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    Low budget hackintosh

    Can someone help me piece together a budget hackintosh system? I'm joining a iPhone dev team soon, so I need a mac system for my dev environment. I have display, keyboard, mouse, hard drive and case, so I would need everything else. As cheap as possible of course, would like to keep it <$300.
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    being up at 4:16 a.m. is rad

    n/t means no text
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    Lan Party of the Ages 16

    16th installment of Lan Party of the Ages in the Portland, OR metro area, this time we're doing it in a guy's house in Vancouver, WA (right off of i205, 5 minutes north of the border). Saturday, October 11th, 2008, starting at 6 p.m. anticipated to last 10-12 hours. Entry is free, that's...
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    new system, have $1000

    I have $1000. I already have a case w/psu, display, keyboard, mouse and OS. I need: A hard drive (1TB would be nice) Motherboard 3 GB Ram The fastest quad core in the price range, with hsf a graphics card (can be mid range -- this will not be a gaming machine) 19" LCD, I wouldn't...
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    Lan Party of the Ages 13

    Anyone interested? You're invited to Lan Party of the Ages 13 in my buddy Tom's garage. Lan Party of the Ages is a monthly to bi-monthly PC and Console party that originated in 2006. See pictures lpota12 here http://flickr.com/photos/raybdbomb/tags/lpota12/ and all past events here...
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    Lan Party of the Ages 13

    Anyone interested? You're invited to Lan Party of the Ages 13 in my buddy Tom's garage. Lan Party of the Ages is a monthly to bi-monthly PC and Console party that originated in 2006. See pictures lpota12 here http://flickr.com/photos/raybdbomb/tags/lpota12/ and all past events here...
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    Looking to build a gaming system for $670

    OK, I'm missing the following parts of a gaming system, please help me out. I have $670 to spend and would like the best gaming experience. I need: Motherboard CPU, heat sink/fan RAM Video Card What's the best I can get for $670? I'd prefer to go Intel/NVIDIA if possible. Thanks...
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    What should I get my wife for Valentine's?

    I have $50 and 5 days, I think my wife is going to leave me if I don't get her something good for v-day. Any ideas?
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    benchmarks between 8mb and 16mb cache raptor?

    I'm looking to compare between the following drives: WD Raptor 36GB 10k RPM 8MB cache and WD Raptor 36GB 10k RPM 16MB cache I can't really find any specs comparing them. I'm wondering if the difference really is that great that I should hold out for the 16MB or settle for the 8MB...
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    Call of Duty 4

    I'm looking to buy Call of Duty 4 for online play. I'd prefer buy it through Steam, since I already have Steam for other games and it's quick and convenient... But my only concern is about the game and steam, does it detract from the game experience at all? I heard somewhere you can...
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    Dell Sales = BS?

    So I have a camera I'm looking at buying, the Canon EOS 400D aka Digital Rebel XTi Text It has it for $800-auto $120=$680. I recently made a purchase and received $70 in Dell Dollars for a Small Business purchase -- so the dollars will only apply to small business purchases. A friend...
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    ebay woes

    So I have an ebay item listing going, for 2x$50 itunes store gift cards, $46 each with buy it now http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...me=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 (i'm not trying to promote, hear me out) note the title of the listing "$50 iTunes Store Gift Card - To confirmed&verified only" So...
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    camera for $100

    For the past year or so I've been using a used Canon A70 3.2MP camera I bought used on here anandtech FS/FT with a memcard for ~$60. My biggest gripe with the camera is that it simply would not take a closeup. Every time I tried, it would just blur. So that camera finally broke, now I'm...
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    Dell Vostro 1500

    I'm looking to buy a Dell Vostro 1500. It might just be that it's a new laptop, but I can't find reviews for it anywhere. Does anyone have experience with this laptop, or know where I can find a solid review or two?
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    Budget Gaming System for ~$1000

    OK so here's what I was thinking. Please correct if there's something better cheaper, or if I should focus on other areas (with examples please). Motherboard $69.99: GIGABYTE GA-945P-S3 LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail...
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    Turning a Dell 530N into a gaming machine

    So I see all these deals on a Dell Inspiron 530N, preloaded with Ubuntu (http://dell.com/linux). I'd like to buy one and trick it out to play some games. I plan to buy it with the base system, with these exceptions: cheapest graphics card graphics card as possible. no display low amount...
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    replacement graphics card?

    I'm Looking for the best graphics card I can get at a "Deal" price that I can pick up locally for ~$100. I've gotta replace what I currently have, a 256MB gen-6 nvidia PCIe suggestions?
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    Best CPU/mobo/RAM/video card for $600

    I need to upgrade, and only have $600 to do it. What's the best CPU, motherboard, RAM and video card I can get for gaming with $600? I'd like it today, so I'll drive down to Fry's and pickup what you guys suggest. Thanks!
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    Sponsored Lan Party?

