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    Starting my own hardware review site

    They're.... learning!!
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    Starting my own hardware review site

    Does anyone else notice the black guy avatar is... gone?
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    Would you fight this boomer?

    This was the boomer I was thinking of :)
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    I found myself in a Moral Hazard...

    hehe.. I happened to define WWWCCD on Urban Dictionary a while back... for a little laugh: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wwwccd
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    I found myself in a Moral Hazard...

    then I asked myself... WWWCCD? And the science got done.
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    What are you gonna spend your $600 on?

    I hope people use it to buy American goods and services. It seems a real shame to spend it on foreign made goods. Now... where can I find something that I actually want that's made here ;-)
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    Stressful period coming up - how should I manage stress?

    Heh, I'm studying for the bar right now.. you have to make sure you integrate regular exercise and other activities in... Sure, I'm studying 10 hours per day and it is freakin' miserable. Don't kid yourself, 10 hour study day is twice as hard as a 10 hours work day. Good luck man!
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    Vista Gaming

    I've actually found I gain some frames (average, min, and max) in Titan Quest under Vista. Especially in the really busy areas. I am running no slouch though - C2D ~ 3.2 ghz, 8800 GTS 320, 2 gb RAM. Oblivion performance is definitely equivalent (no real gain though). I haven't played many...
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    high all time minesweeper score

    I have a good friend who had a screenshot of him doing it in 67 seconds. He was heartbroken when the file got lost in a hard drive crash.. he didn't care about his documents or anything else - just his damn minesweeper image.
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    EVGA 8800 GTS Temp

    I'm at 68 idle (it's warm out) and I get up to 85 at heavy load right now with a medium overclock. My case is decent ventilation and fans, but not fantastic. I wouldn't worry too much.
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    FINALLY CHEAP DDR!

    You also may wanna put the price in the topic
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    Best prices on top rated power supplies

    That's a great listing.. thanks for your help!
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    FSP 450w and 8800gts 320mb

    I will say I'm running the Antec True Power 2 450 (not a winner by most accounts) with a nearly identical setup. CPU, Memory, GPU overclocked to the tips and no power problems. You'll be fine.
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

    It's a great game - I highly recommend it - cool level design and a neat engine. I had loads of fun playing.
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    8800GTX in STALKER

    I hear the float32 mod works wonders. The game has some issues once it starts raining no matter what system you're running if the lightning starts going.
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    Haha.. that's a nice story. I totally got to get my friend on here to post his experience with his bios and to actually share what happened with him. I think it would be enlightening.
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    I wouldn't worry about it too much - as long as we're keeping up some solid PSU dialectic and not dabbling in smoke and mirrors. I was just so tired of thread after thread of "The problem is totally your power supply - to run that 8800 gts, you need at least a $200 PSU". But feel free to bring...
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    While I tend to be in complete agreement with you, bamacre - if you buy a power supply that will support your CPU (with overclock) and GPU, I had a friend who just hit that limit. He wanted to add a second hard drive to a SLI'd 7900GS AthlonX2-3000 system and it couldn't handle any more - he...
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    So to follow up, Jonny - how much power do we actually need? We have some power supply calculators giving a rough estimate (even if purportedly too high) but, as you pointed out earlier, even if those were correct they assume a single point in time. Do we have histogram information on power...
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    Sonata II $46 Shipped AR + AC

    That's a sweet deal. The Sonata may not be the ultimate case, but at that price it's positively fantastic.
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    Taiyo Yuden Premium 8X DVD-R Pack in Cake Box Spindle

