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NEC DVD +/- RW 4x DVD Recordable Drive $184.99 shipped

Where do people keep getting this idea that DVD +/- RW drives will be less than $100? Take a good look at CDRW + DVD drives. They still retail at $70+. With so many people saying that DVD rewritables will be around $100 soon, Id really like to know where this is coming from. There must be some...
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- Post #14
- Jul 13, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Sony DVD±RW for $200 Shipped (No Rebate/Coupon/Pricematch)

"+R has won the format wars because their the only ones being sold at major retailers". Ive never heard anything so stupid. Theres a reason why these are on sale: Low demand and slow rotation. -R drives are sold as soon as they come in. Theres no reason to put a sale on them. But they have tons...
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- Post #41
- Jul 8, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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DO IT

I would like to see a link to the thread he was relpying to. Curious about this monitor. That would be real constructive. Anyone? Or are the thousands of posts you people do are just smart-axe comments like the one in this thread?
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- Post #19
- May 24, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Warm? Philips Reconditioned Electronics Up to 50% off retail

Thank you snipersheep for putting these people in thier place. How many of you 'senior members' posted crap along the lines of : its a scam, stay away! Give me some examples where refurbished is handled in house and completely certified by the manufacturer. Refurbed crap is ALWAYS subbed out...
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- Post #23
- May 18, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Warm? Philips Reconditioned Electronics Up to 50% off retail

One thing to note here: Companies very rarely handle thier own refurbished products. They bulk them out to other companies. Have you seen alot of homepages with "factory seconds" on them? Most companies dont sell retail direct. With that said, refurbished is exactly what you get, and who you...
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- Post #13
- May 17, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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mATX NF2 mobo

I have been recently looking at microATX boards with NForce2 chipsets. The 4 Im looking at are: Aopen MK79G Biostar M7NCG Leadtek K7NCR18GM Shuttle MN31N Onboard graphics is a high plus. The first 3 are about $100 while the Shuttle is $90 but also has 2 VGA out and firewire. I was...
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- May 16, 2003
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who should control my fans? TruePower, MB or Fanbus?

To clarify: 12V is the Yellow wire. 5V is the red wire. The true power runs its fans according to the temperature it senses. The extar fan wire is yellow because it can send upto 12V, but only sends 12V when the ambient in your case starts getting hot. You really want a rheobus. You should...
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- Post #8
- Apr 29, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Question: I'm sleeving my PSU cables and...?

Yup. Reread my post, and I can see where the tone of arrogance can be read. Wasn't meant to be. From his 2 questions, I understood exactly what he was asking. I also read that what he was asking was perfectly clear to him. cybercelt: The question clearly states that the 2 black wires which...
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- Post #10
- Apr 27, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Question: I'm sleeving my PSU cables and...?

I completely disagree. I recently raped an old PSU for parts, and guess what I found? All of the black wires were tied to the same exact trace-pad on the PSU board. No resistence means no deviance for potential. But different PSUs could have something different. To make sure, just use a...
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- Post #8
- Apr 27, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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warm! newegg refurb Asus A7N266-VM AA(AMD Assured) mobo $39

Manuals dont come with Mobo's anymore. They come on CD, not paper. How hard is it to download the manual from Asus website? By the by, since all of those accessories always end up going into a box Ill never open again, Id trade those accessories away for $35 off anyday. If retail packaging is...
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- Post #36
- Apr 26, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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4.1 Megapixel 3-In-1 Digital Camera $154 ?

MP means image size. It doesnt mean image quality. Obviously, the higher the rez, the better the picture is SUPPOSED to be, but if the camera is a cheap POS then the lens will cuase bluriness, the CCD may be low quality, and you basically end up with a lower REZ anyway. Plus, one of the most...
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- Post #8
- Apr 26, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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CUTTING ACRYLIC

The cutting whell s***s for finish work. Using the cutting bit or a straight routing bit works nicely.
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- Post #7
- Apr 26, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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CUTTING ACRYLIC

Ive been playing recently with acrylic: For table saw: Get a saw blade with with alot of teeth and as little kerf as possible (kerf = how far the cutting teeth stick out from the side of the blade). Most blades will say what they are made for, look for one that says its good for cutting vinyl...
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- Post #2
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Watercooling experts: Do my temps seem high?

