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    Warm: Dell u2713hm IPS monitor $559

    As a heads up, this is the price on the Australian site. I've heard of many people in the US getting a sales rep on the phone to price match it. I am, unfortunately, not one of those people. :(
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    Interview questions?

    I like these ideas. On top of getting an idea on how they troubleshoot we can also see how they communicate, which is extremely important when they have to bump issues up to one of our win/network admins. We expect our techs to cover a wide range of jobs, anything from pulling paper jams to...
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    Interview questions?

    Unfortunately most of the tickets our techs take care of are application specific. While some of the applicants made mention of these applications (Altiris for example - our techs create and deploy a lot of software packages), they were not mentioned in the advertisement of the position and...
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    Interview questions?

    We're looking to hire a couple of entry level techs, and I've been asked to help come up with a troubleshooting scenario to use during the interviews. In the past they've used network printer installs/troubleshooting, and this time they'd like to avoid using printers. I'm having a tough time...
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    'Clicking' style KB and FPS gaming....

    You wouldn't want to sidegrade (or downgrade because of Razer build quality) from your current DAS to that Razer. They both use Cherry MX Blue switches (clickclick), so the noise you get with the DAS will still be there with the Razer. Do you appreciate the tactile feedback with the MX Blues...
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    'Clicking' style KB and FPS gaming....

    It shouldn't be slower at all. Plug it in via PS2 and smash those keys.
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    samsung hd warranty check?

    Where'd you buy it from? I'd like to avoid purchasing HDDs from an retailer that is shipping new drives with no warranty.
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    samsung hd warranty check?

    The /in/ in your URL as well as the mention of "Samsung India" should have been a tip-off that you were browsing Samsung's India Support site. http://www.samsung.com/global/busine.../warranty.html That's what you were looking for.
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    Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB SSD 200 shipped

    In for 1! After seeing the reviews for the new generation of SSDs I figured there isn't much of a point in waiting any longer. :)
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    23" dell eips good for gaming? 200 bucks

    The main thing people like myself like about IPS panels over TN are color reproduction and viewing angles. I used to do a lot of photo work so color reproduction was important to me. Since I've gotten out of that field, the IPS perk left for me is the viewing angle. On a large TN based monitor...
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    Asus Xonar Essence STX or Auzentech Forte?

    I'd caution against the Auzentech card; they produce some amazing hardware but their support is crap.
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    Impressions on HP ZR24w 1900x1200 Display?

    There's a 94 page thread on [H] about this monitor. That said, I've had mine since it was originally released and it's been nothing short of amazing.
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    Mouse pads

    Zone Rates (Shipping to US): $6.50 This was on the XL version of the F-Series pad. It doesn't specify how long that takes to ship, but for $6.50 from Canada I'll assume it's not very quick lol. Xoxide.com has a few of the func pads as well, and it looked like $6 for 5-7 day ground delivery.
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    Mouse pads

    Been looking around for a bigger version of my func 1030 as well, will probably buy from here. May want to check that out. :)
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    High-end sound card recommendations? (XFi or..?)

    So I was recently in this predicament as well. I had been running some old school Altec Lansing ADA890 (these things have lasted since '01 - through college dorm techno / CS marathons, ghetto blasting the frat house, etc lol) through various iterations of Creative cards, most recently the X-Fi...
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    And a slight hijack of my own thread! So like I said, I have Verizon FIOS. Would I be able to take one of these MoCA devices and feed it down into a switch that I could have all of this stuff connected to? Anyone have experience doing something like that? I don't mind wires in my...
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    Signal seems to bounce around in the range of 76-84%. The Linksys adapter that this thing replaced got a slightly stronger signal (didn't drop below 80%, but don't recall it ever getting to 90%), and I'm assuming this is because of external vs internal antenna. This adapter is sitting in...
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    Yep, it's definitely the latest firmware. Do you have yours setup as a bridge like I do? Are there some magical settings that I should be using?
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    Alright, I went out and picked up another DAP-1522 since the one from Amazon kicked the bucket (and they don't have stock to replace it with, wtf!). This thing is working, but man it's slow. I got better performance (Steam download and PC-to-PC file transfer) out of a Linksys WGA54G feeding...
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    Nvm, guess it was defective. Just conked out and won't power back on lol.
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    Thanks for the input! Coincidentally enough, that particular device is on sale from Newegg today for $65. That worked out well. :)
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    Haha, anyone familiar with home equipment want to chime in here? I threw "Workgroup Bridge Mode" into Google and some expensive Cisco items got returned to me. :x
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    AP what I'm looking for?

