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Hello everyone. I have been building a PC for a client, which has a Samsung SSD 840 with 6B0Q firmware, installed as the OS drive. And i have some performance results that i would like to share, and ask if others are seeing the same performance on their Samsung SSD 840 drive. First off here...

As of yesterday i can no longer download anything from the Appstore app with an old first gen iphone or ipod. Basically any old apple phone 2g/3g or ipod with final OS 3.1.3, no longer works with the Appstore app. Seems like this is global and affects all users of Apple iphone/ipods. So...

Ok need opinions on what i should get, between these two drives 1) Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB SATA2 3GBPS 64MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM 2) Seagate ST2000DL003 Barracuda Green 2TB SATA3 6GB/S 64MB Cache 3.5IN 5900RPM 12MS Hard Drive OEM I plan on putting this drive into...

Saw this on the playstation twitter feed. Basically Walmart states that they give you a $100 walmart Gift card if you buy a PS3 160GB system. While Amazon site says, Bonus offer $100 promotional credit on future amazon purchase...

Found this deal on a Canadian site, but seems to be available in USA as well. EVGA USB3 PCIE card, Free after MIR. USA: Card costs $19.99USD , Rebate of $20.00USD, (total = taxes + shipping) Canada: Card costs $9.97CAD, Rebate of $20.00CAD ( total = taxes + shipping) They basically...

Anyone else here have problems starting windows live messenger since yesterday? Basically when i try to start messenger it will not open up, and instead crash, and just display the usual windows xp application crash window. I have tried re-installing, and repairing the windows live...

http://www.direct2drive.com/9643/product/Buy-Mafia-I-Download found this on another deal site, D2D has Mafia 1 for $0.00 Downloading it now for free and its going very very slow. Posting this deal here probably wont help my speed, but i thought i would share the info anyways :p UPDATE...

The rogers plus stores here in Canada are getting rid of all their PSP's so they had a 50% off sale on all PSP Hardware, so i picked up a PSP Go price matched at BestBuy for only $113 CAD. This was purely an impulse buy as normally i would not be interested in buying such a device, but now...

http://www.amazon.ca/CTA-PS3-SRG-Assault-Rifle-Controller/dp/B003E8LA7M/ref=vg_flx_preorder?pf_rd_p=435629801&pf_rd_s=center-7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=306303011&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_r=0TB5H9M56K0EZ72PMAGM Ok who is actually going to get one of these things? :rolleyes: Somehow i doubt...

Hello. Its been awhile since i have kept up with the latest video cards. I currently have a Nvidia EVGA GTX285 Superclocked card which i have had for a year now. I have read all the latest [H] reviews on the Nvidia 470, 480, and Ati 5870, 5850. Unfortunately I did not find any [H]...

Anyone come across any eyefinity setups using projectors? I think it would be really cool to see an eyefinity setup with the following display hardware: A very large wall, and some projector wall paint 3x Panasonic PT-AE400U 1080p Home theater projectors. (or i guess any 3 identical 1080p...

Thought i would start a new BFBC2 console related thread since the old one was for beta. Try to keep stuff related to console only, as there already exists a thread for PC. Although i have a copy of BFBC2 on steam, I also picked up a copy of BFBC2 for PS3, mainly because many of my friends...

PS3 LINK Pre-Order, Expected Date of Release March 2, 2010. Best price on a pre-order for Battlefield Bad Company 2 console game here in Canada. Everywhere else i checked (about 10 online places) sells console pre-order for $69.99CAD. I Used a print out of the PS3, Dell deal, and had...

http://twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2/status/9342787989 Dont know exactly how this works other then what was posted on the official BFBC2 twitter account. Also no idea if Steam purchases will quailfy or if only EA purchases are valid for this deal. Would be nice if Steam also offers the deal...

Well i have been building PC's for many years now, and in those years i have had to RMA just about every PC component to just about every major component manufacturer. Overall though i have started to see much more failures then i used to, and i have noticed that the build quality of various...

Looks like Canada finnally gets one of the buy 2 get 1 free deals. Works on Console, portable, and PC games For more details visit links. Bestbuy.ca Futureshop.ca

Thought i would put up a very quick review on the new monitor i just recently purchased. The monitor is an Asus VW266H, TN LCD , 25.5". I have only had the monitor for 2 days. I bought this monitor mainly due to it being big and cheap (under $300 CAD after rebate, and on sale) There were...

I just got a new monitor, and i would like to basically give it a good thorough testing before i decide to keep it. I was wondering if you guys could recommend which free monitor testing apps, you normally use. (Would be nice to find a good one for testing dead pixels.) Also any other...

https://www.paypal-marketing.ca/holiday/en/ Get $10 cash back from PayPal, when you spend $50 at eBay.ca Offer ends Dec 2, 2009. to be eligible for the offer you have to enter your PayPal email address linked to your eBay account on the link above and press sign up. Terms and conditions...

