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The cheap SSDs thread

Can second I had a lot of trouble with a PNY video card. Finally they provided a vbios update that mostly fixed the issue on the GTX970 with their borked DisplayPort output after first having me mail it in to say “there was no problem.” A month later the update they provided me was made public...
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- Post #1,167
- Dec 27, 2022
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
2019 Toy Sienna

I rented a 2018 Sienna last summer for a trip with the kids and my first impression was "this thing has no business being this fast" After looking it up, it has the same 300+ HP V6 from the Highlander (which weighs 800lbs more) so empty, the Sienna is kind of ridiculous, reminding you how much...
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- Post #5
- Dec 2, 2018
- Forum: The Garage
Makita XT275PT 18V LXT 2-Pc. Combo Kit (5.0Ah) - HD B&M

I wanted to chime in I picked one up in Chicago, IL (Roosevelt location) for $225 after tax. The batteries are absolutely massive at 5Ah. I don't even think I needed two as the non-production work I'll be using them for will likely never exhaust one in a day. That said I am considering selling...
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- Post #2
- Sep 10, 2018
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
Outlook.com Premium $20 per year until June 30

Yes, you can use an existing domain. The real benefit of this deal is Microsoft registers one for free for you in the $20/year price, integrating the MX and record management. I don't think any of that is going to roll into a domain you already own, but what does it cost you $10/year to keep it...
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- Post #16
- May 20, 2017
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
Tax-Dodging Nazi Sovereign Citizen Furries Forced To Cancel Denver Furry Convention. Yes, Really.

The real story: http://dogpatch.press/2017/04/10/rocky-mountain-fur-con-threat/
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- Post #28
- Apr 22, 2017
- Forum: Politics and News
Snes classic incoming.

Although kind of off topic, but this is an 8-bit themes thread now, anyone who lives near Chicago really must visit Headquarters. It's an 8-bit Barcade and everything is on free play. And there is no cover. Reasonably priced booze and underwhelming food. But that's not the point. I mean they...
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- Post #35
- Apr 21, 2017
- Forum: Console Gaming
Snes classic incoming.

Wow, blinking light win, nice! I'm already used to not pushing carts down, game genie being the excuse. Yeah, gotta cheat sometimes, that Konami code only gets you so far... If you guys haven't tried it, I couldn't recommend Caig deoxit more. It's for circuit and electrical connector...
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- Post #29
- Apr 21, 2017
- Forum: Console Gaming
Outlook.com Premium $20 per year until June 30

That's a complicated answer. Microsoft has one of the best spam filtering engines, thanks to their purchase of Frontbridge over a decade ago and their associated algorithms, which I think are more robust at adapting to spam threats than Postini's (who google purchased to create gmail's spam...
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- Post #14
- Apr 20, 2017
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
Snes classic incoming.

You can mail it out to modders for modification or just buy a front loader with composite out and snip the CEC chip ground pin to make the front loader reliable. Lots of options. The best thing about the top loader is the controller for sure. I was turned off by the NES Classic mostly because I...
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- Post #21
- Apr 20, 2017
- Forum: Console Gaming
Outlook.com Premium $20 per year until June 30

I wanted to chime in on a issue I've had with outlook premium. Two issues, in fact, but one quite severe. In essence, this is a consumer version of hosted exchange via Exchange Online P1 ($4/mo) which is slowly being superceeded by Office 365 Small Business Essentials ($6/mo) to include 1TB of...
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- Post #11
- Apr 20, 2017
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
Class Action Lawsuit Targets Subaru Oil Consumption

Not to aid in a revived dead thread, but it's probably worth mentioning Toyota is abandoning their joint-partnership with Subaru and investing a controlling stake in Mazda. This is significant because it shows how let down\one sided the partnership with Subaru was. Arguably the CVT technology...
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- Post #220
- Sep 30, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
Announcing a Q&A and Giveaway with OCZ

What, if anything, has Toshiba done with the Indilinx IP/engineers? Is there a Barefoot successor (i.e. a high performance controller) in the works?
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- Post #6
- Sep 30, 2016
- Forum: Memory and Storage
GB-BXBT-1900 barebones mini-PC (add HDD/SSD, RAM, and OS) $84.99 AR @ Newegg

Got mine, installed Windows 7, upgraded to 10 and wouldn't finish booting final setup stage until I went into bios change changed from win 7 to with 8.x Runs great, faster than I thought it'd be.
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- Post #15
- May 16, 2016
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
The cheap SSDs thread

OCZ Trion 150 480GB $99 First time I've ever seen a 500GB SSD for $100 I installed a Trion 100 240GB and it works fine for my parents PC. OCZ has a great advanced replacement warranty, too...not that I've used it but they can't be worse to deal with than Samsung. The Trion 150 is supposedly...
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- Post #21
- May 16, 2016
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
Mushkin 16GB kit DDR3-1600 CAS11 1.35V $49.99 FS @ Newegg

Back at $47.99 bump. Great deal, got mine back in April and works great in my i5-4690k mixed with a pair of 8GB same CAS Crucial PC3L-1600!
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- Post #9
- May 10, 2016
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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