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    Some upgrade help? CPU,MB

    1 - little bit of everything, games, music. Not much for video editing however. 2 - for the parts I'm replacing(CPU,MB,ram) $500ish 3 - USA 4 - no preferences 5 - I'm keeping the vid card (geforce 8800gts) Soundcard (X-Fi, unless the onboard is better), HDDs (a 500gb, 160bg and...
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    Parts advice

    1 - Games and general computing use. No plans for video/audio editing/encoding. 2 - for the parts I'm after(CPU, MB, ram) the budget is about $350,there is wiggle room, but I really want to keep it under $400 3 - Parts from USA. Newegg or ZZF most likely. 4 - No real brand preference...
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    Appliance reviews?

    Anyone know of anywhere that has pro reviews of major appliances, such as fridges, or is consumer reports pretty much it? User reviews tend to leave a lot to be desired, and I would rather not subscribe to CR for one thing.
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    Poor Sooners fans

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2537332 I can hear the OU fans groans, and the rest of the big 12 licking its chops.
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    Options on a new MB

    As my MSI nforce4 board seems to be dead after about a year(wont post, no warning/diag beeps either). I'm in the market for a new board. I would prefer something with a passive NB cooling solution, the fans on NBs are just too unreliable and death prone. I've been looking at the Asus A8N SLI...
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    Chipset fan replacement question

    The NB fan on my msi k8n neo4 plat died on me recently. I ordered a Vantec http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835110103 to replace it based on acouple references. I got the stock fan off without any problems. But putting the new one on brings a few up, and the fan came...