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    Dual external drive enclosure (uk)

    Looking for something similar to this - http://www.directron.com/directron/venusds3r.html Dual drive, external, fast interface, doesn't break the bank. I plan to put a couple of 500GB disks in it and use it as backup / transport. Trouble is, they don't seem to sell those in the uk. I can...
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    Simple Freewave audio recording/cutting software

    Looking for a Freeware / open source proggy that can record and cut wav files. conversion to mp3 would be a bonus, not needed though. It doesn't need to be complex, just very simple recording and cutting will do. Platform is win xp. Cheers
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    DVD -> blur a fixed area -> back to DVD

    Hi, got the following problem. I need to blur out the credit card details on a DVD video clip. The area they appear in is static (its a recording of a windows session). I have a fairly good idea how to cludge it step by step (done a bit of ripping and encoding and such), but can anyone...
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    Suggest a laptop for audio/video crunching

    Hi, I'm looking to get a new lappy - but will need to do a fair bit of audio/video crunching for work on it. I've no bias between AMD and intel, and any spec will be more than enough for simple web/email - I just want to know what will perform best when crunching large video files and such...
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    Can onboard ethernet (nforce3) go kaput?

    yeah the lights light up, ive tried everything.. it just dont connect. damnit, can barely fit a another pci card in my box!
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    Can onboard ethernet (nforce3) go kaput?

    Tried all the usual stuff.. reinstalling the nvidia drivers, deleting the old ones by hand, setting up the network connections again. But I simply can't communicate with anything any more. No packets in, no packets out. Trying to disable the device or do much else with it causes a system...
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    Any Gigabyte Aurora mods?

    i made two small aluminium fan mount brackets, one for a 120mm blowing over my gfx card, one for a 120mm blowing over my RAM. Much lamer than yours, and I probably have the most turbulent case flow ever :p
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    The gaming mouse monopoly

    i think my logitech laser mouse was a bit of a waste of money the laser thing = total marketing gimmick, optical resolutions were already way high enough for high end gaming, which i dont even do any more the weights thing = total marketing gimmick, i mean wtf weighting your mouse with a...
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    FEAR Bench's please 1600x1200 7900GTX/SLI

    Does anyone want to help me rob AuxNuke's house? We can split the 7900's, one each. Jealousy is a terrible emotion :(
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    1GB -> 2GB upgrade on non dual chan 754 mobo - is it feasible/sensible/practical?

    damnit, i just ebayed my OCZ platinum 2x512 sticks and only got £75 for them !! :( Thats pretty shitty considering they still cost something like £110 new, are visually untarnished, and come with a lifetime warranty meaning the fact that they're second hand is a bit meaningless. Oh well...
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    The gaming mouse monopoly

    Logitech and Razer seem to have a monopoly over the gaming mouse market.. but recently I have noticed some other brands of mice that share some of the looks and features of the MX510 and the razers, but at a significantly cheaper mice. I know the logitechs and razers are quality products, but I...
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    "Guide for taking good rig shots with low to mid range digicams"

    anyone got any tips n tricks shuvved up their sleeve? :)
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    1GB -> 2GB upgrade on non dual chan 754 mobo - is it feasible/sensible/practical?

    they're worth about £110 shipped new here :p :p :p
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