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    Smart to Buy Apple PC's Now?

    As everyone knows by now Apple will be switching their processors to Intel and I'm very very tempted to buy a 15" Powerbook. However, I had someone tell me it will be obsolete in the next couple years. I find it really hard to believe that Apple would dump all support on OS X and just sever...
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    Fujitsu Lifebook N3500 Built In TV Tuner

    Hey guys I was thinking about getting this laptop to use as a portable TV basically. What I wanted to do was hook up my consoles to this puppy if I was on the go or something. However I've dealt with External TV-Tuners and they have like a 2 second delay with processing and no game is playable...
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    Guilty Gear X2 Reloaded

    Hey guys I'm not sure how many xbox fans are out there or even have this game. I recently bought this game for 15 bucks and wow what a great deal for such a great game. I was wondering if anyone who watched anime knew if Guilty Gear is based on an anime? I've been doing searches on google...
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    Halo 2 Anandtech Clan!

    Alright I know a lot of you have Halo 2 and are having a blast. I was thinking we could start an Anandtech clan. Nothing serious just a bunch of guys/girls who share a common interest and go to the AT forums a lot. All you gotta do is post your gamertag here and I'll create the clan and start...
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    Halo 2 worth getting XBOX LIVE for?

    Hey guys, I'm picking up my copy of Halo 2 from Gamestop tonight at midnight and while I was just planning on playing Single Player I was wondering if its worth getting xbox live for Halo in general. I know no ones played Halo 2 on xbox live yet but by midnight tonight there will be plenty...
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    Dual DDR 3200 Ram suggestions?

    Ok its time for me to buy new RAM. My GF's RAM is no longer compatible with her new computer and I was going to hand her down my Corsair 1 GB 2700LLPT. I've been in the market for a new pair of RAM. Now there is a big difference in price with latency timings does that make a big performance...
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    Cheapest Upgrade after AMD T-Bird

    Hey guys my GF's AMD Thunderbird 1.4 finally burned out and well we are going to upgrade. I'm hoping to do her upgrade in under 250 dollars and I know it can be done but maybe you guys have a better path. Also I prefer high quality parts from name brands etc. I was hoping for a few things...
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    Samsung SyncMaster 712N Incredible Value!

    Wow, I was at frys earlier today and they just got in this new monitor recently I was looking at all the prices for the 17" monitors and everything seemed very disappointing considering what you were getting for around 400 dollars. Well... this monitor happened to be on sale for 350.00 and its...
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    In the Market for Portable LCD

    Alright so I've been staring at this Shuttle XP17 since I got my new Shuttle system and it looks great. However, the price tag on it is a bit of a turn off. I can understand how something this high quality can earn that price tag of 600+ dollars for a 17" after all it is well crafted...
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    Properly Overclocking an Intel 3.4E Ghz

    Hey guys, I was recently trying to overclock my Shuttle since many people have successfully overclocked their 3.4E Ghz Prescotts to above stock. i have a pretty good heatsink which is Shuttle's proprietary ICE cooling system. My temperatures are normal and I was wondering if anyone would be...
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    Sony PSP Japan Price Announced and Avail for Pre-Order

    For all those people who thought the Nintendo DS was going to be cheaper heres a little aggressive strategy put on by Sony. The Nintendo DS in the US is going to be 150 dollars. In Japan the unit is releasing for 200 dollars for just the unit. However you can grab the value pack which has...
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    I Bought Intel Friends Tell me AMD better...

    I recently bought an Intel Prescott 3.4 Ghz with D0 stepping. I've been reading a lot of reviews and that battle between A64 S939 and Intel S775. In the past I've always bought AMD, they've been the cheapest and provided great performance. However, looking at the market now a days Intel...
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    Acceptable Video Card Temperatures?

    So I recently got my eVGA 6600GT and I've been having a blast until I got a blue screen of death from Unreal Tournament 2004. Now I installed clean drivers from the manufacturer and it runs fine for awhile until randomly of course I get a blue screen. The blue screen tells me nv4_disp.dll is...
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    PCI-Express Stupidity!

    Ok... I am very very stupid... or maybe I rushed through the installation thinking that PCI-E was just like AGP only faster... man was I wrong by a cord! I had posted earlier about my AOpen 6600GT's frying well heres probably why... Exhibit A (The PCI-E ATX-3 Cord) Exhibit B (Why...
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    AOPEN 6600GT Total Crap?

    Hey everyone, This is quite a story but wouldn't you rather read a story then a complaint that provides absolutely no information other then the fact that the person says he needs help? I finally built my Shuttle SB83G5 and everything went so smoothly until... bum ba bummmmm!!! 10...
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    Shuttle SFF 250 Watts Enough?!

    Hello everyone, new to the forums here and have just bought an Intel SFF from Shuttle their new G5's. However something is starting to concern me. The 250 Watts of power seems very meager unless I'm misunderstanding something. PSU has never been my thing and I fail to understand if the...