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    My First Build

    Hello everyone. I'm building my first gaming rig, and I need some advice and feedback. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Some CAD design, gaming (Skyrim!), video editing later on 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as...
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    Finding my Win7 Product Key

    Hello all. I have a copy of Win 7 Professional in a USB drive. I last installed this copy on my main Desktop, which had its hard drive fail entirely a few months ago. Dell sent out a replacement HDD which has Win 7 Home Premium, so I figured there's no need to re-install. I now have a desktop...
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    Am I getting ripped off?

    Hey everyone. So it seems my trusty XPS 420 is frying after 3 years. It turns off by itself and me and my gf detect electrical burning smell. I contacted Dell XPS, and they are on the case. They will be sending me a refurb XPS 435T. Not too bad, though the rep had said it would be either an XPS...
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    "Primary 0 drive not found"

    Hey everyone. This is a long story. It's been a long day. So here's the thing. The PC worked up until yesterday, beforfe I took it apart and brought it over. Today, before booting, I decided to remove the dust and install the backup HDD. Then when I pressed the power button, it wouldn't...
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    Running Office 2007 (32-bit) on Windows 7 (64-bit)

    Hey all. I tried my hand at upgrading my PC recently, after I saw some WD1001FALS hard drives on the cheap (something like $0.06/GB). [On the off-topic section of this post: looking for decent, cheap DDR2 memory, preferrably an 8GB (4x2GB) kit]. Incidentally, I got Win 7 Pro through MSDNAA...
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    Need help buying a printer

    I'm looking to buy a decent printer (before Christmas), preferably below $100 (though I might go as high as $150, if the deal is that good). Since I don't know much about printers, I was reading TestFreaks reviews. Most of the high-scores seem to be Canon printers. - POSSIBLE MATCHES- -...
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    Price trends on External HDDs?

    I bought a 250gb external drive approximately 2 years ago for 109.99+tax. Back then it was a great deal. Right now you can buy a 500gb external drive for 119.99 (with some shopping around). Right now it's a great deal. So I'm split whether I should buy the 500gb drive or wait for a 1tb to...
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    Should I upgrade, buy new OEM or build?

    Ok. I had a little budget of $2,000 saved up for a new rig sometime this year. After my younger brother used my cell phone and I ended up with a $600ish cell phone bill (direct long distance calls to Brazil, if you were wondering how to get yourself there :) ), I used up most of the money to pay...
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    Need Suggestions for DDR Memory

    After 2 long years, I've decided to upgrade this machine's RAM to 2GB. Using the Kingston memory detector, I seem to need DDR non-ECC type. I currently run on 512MB (2x256MB). I was looking at some prices and noticed there's a significant jump from PC-3200 to PC-4000, could somebody explain...
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    Help buying a monitor

    I'll admit this is the first time I want to buy a monitor and care about what it looks like. The last computer I bought was a pre-built eMachines at my local Best Buy. No complaints so far other than the machine is nearly 3 years old and the technology was low-range even back then. I've been...