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    Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies DS - $5

    Local pickup only. I had some trouble getting it at my local BB but managed to get out with two copies @ $4.99/ea. Hope this makes someone's Christmas! http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dragon+Q...=1218205383754
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    OOS - Galaxy 768mb GTX 460 - $70 AR

    Deal back on @ le egg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814162058
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    Processor Issue?

    i5 2500k MSI P67A-GD65 G.Skill 4x2gb 1066 C300 128gb SSD So I've been having random issues with freezing/restarts ect... I started trying to troubleshoot by checking the ram and updating the bios. Running Memtest I would get errors so I tried new ram. Still getting errors. So I tried a new...
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    Just wanted to gloat...

    Well.... bought a HAF 932 as an upgrade from my Xaser III (How I love thee but you were getting old). While everything was out I decided to lap my TRUE (My q9450 was actually not in need of a lap). And while I was at it I did the washer mod (Increases pressure on the CPU) and replaced the...
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    HAF932 vs. Cosmos S

    So I'm trying to decide between the two. I like the way the cosmos looks but the cable management is apparently a little lacking. I'll be water cooling so I shouldn't have a problem with either case but I think the HAF pulls ahead simply because of cable management. Any input? Thanks :P
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    Sweat in earbuds

    Is there any way to clean the inside of the buds? My shure se310's got sweat in them and the sound level is low now. I was going to send them in... but I have some others that apparently suffer from the same problem. I've let them sit long enough to dry out but no change. So is there anything I...
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    Can you tell me what I need

    So I've got a wii and a 360. I'm planning on getting a new Dell 22" e-ips so my 20" LG is going to go somewhere else. So I'd like to: Hook up my backup pc Hookup my cable box Hookup my 360 and Wii. I bought this for when I was going to upgrade my tv...
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    Photoshop Question

    I know I can do this in autocad but I'd like to be able to do it in photoshop (Or whatever would work best and look good) I'm making a couple guitar peddles and I'm going to etch my graphics and text onto the pedal. I have 3 potentiometers (Volume, tone and gain but thats not really...
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    Samsung F1 Reliability

    So I'm looking for 2-3 data drives. Speed doesn't matter as much as its not going to be a boot drive but I want something reliable. Normally I only use seagates for my data drives but I was wondering if the Samsung 750 is reliable? If I get any should I make sure I have enough to keep important...
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    Ballistix Tracers 8500

    I was having trouble with my older ram dieing out on me so I went ahead and ordered some Crucial Ballistix Tracers (8500s). Ran them both for about four days before I started getting blue screens of death. So I started isolating parts. Running memtest I got errors so I switched DIMMs, still...
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    Online Blank DVD Reseller

    Looking for opinions on these. Getting ready to stock up on media and I'm looking for a fair price and reliable shipping.
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    Normal Ballistix vs. Ballistix Tracers (1066)

    Is there any difference between the two? i.e. Tracers aren't D9 while the normals aren't right? Only difference is the LEDs that I can see. I can get the normals for $10 cheaper than the Tracers but wondered if there was a performance difference. From the reviews I looked at I couldn't...
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    Software to show file tree?

    I'm looking for, and I'm not sure it exists, but a piece of software that will search a hard drive within set parameters and copy the file structure and embed it within some type of document (Flash maybe). Something like explorer but in a form that can be posted. Don't really think anything like...
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    System won't boot after power outage

    OK so just another major hiccup the day before exams. After being cut off from my online homework for ~10 hours, I booted my pc back up and it just constantly keeps rebooting. BIOS doesn't even post. Everything was fine before the power outage. Tried reseting CMOS to no avail. Gonna start...
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    Opticontacts.com

    Wasn't sure where to post this so figured I'd drop it here. Was about to pull the trigger on some contacts from these people but I can't find any reviews on them. Thought that someone here may have ordered from them or knew someone that had. The 'secure site' symbol I don't recognize and they...
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    Designing an item for work

    I'm currently working as an Engineering intern for Eaton doing various peon jobs like time studies, updating floor designs, pulling drawings ect... Anyway, As a result of time studies I noticed it takes a long time for people on the line to measure wires. These have to be accurate but they...
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    Help with data restoration

    So heres the story: While waiting on my new drive to come I wanted to increase the partition on my windows drive (I have the drive itself separated into four partitions). I have done this before so didn't even consider backing up the data. Long story short this failed and the partition became...
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    Deleting Redundant MBR

    I installed Vista then XP and as a result had trouble with the boot loader. I used EasyBCD to fix this issue and it was working fine but not I am getting TWO boot loaders upon startup. The vista boot loader > select xp > then an xp bootloader. So how do I delete the redundant boot loader? Thanks,
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    Gigabyte P35 DQ6 - Bad temps or bad cooler?

