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  1. Optix

    Borderlands Buster - i5 Mid-Range Build Log

    For the sake of time this is going to be an "accelerated" build log. We all know how the various components install and what we really want are the money shots so here they are. Motherboard and power supply installed... H100 prepped and ready... The finished product... I decided to...
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    Borderlands Buster - i5 Mid-Range Build Log

    Ok, the final few parts arrived and I'm ready to get building. Front and centre is the MSI Z77A-GD55 motherboard, a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue hard drive for storage and the small box in front is a Silverstone CP09 USB3.0 external to internal converter seeing how Corsair did not release a...
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    Borderlands Buster - i5 Mid-Range Build Log

    Thanks to my loving wife who coughed up some father's day cash I'm finally able to pull the trigger on my next system after selling my i3 budget rig last November. For those who don't know me that well, I've been without games for far too long. *twitch, twitch* The first batch arrived...
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    Who's seen the new Cosmos II case?

    Cooling really wasn't that great in it. I'd take a Level 10 GT before one of these. It was a good case but the Level 10 just felt more polished and provided better out-of-the-box cooling.
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    Who's seen the new Cosmos II case?

    Putting anything smaller than an ATX motherboard is a total waste of money. Then again, if you're buying a Cosmos II you must have money to burn so it probably doesn't matter.
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    Who's seen the new Cosmos II case?

    Uh, if you think that's bad you should check out this...
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    ASUS smears GIGABYTE?

    MSI! Well, shortly! Yeah, ASRock has really come out of nowhere. Before they were just a low-end branch of ASUS but management split and they became a separate entity. Now they're putting out some really hardcore offerings. Their Extreme series of motherboards for the various sockets are...
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    Who's seen the new Cosmos II case?

    I sweat from answering the phone so moving it from where it was being built to where it was being photographed was a true workout.
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    Who's seen the new Cosmos II case?

    I didn't take any measurements to see where Cooler Master started since I was too busy using four letter words and throwing out my back each time I had to move it. This... ...nearly killed me!
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    GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2 Review

    I'll kick the bee's nest - have you used one of GIGABYTE's X79 boards yet?
  11. Optix

    Snoop uses MAINGEAR

    It is just me or does it look completely clueless? It's almost as if he's trying to find where the blunts and bitches pop out of.
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    GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2 Review

    I'm really late getting in on this but it's about damn time that GIGABYTE put out a proper EFI. None of this hybrid crap. Didn't the company say at one point they didn't want to rush an interface built overtop of a cooker cutter EFI from another company so they launched their own EFI...
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    UPS fail

    I am writing to phone you about your shipment. Can't construct a sentence AND they destroy your shit mid-shipment.
  14. Optix

    Smartass in the family

    If that's true then people who cut themselves are barking up the wrong tree. Figure out what makes your body release anti-depressants! What can I cut, hit or nurple that will release serotonin? Cutting yourself releases blood and eye rolls in your direction.
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    Random Craigslist Finds

    I think I've read this guy's hardware reviews on Newegg before!
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    Smartass in the family

    Hahaha! Hardly. That's the first bit of talent I've seen on Facebook in years. Usually it's full of close up glamour shots of 17 year old kids who think they're hot as balls or that their parents don't understand them. Not much talent there unless your talent is being an attention whore...
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    Micron's CEO, Steve Appleton, Dies in Small Plane Crash

    I hate flying. If something happens you're pretty much a stain on the ground. Sad news though.
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    What's Stopping You From Purchasing an SSD?

    After biting the bullet and using one for close to a year I can't use anything else for my boot drive. Sorry, I -won't- use anything else for my boot drive. I know that some are still complaining about the cost/GB but once you've used one that argument won't hold any water.
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    Egypt football clash kills at least 73

    It's only going to get worse, folks. People wonder why I'm such a recluse sometimes. I have this to point to as another reason.
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    Hot Deal on an Intel 320 Series 80GB SSD - $70 After MIR!

    If this were a SATA3 drive I'd be all over it like the ugly girl at lights on after a dozen brews. Even still, it would make a great OS drive. I was able to survive for about a year on a 60GB SSD as my boot drive, but then again my usage is pretty defined. Too bad us Canucks aren't getting a...
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