    Yeah.. that sucks - why can't you post that link? Nice deal, btw.. Those are great media - I've probably written close to 1000 of them. Shop4Tech always has those too.. they usually have a coupon and a great deal on 200.
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    I see what you're getting at. I'll note that the PCP&C article is somewhat disputed as to its position and to take its advice with a grain of salt.
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    Yeah.. these are great resources - I especially found the Legion Hardware article useful. Thanks - I'll add them to primary post :)
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    Well I appreciate all your feedback and I understand the controversy around the PCP&P link - I think for now I'll hang on to the PCP&P link - I say it is according to them and they do have some decent points. In the end, this is a thread about being a critical consumer (and being critical in...
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    I think you make an important point, Yuppiejr. PCP&C is a commercial website selling a product. There is a clear need for distinguishing the quality of their information from that of a more neutral 3rd party source. I also agree with your substantive point - some of the myths that PCP&P...
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    Thanks.. I'll correct it in the original.
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    That is a great site to get started with. They have a lot of information and bring a lot to the table. I'd like to bring that discussion here. It's too passive if it's on someone else's site - we have an incredible wealth of technical knowledge and experience on the anandtech forums - there...
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    End Power Supply Myths!

    Everyone has an opinion about power supplies, yet I have known very few signs that clearly show that a power supply is malfunctioning or not putting out enough juice. The only confirmed power supply deaths or inadequacies can be described in a few short examples: 1. Something in the system...
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    I just bought Railroad Tycoon 2 Delux

    Yeah, Transport Tycoon was a lot of fun. Some good, catchy music as well. Wow.. brings back memories of Coal Lorries..
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    F.E.A.R: Any chance it's being toppled soon?

    I recently played through STALKER and now just playing FEAR for the first time. STALKER was much cooler to watch, but the AI in FEAR blows STALKER away. Both are really fun games. Why does everything need to be so mutually exclusive?
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    Halo 2 Vista: Worst PC Game I have ever played!

    And honestly, having installed both ATI and nVidia drivers in Vista, ATI is so far ahead in their driver installation package - it looks far more professional and it seems to deal much more gracefully with the Vista API. Yeah.. I'm going to have to agree on this one - ATI's Vista Drivers are...
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    RAM choice

    I recently was faced with this exact question and did a fair amount of benchmarking using 3dMark (I know, not perfect - but at least repeatable and definitely comparable to itself) and what I found was this. Adding 50 mhz to CPU clock (FSB) mattered far more than changing ram timings. I...
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    HELP NEEDED ON FIRST BUILD!!!

    Before you go out and try a new PSU (which I have mistakenly done in the past), you might just try to start with 1. Nothing plugged in - just CPU and Motherboard - remove RAM, GPU, anything else. 2. Start up your computer - Make sure you get a Double-Beep it indicate you have a RAM...
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    Best mid-range gaming card now?

    I think that the 8800GTS 320 is a great bargain - but it runs a little hot. At $99, that BFG 7900 GS was an awesome mid-range value.
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    Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

    Digitally distributed content will win - these hard media formats are just a place marker. They may be around for a few years - but my money is not going into owning either Blue Ray or HD DVDs - Netflix will be our savior :)
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    How does this new card compare?

    Wow this does fall below what I've come to expect from eVGA's warranty service. And even in the end, if they send you the faster card - you still had to deal with all this hassle. Crucial has won me as a customer for life with their fantastic warranty service. They have not only RMA'd 3...
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    OCZ 4GB(2x2048) DDR2 800MHz Memory Kit OCZ2G8001GK $170 AR($30MIR) @pcclub.com

    Ugh.. just shows me that in my near future is a 4 gig upgrade. It's too cool to see programs load instantly in Vista to not have as much memory as my computer can hold :)
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    lol could you guys imagine subscribing to the RSS feed for Video?

    Heh - sounds like you might have run a little benchmark there. It would be nuts to get RSS feeds for full forums, especially here - already it's hard enough to keep up with minority you actually notice as your scrolling through the topics!
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    Wow, nice new forum look

    It feels cleaner and more open - a pretty good design change
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    Uh, DX10 on XP is not a hoax.

    I think is in many ways a poor move. This will definitely put some pressure on Vista as the "New" platform. People who were on the fence about adopting new technologies won't have to. I think MS was smart to make DX10 only going forward - they end up having to support older technologies for...