    I just finished putting together my dq6 build with parts I've had lying around for a while but the temps seem to be a little high. To start with I used some thermal grease from BB because I couldn't find my AS5 but I have since changed that out and used AS5. Temps dropped by a couple degrees but...
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    Why I hate Charter Cable

    I have to say Charter cable is the worst company I have ever dealt with. After waiting a month to get cable and phone service turned on, traveling cross-state to be there and waiting all day for anyone to show up I was left with nothing but a bill. After 8(!) calls to customer service and 4(!)...
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    Tablet Notebook vs. Conventional Notebook

    I'm in the market for a laptop that will be used around campus as well as at home for a couple of years at least. I'm an engineering student so I've been looking at tablets but I question how much use I could actually get out of it, or whether its worth giving up a decent video card just so I...
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    Best Buy Warranty on Laptops

    Now normally I would never ever ever buy a laptop from BB. However, the one I was considering buying online is at BB anyway. I've bought my mp3 players from BB several times, getting the extended warranty and returning them when the battery dies. New mp3 every year is nice :P Anyway, what is...
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    Team vs. Corsair 6400

    TWIN2X2048-6400PRO http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4776319?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG vs. TXDD2048M800HC4DC http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28 I like the Corsair specifically because it is cheaper (Not because of the lights..). But I...
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    MSI Announces P6N SLI Platinum and P6N Diamond

    http://www.msi.com.tw/program/newsrelease/news_page.php?UID=503 Based on 680i and 650 respectively. Boards slated to come out some time in Dec I believe it said. On board x-fi is a nice improvement though. Wonder how much it will cost o_o
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    Ram prices to meet quad core

    How will the fsb speeds work with quad core? Will the be quad pumped? Or will we be seeing alot of higher speed ddr2 shortly? I wonder how fast this will make current ram drop. Considering the only ram that is guaranteed to hit quad core speeds (Assuming its not quad pumped) is around $600...
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    Someone take a shot at this ram!

    Shopping around for some new ram to OC :P Narrowed it down to: http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28 http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-167...sCsid=f53adf14abcc5e195d4c492ac497a2ab http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145168...
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    8800: The demise of the 7900

    So who wants to guess how fast 7900 prices will fall? On another note, anyone know if the GTX has been discontinued?
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    Value 775 and Ram

    I would normally go ahead and do all the research myself but I honestly don't have the time to do it what with a research paper and calc test coming up. I need a good value priced 775 board and some moderatly priced ddr2 ram ($100-150) Thanks in advance
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    7950 on an asrock 775 vsta

    I'm currently having problems with it, I'm not sure its the card seeing as the asrock only support 4x pci-e. Windows locks up once I install the card drivers. Any ideas?
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    X20G-Naga III vs Dell 2007

    Can anyone comment as to which is the better LCD? Both supposedly offer HDCP.
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    Partitions in 2006

    I used to reformat my hard drive every year on average, but these were sub 100gig drives. Yearly formats were standard practice. Now a days with my 200-400gig drives I split them up into mulitple partitions to make things easier to manage. Because of this is it still standard practice to...
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    best sata card

    i'm looking for a good sata card - sata1 - on the cheap, doesn't need to have raid but that would be a plus. also, would the card offer any performance increase over onboard. thanks, -sorry no caps - keyboard is broke
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    8-pin EPS Question

    nvm found
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    x1900 and the G71 in 16x?

    Anyone think next gen cards will hit the bottle neck of 8x SLI? The difference between 8x and 16x seems marginal at best at the moment.
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    Hard Drive Differences?

    Can someone help me with a round up of the three drives? The YR has NCQ + a Five year warranty vs RE2 and Caviar SE16 w/o NCQ + a Three year warranty? Are they all basically the same drives? What offers the best bang for buck seeing as they are all around the same price?
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    CRTs

    On my second pc I'm using an old CRT for whatever downloading, ect.. I may be doing. I currently have the resolution set to 1280x960 which is the max it can put out (17in CRT). Does the resolution at this setting have an adverse affect on life span? I've noticed some problems with it already...
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    Thoughts and speculations

    It seems to me after sorting through all of the media ad campaigns spread throughout the web that no one really has any idea what?s going on. I'm looking to build a system, I'm testing the alpha release of vista (With a key mind you, though windows update doesn't even work so that?s no use), and...
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    Fishing for answers

    Here is my situation: I have three pcs sharing a router. The router doesn't port forward correctly and/or I can't get it to work with a static IP (NR041). I need to forward a port for teamspeak so I can run a server. As I see it I have three options, 1. Take one PC out of the loop and...
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    Headphone Comparison

    Is the 30$ in price difference really worth it? The .90s I have now have lost a speaker that seems to be something they are notorious for. I've owned some Senn's, but 89$ seems steep for gaming cans. Any input is appreciated.
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    Car Stereo

    I'm looking for a new car deck. Has to have audio in on the faceplate. Don't really want to throw a lot into it, sub 100$ if I can get away with it. Its been a while since I took any interest in car stereo equipment, so who puts out the best stuff now?