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Vantec Tornado

as ariafrost said, a controller such as the Zalman fanmate will allow you to adjust, fanmate shouldn't cost you more than $5 or so.
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- Post #8
- Mar 28, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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X-files $30 off any 3 seasons

Best Buy are running the X-files promotion again with $15 off any two or $30 off any 3 seasons. This includes the larger boxed sets as well as the newer slim boxed sets. This makes the latest 3 seasons (4, 5 and 6) in the slim boxes $27.99 + tax EACH if you buy all 3. This worked for me in...
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- Mar 28, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Intel Conroe

Both Apple and Dell are with Intel because of deep discounts first, and its ability to produce chips second. I can understand that Dell has been hankering after a chip that actually performs well compared to Opteron, especially after Itanic. Apple is a portable whore, and IBM was never going to...
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- Post #19
- Mar 8, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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6800gt vs 6800gs

Not to thread-jack or anything, but if I friend was to offer me a 6800gt agp for less than I could buy a 6800gs, then it wouldn't be a big mistake?
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- Post #6
- Mar 7, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Antec Solution case $30 AR Fry's B&M

This can hold ATX or mini. I picked one of these cases up yesterday after seeing the newspaper ad. The construction is a little thin, and getting in and out of it is quirky (two thumbscrews release the top panel which needs to be removed before you can slide the side panel off - vertically), but...
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- Post #9
- Feb 25, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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7900 AGP?

Hey, I'll take X1800/X1900 in AGP if no 7900, not fussy which :D
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- Post #9
- Feb 21, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7900 AGP?

So everyone said it wouldn't happen, but many of us have seen them with our own eyes - yes, the 7800GS. How long before we'll get our HDR-capable, SM3.0 7900 in AGP without having too many pipes disabled?
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- Thread
- Feb 20, 2006
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Cheap & reliable case recommendations

Any ideas for a cheap case without the stupid vacuum on the side but with a fan mount to blow across the hard drive? I'm figuring that bumps the price into more aggressive territory?
- AthlonPowers
- Post #7
- Feb 1, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Cheap & reliable case recommendations

Thanks again for your suggestions... I'll take a good look at all of 'em.
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- Post #6
- Jan 31, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Cheap & reliable case recommendations

Can anyone recommend a cheap but reliable ATX case? I'm building a PC for a buddy with spare parts I have around and the case is the only thing I don't have. Don't want to spend much on it if I don't have to, but $50 or so is about my limit. It's for an ol' Athlon T-bird, so needs a good...
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- Thread
- Jan 30, 2006
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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hdtv snobs... i dont understand this.

Standard DVD players are 480i - always have been, always will be. Progressive scan DVD players deinterlace the 480i to 480p. Many of the new $100+ players (and some below) perform upconversion to 720 or 1080i. This is just interpolation between the real pixels to "enhance" the picture, with...
- AthlonPowers
- Post #36
- Jan 27, 2006
- Forum: TVs
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HOT? 19" Xerox Widescreen LCD Monitor 299.99 @ OD

I took a look at one of these Xerox displays in my local OD, though I forget the model number. It was a 19" widescreen for $349. It looks nice, but as always all the screens have poor color characteristics in-store (same signal split across 10 or so displays). One interesting thing I noticed is...
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- Post #26
- Jan 21, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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how do you flash a pc video card to work in a mac?

Do a google search for strangedogs and 9800 or x800 and you should find it. Some PC cards are flashable with a Mac ROM, but the Mac ROM was typically larger, so you have to be careful which PC card you buy. Drivers aren't usually a problem on the Mac so long as the card has existed as either...
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- Post #7
- Jan 1, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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MSI Neo2 plat.....want dual core!

Depends on how much encoding you do compared to gaming. If you're gaming 90% of the time, it wouldn't be worth the drop. If you encode > 50% of the time, then it might be.
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- Post #4
- Dec 26, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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anyone can play 1080p movie smoothly?

Plays perfectly smoothly on a PowerMac G5, even with a lowly Radeon 9600 :)
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- Post #43
- Dec 17, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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