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    HTPC vs the Wife

    The goal is to get a home system set up so that I can ditch the Tivo unit. Problem is Tivo is very easy to use plus I can get all my cable channels and record anything I want off of cable. My currect Tivo contract is coming up for renewal in Nov. 2010. And I would like to ditch it because I...
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    Little help with Zotac H55-ITX

    installing this M/B in an Origen M10 which has basically a pico 150 p/s. Using an I3 - 540 cpu along with ( I have now tried 2 sets of memory now Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 & Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333) in...
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    Finally Available H55 m-itx

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500043&cm_re=h55-_-13-500-043-_-Product Been waiting for this to become available in the states so that I could finally put my system together. Just shocked that no one else posted this on the forum, because I'm always the last to...
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    Why Wait for i3?

    according to this article if I'm reading it right. the only reason to get an i3 or i5 is for HD- audio passthrough? http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/01/25/intel-gma-hd-graphics-performance/7 In fact the 9300/9400 chip is better in some area's. Your thoughts?
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    How Much computer do I need?

    As you can tell from my sig. this is my current set up. I have for the past 3 month only played WOW with some modern warfare thrown in. However while playing WOW I have a laptop beside me to surf the internet for info or to watch DVD's. Well now my wife wants my laptop. Other than buying another...
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    Bottlenecked?

    If I was going to upgrade any part of my sig. should it be the video card or upgrade the cpu and motherboard, to say an I7 + x58. I use my desktop to game primarily. Games I play: Crysis, Fallout 3, COD 4, Cod: world at war, BF 2142 plus and new game coming out this year. I like to run at...
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    New Macbook Pro (impressions + help)

    Just received my new MacBook Pro 15", 2.53 w/4 gigs of ram. Just wanted to let everyone know WOW I'm glad I purchased it. My last notebook is a Dell XPS M170 prior to that an Inspiron 8600. Both are leg cookers even just surfing the net. Plus the leg would go numb after awhile from the...
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    Project Kilrathi

    Well here goes nothing. I have been building my own computers for about 10 years. In fact I have probably built like 10 computers (a computer a year, man the wife gets mad at me). However I have never tried to mod a box. Enter the Rogue from NZXT. small but not too much so, with good air...
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    Quieting the beast

    Not that my system is a killer system as you can tell from my sig but with a little OCing it not bad either. If you happened to read any of my posts regarding the noisy PCP&C 750 and whether or not its enough to power my system. Which in general the consensus being that it is. However my...
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    Tired of the Heat

    ;) I am getting tired of my office being at least 15 degrees hotter than the rest of the house. So I decided to do something. I didn't want to buy room A/C so I decided to mount a radiator under the house to cool my computer. So here is my current set up this set up has served me well...
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    Silverstone 0p1200

    anyone tested this? I called silverstone won't hit the markets until the end of the month. Just hoping that someone has some connections that they might have gotten their hands on one. Its not like I need the power for my system, I'm just looking for something quiet. initial specs show 24...
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    Kill-A-Watt question

    Question now that I know how many watts my system draws AC wise (345 at load) and let say my PC P&C 750 is 80% efficient. How many Watts then is my system pulling DC on a 12v side? Can I assume then that my system is only pulling 500 - 600 watts from the 750 power supply? which is more...
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    The experiement

    I just put together this system, some parts I have had since 2004 the case, matrix orbital along with the water cooling component's and also the DVD recorder a plextor 716. I just added the M/B, the Raptors, Video card, sound card, a new water pump ( which is a world of difference in how...
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