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If you have an Audigy2 or X-Fi, go buy a DVD-Audio disc of something you like.

Or you could buy a $10 VCR at Walmart and use its tuner with an antenna.

The BB coupon says markdowns taken from regular prices, so you probably got lucky if you got the 10/12% off the sale price. Regular price is $2k and current sale price is $1800, so 10% off the regular price wouldn't save you anything anyway.

Yep, same issue here, and the tray has holes in it so it'll fubar an optical mouse if you don't use some sort of pad. DOH!

As others have said, in spite of the looks the desk is quite sturdy. The metal parts are mostly tubular (or rectangular) steel and the top is thick tempered glass. You CAN put the keyboard tray on either side, that was something I was concerned about as well.

Mine came with that too, it's actually fairly small (like maybe 10"x10"x14"), designed for holding those um...hanging file folders I guess you'd call them. It's just sitting in my closet, but I guess it's not bad if you have some folders or paperwork you want to store and no filing cabinet.

Allegedly one of my local Best Buys has the 42" in stock. I'll be tempted to buy it if they go on good sale again, they've been $1800+ for a while now. I could still use an HDTV and the Westy is potentially a great deal at 42" (and I don't have room for anything much bigger).

Not bad even at $99, I have one I paid the $150ish for and it's pretty nice. No drawers or storage, but plenty of surface area and it's fairly sturdy - I have my old 17" CRT on the corner piece.

I bought mine last year for $80 - 40 MIR. Never got the rebate, but it's still a nice case (if a little short from front to back, PSU is awfully close to my optical drive). Good case, careful with the CompUSA rebate though...

Probably a decent deal, a no brainer if you want 1080p unless you're willing to wait for it to be cheaper. There's a lot of competition in 42" displays but it's all about price/performance, what you'll use it for, and what display you like the picture of best. The 1080p may be nice for future...

Well shit. I think my motherboard has fried, whole computer just shut down in the middle of a game Thursday night and I couldn't power the system up again. Tried all kinds of things, and I don't have enough spare hardware to narrow it down 100%, but it's looking like either the mobo or the BIOS...

RAM nirvana BIOS would be good. I just got my 2 gigs of G.Skill PC4000 (the stuff with the black heatspreader). It's running fine right now @ 260 and advertised timings, but unfortunately in single channel only. I can't get the board to POST if either stick is in either of the two slots closest...

With temps like that, you could always physically touch the heatsink (ground yourself to the case first) and see whether it feels warm/hot to the touch, it should be fairly warm. If it's not, it's probably safe to assume that either you don't have proper contact between the heatsink and CPU or...

Looks like jab-tech has quit selling the standard Ninja and only has the plus, which is the same thing with a fan. Used to be $36 for a Ninja and $4 for a 120mm Yate Loon. The Plus is $43+shipping at jab-tech. For mine, shipping ran around $6-7 because it's somewhat heavy. Plus...

Bought a SuperLanboy case from CompUSA last fall, it was sale-price $80 with a $40 MIR. Paid the $80, sent in all the rebate stuff, never got the rebate. It's the only one in recent memory I haven't gotten, and there have been a lot. Didn't follow up on it because I had sent in a couple...