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    Dell 2407WFP for $493 w/Amex memberhip rewards

    Nice. Just got my 20% off coupon after requesting it around 2 this afternoon. Woot. $543.32 after "20% off on 2407WFP" and "Get 15% of any Electronics and Accessories order of $400 or more". $581.35 after taxes. Thanks OP!
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    Dell 2407WFP for $493 w/Amex memberhip rewards

    Absolutely spanking goodness. Has anyone actually done the deal? I'm wondering 'cause it clearly states on that page: "This coupon is not stackable and is only good in the U.S." Oh well, here's hoping that 2000 people, of the 8351 page views, haven't requested theirs first. :) Mojo
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    Back to school coupons at BB (30% off) Cracked!

    Buddy of mine picked up the 500GB MyBook last week with the 30% coupon... $149 out the door... no hassles. I missed the deal so on Tuesday I used mine to get a 15 pack of Fuji DVD-DLs that were on sale already for only $18. Cashier did an override... was only later when I read the details that...
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    DEAD: Virtually Unlimited Staples Coupons $10 off $40 purchase

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    musiciansfriend.com offering free shipping on everything.

    I'm thinking about picking up one of these Rogue Pro LX405, 5 string basses. Of course the reviews are positive. I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on them.
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    A Musical Sound Card

    I emphatically second the EMu 1212M. I got the 1820M with EmulatorX and the card is amazing. Between the crystal clear mic pre's, the amazing converters(yes that *is* what 192 sounds like) and the built-in DSP(watch your cpu meter *not* jump) all you need to add is something like Guitar Rig...
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    Know of a good DFI LanParty/Phoenix bios memory tutorial?

    I'm having trouble getting the bios to recognize all of my RAM(4x512 OCZ 3200 cas 2.5) and read that I might need to tweak the BIOS to get it from 1T to 2T, etc. (I would eventually like to get the most out of this RAM as possible once I have the system like I want it) I have no real idea as...
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    Seagate 400GB SATA HD w/8mb cache $220 AR shipped

    Anyone else notice the rebate dates? 5-29 to 6-05. Oops on CompUSA.
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    Logitech MX1000 $39.99 after $10 rebate

    Does this seem weird? I just got my MX1000 delivered from Monarch. On inspection I noticed the pads on the mouse have scuff marks and when I turned it on it was fully charged. Could these be factory refurbs? Other than that, everything seems perfectly ok. Just wondering.
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    Seagate 7200rpm SATA 160g HDD 64.99 AR

    I got that Circuit City deal for $49.99 as well. The rebate came back amazingly quickly. Less than 4 weeks, IIRC.
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    Hard Drive Deals

    Anyone know if Office Max will PM to Sams for the WD2500JBRTL?(they've got it for $118) I suspect not. Just wondering.
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    Retail Seagate 300 Gb SATA NCQ $149.99 AR Shipped

    Recently purchased a Seagate 160 and received $50 rebate within 4 weeks... closer to 3, actually. Seems like they've improved their turnaraound. Thanks for the find, OP.
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    Sigh of relief. Got in on the Circuit City/Seagate 160 hard drive for $50 AR deal and was expecting the Seagate rebate to take the full 10 weeks(or even longer from what I've read here). Here it is a bare 3 weeks later and woot, they even beat the Circuit City rebate(which should arrive...
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    Question about using PC for Musical Recording

    One word. Guitar Rig :D http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?guitarrig_us "Rigging up the GUITAR RIG: The guitar is connected to via a standard guitar cable to the line input on the Rig Kontrol foot controller. The two standard line outs on the Rig Kontrol connect to the line ins of...
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    Critique this system

    Sage, Thanks, yea, I'm going to experiment before I invest in any high end mic's as the choices are daunting. The Shures were just to have something beyond the Oktava to record with and I'm told they're decent generic mic's. At this point mic recording is relegated to vocals, acoustic guitars...
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    Critique this system

    Akugami, Thanks, they're added to the short list.
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    Can anyone tell me

    Sweet, thanks.
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    Can anyone tell me

    if there is any meaningful difference between these 3 processors? Aside from the fact the last one is retail, I mean. http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productdetails.asp?submit=search&item=19-103-494 http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productdetails.asp?submit=search&item=19-103-460...
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    Critique this system

    Duvie That came from NewEgg. Since I'm not sure the MSI MB will post with all 4 slots filled(HardOCP review) and I planned on getting 2 GB RAM at some point anyway, (and since it didn't look like there was much difference between the PC3200 and PC4200 performance from reading that matrix...
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    Critique this system

    Icepik I'll look into the 6800GTs... I suspect you are correct about the fan/slots issue and I want to avoid having to cut up anything. So will any brand 6800 GT do? Any recs, anyone? You're right about the OEM cpu, I think that was just an editing mistake from an earlier list. Thanks.
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    Critique this system

