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    [DEAD] Smoking HOT! World of Goo on Steam 75% off only $5

    Saw this on Shacknews. This is awesome indie game that won a bunch of awards. Very polished and enjoyable from the demo I tried. I would've gotten it for $10 but $5 is a steal. http://store.steampowered.com/app/22000/
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    DVI monitor to VGA output

    Hey guys, was wondering if it's possible to hook up a DVI monitor to a vga output through a converter? Putting together a new pc and was wondering if I could hook up my DVI monitor to a regular vga output on my motherboard to tide me over for a bit while I shop around for a video card. Thanx.
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    [DEAD - OOS] Hot! D-Link DGL-4300 gigabit G wifi gaming router -- $50 shipped

    here you go I ordered one even though I have 2 other decent routers. Reviews say its QoS is tweaked really good for games. Normally about $120. You can see the rest of their deals on their main site.
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    Warm? Brother 2820 Laser fax/printer-$119.98 possibly $89.98

    Originally 199.98 - $20 instant rebate so these go out the door for $179.98 at B&M staples or online. I used $30 of $150 coupon from OfficeMax to bring it down to $149.98. Plus $30 dollar easy rebate from Staples expires 09/02/06. There is another rebate from Brother for $30 dollars...
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    ACC vs MP3 for IPOD encoding

    Hey guys, finally got myself an ipod video cus I couldn't stand driving long haul without music any more. I'm not one of those trend bandwaggon people but there seriously is nothing out there that will compete with iPod right now. I would've loved to have bought a creative mp3 player with...
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    75hz refresh rate on LCDs and FPS in games

    I want to get an LCD but my main concern is 75hz vertical refresh rates on them. Particularly I'm looking at this one, and this one. I know it's not going to flicker cus it's all about response times on LCDs, but my concern is FPS in games. With 8 ms response time these babies should be...
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    What's a good VGA cooler for Radeon x850?

    Well, I flashed my radeon X850 AGP card to X850XT which unlocked all the pipelines and bumped up the speed a bit. But it's definitely heating up now. I could probably to go X850XT PE speeds with better cooling. I checked the pics and the regular 850 cooling is weak compared to XT and PE. No...
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    ATI and crappy performance with transulency on screen.

    Can someone tell me how to fix this? It bugs the hell out of me, I'm using this expensive 250 dollar video card in an old ass quake2 game which is able to push 100s of frames per second, yet the moment I jump into the water my fps drops to like 20. Or if someone shoots me and there's blood...
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    New E4 Venice stepping vs old, which is better for OCing?

    Hello, there's a new E4 Venice stepping out and I was wondering if you guys had any information about it. Specifically I'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice on newegg. A CPU with older stepping ADA3200BPBOX is $165 while the newer E4 stepping (CG in place of BP) ADA3200CGBOX is $175...
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    What's the best AGP video card in $200 range?

    Hi, I need to upgrade my ti4200 but I've been out of the loop for a while and was wondering if you guys tell me what the best video card right now is within 200 dollars price range? Prefferably NVidia, but ATI couldn't hurt either if I can check it out and then return if I'm not satisfied with...
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    Thinking of upgrading my 1600+ any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

    Hi, I've been driving a truck so was out of the loop hardware wise for a while and would greatly appreciate a suggestion on which CPU would suit my system best. I'm thinking of only upgrading a CPU at this point and not replacing the whole system because of all the new technologies coming out...
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    Problem with Nforce2 audio

    My friend recently hooked up a mic to his NForce2 board (with Nvidia dolby digital sound chip) to try and use Voice Com in games but what happens is that Mic ends up always on so there's always static noise coming out of speakers while in windows unless you unplug mic. Anybody experienced it...
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    Nforce2 sound stuff, mirroring read and front channels

    Did anybody with Nforce2 board manage to mirror front and rear channels in games wich don't use 3d sound? I'm asking this cus I use front for 2.1 speakers and rear for headphones in four speaker mode. That way I can choose to use either headphones or speakers depending on if I'm playing late...
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    *FIXED* File Corruption -- It's driving me nuts, any help would be greatly appreciated

    Hello, I'm having this insane file corruption issues with my PC, I've tested memory, scanned for viruses, tested CPU, scanned my HD, replaced NICs, replaced dsl modem with cable modem when I switched ISPs, wiped windows xp partition and reinstalled it all over, nothing hellps. When I'm...
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    What's one of the best PSUs for around $50-60 for stable OCing?

    When I oc my 1600+xp to 1.75ghz by bumping fsb to 166mhz I get a lock up when running prime95 after several minutes. I don't think the problem is in ocing, I think my problem might be in a PSU, I'm using an Enermax 350watt PSU and it seems real bad in mtherboard monitor. +3.3v is 1.60, on 5v...
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    Problem updating BIOS on EPOX 8k9a, please help

    Hi, I'm still stuck using the retail BIOS of EPOX board 8k9a which got all kinds of problems. Recently I noticed from like february of this year EPOX started to put out new bios revisions with alll kinds of fixes in them. There's been three BIOS updates so far but I can't get any fo them to...
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    OR & SW Washingon: AT&T cable internet: Free installation, first month free

    Just got this AT&T flyer in mail: they offer free professional installation and first month free. You have to have cable modem otherwise it's additional three bucks a month. Offer expires 2/21/2003. I didn't see anything about a contract so I assume you can cancel after the first month...
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    Is this Enermax PSU good enough for AMD 2200+?

    Hey guys, tonight I went in to a local computer shop to get some arctic silver 3 and broke down and got myself an Enermax BLUE ATX Mid Tower 300W Toolfree case for $70 to replace my ancient no name 3 year old case. Front cover is blue while the rest of the body looks golden I think. My...
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    Where can I buy isopropyl alcohol?

    Does anyone know where I can buy isopropyl alcohol? I searched for it in walmart, fred meyers, radio shack, ect and couldn't find it. Need it to wipe heatsink and cpu from oil from hands to make sure the best heat transfer. Thanx.
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    Copper or Aluminum heatsink?

    Hi, I just purchased a volcano9 cooler and this sales rep at fry's told me copper is worse than aluminum. He said his aluminum heatsink that he tested ran 10c cooler than his copper one. Is he full of sh!t? Should I return my volcano 9, and get a cooler with completely aluminum heatsink? If...
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    What are some good HSF for AthlonXP1600+ and up?

    High, I'm putting a system together and was wondering if you could suggest a good HSF for me. I have an athlonxp 1600+ AGOIA core and plan to overclock it and run it at 166 MHZ DDR bus. Any suggestions for a fairly fast and quiet HSF that will keep it reasonably cool? How good are those...
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    Help! Can't find second rebate for Maxtor 40bg from two weeks ago

    I need help guys, I got maxtor 40GB two weeks ago from staples.com (thanx too all of you for the deal!) and just now got around to doing rebates but the only one I can locate now is for Dept. 02-49443 for staples.com only...