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I forgot to add I am using Ballistix crucial ram PC12800. I moved the ram and reduced it down to 1x4 opposed to 2x4gb. I tried a different power supply (corsair 650W). There was no change, except it seemed to go into short circuit protection instead of the brown out affect with the larger PSU...

So I got the parts and built it. I went with the GA-Z77X-D3H mother board from gigabyte, the 22nm I5 processor, the gigabyte HD 7950, and kingston hyper X 250 gb HD, HCG-750 PSU. The cooler master hyper 212. There are some other spinning harddrives I kept in the system as well. This was all...

I went ahead and purchased the PSU. I have looked at reviews on newegg for raid cards and there seems to be a lot of negative reviews for the cheaper (non server) cards. Storing more information on mechanical drives shouldn't require a lot out of raid card though. I may need to look for a...

My current PC is a Q6600 on an ABIT IP35 pro with 4 GB of ram with 4 HDDs and 2 DVD drives (thanks Witcher 2 for being incompatible with some drives), an asus radeon 6870 1 GB, corsair 650 watt supply, in a antech P180 case My parents don't need much of a computer (light gaming: heroes of...

This seems pretty sane actually. Looking at what newegg considers an ultra book, it looks like ultra books are a bit bigger than a net book, but with a faster mobile processor. They are booth computer that put light weight and aesthetics above functionality. Ultra books are more expensive for...

After a hard crash during TF2 that required a power restart I experienced the following problem: I see random letters during the POST. The Bios has them too. It looks like ASCII art (strange characters). During post several sceens are filled with them. I can't get into windows. It hangs and...

Seeing megaman takes me back, I always liked this one because the box was in the shape of a grave. It also had a hologram, a far cry from the generic boxes nowadays. Did I mention the game came with a hardcover book?

I have a AV receiver that can pull music off my computer, however it is very slow (Dennon avr-3310ci). I don't have a stand alone CD player for the receiver. I pull .wav and mp3 files off my computer. I am considering getting on the blu ray bandwagon through a stand alone blu ray player...

Since it looks like no one has mentioned it yet: when you go to listen to nice speakers, the room and the receiver will have a huge affect on sound quality. Some of these high-end places have speakers that sound unbelievable, but they can have a 5K receiver/amplifier. A dedicated audition room...

My Z5500's have done this for a long time (years) when the power is completely removed, and they are fine. I think its a large capacitor discharging.

I'm glad Fallout 2's redding music was posted, and I'll add: secret of mana's opening theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226lyvZmNB8 chrono trigger's magus battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhnBUd6R31k vampire bloodlines but some of it's music is actual bands nevertheless...

Don't see Crusader No Regret yet Also I agree that it has been too long since anything approaching X-com has been made

While the "just as good" is subjective, Ascendancy was a great game. I thought the tech tree was particularly nice since a lot of techs were very unique. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascendancy_(computer_game)

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I am considering another monitor to go with my 19" Viewsonic (VA902b) monitor. I played around a bit with dual monitors in XP, but I am using VISTA now. I was wondering about dual monitors with gaming. It is also probably relevant to mention I am using 64bit vista, Q6600, 4Gig ram, and a...