    I've got a room on the other side of my house with 2 PCs, 360, PS3 that I'd like to connect to a single wireless-N device. I'd like to be able to share large files between the PCs as well as stream to the 360/PS3 via a wired connection. Would something like this be appropriate for what I...
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    Samsung HDD Reliable?

    Korean, not Japanese :D New to the Samsung HDD scene myself, but the Samsung drives I've had for the past couple of months have worked really well. So well that I went from having 1x500GB F3 drive for my OS to 2x1TB F3 drives and 2x1.5TB Story Stations (think the F2 eco drives are in these)...
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    Help me decide......920 or 860

    Went from a E8400 to i7 860 just like Termie for the exact same reasons as Termie. I spent like 3 hours pacing back and forth at Microcenter with my Droid loaded to Anand / Newegg / etc. but ultimately went with the 860 because of platform cost and features. I won't be using SLI/XFire (though...
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    Anand's 5830 Review!! Benches and all!! Anand is disappoint with this card!!

    doh, that was the card i was waiting for too. :(
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    Starcraft 2 GPU / CPU Scaling Graphs

    All of the unrelated info made this thread great, lol.
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    Best Case under $150

    Haha, my brother was telling me the same thing (though he has shady motives since he inherits my old LianLi V1000). My trip to Microcenter for a $200 i7-860 turned into a $650 adventure real quick. Did what I could to resist adding another $230 (+tax) cost to my "minor upgrade". About...
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    Best Case under $150

    I was at MC yesterday (DC area store) and they had a variety of CM (690 original, Storm Sniper, HAF932, ATCS840 and lower end models) and Thermaltake cases. They also had the Corsair 800 out there which I loved look wise, but I wasn't ready to shell out $230+ on it. Now that I've driven home...
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    640GB WD Western Digital WD6400AAKS $55 shipped ($70 at the egg)

    Code works on a couple of drives like Replay pointed out. Grabbed the 500GB Samsung HD502HJ for $50. :thumbsup: :D
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    External HD fo $100

    Picked up a 1TB Samsung Story Station a couple of weeks ago, so far very pleased with it (using it for mp3 / pic / random file storage).
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    1TB Hitachi Deskstar vs 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black

    http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2009/10/06/samsung-spinpoint-f3-1tb-review/1 That Bit-Tech review looks on the Samsung F3 drive pretty favorably. I'm actually in the market for a 1TB drive as well and am leaning towards grabbing the Samsung drive instead of WD. The WD 5 year warranty...
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    Anyone still have a spare Left4Dead 2 $35 pre-order copy?

    I'm going to piggyback on your thread and say that I'm also interested in a copy if someone has an extra. Maybe we should arrange a pack buy or something over Steam? My Steam ID is hipzilla, in case you want to talk there. :)
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    Dragon Age: Origins

    Not a problem at all. I use her, Wynn and Alistar (though he's about to get dropped because Shale is just ridiculous) and despite losing 1-3 points from time to time she never drops below 96. It may be different if you pick someone else as your love interest, but I think Morrigan is more of a...
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    Dragon Age reviews and press

    It is a single player RPG, and was advertised as such. Why would you expect anything different? You can pause, set skills, etc like BG. Using tactics you can give your AI teammates some guidelines to follow when you're not controlling them, but for the most part you'll be micro'ing all 4 of...
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    Dragon Age reviews and press

    16:10 is definitely supported, as I've got 1680x1050 running on my bro's comp and 1920x1200 on mine. Game looks pretty good IMO, especially when in motion. It's hard too :o. Found myself hitting the reload button quite a few times while playing tonight.
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    Time for a new HDD

    Any of you have experience with Samsung's RMA process? I've had nothing but good experiences (well, as good as a HD dying can be lol) with WD RMA, but am willing to switch if Samsung's RMA is comparable.
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    Looking for some good free ISO mounting software

    Seconded, using that on my 7 install now.
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    Hard drive on it's way out?

    Doh, figured as much. Well I'm glad ZZF is selling that WD640 for like $60 after rebate. :)