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    Htpc a8 question (easy)

    Simple question. I have an A8 3800 setup for an htpc, I just acquired a 6670 graphics card to help boost it a little for some light gaming with crossfire. Once I install it should I continue to hdmi out thru the mother boa or switch to the graphics card output? I'm assuming the graphics card but...
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    Assess my htpc build

    Looking to build an htpc for net use, Netflix, amazon streaming, and some light gaming. This will be displayed on my 46" Sony but I plan to upgrade to a 65" soon so I would like that kept in mind. Plan to run everything at 1080 Case...
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    Upgrade video card

    Im looking to upgrade a video card for my gateway system. I dont really want to buy a new power supply so I was curious what I could get away with that may be a bonus. System is a Gateway FX-6800-01e currently has a 4850 512mb I would like to get a little boost to help with newer games and...
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    WTB Datel Wii Retro Wireless

    Looking to buy a datel retro wireless controller for the wii. Theyre discontinued and I cant find one retail so I thougth id try here. PM me please with pic and your price to 32966 Florida.
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    Wii Motion Plus Advice

    Okay, my wife and I have Sports Resort with 4 Motion Plus adapters, we dont play Sports Resort anymore (gasp, really?). So I'm thinking about selling them as a big combo, my only halting thougths are: What if Nintendo ever makes a decent game requiring the Motion Plus Adapters? Are there any...
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    Selling these games: codes question

    Im selling these games in a lot and now ive been asked if all the codes will work. I think they will but want to be sure before I asnwer the person. I have completely uninstalled all these games, so its not like Im keeping them. The main ones im worried about are the BF series. Call of Duty...
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    WTB: COD: WAW

    As title states, looking to buy a digital copy of COD:World at War. Specifically for steam, maybe you got an extra copy during the sales or what have you. PM me with your price.
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    steam question about sales and prior purchases

    Okay ive been googling all day but cant figure it out. On the 12 of June I bougth the call of duty warchest for %29.99 (nostalgia got the better of me) now this week on the super awesoem sale the entire cod set -mw2 is on for the same price. Steam wont upgrade me will they?
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    Looking for good Family Multiplayer games

    Title sums it up. We've got a wii with motion $ crap, and nunchucks, games are sports resort, mario brothers wii, monopoly, wii sports, mario kart, all original mario brothers. Ive also got my 360 that we've been playign worms 2 on but besides that we get bored playing fat. Can you guys...
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    Hot: Monday Steam Crysis deals 50% off

    http://store.steampowered.com/sale/ea_week Steam has Crysis and Crysis Warhead 50% off today. If you buy the combo its $19.99, I guess it all part of an EA week of savings thru steam.
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    Video card/PSU advice

    Im upgarding my rig, which is a gateway FX6800. Basically an I7 920, with a crappy mobo (i plan to swap out in the future) Ive got 9 gigs of ram 2 HD's 1 dvdr and currently a 4850 512mb Im looking at upgarding to a Dx11 card that will last me 3-4 years Im thinking the 5850 but...
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    Wii SD Crazy stupid question

    Okay so I need a good sized Sd card to use all the discounted wii points I have. I guess Ill download a bunch of virtual games and fill up some Sd cards, Ive got a crazy question though. When looking for a good SD card I saw all these ones that can be used in a SD slot and in a USB slot. Now...
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    delete me

    Okay guess he was right, delete me
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    Steam froze....my Bank card

    Yep, I jumped on the $19.99 Jedi knight series last week or whatever. The bank authorized the purchase, then Froze the card related to the purchase until I confirmed it. I never received any phone call regarding the matter or anything. I found out my card was frozen by going to Wendys and...
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    Slow boot due to Hot swap?

    I recently purchased a gateway FX6800 from TD. I got it refurbed for $699.00 and will hold me out for at least a year to wait for the x58 mobo prices to coem down and the new line of dx11 cards to come out. http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668210.php Anway the rig has hot swap drive...
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    WTB 1gb sticks 184pin pc3200 or pc2700

    Looking for 3gb total for my older brothers machine. He does a lot of photoshop but he's down on his luck money wise. Might help him over the 512 hes got in it now. Pm me please
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    [H]ot? gateway i7 $699 refurb

    Tiger direct has a refurb gateway i7 setup for $699.00 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4485017&CatId=3478 Gateway FX6800-01E Refurbished Desktop PC - Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz, 3GB DDR3, 750GB HDD, DVDRW, Vista Home Premium 64, HD4850 512mb GPU I...
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    New Gaming Rig

    Building a new gaming rig for current/future games. My old rig wont run Ghostbusters so its time to start lookign into things. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming/web 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1500 shipped 3) Where do you live? Florida 4) What...
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    CRT To LCD under $200 please help

    Hey Im moving from CRT to LCD. My CRT is going fuzzy. Itll go fuzzy for anywhere form a few seconds to an hour or more and randomly go back to normal. Anyway Im running an older rigger AMD 64 3400 3 gigs ram nvidia geforce 7900gs Im looking to spend under $200 for a decent monitor...
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    agp: 6800gt vs 7900gs Help

