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    FS: 5770, 8800 GTX, Various DDR2-800 ECC FB-DIMMS

    Aww. I wanted that 8800GTX. :{
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    WTB: Socket 775 motherboard

    I'm looking for a s775 motherboard - preferably something capable of a bit of overclocking. I don't need anything fancy - a single video card slot and DDR2 is fine, though four memory slots would be strongly preferred.
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    Anyone else sat out the i-cores?

    I just bought an e8400. I figure I'll overclock it to 3.6-4ghz, and enjoy the single-threaded excellence. So long as you're running badly-coded programs, it's as fast as a top-spec i7.
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    FS: Projector Optoma HD65

    Bamp!
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    How will the bulldozer be better then the i7?

    From what I understand, the i7 simply slaughters the x6 in consumer applications like photoshop or gaming. It's only when you approach it from an enterprise perspective that it can match or exceed the i7. This is all well and good, but I don't really care about widescale number-crunching - all...
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    Students! $30 Windows 7 Upgrade is Back!

    How far can I upgrade from? So far, I've been using an old Win98 CD as the base for all my "Upgrades."
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    Ebay Buyers - Possible 35% CASHBACK from Microsoft

    Can't friggin' believe I missed this....
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    WTB: Budget OCing motherboard, PSU, heatsink, and RAM

    I need a new motherboard, RAM, and PSU. I have an e2180 I'd like to overclock to only 2.4ghz or so (not exactly record-breaking), but I don't want garbage either.
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    Got Glass?

    I recently started playing around with a Roland plotter/cutter, some vinyl sticker material, and a sandblaster. By covering parts of the glass with the sticker, and sandblasting, I can get some nifty etching without the nasty acids. Of course, you could just use duct tape and a knife instead of...
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    I want my C7 laptop, dangit!

    Sounds good to me!
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    Warmonger PhysX gameplay video (GDC)

    There is no way, no how I'd be buying an Aegia for my rig. (The fact that it's a Thinkpad X40 with a 1ghz CPU may be related to this.) Seriously, though, this might save the PPU's butt - an aplication so mind-bogglingly physics-oriented that you'd have to have a Cray to run it without one.
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    Apple Mac Pro 8-way - thoughts?

    The Mac Pro 8-way seems to be a pretty darn good idea. Because Apple has complete control over both the OS and hardware, OSX will likely have far greater ability to take advantage of all 8 cores than PC hardware and Vista would. (It can't be any harder than that AltiVec mess.) While not...
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    I want my C7 laptop, dangit!

    You have to consider, though, that Via's chipsets are very simple. Simple chipsets = small boards = smaller laptops. Also, the power use is far lower than Intel's best.
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    LED Tube Lighting

    I would not do that. Instead, you could either use an old-fashioned switch, or add an op-amp to use as a comparator, and a relay to turn on the CCFLs. If you're worried about fire, I would simply put the inverters in a small metal "project box" from radio shack.
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