    Every other month or so I have a LAN party for about 20 of my friends in the Portland, Oregon area. I've heard that some LAN parties (like the one that is currently stickied) can get sponsored. How might I get sponsored, so I can give out some prizes?
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    Best HDTV for $900?

    I made this same post a few weeks ago with a $1500 budget, but the wife spent money on (what I would consider) insignificant stuff. Anyway, I have $900 to work with, I need the best (biggest?) HDTV I can afford for that price. I'd appreciate the help of good ol' reliable ATOT. I have two...
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    How many of you

    I haven't deleted any yet You have a total of 977 message(s) in your private history. Limit: 1000 Msg(s) Posts: 757
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    Xmas bonus, I need an HDTV :)

    I just got a $1500 xmas bonus, now I need an hdtv for my xbox 360. gogo
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    Something to test the speed of my hard drive

    Like the title says, I have a 10k RPM SATA hard drive that I want to test to see if it can actually read/write at the max guaranteed speed. Anyone know where i can find a PC app that will tell me read/write speeds, perhaps with some integrated tests? Mac OSX has a built in tool that will...
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    Gamecube Mod

    Any gamecube modders here? I'm looking for a good cheap chip to buy, any suggestions?
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    What should I buy with $75

    I have $75 rotting away in my paypal, and like it's burning a hole in my pocket I gotta spend it. I've been looking through the For Sale/Trade forum for the past week or two and haven't had anything catch my eye... any suggestions? :cookie:
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    no end tag

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    Brain Age

    Brain Age, "Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day". This game is possibly the coolest ever... check out gamespot's screenshots http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/brain...ourbraininminutesaday/screenindex.html This the first DS game that requires the DS to be flipped on its side, but I think...
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    Good camcorder?

    I need to buy a decent camcorder for my wedding. Doesn't have to be great. Can someone suggest one, sub $1k that will do the job? Let me know if this isn't the right place to ask, "video" just seemed the most fitting.
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    ?? Best budget CPU, mobo, RAM, PSU combo

    I'm looking for some budget components. I have a setup that I'm rather sure is beyond repair, and Anandtech always has the best suggestions for components. So, this time I need A motherboard that supports PCI Express for my 16x pcie video card (although I wouldn't be mad at 8x) A CPU/HSF...
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    i need a job

    I graduate from college in May, have a woman I'm going to marry shortly thereafter, and I have no job lined up. I'm stressing... I live in Portland, Oregon area and (will) have a BS in Computer Science with proficiencies in Java, C++, PHP, databases, networks, unix system administration...
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    lost my hard drive caddy key

    So yea, what am I supposed to do now that I lost my hard drive caddy keys? I need to swap a hard drive, and it's pretty impossible to get at it now... /me growls
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    PS2 fliptop with swap magic DVD issues

    I recently installed a fliptop on my PS2. The swap magic CD works great, and it loads PS2 CDs great. But for some reason I'm having issues loading the DVD. It appears to not recognize it when I insert it. I was able to load it once, but I haven't been able to load it since, after...
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    RMAing RAM, OK if used?

    I'm doing an RMA of RAM that I bought used here on the Anandtech sale/trade forum. It came to me and was not working. The person from whom I purchased it suggested I RMA it, since it has a lifetime warranty. The RMA department of the company asked me for The place of purchase Approximate...
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    new hardware faulty?

    I just bought some hardware here on AT. It includes mobo, cpu, ram and PSU. When I put it all in a system, it's recognized fine. I installed winxp and let it run for about a day. I leave it on overnight and now (2nd night in a row) I get the message: "Windows could not start because the...
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    GBA flash cart? solved

    Can anyone recommend to me a good gameboy advance flash cart? There are so many available on gameboy-advance.net, I just don't know which are quality and which are trash. Also, anybody know where to buy these things in the states for as cheap as possible? Not many show up here on AT
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    system reboots over and over again

    I have a system at home that reboots intermittently. I have had this system for about 2 years and it just recently started occuring. It will go through "rebooting phases", so when I power it on, it will reboot itself X times before getting to the system screen. It reboots at random spots...
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    NFR software

    I was given some NFR software that would normally be worth $5000+. I'll never use it, is there ANY way I can sell it and get some $$, or am I legally not allowed to with NFR (not for resale). I couldn't find out what it meant anywhere.
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    help me find good cheap parts

    I'm building a system for a friend, and he has a p4 3GHz with HT, AGP graphics, display, IDE hdd and OS but nothing else. I've put together about 10 systems, but I always find it hard to find the parts for budgets systems. So I need: Motherboard (supports P4 w/HT, onboard sound preferred...
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    quickreply reply tabindex

    Can you fix the tabindex for the quick reply? after typing, you should be able to type tab and have it go to the "submit" button, but instead it goes {somewhere else}.
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    need a GOOD ATX case

    I've had about 6 different ATX cases for my different systems in the past, and I've really not been pleased with any of them. Some were too loud, some had too poor circulation, some were too big and heavy. I need a good case and new PSU to go with it. I need a few suggestions from...