Just noticed it a few min ago. I have not updated yet. Has anyone else here tried it yet? PSN Forum Link with more info etc.. Wikipedia link with info on update I think the facebook thing is the main new feature. I dont care for facebook, but i will update anyways since its a...

Is this monitor any good? By "good" i mean, as a general use monitor for playing games, watching movies, doing photo work, all without any major flaws, or reliability issues. Acer S243HL (link) Has anyone seen any reviews on this thing? Anyone here actually own one, and have any...

Hello. Maybe someone out there can give some advice, and reccommend a stand alone tuner box?(not a PCI/PCIe/USB Computer tunner card) Example somthing like this (link) Essentially what I am looking for is a small inexpensive box that one can plug in a standard Coax connection from a...

Hey, i just noticed today that my Playstation 3 Slim will not connect at Gigabit speed on my Gigabit network. From what i read i do think the PS3 is equipped with a Gigabit connection. All my other Gigabit equipment seems to work fine at gigabit speeds. Anyone else seen this? Any...

Hey anyone else annoyed or just find it plain stupid that Sony wont let someone play a PAL (region free) movie DVD on a north American NTSC, PS3? Especially when it properly plays all PAL and NTSC, MPEG, Divx, Xvids, etc... when streamed or on Hard Drive/flash etc.. This is the one thing i...

Hey guys. I'm new to the PS3, so I have been downloading a whole bunch of demos from the Playstation store, and I have found that some of these demo's have some serious sound issues, where the sound will have various glitches, or drop outs. At first i thought it was my system, until a friend...

I thought i would share this story as i found it quite amusing. I just bought a PS3 slim, and just set it up on Sunday. Yesterday (Tuesday) i tried to log on to the Playstation network, and i got this error saying i could no longer use my account, and it gave an error code, which i looked up...

Hi guys. Maybe someone out there can help me out. I have a PS3 slim here and the PS3 only came with a standard RCA (yellow,red,white) media plug bundle. I was wondering if any of you might know a good place where i can buy a SVideo to media plug bundle for it. I read on the sony website, and...

http://www.bestbuy.ca/marketing/latenightsummersale/EN/default.asp?langid=EN&logon= Save $10 on purchases of $100 to $249* Save $25 on purchases of $250 to $499* Save $50 on purchases of $500 to $999* Save $100 on purchases of $1,000 and up* Just phoned BestBuy and they took off $25...

Hello. Due to the holliday sale going on at www.steampowered.com many people are no doubt buying up all kinds of games. In some cases some of you may be buying packages which include games you might already own. In such a case you can gift your duplicate games to others by following the...

Hello everyone. I could use some help in finding some Rugged PC cases which can accommodate a standard ATX sized motherboard. We have some Desktop PC's here which we ship around the world with some of our demos, and trade shows, etc.. Currently we use Antec NSK4480 cases, and with...

Hello everyone. I could use some help in finding some Rugged PC cases which can accommodate a standard ATX sized motherboard. We have some Desktop PC's here which we ship around the world with some of our demos. Currently we use Antec NSK4480 cases, and with repeated shipping they tend to...

well i was waiting for the new iphone 3g, but due to the crazy phone rates on Rogers here in Canada, i decided not to get one, so instead i plan on buying an ipod touch. What i am looking for is a Apple ipod touch 32gb (V2, basically their latest model, which i think all 32gb ones are?)...

Steam is having a free weekend of Day of Defeat Source. Runs from July 4 to July 6. http://www.steampowered.com/dod/palermo/?cc=CA (steam account required)

Link Note these are Canadian Dollar Prices I have been looking for a top of the line Roomba for awhile now and finally ended up buying one. After some searching, i found Costco.ca had the best price on a new roomba 570 $349.99 which includes shipping and handling. irobot sells the 570...

http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?whse=BCCA&topnav=&prodid=10309819&ec=BCCA-EC780-CatHome&pos=12&lang=en-CA I think this is Canada Only? UPDATE: Yup here is costco USA link = $449 I just bought a Garmin Nuvi 760 GPS as follows: (YMMV) Print out website above. Walk into Bestbuy...

Get money back with or without proof of purchase if you bought some of the Airborne Cold Remedy stuff. (up to $63 if i read the article correctly) Well this dosent work for us here in Canada, maybe because they never sold the stuff here? however i thought others here at [H] would like the...

Hello everyone. A few days ago someone posted a wicked deal on a very nice Garmin Nuvi 750 GPS. Unfortunately for me the site which had the deal, (HSN) would not ship to Canada (i contacted them and they just wouldent ship it to me) So I was wondering if anyone else around here in the...

Hello. I could use some help, and googling has not yeilded any results yet, so i thought i would ask here. What i would like to do is setup my windows vista ( business 32 bit) so that my monitor does not turn off at all. In other words i want my monitor to stay on at all times and not go...

Site: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX17274(ME).aspx Rebate: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Rebates/Mushkin_14501_25i.pdf I just bought this, thought it was a good deal, sorry if its been posted here before. All prices listed below are in Canadian Dollars from above website...