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    Looking for a reality check on buying a used PS3...

    Lately I've been toying with the idea of getting a used PS3 and wanted to get some feedback whether what I'm looking to do is actually doable of if I'm chasing unicorns and wasting my time... My main motivation for all this is to get Rock Band (my group of friends still bust this one out at...
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    Looking for smallish phone with modern SoC

    Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some input on updating my dying S4mini. I'm pretty tech savvy but don't really have time to keep up with all the different SoCs being released, much less individual phones. I'm only looking at small-ish phones (mine is 125mm tall) that nobody seems to release...
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    Looking for a GTX760(or similar) with power connector NOT on top edge, plz help!

    Like the title says, I'm looking for a GTX760-caliber card that has its power connectors anywhere other than the top edge of the card and is otherwise less than 130mm tall. Does anyone know of a company that makes one? Failing that, are there any other cards in the $200-300 range that do, while...
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    Suggestion for app to monitor/log % disk idle/busy time?

    Anyone know of any utility/app for Win7 that can log disk activity? What I want to do is find out how much time in a typical usage session the disk is idle vs. busy. I'm looking to upgrade the SSD in my laptop (currently a Corsair F120), but do not want to incur a power usage hit with the...
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    Need help troubleshooting intermittent crashes/BSODs!

    Hello all. A computer I built for a friend is acting up intermittently (but often enough to be bothersome). The obvious symptoms are background app/process crashes usually right after boot, and BSODs (esp while shutting down - the "Windows is Shutting Down" screen). Basically it's a lottery...