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    Warcraft 3?

    Hey all, am currently playing Warcraft 2 and enjoying it. Eventually would like to try the third installation of the series. Basically - I’m confused. I know of the reforged debacle and my question is. Can I just get a disc version of the game and play that? I have no interest in online...
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    WTB GTX-1060 or thereabouts

    Found. Thanks all.
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    WTB 2DS

    Looking for a plain-Jane 2DS. Needs to be perfectly functional. Good circle pad, screen not scratched up. I’m not looking for perfection though. Hit me up with what you have and what you want for it. Thanks!
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    WTB - upgrade for 750ti

    Looking to upgrade my GTX-750TI for about $100 shipped. I don't follow the markets these days, other than I know it's great for sellers and bad for buyers. I'm not looking to score an RTX card for this kind of price or anything - just looking for something that will give me a noticeable...
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    Controller options

    Good evening folks. Hope y'all are having a good weekend. I have decided that I want to get a living room PC going in our game room. It's been a long time since I've had controllers for the computer, but are Xbox 360 controllers still the way to go? I used to have a usb wireless receiver...
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    Windows XP on SSD

    Someone gave me an old laptop that has an XP license on it. I have a spare SSD (old Crucial M4). Am thinking of taking the old hard drive out and replacing it with the SSD. Anything special I need to do to make sure XP plays nice with the SSD? It’s been a long long time since I’ve messed...
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    Spyro Reignited Aspect Ratio?

    So forgive me if this is already posted anywhere, but I couldn't find any info on it. I would like to play this game on an old CRT with my kiddos. Specifically I'll be running this at 1600x1200. Can someone confirm if the game supports this resolution and aspect ratio properly? Thanks!
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    Thinking about an iPad...

    Howdy y'all, I'm thinking about getting an iPad. While I'm clued in on what's what with iPhone models, I'm a little shaky on the iPads. Basically, I need something that's bigger than an iPhone Plus that watches Youtube, plus whatever streaming services I have (Disney Plus, Amazon Prime...
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    AOC CQ27G1 - VA Gaming Monitor 144hz with Low-Motion Blur Mode

    Thought I'd drop some thoughts / post a review of this display: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V39QHMY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 If you don't read anything beyond this, I'll just say this. For the asking price, you can't do better. Summary: The good: + Good...
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    Rockman X3 Sega Saturn

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rockman-X3-Sega-Saturn/223314694110 Here's my listing. Thanks for looking. I'll be offloading some more games in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
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    WTB - Video card

    Looking to buy a video card for my son's computer. It needs to be no more than $20 shipped and needs to be able to run off of the PCI-E power supply (it cannot require additional power). I prefer Nvidia and am thinking - GTX-650? Kepler of course. Thanks!
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    FS - Quantum Data 801GG Pattern Generator

    For sale is my Quantum Data 801GG Pattern Generator. Those of you who are still diehard CRT fans will know what this is. It's a high-bandwidth signal generator that happens to be compatible with WinDAS. Simply connect a serial cable to a computer running WinDAS, configure WinDAS (you tell it...
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    Computer settings reset themselves...?

    Good afternoon, I'm trying to google this but I cannot find an answer. I just restarted my laptop. Immediately upon logging into the computer, I'm greeted to a whole boatload of changes. Aero is now enabled again, Outlook 2010 is prompting me to create an account, and I cannot open anything...
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    jbltecnicspro FS thread

    Updated for sale with some Sega Items: Sega Saturn games: Astal (NTSC-JP) - $40 shipped - Game is in good working condition. NOTE - this is a JAPANESE game and you need a Japanese Saturn or a way of playing Japanese Saturn games. Sega Genesis games: Castlevania Bloodlines - $40 shipped...
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    FS Sony CRT monitors

    Sony GDM-F520 and GDM-C520K Artisan for sale. Both monitors have been regularly calibrated using WinDAS and my Quantum Data 801GG pattern generator. F520 was a monitor I bought from Unkle Vito back in 2014. Only functional issue is that the F520 video board has some signal ringing. A...
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    Cherry MX recommendations

    Hey all, I have some neurological-muscular issues with my hands, and typing can be a bit of a chore, especially if I have a lot to code (I'm a programmer). I would like to get a decent mechanical keyboard, but I'm a little unsure as to what I should get because of my aforementioned problem...
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    WTB - Nvidia video card for around $60-70 shipped

    Title says it all. I'm thinking probably GTX-950 or therabouts level of performance. Throw me some offers.
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    WTB - Reference GTX-780

    Shoot me with what you got. I don't want to pay too much. Basically, this will be my last upgrade for a while as I'm now a dad with not much time for gaming these days. Thanks.
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    GTX-660TI Issue

    Good afternoon, I have an MSI Twin Frozr GTX-660TI that, all of a sudden, decided that it wanted to stop working on me. I turned on my computer after a month of it just sitting there and the GPU fans were spinning a TON (it was very loud) and there was no display. It's more-or-less behaving...
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    Sony Artisan CRT Monitor

    Selling my Sony Artisan. With a new baby in the house (we now have two children), I don't have time to maintain and enjoy this rare beauty/beast. I'm the second owner and paid $500 for it. Since then I've used it as my 2nd computer's main monitor. I know how to use WinDAS and have my own...
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    iPhone 5s users on iOS 10

    To the 5s users on iOS 10 - what's the verdict? Update or don't? I've seen generally good reports stating that performance has actually INCREASED? But then there are the usual people who seem to be having trouble too. So... Who here has updated to 10 on their 5s and likes it?
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    How to tell if a monitor is wide gamut

