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    ROB LOOK FOR ME ON IRC

    Rob, we gotta catch up. My life has been fubar and crawling back out from under my rock. Will log on to IRC as soon as I read the stickies and figure it out again. We gotta have a private chat...
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    Heatsink testing methodology

    Hey guys, I figured I post this up there so we can continue the discussion about Techgage's heatsink testing methodology. I promise I will not close this thread or moderate posts. Let's keep the discussion civil and we can all learn something (including me). My views on a synthetic bench...
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    Heatsink suggestions for review

    OK guys, after the last thread went south, I am gonna try one more time. Here are the 4 simple rules: 1. ONLY POST HEATINK NAMES/BRANDS YOU WANT TO SEE REVIEWED. 2. ALL OTHER POSTS WILL BE DELETED. 3. IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS TESTING METHODOLOGY PLEASE START YOUR OWN THREAD. IT WILL NOT BE...
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    Where are all the Fermi haters now?

    Well, as the launch of Fermi nears, the level of hatred around the web towards Nvidia seems to exponentially multiply daily. The same people that a mere 3 months ago told us how superior GTX 260/275/280/285/295 was are now the ones in the front of the mob holding the torches to burn the dreaded...
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    Looking for suggestions for heatsinks to review

    Hey guys, I am getting a list together of the parts I think people want to see tested and thought it would be very wise to ask our readers as to which ones they want to see. Please post you suggestions and comments as well. I am looking for as much feedback as possible here.
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    Good video capture software

    Hey Guys and gals, I'm looking for something I can use to capture video on my PC from a USB 2.0 capture device. It came with Ulead 8 software but that does leave something to be desired. The machine doing the work is a Windows 7 64 bit laptop. Any suggestions? PS: My capture device is the...
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    Happy New Years!!!!

    Just wanted to be the first poster of the New Year! I hope everything you planned went well last year and that the new year brings all of you much success and happiness.
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    Merry Christmas!

    Since you bunch of scrooges haven't started a Merry Christmas thread, I figured I would. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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    Dell 2709W thoughts

    OK, it was on sale for $599 and free shipping a few days ago. My credit card was feeling lonely so I decided to have some fun for me and pick this thing up, especially since I can Ebay it easily for more than I paid for it. To me, the 1920X1200 resolution with this screen size sounds excellent...
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    Has Nvidia made the PhysX PCI card worthy???

    Well guys, what do you think? Now that the current Nvidia lineup includes built in Ageia PhysX technology, are there going to be games coming to finally support the PCI PhysX cards properly as well? Does this make these cards actually worth something again? I am really intrigued by the...
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    Enthusiasts should avoid the 780G platform

    My PC recently died and I found myself needing something with some good power on a very strict budget. I started poking around and I remembered that nice new chipset from AMD, the 780G. It was advertised as a fantastic overclocker with exceptional graphics capabilities, for an IGP system that...
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    VISTA SP1 more secure than MAC OSX 10.5.2

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Finds-Irony-in-Mac-OS-X-Getting-Hacked-Before-Vista-SP1-82135.shtml Read it and weep Mac fans. You're supposedly more secure OS is easier to hack now too. There seems to be less and less reasons to buy them every day. One note to you Linux fans, that...
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    My Antec 900 Internal water cooling project

    OK, I promised pictures of this once I got it all installed. I finished it up yesterday and just got finished leak testing for ~20hrs. I removed the drive cages and installed the MCR220 radiator up front with the 2 fans pulling through it. On the backside of the cage, I mounted a MCP355 and I...
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    Q9300 is available

    Tigerdirect.ca is price gouging accordingly for $365.99 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3584440&sku=CP2-DUO-Q9300 The same CPU in the US is $299 from the same place...
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    Need opinions on new speakers

    OK, my Logitech Z680's are going into duty for my TV :( so I need opinions on a good 2.0/2.1 set of speakers. I am SOOOOO tempted to jump on the Z5500's on tigerDirect.ca for $290 shipped, but after my latest purchase of the QX9650, the budget is ultra tight. Here's my short list in order of...
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    ASUS Xonar now has EAX 5.0 support

    ASUS just released a BETA driver with EAX 5.0 support! To make a long story short, I am building a new system for myself tonight and will be installing and testing this driver. All I can say is that I am so happy I bought this card.
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    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas to everyone!!
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    Any Anti-Virus software out there better than AVG

    OK, I am getting viruses and I am getting even more pissed off. I am quite certain that my cogeco.ca email address let them in since I don't go to bad places and I don't download stuff other than drivers and such. I have been getting emails quite regularly lately that are not even to my email...
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    Good media player for Linux Ubuntu

    Well, I finally took the plunge and went to Linux. Now I need a good media player, any suggestions?
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    Q6600 price drop

    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=22211&vpn=BX80562Q6600&manufacture=Intel&promoid=1042 I am still in shock AND mourning over this price. I spent nearly $250 for my processor when it came out only to watch that price fall by nearly $125. I don't even want to look at online prices...
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