    Duvie Now that you've vented your spleen over the RAM, have you got any specific reccomendations? Thanks
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    Critique this system

    Guys, Yea, the 2GB RAM will come in handy for 3d rendering as well as DAW... it was too good a price to pass up after checking out the memory matrix thread and akugami's reccomendation. Yes, there will be SLI in the near future... maybe even with the first round of building given how much I've...
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    Critique this system

    Ok... Rev2. Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI $167 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 Retail box $267 CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7700-CU(120mm) $36 RAM: pqi TURBO Series Platinum Kit 184-Pin 2GB(1GB x 2) DDR PC-3200 Cas Latency: 3-4-4-8 $327 Video Card: BFG...
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    Critique this system

    Well, what I need is a quiet computer with some serious horsepower. And I'm trying to balance the performance with the quiet. I thought I read that the fans were speed controable... Can I refit a 120 into it? Yea, I looked at the Seasonics and I was going to use the Antec Phantom 350 in a...
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    Critique this system

    Where would that be? I'd really like to see something more concrete on the price/performance for RAM. Is there much drop off between PC3200 and PC4200? Regardless of the harddrives I end up with I'm going to split up the OSs to their own hard drive. Thanks.
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    Critique this system

    No offense taken. Could you be more specific?
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    Critique this system

    This is what I've decided on so far. To save cost I'm combining a DAW and 3d/graphics/gaming computer. I'll dual boot the 2 Raptors... one will be DAW only (WinXP Pro on both) while the other is 3d/graphics/video games sharing the dual 250's for storage. The Koolance case fans are...
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    Suggestions for quiet digital audio workstation

    I'm looking at an P4 3.4 processor and at least 1GB PC4200 RAM. I'm going to use an older BFG 5600/256mb video card I have lying around and 2 WD 74GB Raptors in RAID 0 with a 300GB/16MB Maxtor for storage. I'm going to use the E-Mu 1820 firewire card/breakout box and Behringer powered monitor...
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    Direct3d problems

    Abit KT7Raid with Athlon 1.4 with latest BIOS. WinXP Pro. 2x512MB PC133 RAM. Suddenly couldn't play video games (Battlefield 1942, WarHammer or Prince of Persia). Battlefield opens to EA video blurb and hangs, video freezes, audio stutters. Warhammer and PoP simply stop at a black...
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    Office Max Black Friday Thread

    Went to OM in Apex, near Raleigh. Got there at 6:30 for 7:00 opening, was about 20th in line. Was only there for WD200 and picked up second to last of the 5(!) on shelf. In check-out noticed more WD200s behind CS desk checkout as well as sale 5 MP camera and 16xDVDRW(some of which seemed to...
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    Problems burning DVD+RWs

    That's just it... I stick them in, I know they're blank and they won't burn. So I try to format/erase them thinking that might help and they won't do that either. I'm starting to wonder if I don't have a defective drive. brett
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    Problems burning DVD+RWs

    I can't even get them to format, so no. The really weird thing is that I can burn +R's no problem at all. brett
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    Problems burning DVD+RWs

    I'm hoping someone can offer some insight. Recently got a LiteOn LDW-411S. With latest firmware updated. Running XP Pro with all updates. Install went fine and I've burned several backup movies and data dvds onto +R disks using Nero 6 and Copy2DVD. The problem is that I can't get the DVD+RWs...
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    Box Cutters and Suspicious Notes Found in Plane Lavatories

    Of course it didn't work again... this wasn't meant to. They got hacked. Someone exploited their system and left a little package. The sad thing is that the Bushbaby White House, for all its "Patriot Act" and "Homeland Security" wind and fury signifying nothing have determinedly underfunded any...
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    random typing in MS Word and Google - virus?

    Multiple Personality Disorder? :D brett
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    Dreamweaver issue.

    IMO, you answered your own question. P3-600 is yer problem right there. I'm using an Athlon 1400(not even XP) and DreamweaverMX is slower than 4. I suspect this is because of the database functionality built in now... do you have Cold Fusion stuff installed? You might try cutting your resource...
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    Nevermind... shoulda searched first.

    I'm trying to help a buddy trouble shoot a problem with his games and I thought there was an easy way to find out DirectX version number... but I'm drawing a blank. Anyone? brett
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    XP Taks Manager problems- fixed

    Help. I've somehow changed the look of Task Manager. Video game froze up and I hit Windows Key to get to desktop... nothing... ctrl+alt+del... nothing. Except I can now see my desktop cursor and not the game icon cursor. Ok... apparently I *did* bring up Task Manager and somehow, through some...