    Good morning, I have a Samsung LCD and to me the colors look a little too rich. Is there any way that we can tell whether or not a monitor is wide gamut or not? The manual states nothing of the sort, so I can only go off my eyes on this one. Because of the richness in color, I'm guessing...
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    WTB - Ivy Bridge Pentium

    Good afternoon all. I need an Ivy Bridge Pentium for my LAN Box. I would prefer a cooler, but bare chip is perfectly fine. I'm looking to spend about $30. Thanks.
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    Upgrade advice

    Good afternoon everyone, So I'm stuck on my old GTX-560 and it's probably time I upgrade. Right now, I have enough money in my computer fund to upgrade to a GTX-960 (possibly a 4GB model). The main monitors for my gaming are my 520's, and I tend to play games at 1920x1440 at 70hz (for some...
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    Logitech G5 Laser Equivalent?

    I have an older G5 laser mouse from 2006. It's still going strong, and I wanted to get another Logitech mouse that has a very similar feel and feature-set. Which model should I go with? The G5 has an adjustable weight to it, and I really really love the feel for it, and I was hoping that...
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    GeForce GT-720?

    Alright - so I have a couple of boxes that were given to me: 1. HP/Compaq - Athlon X2 4200+, 2GB RAM, Stock PSU, Windows XP 2. Dell - Pentium Dual Core (from the Core 2 era), 2GB RAM, Corsair 430 watt PSU (spare I threw in there - the original PSU was dead) and Windows XP I'm considering...
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    Dell Precision m4500 temperatures

    So I decided to get an off-lease Dell Precision notebook. So far so good. I threw in an SSD and it seems to be running fine. Being the nerd that I am, I decided to remove the stock compound and switch it up for AS5. However... I find that when I apply the thermal compound to the GPU like...
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    Computer Issue

    Good evening all, I have an interesting predicament going on here. A couple of weeks ago, I helped a family friend resurrect an old office PC from their small business. It's an old Dell Vostro with a Core 2-based Pentium. They just wanted a secondary family PC for their kids to use when...
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    Beginner's Setup

    Good evening everyone, My wife and I were wanting to get into photography. We like taking pictures, but want to take the plunge into getting a camera and a possible Windows XP rig with an older version of Photoshop to do some light editing. The reason for the eclectic rig is the monitor in...
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    Moving... Have some questions

    Good morning everyone, In about a couple of weeks, I'll be closing on a house. Thing is, I can continue with my current cable setup, which is 15Mb / 1Mb. Or, I can switch to DSL which has 12Mb / 1Mb. My wife is going to start working from home and using a VPN connection. Question...
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    Yamaha YMF-724 and siblings

    Good evening all, I just wanted to make those of you who want a PCI soundcard that can run in DOS aware of this sound card. The YMF-724 is just a two-channel sound card, but it's pretty much the ultimate PCI legacy sound card. It has a real OPL3 chip, so that your Sound Blaster or Adlib...
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    Intel 286 System

    So someone is giving us a 286 box. What can I do with this thing? I was planning on running old DOS games, but I see that the 286 is kindly regarded as a turd. I don't know the specifics of the system just yet, so maybe this thread is premature, but is it possible to upgrade the CPU to...
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    Athlon II X3 445 vs Intel Pentium 2020

    So I have been given a PC that has an AMD Athlon II X3 445 along with 4GB of DDR2. Now... I have my current system in sig, but I also have another 1155 motherboard sitting in my closet that was supposed to be re-purposed. I'm currently using my old IDE Caviar Blue 320GB HDD as a hold-over hard...
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    OS For Dell Mini 12

    Hey guys. So I'm typing this up on a little Dell Mini 12 that I got back in 2009. Why the hell I purchased this instead of a "real" notebook back in the day, I'll never know. Anyways... Currently, I'm using Windows XP on it, and while it's not too bad, I am a little concerned about the...
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    OC guide for newbies?

    Hey guys, So I've never overclocked any hardware before (except video cards), and I was looking to get into it. Where's a solid beginner's guide to CPU overclocking? Thanks!
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    LAN party machine

    Alright guys, I need some help to get a decent LAN party machine that has enough power to play older games. The games we play are: UT-2004 Medal Of Honor: AA Halo PC Doom 3 Quake 4 Age of Empires 2 I need something that's cheap but can play games at a decent tick. Since I've been out of the...
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    Video Editing Rig

    Good evening guys. I have a friend who wants to build a PC for video editing and movie making. She's going to be using Adobe Creative Suite (latest version) software to get the job done. Since I mostly use my computer for gaming/music production, I wanted to get some opinions on her build...
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    Windows 8.1 issue

    Good morning, fellow [H]'ers. I'm having a problem with my OS that I can seem to find on Google. Basically what happens is that if I don't do anything for like a minute on my computer, the screen goes blank. And when I move the mouse, the logon screen comes up. Now obviously, the first thing...
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    LAN Box video card recommendation

    Alright - I have a LAN box, and I'm going to probably get a second one to replace my old Pentium 4 box that finally seems to be crapping out on me. First box's specs are Athlon X2 3800+, 2GB RAM, Windows XP Second box's specs are likely going to be a Dell Core 2 duo system likely rocking...
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    Whatever happened to Rambus?

    So my buddy just dropped off his old Dell at my house this morning so that I can salvage some parts for a LAN box, and I noticed that the RAM had heat spreaders. That's odd... And the slots were a little different looking too - and... what's up with those "blank" sticks in the motherboard? And...
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