3 out at a time plan $1 per month cheaper now.

    that's potentialy the corniest joke ever, but I laughed until mountain dew came out my nose.
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    It won't stay on. I work for a competitor and we've spoken to a bunch of sunrocket customers who called sunrocket when their service stopped working and got a message saying they were out of business. There's no bankruptcy here - they were privately purchased and shut down. Some people still...
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    I'll admit to being affiliated with ECR Voice, but is it bad to plug 'em anyway? Feel free to ask questions and i'll try to answer! You should probably PM me so as not to flood this thread.
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    free battery and car charger for sony ericsson w810i

    If you're trying to scam somebody, it seems you'd take a different approach than asking for 2-3 bucks for shipping a battery and charger.
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    *sigh* the polls aren't overly congratulatory, but at least only 2 people threw tomatos....
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    Ah, I see. I assume that has something to do with trying to prevent people from just downloading the file. I'll still check into it.
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    hmm, not even sure what that means. I'll run that buy the the person who set that up.
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    I'm getting a trend that says we need to simplify a little. de-clutter as much as possible. We used to have the features links below the header instead of in it. I think the crowdedness at the top may be contributing to a feeling of too much clutter. We'll need to brainstorm a bit on how...
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    Those photos are all taken by us. We don't borrow any photos. We have linked to youtube videos, but it should be pretty clear that those aren't original content. Everything else is pretty much created by us. BTW, I should note that there are a couple of layout bugs that show up in firefox...
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    I'm feeling the clutter factor myself. We're considering making all the modules line up, but it may lead to white space. We're also working on setting up a server to host the site ourselves so we'll have better access to it and be able to get a lot more customized with the skin. We're a tad...
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    They are a bit exaggerated, but we all work in a computer repair shop, and I swear I've seen more shortcuts to the same thing than you can possibly imagine. Some will even be in compressed archives, and then pinned to the start menu, which is in the task bar as a toolbar. Some of the RTH stuff...
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    Shameless attempt to get you to visit my website...

    OK, so two friends and I have been working on a tech humor website at ShatteredWindows.com and we've just put a bunch of work into making it more pretty, so I'd like some feedback from people who no doubt regular the most popular tech humor webistes of the day. Our goal with the redesign was...
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    OEM Versions of Vista - "Cheap" at Microcenter

    They don't exactly check it, windows knows if the hardware hash is different. You definitely have to reactivate when there is a significant hardware change. That's not really being debated here. The issue is whether or not they will let you reactivate by phone when this happens. All the...
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    OEM Versions of Vista - "Cheap" at Microcenter

    I didn't mean they couldn't tell when you replaced a motherboard. I meant they can't tell whether it's a significant upgrade or a different machine. The hardware hash changes either way. As some have said, they may restrict it to 1 motherboard change for a license, but frankly, I'd be...
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    OEM Versions of Vista - "Cheap" at Microcenter

    Hell, even office 2000's eula said you could only install it like 3 times before it wouldn't work anymore, and it turned out you there was no mechanism for enforcement whatsoever. Activation hadn't been introduced yet for MS products.
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    OEM Versions of Vista - "Cheap" at Microcenter

    Tied to the device doesn't mean you can't upgrade or repair the device. XP was the same way. OEM can't be uninstalled from one computer and installed on another TECHNICALLY. However, they can't stop somebody from upgrading their computer, as in the scenario I mentioned earlier, what if your...
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    OEM Versions of Vista - "Cheap" at Microcenter

    I don't believe for a second that MS will be enforcing some kind of "no hardware changes" policy on OEM versions of Vista. You just have to reactivate when there is a significant hardware change. That way they could catch abusers. Imagine if you bought all new hardware and vista, and right...
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    how do i fix bsod?

    Just buy a new pc and send me the old one. It's trash. Just kidding, actually the BSOD can be caused by quite a few things. If there's a stop code on the blue screen you should post it and maybe somebody will have seen it before. Also, you can search for the code on support.microsoft.com...
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    Very disturbing, devote christian is a professor at my school.

    Along the lines of the original topic, I'm frankly at a loss as to why so many Christians are adverse to secular scientific study. If we're right we can't be proven wrong, right? If this professor has devoted his life to studying and teaching science in tandem with being a devout Christian, I...
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    Very disturbing, devote christian is a professor at my school.

    Agreed. I think the term fundamentalist has been confused because of the issue of radical islam. Not that all muslims are killers or anything, but fundamental believe in the teachings of Muhammed means striving for an islamic republic, which means many of the radical muslims committing...
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    Free Windows Vista Business & Office Professional 2007 ?

    Don't know how the DRM works, but feel free to send yours my way. I'll be glad to cover shipping. Vista was already sold out when I signed up. Got my email for office, though.