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Refurbished: VIZIO 60" 1080p 120Hz LCD TV $700 shipped

Not true. In most cases, you are getting a severely limited warranty compared to new. Typically, instead of 1-2 years, you get 1-3 months. The value of the warranty is figured into the price, and while refurbed are usually cheaper, you also are not getting the warranty. If you factor the...
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- Post #8
- Jul 23, 2014
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Wish Haswell or another CPU would be released already!

Unless I have missed something in the last week, aren't we all pretty much aware that Haswell will be released the first week of June, and then, if early reports are accurate, we need to wait until July to get the next stepping without the USB 3.0 bug. I don't think anyone believes that it will...
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- Post #11
- Mar 10, 2013
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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[DEAD]Chase Freedom 300$ back after spending 500$

I was told by a Chase Branch Manager that the rewards are retroactive to all purchases made back to the first day of the quarter as long as you enroll for the 5% at some time during the three month period.
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- Post #110
- Mar 11, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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How can I use/connect my case's USB 3.0 with a MB that has only 2 I/O USB ports?

HOLD THE PHONE... Would this work? USB 3.0 Box Header 20pin to Box Header 20pin Male Adapter http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10314&cs_id=1031403&p_id=8163&seq=1&format=2 Nippon Labs 3 ft. USB 3.0 A Male to A Male Cable...
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- Post #8
- Jan 24, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I use/connect my case's USB 3.0 with a MB that has only 2 I/O USB ports?

Ya, I could do that or wait until there are more options or cheaper prices for PCI cards, but since it is a gift, I kind of wanted it to be fully functional. It looks like my only options are the Silverstone Tek PCI Express Card with USB 3.0 for $32.50 or to spend that same money on a different MB.
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- Post #5
- Jan 24, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I use/connect my case's USB 3.0 with a MB that has only 2 I/O USB ports?

$32.50 for this: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=733&Itemid=58 , which is the only card I can find with internal USB headers. Seems like it would almost be better to just buy a different MB.
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- Post #3
- Jan 24, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I use/connect my case's USB 3.0 with a MB that has only 2 I/O USB ports?

Well I found this article: http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_usb3_cases which links to this solution: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1823353&p=2&#r38 - not exactly elegant. So, I believe now, my options are to keep my Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 and use a PCI-e 1x...
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- Post #2
- Jan 24, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I use/connect my case's USB 3.0 with a MB that has only 2 I/O USB ports?

I am building a mid-priced build for a friend for her wedding. First, I got a good deal on a MB with two USB 3.0 rear I/O ports. I wasn't planning to get a case with USB 3.0 ports on it, but then decided to get her a white Phantom 410. Now I need a way to connect the rear I/O USB 3.0 ports to...
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- Jan 24, 2012
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Computer Building
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USENET: NewsgroupDirect Awesome Block Deal: 1TB for $50, ends 6/7 at midnight

"Once you figure out Usenet, you'll probably never go back to torrents, I only use torrents now for the occasional hard to find thing." Why? I have heard about this, but what is the advantage over torrents?
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- Post #6
- Jun 7, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Total lap-top noob needs guidance for first purchase

So the Thinkpad T60/61 looks like a good bet. Long battery life and decent specs, other than being a bit ugly imo. But, one big (and possibly really dumb) question: Am I correct in the inference that this model does not have an optical drive? It seems impossible, but it seems to be what I am...
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- Post #9
- May 31, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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Total lap-top noob needs guidance for first purchase

Thanks guys. This gives me a great leaping off point towards figuring out what to buy. Thanks for the ideas, I really appreciate it.
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- Post #8
- May 31, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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Total lap-top noob needs guidance for first purchase

I was hoping to spend around $250, but for an i3/i5 system, I am guessing I would be paying two to three times? I guess my budget is whatever it has to be, but since all I am dong is very basic functions, I thought it would be cheaper... and lighter. But you are right, I do not want slow and...
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- Post #3
- May 31, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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Total lap-top noob needs guidance for first purchase

