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I am in like Flynn.

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Can't justify upgrading from the 875K to a 2600K; the performance delta just isn't that great.

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Honestly, it's much more important that you can do something than that you are certified to do something. Agreed. I'm a user support manager for about 1100 users, with 8 techs under my watch across the country. None of them have an A+ certification, and only one of them has a couple MCP tests under...

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Noctua NH-U12P

Quiet, solid mounting and very effective.

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TigerDirect has always been a rip-off house. If my memory serves, they were even busted on shipping used/refurbished parts as new back in the day. Newegg isn't perfect, and they've gotten worse since they went public--higher prices, listing prices after rebate instead of before, etc., but I run my f...

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Maybe, but it doesn't bother you that signs point to the products still being overpriced? They're not overpriced; if they were, Apple wouldn't be able to sell them. It's the fundamentals of market behavior in action. If someone perceives the value of an Apple product to be worth that premium, they'...

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Yeah, is it any good? Was thinking about buying this myself...though I've still not finished Call of Pripyat.

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What sucks for those that prefer ergonomic keyboards is the poor selection of ergo keyboards with mechanical keyswitches - it's rubber dome or bust, mainly - and most of the exceptions cost $500. I agree; would love to have a Unicomp that had the ergonomic split done the way the original Microsoft ...

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As for Kyle, his GPU reviews have been irrelevant for years, because their methodology is not comparable with anyone else's, so it's hard to make decisions based off their tests.

Exactly. It's like an alternate universe where logic and objectivity don't exist over there.

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I'm hoping some good texture mods come out for this shortly; the graphics are something of a disappointment compared to the Priobi Story mod.

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Antec Three Hundred, hands down. Tasteful design, quality innards.

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There are maybe 20 million people who live in Big Cities, and by that I mean cities with over 1 million people. That's just about 5% of the US population. I wouldn't even count Washington, DC as a Big City because a significant part of the 'city' is green, suburban, and distinctly less crowded than...

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This statement is ignorant for two reasons: 1) Crime statistics disagree with you, and 2) "everyone and their mother" owning guns doesn't mean that they use them illegally (see point 1). Really? Head on over to the FBI's UCR data and you'll see that NYC's violent crime rate is the same as...

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Just bought it a minute ago after finishing the demo.

Is it blasphemous to say that I genuinely enjoy it more than I ever enjoyed Diablo?

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And everyone knows that eventually, your Windows install will become somewhat broken, and hence, a re-install is needed, and chances are that something that used to work will not work the same, if at all. I've not done an in-place reinstallation of Windows since ME. If you're reinstalling on a regu...

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I'm lovin' it myself.

That said, I loved Vista, despite all that is said around.

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Just wanted to chime in about lovin' some Steam action--reloaded the new Core i7/5870 system today with my W7Pro build and Steam is happily in the background downloading my ArmA2, Fallout 3, and Red Orchestra. Impulse is also downloading Sins of a Solar Empire and Entrenchment. No searching for disc...

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I just bought a 5870 today, mostly for STALKER: Call of Pripyat (DX11 game) and speeding up ArmA2 (will take all the GPU horsepower you can throw at it and then some).

No regrets.

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Microsoft seems to be on a roll recently.

I have a feeling that will become more apparent as W7 and associated products hit the market in force.

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It takes longer to navigate to the correct folder level on breadcrumb than to click "up" 1/2/3/4/5 times.

In what universe is that possible? Have you even used the breadcrumb tool?

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The reason I don't get viruses is because I'm smart about my computer use

Then why do you reload the OS once or twice a year? I just don't understand this behavior.

I haven't reloaded an OS (other than for complete rebuilds) since 98SE.

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I thought it had that accomplishment feeling to it. You were dropped in the outskirts of nowhere, and when you got somewhere, you actually felt you've been through ****, and accomplished something. That, plus the the atmosphere is just awesome, with the weather, music, and all the broken people. An...

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Agreed on the difference in Vista and W7 repair restores and their respective success rates. W7 just has a better implementation for the occasional boot problem than Vista. Scorpiuscat, I suggest you read this. http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/08/mic ... ss-galore/ Are we really taking at face value...

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Create a short cut that opens the Computer location. Or better yet... use Jump Lists.

That's what I did; seems to work just fine.

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eBay has refurbished Samsung 245T (PVA panel) monitors under $400.

Picked one up there myself a number of months ago. Good deal.

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so in win7 it takes at least 10 clicks and a number of less than intuitive menus to share a simple folder. What are you talking about? Once you've setup the Homegroup, it's only two clicks--right click on the folder, left click on either Read or Read/Write. That's pretty intuitive, and pretty damn ...

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I like gadgets on the desktop. Coupled with Aero Peek, it's way better than the sidebar. I agree. Peek is a very cool feature and makes Gadgets much easier to use. I also like the thumbnail/application preview lists--makes having huge numbers of web pages easy to navigate. Also glad they kept the b...

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The Noctua fans rule, they move a ton of air and are really very quiet.
A little expensive, though.

Agreed on all points.

I also use EBM/Papst, when I can find them.

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And they'll be pushing Opera, that POS browser.

Hey, Opera--if your product is free and no one is using it, that should tell you something.

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I think that just going for a memory upgrade and a the HD 4670 is the right move. It will be way under your allotted budget. But at 1440x900, you should be fine. Save the rest of the money for later use. As long as you leave off AA/AF (of keep them low) you will be fine on medium-high settings on t...

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