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    "Raidmax Volcano 630 Watt Modular Power Supply"

    http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4806800#detailed Seems to be the same PSU as this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817152026 Newegg is selling it for $98.99 Don't know the reputation Raidmax has for PSUs but this looks like a good price for 630W.. If its the same...
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    Low-Power RAID5 Fileserver

    I'm looking to build the lowest-power possible fileserver to keep always-on and serve files to my LAN, do multifunction internet things like download slow torrents for months on end, and also act as a PVR if possible, so onboard TVout and MPEG2 acceleration would be a plus. I was looking at...
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    Hot Notebook? 14"WXGA, Semp3300+, 512MB, 80GB

    Compaqv2710us Sempron 3300+, 512mb DDR RAM, 80GB hard Drive, Combo drive, XP Home http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4880360 I just wish it had a dvd burner. Was considering a Turion instead of Sempron though, the power consumption and heat is much lower on Turion i think, maybe Turion...
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    Seagate 7200.9 5yr Warranty 8MB 160GB = $30 after 3MIRs

    I missed those 400GB Seagates for 99$, but I still need a harddrive I'm only looking at 5 year Warrantied drives, so either Seagate or some WD editions There is this bizzare bundle on Tigerdirect... $30AR: 160GB Seagate 7200.9(better than the 7200.8's which are the cheapest Segate...
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    ATI + Nvidia in the same system?

    Does anyone have experience running an ATI and Nvidia card in the same system, are there impossible driver conflicts? I have an old ATI dualhead PCI(non-e) which used to control 2 monitors fine in a system with the hydravision etc ATI softwares... now that system died but the videocard is...
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    Seagate 200GB $29.99 AR

    CompUSAonline sold out of these on Sunday morning, but they are still in most stores... The one near me in New York had tons of them 2 Seagate rebates, 1 CompUSA rebate: $110 back total Its a shame theres a 1 drive limit, I would've bought 4 --- Thanks for the info. Another...
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    Troubleshoot disk drive failures

    I've had lots of disk drive problems for a while and I suspect the PSU(s) Two 1year old Maxtors just died out of nowhere again, before it was WD drives dying progressively Some drives were first on a Sparkle Power 350w which was supposed to be a decent generic PSU, then to an Enermax 420w...