While, quite comfortable with all things desk-top, I know absolutely nothing about laptops (or whatever they are called these days). I need something that is light in weight, has a good battery life (is 6-8 hours possible?? i don't even know), and is fairly inexpensive. I don't intend to game...
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- May 31, 2011
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Laptops
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antec 1200 front 3.0 USB kinda

Coolmaster Haf X and the Haf 932 both have USB 3.0 support and are very well reviewed. They are full-tower cases and considered top-choices in most round-ups. I don't know if they have the cable (or an adapter) you are looking for. I am almost positive I remember reading the the Haf X has...
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- Post #5
- May 25, 2011
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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X-Fi Fatal1Ty Pro Gamer's Choice Sound Card - $50 AR

Since we're on the topic, maybe, one last hypothetical question for curiosity sake. If I had a sound card, and went optical out of the card into the receiver, would that degrade the overall sound quality, or potentially improve it, or make no difference at all? (I used to do this with a Razor...
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- Post #10
- Jan 1, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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X-Fi Fatal1Ty Pro Gamer's Choice Sound Card - $50 AR

Oh, I get it! So the sound card, the on-board chip, and an external high-dollar receiver do the exact same jobs?! The Sound Card is like a mini receiver for speaker systems that use the colored plug-ins into the back of the motherboard, it just does a better job than the on-board chip does at...
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- Post #7
- Jan 1, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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X-Fi Fatal1Ty Pro Gamer's Choice Sound Card - $50 AR

I am using optical out of my motherboard, into a Yamaha receiver and out of the receiver into a 5.1 surround sound system with Bowers & Wilkens speakers. I was told that optical out of the MB was digital and that a sound card would provide no additional benefits. Is this true? Or would my...
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- Post #5
- Jan 1, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$200 amd hd5870 expires 1/5/11

Should I buy one of these? I have a 4890 which seems to work well enough in everything except Black Ops. I am going to do a new build in Jan/feb. When is the next gen coming out? Should I pull the trigger on this now or wait till feb/march or... later? I play on 1920 X 1080 resolution if...
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- Post #11
- Dec 30, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Need advice on doing a Data recovery on a laptop HD

My friend swore to me she backed up her data on her laptop before I ran System Recovery last night to reinstall her XP to its original state. Today, she called me in tears because her Backup didn't save all the pictures from the past 8-weeks of her new-born baby, nor her honeymoon... sigh...
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- Oct 12, 2010
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Laptops
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Sound card recommendations: I need a new one.

Hell Ya!! The system sounds awesome now. I didn't know, or else I completely forgot, that my MB had optical out. Thanks so much, you guys just saved me a bunch of money. And when I do get ready for another card, in the future, I will definitely look very hard at the Asus Xonar D2X. Thanks...
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- Post #5
- Aug 12, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Sound card recommendations: I need a new one.

I am on my second Razer barracuda sound card and neither it nor the first one ever worked properly and it is currently suffering from three separate sporadic/intermittent malfunctioning errors, which degrade the sound or make it not work at all. I need a card with optical out so that I can...
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- Aug 11, 2010
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Recover data from bad drive

Just got to say thank you. I had a hard drive with three windows partitions on it that crashed and become completely unusable while doing a new install of W7 a few months back. I bought a new hard drive and have since tried more than a half dozen programs trying to recover my data...
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- Post #26
- Jul 12, 2010
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Faulty RAM slot on an Abit IP35 Pro

Ya. Switched sticks around, un-over-clocked everything back to default settings. Tried all that. Pretty sure it is the slot, unless there is something else to try I haven't thought of, but I did do those things.
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- Post #3
- Oct 19, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Faulty RAM slot on an Abit IP35 Pro

First Firefox started crashing over and over. Finally, I ran Orthos, heavy on the RAM, and determined I had a RAM problem; it would error out after a few seconds. After some trial and error I narrowed the problem down to one of the RAM slots. However, if I pulled the Dimm from the slot, place...
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- Oct 19, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Free Windows 7 at Launch Events

