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Or just use a desolder pump or braid as was already suggested. That's what it's for, no "tapping" required. Tapping would seem not only dangerous but comically awkward, because unless you have a very hot iron, solder won't won't get hot enough to stay melted more than a second or two. And I...

In for one. A nice upgrade to my "slow" SATA II Force 115GB.

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I put about 260 hours into it myself, with only 1 character to level 55. I did the vast majority of the side quests and finished the main quest line. You can probably discount 20+ hours of that due to me pausing the game and going out to dinner and stuff and leaving it idle for hours. I...

Funny, I noticed that on my board too, yet the manual says the default position is A. I flipped it back to A before I installed and updated the BIOS, but since they're supposed to be mirror copies I suppose it shouldn't matter.

Got mine yesterday too.

Finished the build this weekend, and other than the usual PITA of reinstalling Windows and all of my apps (and the usual forgetting to deactivate certain software that I now have to go back to the vendor to request new keys for), it was pretty painless. I'm digging the UEFI BIOS and don't see...

A longtime fan of both, but as a Prime member I find myself using Amazon more and more for computer parts purchases (and pretty much everything else). I've spent tens of thousands with Newegg over more than a decade, but unfortunately as often happens with companies as they get successful and...

Lots of new products have taped over bags, that's not a sign of a refurb or return. In fact other than HDD's I don't know of many components that ship in a sealed bag. In the US, federal trade regulations (and most state laws) prohibit vendors from misrepresenting and selling refurbed items as...

From all of the above I'm beginning to expect this was a pricing mistake but they went ahead and honored it at 1 per person. Kudos to MC if so. And lucky me for not missing a deal for a change.

Yeah I got my shipping confirmation with FedEx tracking number too.

I'm solidly in the "Seagate is crap" camp. FWIW I don't claim any statistics but my own. I've been working with HDDs since the old Winchester MFM/RLL days of 10MB drives in the early 80's. I've bought/used/installed hundreds of HDDs in my life. And I've never had another brand with as many...

Yeah I just went back to try and add a second one to see what all the fuss is about, and I get the error about "Removed items that are inactive or no longer valid." Sounds like they ran out of stock then. But it worked first time when I saw this post and tried it, and my order has been confirmed.

For the record I had no problems with stickers either. Assembled with CPU+HSF+RAM last night but that's as far as I got -- will get it in the case tonight hopefully.

No trouble adding to my cart. I'm just sitting at the CC entry page trying to decide if I want to spend $18 out of pocket for a spare cooler... EDIT: Ordered. No problemo.

That is a pretty awesome deal on an awesome HSF. I've had one on my i7-860 for a couple years, and just bought a 212 Evo for a new 3770K build, but I don't think there's enough difference between the 212+ and Evo to not have gone with this had it come up sooner. Heck at this price I may still...

^^^ I'm familiar with their policy, I've been a Wooter since they opened. :) Most deal-a-day sites are short on service, and Woot somewhat pioneered the concept (or at least brought it into more mainstream popularity). As you say, they're certainly one of the best, and I'd probably rank them...

Seriously? Not only is Woot extremely legit but they're owned by Amazon. I've bought tons of stuff from them going back years and never had an issue.

Just bought one a few weeks ago from Woot for $150 which was a good price then. Love it. If I hadn't just dropped $650 on new IB components I'd probably be in for another to get six tuners. Maybe the price will keep falling and I'll score another one later. Word of caution: if your cable...

None of the V-series boards are mATX. They're all full-size unless there's a model I'm not aware of. I've not heard a confirmed release date on the new Formula yet, and I last looked about a week or so ago when people were still trying to pin them down. Could have happened by now, but I had...

I'm building a new IB rig myself -- the final part (3770k) just arrived today. I've always been an Asus fan and my last two builds used their Maximus Formula ROG boards. But the only Max V Z77 board out now is the mATX Gene which I don't want. With the V-series, only the higher end Deluxe and...

Load temps in the 50's should be welcomed, it's hard to believe anyone is concerned about 50's on air when TjMax is 105 for IB. Sure we like to challenge ourselves to run as cool as we can, or to beat the next guy's temps, but in reality it's a moot point as long as you're within spec. A...

