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    Best place to buy MREs?

    Not particularly, but I had not heard of Mountain House and was looking for something with a long shelf life, and figured MREs were the standby. I checked out MH, and it looked pretty good. Any other suggestions, anyone?
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    Best place to buy MREs?

    Anyone have any suggestions? I've heard army surplus stores are the most expensive, and gun shows a bit more reasonable. How about online? And approx. how much should they be per (box?)?
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    Recommendations for home library software?

    Thanks Bruceb, I'll put the latter one on my short list.
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    Recommendations for home library software?

    Greetings all, I was wondering if anyone can recommend some decent software for me to catalogue my home library. It's not massive--around a thousand volumes--but I want something that will handle expansion. I've heard good things about Readerware (with their barcode scanner and server...
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    will do so. thanks for the help guys.
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    I'm talking about the stuff they originally sent me, of which I have some left from the original install. It's two years old by now, so I don't know if it is still effective.
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    Realtemp lists them as 88C and 86C. I'm gonna try to reseat it once someone tells me if I can use the same thermal grease or if I have to get new stuff.
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    Should I buy some new thermal grease? Or will the stuff that came with it still work?
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    If I reseat the heatsink, do I need to get some new thermal grease, or will the stuff that came with it two years ago still be effective/viable?
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    Alright, I'll get one of them and check it out. Edit: How do I "look" at the Tjunction sensor?
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    Why is my e6300 running at 80*C + with a Tuniq Tower 120??

    Ok, have to have either mounted the bastard wrong, or something else is going on. I know the fan is spinning, because the manual speed control dial works. I bought this heat sink during my last upgrade 2 years ago. Recently, my 7950GT burnt out, so I'm paranoid about heat. -Case temps under...
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    Why is my dual-core E6300 running at 80* C with a Tuniq Tower 120?

    Wrong spot, posted in Cases and Cooling. Sorry, don't know how to delete this.
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    Suggest a fixed-blade camping knife/survival gear

    I forgot to mention that I do have a magnesium firestarter. Good for 5000 strikes or something. I appreciate the heads-up though :) I'll spend some time on those two websites, they look pretty good so far.
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    Suggest a fixed-blade camping knife/survival gear

    I was wondering if the serrated edge was going to be useful or not. And I was planning on the 7", because room is not really an issue. This is going into the survival kit I'm putting together atm. If anyone has extensive experience with these things, or something off the beaten path that...
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    Suggest a fixed-blade camping knife/survival gear

    It sounds like everyone thinks the Ka-Bar is the best to get for the money. I'm ordering the straight edge basic usmc one then, on 6-19, unless anyone has any other suggestions before then. Otherwise, thanks guys.
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    Suggest a fixed-blade camping knife/survival gear

    I was looking at some ka-bars, but didn't know which model to get. Is there one you'd recommend?
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    What would you guys do?

    I doubt he wants your opinion then. I know I don't.
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    Suggest a fixed-blade camping knife/survival gear

    I'm looking for a decent fixed-blade knife to add to a survival kit, for between 50 and 75 bucks. I realize you can go crazy and buy a $400 Busse knife, but that's beyond my needs and means. Can anyone recommend a reputable place/site to purchase a quality camping/survival knife for me...
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    Thanks again for all of the help guys. I had one last question if anyone is still checking this thing out. Say in the future (maybe 2 years) I upgrade my cpu to something that will be fairly good at that time (maybe in the ~250 range). If I get the 4850, would I be able to buy another one...
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    Excellent discussion guys--thanks a bunch. I think I've gotten a good picture of the situation, and Toyota I really appreciate the in-depth explanation. It looks like a 4850 is the way to go, given that Termie points out it gives twice the performance of my 7950GT (not that I'm doubting you...
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    Sylvanas, I see your point, and in reality if the price points call for a much better card for a relatively insignificant price increase, I'll probably do it. But what I really wanted to know was which card to get that would maximize performance without wasting a bunch of that card's...
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    I haven't been playing anything recently released, so uber performance isn't necessary--just decent performance to play some older games. I'm mostly playing WoW right now, along with some C and C3 and HL2. When I get out of grad school I'll upgrade again, but that's not for 5 more years. I just...
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    I purchased my card on in Feb of 2007 off of newegg, pretty sure I did not register. Question-- where do you find that it is an -AR card? I saw that in their warranty info, but couldn't find what type of card mine was...
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    I was looking at their support website, but couldn't find the warranty info pertinent to my card. Thanks for the tip spike and slowspyder--I'll double check right now
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    7950GT just burned out--Suggestions for a new GPU?

    I would like to once again call upon the wisdom of AToTers if I may. My EVGA GeForce 7950GT seized up on me yesterday morning, and is now completely dead. I need some suggestions for a new one. My primary concern is longevity--in terms of maximizing my current gaming rig without upgrading...
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    Red squigglies and computer freezes- WTF?

    I did, but it didn't seem to help. I am now running off of a 12 year old video card, since about 20 minutes ago when my screen froze and red-squigglied my ass three times in a row, and upon soft reboot didn't get past the windows welcome screen before my monitor showed nothing but rainbow...
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    Red squigglies and computer freezes- WTF?

    Hey all, I need some help with my system. Earlier today my computer started to randomly freeze up, with the monitor showing faintly vertical red lines. Only a reboot would solve the problem (always temporarily, for more or less time). At startup, the post screen showed vertical artifacts as...
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    Looking at a couple laptops- look em over for me please

    I like the look of the Toshiba too. As for the extra usb and firewire, doubt she'll use the latter and I can always get her a $10 hub if she needs more usb slots. She will also be using an external mouse-- so you're right, the scroll zone, while it would be nice to have, is not a deal breaker...
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    Looking at a couple laptops- look em over for me please

    Just wondering if you guys who know laptops can take a second and look at these two laptops for me. I'll be getting one of them for my sister, and my number one concern is reliability. She'll literally only be using it for surfing the internet and school stuff-- don't worry about the RAM, if I...
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    need help burning avi files to a dvd

    I wouldn't mind burning them as data dvds. If there good freeware out there that'll do the job without too much hassle?
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    need help burning avi files to a dvd

    So I have a bunch of tv episodes in avi form, and I want to burn them to dvd so I can watch them on a different computer. I realize that I could just use the network, but I'd also like to have a backup in case something happens. I am an idiot when it comes to burning, so i'm looking for some...
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    Ultimate fighter vs. Navy Seal- who wins?

    you assumed correctly. I'm not knowledgeable enough about either to split such a fine hair as elite mma vs. random seal, as i dont know the nature of the difference in skill levels between an "elite" seal and random one.
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    Ultimate fighter vs. Navy Seal- who wins?

    That is my thought as well.
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    Ultimate fighter vs. Navy Seal- who wins?

    No, he's not. Read the OP, but they're both unarmed, and meet on the streets in a neutral environment.