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    Notebook recommendations

    Can anyone please recommend a good brand of laptop that is available new from the manufacturer without any of the proprietary software garbage installed. I would like to find a laptop in which I can install the OS/drivers/apps and such myself without the need of a install disk from the...
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    Seeking mothorboard recommendations

    Looking for motherboard recommendations that satisfy the following: Price range is $75 - $120 Intel E8400 CPU 2x2GB Corsair PC2 6400 (800) DIMMS PCIe Video card (GeForce 8600GTS) At least 4 Sata 3GB/s At least 4 rear panel USB At least 2 onboard USB (so 4 front panel USB) Onboard front...
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    CPU Recommendation

    I recently was given a used MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 nForce 650i motherboard and am going to build a new machine with it. Does anyone care to recommend a good CPU? I am considering Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad. The machine will be used mostly for gaming, watching...
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    Quality/Longevity concerns regarding ATi

    I was all set to buy a new ATi Radeon card...specifically, the Asus 4870 1GB Dark Knight, that is, until my current ATi card started with the artifacts (again). Let's back up a little for some history. I had been a long time nVidia customer, all the way back to the days of the GeForce 2...
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    Asus 4870 Dark Knight versions

    I am split between getting the ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 vs the ASUS EAH4870 DK TOP/HTDI/512MD5. Anyone have any insight as to which is more worthwhile; the extra 512MB RAM or the near 10% overclock? I play mostly MMORPGS, like Everquest II and Age of Conan, and rare play shooters. I know the...