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    Quiet/Silent HTPC Refresh on a shoestring Budget

    So here is the scenario- For the past 4 years or so, I've been using this rig as my trusty HTPC/Torrent box. It's hooked up to a 720p 32in LCD. It's workload is simple: XBMC, Winamp, Internet browsing via Chrome, uTorrent. CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Something to note, this is passively cooled...
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    How high up the graphics card chain can I go?

    So here's my situation; I'm running an aging 939 system, with an Athlon 3200+, 2gbs of DDR400, and a 7600gt. I mostly play WoW, TF2, and some other steam games, but I'm planning on picking up and playing Spore heavily, not to mention some other games on the horizon. So my question is, I...
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    Who wants to be my hero?

    I just won an Ebay auction, it was going great, I was the only bidder until the last 40 minutes, when some fool jaced the price up by 50 cents. Oh well, whatever, right? I end up winning, he was the only competing bid, whatever, but alas, I look at the total, and its' 34 cents over the amount...
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    Asus P5B availabe at Newegg

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131028 250, why not buy a P5W?
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    Lite-on Firmware and a NonResponsive machine.

    Hello, first off, before I forget them later in the post, my Specs: Athlon 3200+ Venice core OCZ Plat. Rev. 2 (At 2-2-2-5, of course.) MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (v1.5 BIOS, the latest...) Leadtek 6800GT running at 6800Ultra speeds. Hitachi Deskstar 80gb SATA Lite-on 1673S Antec Neopower 480...