Nice, If I recall, it was only advertised that we would receive Professional.
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- Post #40
- Sep 25, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Windows 7 at Launch Events

I got an email too, and a phone call from Microsoft last Monday as a reminder.
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- Post #39
- Sep 25, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Windows 7 at Launch Events

Has anyone attended any of these yet? How did it go? Mine is Monday in Phoenix.
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- Post #34
- Sep 23, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Windows 7 Pro for $19 to students or $99 for professionals

Or just make a separate partition for your data on your existing HD, which you should always do anyway. There isn't much you can do if your HD fails, but there is no reason to lose all your data just because your OS crashes or you reinstall windows.
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- Post #159
- Sep 15, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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The point of ATi's/nVidia's new video cards?

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- Post #77
- Sep 9, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Free Windows 7 at Launch Events

It is funny how this thread was moved out of Hot Deals to Free Stuff twice, even though you have to drive to their location and spend several hours in a lecture. If this were a business oriented message board, instead of tech related, nobody would consider that free; a hot deal? Maybe..., but...
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- Post #30
- Aug 28, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Windows 7 at Launch Events

So if an IT guy signs up as a developer in order to get a seat, is anyone at the conference going to care enough to withhold the free copy of Windows 7? *edit: perhaps a related question might be what would be the minimum knowledge one would need to qualify as a developer?
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- Post #29
- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Heard Vista sucks. Does Windows 7 NOT suck?

Vista doesn't suck and hasn't sucked for 2 years. Windows 7, is much better, though. it is not a better version of Vista, it is a significantly superior operating system with numerous differences and improvements. it has a somewhat similar appearance to Vista, but other than appearance, it...
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- Post #36
- Aug 20, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How can i tell what add-on(s) are crashing my Firefox

Firefox crashes on me every 5-10 minutes on average. Sometimes it might go a half hour, but sometimes it will crash three times in 30 seconds. I have 23 add-ons installed, half of which are just tool bar buttons, stuff like firebug, clear cache, and stuff like that. I have probably another 20...
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- Aug 7, 2009
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Windows
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Palm Pres Cost $99 at Best Buy Due to Weekend Glitch

I don't think it was a mistake, I think they did it on purpose, but can't or don't want to call it a sale. I went in Monday nigth after reading about it on Yahoo, and the salesman said the price was changed back and they weren't selling them anymore for $99.00; he even said the price had been...
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- Post #4
- Jul 31, 2009
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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AOC /EQ2 or LOTR

I played a character in EQ2 to level 80, then raided for a while. I had fun. (I was a long time EQ player back in the day.)
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- Post #17
- Jul 30, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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What game should I buy?

Rainbow 6 Vegas was a great game in my opinion, if you like first person shooters. I think I heard it could be had for about $15.00.
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- Post #13
- Jul 30, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Is it worth my time to learn HTML?

I have been going through this same process for a while and can give a couple pointers. First Like fuzzybunny said, you have to learn CSS and XHTML at the same time, since either one is pretty much useless, today, without the other, for any practical purposes. Now let me save you some...
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- Post #29
- Jul 27, 2009
- Forum: Programming
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What single player game did you play the longest?

Rainbow 6 Vegas, but that isn't saying much. I usually beat a game one on hard and move on. A few games I have played through twice. But on R6V I went back, repeatedly, and played the custom missions where you pick a map and a number of random enemies, and you have to take them all out. I...
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- Post #44
- Jul 27, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Got my feet wet with multiplayer gaming, now need more

This seems like the appropriate thread to ask a question I have been curious about. Has anyone played Multi-player on either of the Rainbow 6 Vegas games? Is it any good? I love the feel and gameplay of single player in that game.
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- Post #13
- Jul 27, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Can anyone recommend a Good Webdesign Message Board?

Thanks Phaxmohdem, I appreciate it. I already have done much of the w3schools tutorials, and have watched more than half of all of Lynda.coms videos, plus I have read some books. Now I just need a solid message board to lurk and maybe ask a question if I get really stumped on a design. I...
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- Post #3
- Jul 27, 2009
- Forum: Programming

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