    Which card is better? I dont really follow parst anymore. I currently have the 6800gt and may get a7900gs to upgarde for a little while, till i build a new rig next summer. Also if i get the 7900gs what drivers are the best for HL2? I read soemthin bout only certain drivers working right...
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    New HD,in older system

    Okay Im lazy. I want to get a new hd and install everything fresh and use the old hard drive for extra storage. Currently the old harddrive has everyhting i need on it. If I install the new hard drive as the master and put the old hard drive (with XP) still on it. Then install XP on the new...
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    FS: 2x 512mb pc3200 ram

    Two sticks of 512mb corsair value select pc3200 184 pin ram. Been in my system for awhile now, work great no problems, no OC'in. My vid card took a dump on my so i order to 1 gig sticks to replace them at the same time. newegg list at $52.99 asking $40 shipped, or possible trade for gaming...
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    new build please help. Im out of loop

    Im out of the loop technology wise. When I built the rig in my sig everything was 'in'. Now i have almost no idea....Anyway My 6800gt died, and ppl are saying build a new rig instead of buying a better agp card so this is what ive put togetehr so far. The rig will be used for general gaming, AA...
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    6800GT died need new agp

    Yep my 6800gt is dieng. Im sitting here with no video drivers installed just sucking the last legs out of it. I need to geta new card so whats the best options out there. Ive been looking at the 7950 but im not sure i want to drop that much dough before completely moving on to a better rig...
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    Hot LCD?

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1338777&sku=S450-8017%20B&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM930C Is this hot? I really want a LCD 16ms aint bad....dont know about the brand though ;) IF I get the rebate sounds good. Or ya think I migth get this with Dell...
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    PCI Card Help

    K here goes...I talked my brother into upgrading his HP...he does photography and needs to make it faster and stuff. So he also wanted a 2.0 USB card. We got this one off newegg for 20 or so. http://www.ppa-usa.com/product_pages/usb/1578.htm I installed it fine but it wont run at 2.0...in the...
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    756mb as 736mb?

    I bought my brother a stick of 512mb pc2100 ram for his HP. I researched his model number and everyhtign and got the ram. Installed it and under the my computer properties and dxdiag its coming up as 736mb of ram instead of the 756mb it should be (he originally had 256mb ram.) I reseated the ram...
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    [H]ot?

    These prices sound too good to be true. OEM software....Theres gotta be a catch somewhere but I havent figured it out....I really want Adobe Photoshop 7 for that price.... What do you guys think? http://babcock.egeldfikii.info/?BQ7aDSB2Fac.TBBsplay
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    Stupid question

    I just got my Grandma's odl HP..I wanna make it alittle better but its really old and crappy..celery 766... Anyway it has old 128mb unbuffered PC100 ram. In the manual it says " All in stalled memory modules must be 168-pin unbuffered SDRAM DIMMS and compliant with the INTEL PC SDRAM...
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    X Connect with free case

    Found this on the bit tech forums but had to post it here. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1055241&CatId=1516 or http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1166081&CatId=1528 compare...
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    Dremel

    Is this a good deal for a Dremel I currently have this One . Which I got as a Christams present last year. Ive already spent a decent amount of money on tools and want to start cutting back (hehe pun) on the cash spending....This Guy has RPM selector of 6500, 10700, 14000 and 22000 RPM. Sounds...
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    Where to buy?

    K I work for a hardware store...(DoitBest...) and cant seem to find C-Strip molding for my case mod.....where can I buy this? Home Depot? Or anyone know of a site I can get it online? C-Strip Molding = Black rubber for edging of sheet metal and various things.... And yes I did a search....
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    Noob Mod: WW2 (lots o Pics)

    Okay....so here goes. This is my first case mod. If all turns out well Im going to put all the components in my sig into this case. Ive been really interested in modding since I found the [H] forums. So I figured why not right? Especially when I found a deal I couldnt pass up on to start with. I...
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    Optimum

    Im curious as to the optimum refresh rate for my Monitor. I have a dell 17" CRT. It has a selectable refresh rate of: 60 Hertz 70 Hertz 72 Hertz 75 Hertz 85 Hertz and 100 hertz. I tried doing a search but nothing, title wise, came up...So, what is the optimum setting, and how will...
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    Lighting

    Hey, as a new modder I got a question for an upcomign mod Im doing..itll be my first... Anyway as a non electrician I hope what i want to do is possible and perhaps someone knows of an incredibly easy way to do it. I just got 2 CC Lights with dual inverters...one red, one green. For the...
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    Dell Os Q

    My moms old DELL had WINME on it...I got smart and bougth her an OEM version of XP for it...so now I have a spare version of ME (yeah I know its crap, but will work in a pinch). Heres the question: Ive read that some Propriety(SP?) OS"s are "tied" into the BIOS. So can I build a new comp and use...
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