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    WRT54G v2.2 refurb at Fry's B&M $30

    Fry's sells a lot of refurb wireless network gear, mostly Netgear. The prices are OK, not that hot most of the time, but last weekend, I found some WRT54G v2.2 for $29.99 and WRT54GS v1.1 for $49.99 at the Manhattan Beach store. You can flash these versions with a Linux firmware like OpenWRT...
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    Intel Retail heatsink is loose

    I'm having some trouble with an Intel retail heatsink that I'm using on a C2D. It has the 4 push pins with the quarter turn fastener to lock it. It's in, but it seems to pull out easily like when I moved the case. Is there a trick to mounting it? If I push hard on one corner the opposite...
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    Coolermaster Realpower 450 $68 shipped from Amazon

    Amazon has the Coolermaster RS-450-ACLY for $68 shipped. It's a good quality unit with PFC. I saw it for this price a few weeks ago, but it jumped up to $76 the next day. The price seems to bounce between $68 and $76, so if you want one, buy soon before they jack it up again. Link to Amazon...
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    Installed Fanless Heatpipe on my X700 Pro

    I've had my Gigabyte X700 Pro for a while now. It's a decent performer for a budget card, but I always hated the dinky little orb heatsink they put on it. It has a loud whiny fan too, but it was livable after I used ATI Tray Tool to reduce the fan speed to 50% at idle. Lately the fan bearing's...
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    Worth it to get 6800XT or GS?

    Newegg has a one day sale on the XFX 6800XT, $134-$20MIR. Is this worth it over the 6800GS? It's slower stock, but it could beat the GS with all pipes unlocked. I know heat and power consumption will be higher and max GPU clock will be lower because of the .13 process. Current card is an X700...
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    A8N-E died, won't POST

    I installed a new CNPS-7000 heatsink, and now my computer won't POST. :( The lights and fans all turn on, and the chipset heatsink heats up. I think the problem is the CPU or motherboard, but I don't have another socket 939 board to test. Can someone in South Bay LA help me test the CPU?
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    Possible to change system drive from single drive to RAID mirror?

    I have an Nforce4 system. I installed Windows XP on a single 250GB drive. Now I have a second 250GB drive. Can I mirror them with the Nforce RAID without reinstalling Windows? I know it would be a bit of a hack if I tried this. I can always image the C: drive to recover if I get an unbootable...
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    Help! A8N-E POST but no video after BIOS update

    I'm just putting together my new system. It's an Asus A8N-E, Venice 3200. I don't have a PCI Express video card yet, so I'm running (don't laugh) a Matrox Millenium II PCI. It was working fine with the 1001 BIOS out of the box. After flashing to 1005 I get one POST beep which is good but no...
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    Deciding on a Power Supply

    I'm looking for a quiet, good quality PS for under $50. So far, I've found these: Enermax Noisetaker EG375P-VE-SFMA Seasonic Super Silencer 300 The system is going to be: A8N-E 3200+ Venice (will o/c a little but probably stay at stock voltage) undecided on video card, but probably...
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    Antec Sonata $89.99 at Fry's/Outpost

    Link Antec Sonata case with Truepower 380 PS (not the same as retail Truepower see this thread) .Nice price on a quiet case. $99.99 at Newegg.
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    Just ran 3dmark05 on i915 video

    Just for fun, I ran 3dMark05 free version on a Dell GX280: Prescott 3.4GHz, Intel 915 onboard video. Drumroll..... 320 3dMarks!!!! Picture quality was actually not bad. The GMA900 actually supports the dx9 PS2.0, but it was averaging 1fps.
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    Asus 6800GT for $320

    ZZF and Monarch have this card for $320-335 which is $50 less than any other 6800GT. Is this card the real deal? This is a little over my budget for a vidcard, but looks hot to me. Link
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    Logitech MX500 or MX510? Which deal?

    Amazon has the MX510 red for $33.59 shipped and PCClub has the MX500 OEM version for $27.99 + tax (newspaper ad for B&M store, it's $29.99 online). Which deal sounds better and are the MX500 and MX510 that different? Amazon charges no sales tax here, and I was thinking of combining with a...
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    WARM: Leatherman 25% off at Sportmart

    Link Actually many items are 25% off but the Leathermans look like the best deal since they never go on sale. Leatherman Fuse $39.99 -25% = $29.99 Leatherman Wave $69.99 - 25% = $52.49 Many ski and snowboard clothes are 50% off, but it's a mixed bag because most looked overpriced to...
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    Airlink+ Gigabit switch $19.99 at Fry's

    Fry's has the Airlink+ 5 port gigabit switch in store for $19.99 and PCI gigabit NIC for $7.99, last day today. I see these on sale maybe once every few months. Has anyone tried this switch before?
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    Should I bother with a 5950?

    My friend just upgraded and wants to sell me his 5950. It's last generation's top of the line, but now just keeps up with a mid range 6600 non-GT. Weighing the pros and cons, the 6600 has no AGP version yet, but saves a lot of power over the 5950. The XP3200+ and 5950 would use 150W just by...