2 Things: +9 degrees over ambient is not bad. The higher the ambient, the more of a difference you'll get. Plus, the temp sensors may be accurate for range, but not always accurate to each other. ie- mobo sensor could be off from the cpu sensor by 2 degrees. 1 hint that helps alot is lapping...
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- Post #6
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Will I blow up my Mobo with this fan mod?Help!?

Melt your motherboard? Fist off, I dont think you have anything to worry about your motherboard overheating (unless your system has serious issues). You can run the fans in series, but I can tell you right now, most fans shut-off at 7V. They probably wont even spin. If you want to cut down the...
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- Post #3
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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warm! newegg refurb Asus A7N266-VM AA(AMD Assured) mobo $39

People: This is a micro-ATX motherboard. Dont compare it to anything else. It is also the only one made by a solid company that has NForce220 chipset and GForce video built-in. This is much better than VIA solutions for m-ATX. If I had the cash, I would have gotten one by now. Sigh.
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- Post #13
- Apr 23, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Watercooling basics?

The case modding thread (is it still sticky?) has good info in hte modding area. bit-tech and virtualhideout have forums with very good information also. Bit-tech Virtual-hideout
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- Post #5
- Apr 23, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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possible "water" cooling solution?

A good whetter keeps the system clean and provides better thermal exchange. The vinegar idea is unique, but not as effective. The build-up would cause thermal exchange problems. Not enough to radically effect the system, but since the whetter is the most viable solution (and costs $10 for about...
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- Post #13
- Apr 22, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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check out my case

First: Sweet noogies. Nice. Second (criticism): Your rig is well done, but we need to see the INSIDE! Hehehee. Also, please please please get some black vinyl dye and make the drive faceplates the same color. I know there's a door, but to go through all of that setup, it really should have...
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- Post #18
- Apr 22, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anyone running 2 power supplies in one case

That board is simply prewired. You can make your own easily and cheaply. First: You will want to connect a true ground wire from one PSU case to the other. Second: You take either a 5V(red) or 12V(yellow) lead from one of your molex connectors of main supply and connect it to the coil of a...
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- Post #8
- Apr 22, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Has anyone ever done a entire ThermalRight HeatSink Round-Up?

A comparison of alot of heatsinks. Including thermalrite.
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- Post #10
- Apr 15, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Sunbeam Rheobus question.

The reason why Im asking is because Im designing a rheobus that adjusts from 7V to 11.3V that will dim/fade ultra bright red/blue LEDs with an acrylic faceplate and knobs. Parts will be in next week. I will have to play around with resistence values to get the dimming effect matched with the...
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- Post #3
- Apr 15, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Sunbeam Rheobus question.

Im wondering (from those of you who have this product), does the Sunbeam Rheobus LEDs slowly change color as you turn the nob, or do they switch from one color to the other? I mean, does it just noticably switch from red to blue, or do you get a dimming/fading efect with some purple somewhere in...
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- Apr 15, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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15 fans, overkill?

If you read the original post, he DOESNT list the CPU and GPU fans. In total he's got more than 15. More like 18.
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- Post #12
- Apr 15, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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People with SunBeam Fan Controller, please jump in here!

I dont have one of these units, but here's my guess: If you can see the devices inside, let me know the numbers. The LM317 could be one culprit. Another is using TIP32 device. Most of these devices work on PNP gate, and have a 0.7V drop in voltage to 'turn on'. Either way, the LEDs should not...
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- Post #23
- Apr 14, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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This rheobus?

I think it should be noted that most 12V fans will 'shut-off' at around 7V anyway. Ive been designing my own homebrew adjustable bus and 3 of the fans Ive used for testing all stop spinning at around 6-7 volts. Most common fans are around .2 Amps. That gives 2.4 watts. If you have fans with...
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- Post #6
- Apr 14, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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15 fans, overkill?

I read the post, and the guy doesn't seem to be trying for overkill. He truly beleives he needs these fans. First off, he probably doesnt have good cable management and thats why adding so many fans gives him better cooling temps. But lets say this guy installs all of these fans correctly (close...
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- Post #7
- Apr 14, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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water cooling completed!!

