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    Build help - upgrade or not 4.5 year old PC?

    Thanks for the tips - makes sense.
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    Build help - upgrade or not 4.5 year old PC?

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc School work, browsing, some gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $500-$600 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. Boston 4) What exact...
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    New SSD - OS reinstall (noob help)

    Thanks, makes total sense! Secondary q: Will the old boot partition still be usable as a boot partition if the SSD were to fail? Both the SSD and boot partition will have the same copy of Win 7 pro (retail) installed...
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    New SSD - OS reinstall (noob help)

    Hi all, Just bought a new SSD and, while I built my PC and installed the OS originally I just want to make sure I will be installing it correctly... I will be using it for OS and Programs From what I have read, steps are: 1) Install SSD into PC 2) Install Win7 3) Tweak Win7/reinstall...
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    Swan Speakers warrenty?

    Well you are still within the 30day trial period, so you shouldn't have a problem exchanging them or even returning them...
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    Recycle old speakers?

    Thanks for all the help. Still not sure what I'll do - seems that I might be able to sell the control pod for $20-$30 judging from ebay completed auctions, then also maybe see if I get any hits on the satellite set. The back of the Series I does look like the Series II.
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    Recycle old speakers?

    I've just upgraded from my Bose Companion 3 (original series) speakers and don't know what to do with them! I would sell on eBay except that the left out on the subwoofer is not working. I could pay Bose $75 to fix and then sell on eBay but that is not worth the hassle. So what can I do? Are...
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    Computer speaker help! (noob)

    These are pretty cheap but quite a bit worse than the Swans I'm talking about right? http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Z-2300-THX-Certified-200-Watt-Speaker/dp/B0002SQ2P2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1249413914&sr=1-1 $61+shipping
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    Computer speaker help! (noob)

    OK thanks for the advice so far. More noobness follows: So my onboard sound right now is ALC662 and the specs say it supports 5.1 audio and I see 3 3.5mm jacks at the back. But with any 2.0 speaker set (and in my current 2.1 bose) I only make use of one of the jacks right? Even with a...
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    Computer speaker help! (noob)

    All, I've just built a desktop (switching from a laptop) and need to get new speakers. Looking for your guidance... I mostly listed to music but also play games and plan to watch movies through my computer. Have Bose triport headphones. Have been using Bose Companion 3 (original version) 2.1...
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