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    Considering MidRange Upgrade

    I'll preface this by saying that I can't really afford to "keep up with the Jones'" and thus haven't upgraded in a couple years. I recently purchased Vista and it is a bit clunky, but overall I like it. I'm looking to spend in the $350 - $400 range, and I'll be using my current 1440x900...
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    MTA Safety Video

    That's gotta hurt: Video
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    Black Mesa PHL Interview

    http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Interviews.Detail&id=63 Can't wait for this to come out. Sorry if this is a repost, I did some searching first and saw nothing.
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    Dell Renegade ~ $10,000!!!

    First, here's a link to dell: Dell Website Also a preview over at TG Daily: Renegade On top of the Quad 7900 gtx's and the included 30" lcd, it has the Ageia PhysX processor...guess we'll finally see what kind of impact it will have. There's a sweepstakes coming up as well. You can...
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    Searching for a little enlightenment

    I've always stayed a generation or two behind the current trends, never really having the necessity for "top of the line" components. I currently have an Athlon XP 2700+. I'm looking at a Socket 754 Sempron 64 3400+. I believe the socket 754 semprons are really athlon 64's with less L2...
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    7800 gtx 256mb for $299

    Oh man. I was looking for a new video card on eBay and found this: http://cgi.ebay.com/nVidia-7800-GTX-256...1QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem First of all it's labeled as a 256mb version, and it looks like it has the 512mb version cooler on it. And, what's up with the back end of...
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    Day of Defeat

    I was feeling nostalgic last night, and Chocolate Dougnut decided to pull out some old school DoD. After playing DoD:Source solidly for a few months, I was in severe pain going back to the original. I was playing on flash, and comparing that to the source version is like night and day...
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    Remember the Isuzu Rodeo SUV?

    Here?s why. Crash Test Data Chance of survival at 30 mph: 7% Chance of survival at 40 mph: 0%
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    5.1 Surround Receiver with DVD player

    My Sony Dream System Receiver crapped out on me. I'll never buy another slot-loading dvd player. That having been said, the receiver and dvd player is all one unit. To send it in for repairs, sony is going to charge $150. I'm looking for a new 5.1 receiver with a dvd player (not slot...
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    Battlefield 2 Patch 1.03 Problems

    I've been considering this game for a while now and finally got it last night (my friend didn't want it anymore and sold it to me for $15). Anyway, I was playing it for a while, without patching, just fine. Then I figure I would apply the 1.03 patch and play the new map. So I install it...
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    Day of Defeat:Source Server

    I tried searching the forums, so I don't know if there already is one, but I think it would be cool. Anybody know if there is one, or want to set one up?? EDIT:69.61.60.181:27021
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    Fowarding AOL email...

    My boss just got Verizon DSL and wants to be able to forward his AOL email to the Verizon email address. Is this possible/easy to do? Is there any extra fees?
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    biostar w/nvidia 6100

    Anybody have this board? Have any comments about it? I've read the reviews, just curious if anybody has tried it out. PS - I'm talking Socket 939
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    Hardest Game of All Time

    I can still remember never beating Legacy of the Wizard for nes. That game was crazy hard.
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    SFF computer

    I'm starting a new system from scratch. It's gonna be sff, and around $700. I have the monitor and 1 gb ram already. So have a look and let me know what you think: ASPIRE X-QPACK-NW-BK/420 Black...................................$80 BIOSTAR Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce...
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    dvd-burner in eMac

    I have the Toshiba SD-R5372 drive in my computer now, and I'm going to build a new system. Thing is, it's white and my new system is going to be all black and silver. Therefore, I'm getting a new black NEC writer. My wife has an eMac with a cd-rw in it now. Would there be any issues...
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    Poshiba$%&&

    I think my secondary IDE channel is kaput. I turned on my computer last night after getting home from work, and i got the new hardware found message. So I check it out, and the name of my dvd burner is all messed up. I then checked the bios, and everything appeared to be in order, I tried...
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    FF7: Advent Children

    The movie is finally out! Too bad it's only in Japan :(
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    Metal Gear...nes or msx?

    I've loved the nes version for a long, long time. But I recently started playing the msx version and must say that I like it a lot.