I was planning to wait for the Asus M5F or the EVGA Z77, but the 3770K's finally came back in stock at Newegg and I needed something now. I've bought nothing but Asus for my main rig for years and years, but just wasn't thrilled with what I saw on the V-series Z77's and wasn't going mATX with...

Great price for a 2TB USB3 drive. If I weren't so drive-heavy right now and about to spring for a new IB CPU/RAM/mobo I'd probably bite. Hitachi has their haters, but I'm a long-time fan. The last 15 or so drives I've bought over the last 2-3 years have been Hitachi's and I've been super...

Thanks all! Sounds like this will work for me then. I thought so but wanted to be sure as it may determine which mobo I buy if I need to plan for two discrete cards. Right now I'm looking at the Asus Sabertooth Z77 board because the Maximus V Gene is a mATX and I really don't want to go...

Not sure whether this belongs here, in the CPU forum, or the Display forum, but I'll start here. I'm currently running a triple monitor extended desktop with 3 1920x1200 LCDs. My main GPU is an EVGA 560Ti 448 Classified driving 2 monitors, with a GTX275 serving as a dedicated PhysX card and...

Yeah I realized they're all mostly software driven these days, and I'm fine with that as long as I get a decent surround effect. EAX has always worked well for me, and many games these days still support it directly with no mention of other standards. And I use both headphones and a 5.1...

Thanks for the great review! I'm spec'ing a new Ivy i7-3770K build and am torn between the Sabertooth Z77 and the Maximus V Gene. I normally go with the Maximus line but hate that the MaxV is now a mATX formfactor. Seems silly for an enthusiast gamer board. Anyway, I've got a couple...

You don't mention an OS, but for that amount of RAM I assume you're also specifying a 64-bit OS, otherwise you're wasting 2GB (actually more like 2.5GB-3GB). If you do go 64-bit, I'd recommend Vista over XP, because XP-64 is half baked and Vista has better color management out of the box. Also...

Yeah I was coming here to post that. Mine is shipping today, they've packed it and already posted the tracking number! I had a wanted a netbook for awhile, but didn't want to spend over $350 and didn't like the compromises I was seeing in the lower price models, so I waited. Yay for...

Lots of things. - I usually surf on my secondary monitor. - When I'm coding, I have my editor/IDE up on one monitor and either docs or the app/site I'm working on up on the other. - When I'm editing graphics with GIMP, I'll create new views without selection and layer borders and...

Jumped on this myself last night after stumbling across it via a ZZF e-mail. $395 shipped with 2GB RAM upgrade and a 32GB Class 6 SDHC card, plus MS Live Cashback (2% = $8) and 90 days SAC on Bill Me Later. Score...

D40 and D60 can use any Nikon mount DSLR (and many film) lens, however they don't support autofocus with all AFS lenses, unlike the D80 and above -- the lens has to have its own AF motor built-in to AF with the D40/D60. You can still use the other lenses, you'll just have to focus manually...

Sometimes my 2001FP also will retain a static image (like a title bar) for awhile before it fades away. Actually most any display technology is prone to some degree of IR, although it's rarely if ever permanent with LCDs like it can be with CRTs and some plasma panels. My 2001FP's...

My Dell 2001FP has a similar one, vertically from the top left corner. It almost looks like a watermark, like when a piece of paper gets wet on the edge and turns a shade darker. It's hardly noticeable unless I look for it. I've relegated that monitor to office work now and it doesn't really...

I've not gone through a replacement because my first was golden -- no tinting at all that I can see.

I'm thinking the 47" Vizio on the same page for $60 more is a better deal, if I were in the market for a cheap 47". Vizio's reliability may be spotty, but certainly no worse than Westy, and Vizio's image quality can be pretty incredible for the price...

You have to tell Windows to attach the second monitor otherwise it never gets activated. Go into your display settings, right click on the #2 monitor image and enable "Attached." Also drag and move it if you need to match it with its physical location relative to monitor #1. Alternatively...

A buddy installed Win7 on his Acer netbook with an Atom 270 and he said it ran great. Personally I'd prefer the Ubuntu installation, but then again I run Ubuntu on most of my machines including my Sony VAIO laptop.

Ah, my bad, I misread what you were doing. Have you set your video card to output a basic 1280x720 or 1366x720 or similar signal at 60hz? It sounds like your video card isn't passing a proper modeline to the display. Good luck, Westy's are known to be temperamental with PC hookups...