Some better clarification: Car anti-freeze: Stabilizes temperature range for auto-motives and has additives to help stop corrosion caused from mixed metal contact. Will do the job, but the least recommended. Wetter: Main purpose is anti-corrosion for mixed metal system, but most have thermal...
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- Post #10
- Apr 8, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Dynapower Model# METIS CS-I3ASB.701 (Silver Black) ATX MID-TOWER CASE w/ 300W POWER SUPPLY - 2 x USB RETAIL

I ordered one last week to replace bad PSU for an old cele system my dad uses. Its a good looking case. Has alot of bays. Not 'finger-friendly' though, alot of sharp edges and mostly riveted construction. The mobo backplate doesnt always line-up the greatest, but thats not a big deal. Tested PSU...
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- Post #8
- Apr 1, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Ultimate lighting: 48000 mCand LED lighting?

Thoughts?
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- Post #2
- Mar 30, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Best Buy, March 30-April 5

For those who want to chance getting the Ti4200 8X 128MB PNY card: Your best chance is to make sure the box does NOT have the little yellow sticker on the front right that says "64MB cruches 128MB performance". It only makes sense to leave the sticker off if your gonna be putting in a 128MB...
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- Post #10
- Mar 30, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Good mid-tower that hides cd-roms (and no window)?

Why dont you just buy whatever case you like, and stealth the cdrom door? Stealth: Take one of your 5 1/2" bay covers, and cutoff the tabs. Recess your cdrom back about 1/4" and doubleside tape the baycover to the cd tray. You can always eject it through media player or some such.
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- Post #16
- Mar 29, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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this is some crazy cooling

The fan could still run. The oil is non-conductive, so basically everything can still work as normal. The only reason to have the fan on would be to cycle the oil in that area a little. Its not the best cooling solution though. You would need a very high rate of circulation of that oil in order...
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- Post #13
- Mar 29, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ultimate lighting: 48000 mCand LED lighting?

I was puttering around, and happened upon this by accident: Exit light conversion kit Its a 120VAC Exit sign conversion kit. 48000 milliCandella brightness. Your average LED puts out <1000mC, ultra bright around 2000mC, and those Lazer LED kits are rated for around 3000 mC. 120VAC? Go to Home...
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- Thread
- Mar 29, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Warm: Zalman heatpipe for $25 @svc.com

Link Getting cheaper.
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- Thread
- Mar 29, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Watercooling or vapercooling?

Syborg, what OddTsi means is that the actual cooler (the prometeia) is $600. What you have priced is $200 for lian-li with hole cut in bottom for you, $159 for an aluminum base that matches lain-li case, and the $50 AMD coolerblock. The actual cooling unit is still $600 that you will need to buy...
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- Post #4
- Mar 27, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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PSU +5v Question (also, choose/find me a good psu (price/performance))

Here The L&C 350 has proven to be a good PSU. It is simple and well designed. The components used are highly rated. But on the other hand, its simple design also has some drawbacks. Theres only one fan, which is all it needs. But some case modders would turn their noses at just that alone...
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- Post #3
- Mar 26, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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How big is infinity?

The different sizes of 'infinities' mostly deals with sets and series. But consider this: A set (or series) contains bounded information. Example, X={all integers}={1,2,3,4,5,...}. Y={all prime integers}={1,2,3,5,7,11,13,...}. Both sets go inot infinity. But if you took X, and removed Y from...
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- Post #77
- Mar 26, 2003
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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ATX Case w/300watt Midtower $33.00 Shipped

by movinslow: Good point movinslow. I got it mainly for a P2 300 cele system. I was more concerned with price than anything else. Once I get the case, I'll update here and give my own review. (And I wont be biased cause I bought the case. Crap is crap. If it was a bad buy, Ill warn other people.)
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- Post #12
- Mar 26, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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ATX Case w/300watt Midtower $33.00 Shipped

This one @newegg for $30 free shipping. Just got one for parents puter. PSU died, and this was just as cheap as getting the replacement PSU + shipping.
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- Post #6
- Mar 25, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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