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    Find Tharic-Nar An Avatar!

    I've decided to dodge work as much as possible today and was just messing around here in the forums when I noticed that Jamie aka Tharic-Nar aka Foot-Long-Freddy (interested ladies?) doesn't have an avatar. It's time to help him out so post up what you think would be a good choice...
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    2011 Canadian Federal Election Results

    Let me start by saying, I'm not a die hard Conservative voter. If someone could do a better job, I'd vote for them. With that out of the way, WOOHOO! Now we can forget all of this coalition bullshit and childish infighting and get on with running the country. 4 elections in 7 years? WTF...
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    "Hardcore" Gaming Products Make Me LOL

    While trying to dodge work today I came across the following... When getting shit faced for real just won't do... and... Don't be "that guy" yelling for health or power pots half way through a raid. 'Cause energy drinks and electronics REALLY go well together. Get...
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    Super Slow OS Loading, Missing DVD Drive & More!

    Ok, Things were peachy until I switched over my gear for an upcoming review. The only change was that the 640GB drive was put in a hot swap bay and the DVD drive is a special slim drive provided for the review. Here is what I'm seeing: - Insanely slow loading of Windows 7. The glowing...
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    The Official "I'm Pumped About Battlefield 3" Thread

    Woah, momma! Here we go again! http://www.ea.com/battlefield3/videos/bf3-teaser Prone position (should never have been left out!), fighter jets and 'splodeable terrain are all here! I'm tempted to pre-order this bad boy! Anybody else excited? I'll keep putting up info as I find it and...
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    Excited About Skyrim? Not Like This!

    I can't let Jamie have all the LOLZ. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c9eGtyqz4gY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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    Techgage Chat - The Best Of The Worst!

    Rob, Jakal and I were yaking it up in Techgage chat last night and the LOLZ were flying left and right so in the spirit of one of my favorite sites, bash.org, I figured it would be a good (or bad) idea to start a thread where people could post snippets of the conversations. There's a good...
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    DP55WG - Error 27

    This has been a two part problem: My friend has a DP55WG but can't boot fully. The POST screen with the Intel logo comes up for a split second, the screen goes dark and then comes up again for a split second before moving onto the Windows loading screen. The loading screen comes up for a...
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    Epic Mealtime

    Just as the title says, it's epic but oh so wrong. http://www.youtube.com/user/EpicMealTime Their newest creation, the Sloppy Roethlisberger, is a 100,000 calorie abomination.
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    Need A Memory Upgrade?

    If you are, today is your lucky day! 2x4GB kits for under $50! I'm tempted to buy another 1600mhz G.Skill ECO kit! http://www.directcanada.com/search/?kw=ddr3%202x2gb
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    P55 Motherboard Suggestions

    So I just tripped over a 2nd 6850 and want to get my feet wet running two cards for the first time. The H55 board that I'm using now limits the 2nd PCI-E slot to x1 so that just won't do. What board(s) would you recommend keeping in mind that I need to carry over my current CPU, keep USB 3.0...
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    If price is any inidication of performance...

    ...I want this! http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=2667134543M&vpn=ZT-20110-10P&manufacture=Zotac
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    I tripped over some money!

    Well, I didn't really trip over it so much as I was given a bonus at work in the form of a card that I can redeem for a gift card from different stores. Immediately my head goes straight to something for my rig. What to do? I could go with a new processor but anything worth while above my...
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    Gamer Alignment Chart

    I thought we could all use a laugh at something that is totally true, whether we want to admit it or not. :D
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    Since When Did ECS Get Hardcore?

    P67H2-A = 3 PCie x16 + Lucid Hydra, DDR3-2133, SATA 6Gbps, 8 channel HDA, dual Gb LAN. It looks pretty bad ass to boot! I'm not sure if this qualifies as news but maybe I should have titled it "ECS Steps Out Of The Stone Ages". This should give the big guys a run for their money!
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    If A GPU & A NIC Had A Baby...

    ...this would be it! I don't know why but I think this is awesome except for the fact that when your video card dies out of warranty or you need to get a new one simply due to lacking performance you are on the hook to buy a new NIC or go back to onboard.
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    ZOMGSPLODINGPANTS!!! LOLZ!!!

    You know the developers of Fall Out: New Vegas went off their nut when they tested this for the first time. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c-EyjDK4dx8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param...
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    Intel To Take Over Nvidia?

    There have been a lot of rumors going around lately about the state of Nvidia. One such rumor caused a late rally in Nvidia's share price earlier this month according to Bloomberg.com. There's no doubt that Intel did a belly flop into the kiddy pool with what could have been a great...
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    Medal of Honor (PC)

    For those of you who have not read Rob's review, you can check it out here. My review is going to put a bit of a different spin on things. I'm not a hardcore gamer by any stretch of the imagination. Aside from Borderlands my last first person shooter was Quake II waaaay back in '98 on Heat...
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    I Have A Virus!!!

    Made you look but I have caught a bug. The hockey bug! I haven't paid attention to hockey at all since Steve Yzerman retired. I grew up watching that guy turn people inside out and when he announced his retirement I actually got misty eyed. Go figure. Someone on another forum had...
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