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Not sure on the speakers yet. I want to get a good set for the computer... one I won't be wanting to replace anytime soon. Using Bose 2 speaker solution I got as a gift right now. Had them a few years and they have served me well... Don't think ill get Bose again tho. I do want surround...

What are your thoughts on add-on sound cards these days? I've been using built in sound in every build I have done. Im researching new surround speakers for gaming. Do you all think that its worth getting add on sound cards like a Creative X-fi or the like while I am at it? Will it sound that...

I'll drink to that :D

Week 7? I'd like to join the crew! Permission to come aboard......

You wanting full or mid? I'm a fan of both Antec 902 and 300 cases. Alota bang for not alota buck.

LOL there is that way too. Completely forgot about that one. Ive been non-local and using GP for so long i completely forgot about the profile entry. I use GP for everything these days. Good call. I'd do it that way ;-) Can't believe I forgot about that <.<.....>.>..... *puts reminder to self...

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Should you desire, you can back-up your registry inside regedit. To back up the User Shell Folders, right click on that folder and select Export. Save it in a good location. To restore it, right click on the .REG file and select Merge. You can back up the entire registry by exporting at the...

I redirect these folders on my domain using Group Policy. I do not believe it can be changed in the local (non-domain) PC Group Policy editor but you can edit the registry entry directly. It's fairly simple. * Obligatory CMY warning. Its the registry. Edit at your own risk :-) * With that...

FS: New Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Free Fed-Ex Shipping & Fast turn-around! $380 Shipped Selling a brand new Sapphire HD 5870. Picked up 2 and brother backed out (something about "Wife Agg" lol). As much as I would like to X-Fire them.... I cant justify almost $1000 in video cards right...

Cool.. I figured as much. My other rig is just an app / web system. I think I may pick one up for it since its not for games and the system only has a 17" lcd right now. Can't yell at that price for a non-gaming monitor. Thanks :)

I was walking bestbuy yesterday and came across this guy. I wouldn't have looked twice at it except the price.... $139 for a 23" wide? Its not a high-end monitor to say the least... 5 ms response time; 15,000:1, 1920 x 1080.... VGA and HDMI only. And I did not recognize the name... Didn't...

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Ihave heard of earlier problems with westys, especially the models of before. I havent heard of too many problems at all with the 37" m3. Then again it hasn't been out that long. I have seen it in BB but ont as a computer monitor. If I had a laptop id take it to BB to check it out. (anyone in...

The monitor is a "upgrade" in a sence I guess. I just done see it like that I guess as its a more long-term purchase. I am the type that hates to upgrade only internal stuff. 1 upgrade ends up being a chain reaction lol. If I get the dell Ill need a new video card, which nmeans a new MB...

OMG I hate decisions like this...... ~_~ Ok so its time to get a new monitor. I want to go with a bigboy and the 2 monitors I am looking at are the 30" from Dell and the 37" from Westinghouse. I have heard great things about both.... and im having a hard time deciding /cry Here are some of...

I have been out of the loop... I was just about to build a new system around the 965 Pentium extreme. It looks like I should hold off a month or so? Is that correct?

Hey all, Im looking at putting together a new system and have a memory question. The system I am putting together will probably include the P4 Extreme running at 1066fsb. I was going to probably throw it on a matching Nforce MB. My question is what kind of memoru should i throw in this thing...

I went with the best buy warranty because it had a 0 dead pixel return policy and a 3rd replacement lemon policy. I couldnt stand ANY dead pixels... Id go crazy. I was, however, looking today and noticed that they have since changed their policy to 4 returns and pixel policy based on the mfgr...

Ive had 2 of these. I got 1 for my wife and immediately went out to get one for myself lol. Unfortunately the one I got had backlight bleed on the left side fairly bad and I ended up returning it. There was none locally so I just put off getting it again until later. Sadly, my wifes...

Im so sad. I have this exact same monitor and not 2 months after buying it the inverter died in it. Im 10 to 14 business days without my monitor now. How lame ~_~ Other than that I love my monitor. Thank goodness I got the Bestbuy 3 year extended I guess......

Best Buy was selling them for $549. If I could pick up another like the one my wife has I wouldn't be concerned. The lightness on her screen is next to unnoticable... and I am a VERY picky person when it comes to this. However the 2 I got were very unacceptable. Every Best Buy near me are out...

So it was time to upgrade monitors. I had been watching the forums for a while now and I knew I wanted to go Widescreen. Since I promissed my wife I would upgrade her first she got first dibs.... I picked up a Samsung 215TW. I must say I was HELLA impressed with it. The screen was near...

Yeay, I finally got Project Stackers completed! For my first water-cooled project, I learned alot! The 3 silver blocks look sweet as heck. Final pics and thoughts can be found around here. Few minor things I need to have dan help me fix, but other than that I guess im happy. I ran...

Ok its finally over... for the most part. I am happy to say the system came right back up with no major hic-ups. First, lets get to the pics: Bye bye OCZ warranty. Moving the psu to the bottom mount left me with a little problem. My 4 pin mobo connector was way to short. Solution: open...

Another day and more progress. I only had a little time to play today, but I got alot done. :) Take a looky.... Here I have mounted the motherboard into place and threw in the video card. Closeup of the lovely silver triplets. 2 silver Twinplex blocks, and my totally awsome silver cuplex...

meh.... I'll just pick up another stealth tonight. Perhaps ill just play with it later.

I have 2 fans I sleeved for a project im working on. They are just a noname brand from compusa, but are hella quiet. I think better than my stealths at same speeds. Anyways, I egerly sleeved them for installation and I realized I made an oppsey. The fans are thermal controled. Thermal...

Well..... at least if the insides get dusty people won't be able to say anything.... it's a mini shop-vac for crying out loud hehe. It would be funny if the fan intake came through the vacume hoze lol. Id imagin the computer parts wouldnt like that much though huh hehe. As for the handel...

Here are pics of the video card with Tweakmonster ramsinks and waterblock installed. Sorry I dont have pics of the install process... was just me to take the pics. And the motherboard. I put 4 ramsinks on the MB just cause I had some free... why not hehe. As long as they were put on...

I decided to go with the drive cage mounting. I opted to flip the cage over to make cutting alittle cleaner. Because the pump would be mounted verticle I needed to make a hole for the inlet to stick out of. The existing holes made a perfect guideline. I made the cut and smoothed the...

The plastic tabs that held my fan had a perma flare on it. Almost like a plastic pop rivit. I was unable to remove them without cutting or extending excessive force. . Maybe this was a complaint and they changed them? Not sure. I didn't want to risk damaging the fan, so I just cut the end off...

I actually took a closer look at the drive cage this morning. I took the fan by cutting the little plastic tabs. Looking at how I'll probably be mounting the setup, I think ill actually flip the cage over, and mount the pump vertically to the front grill. The front grills seem on there quite...

I was thinking about placement of the pump. Instead of mounting it on the case itself I decided this may be a better option: This is the holder for the hard drives. The bottom is lined with holes, perfect for water cooling hoses to fit through. Since my hard drives will be placed in their...

I said a short prayer to the CPU gods, then gut my nice system out in order to prep the patient. Here we are outside on the porch, can air ready to clean the dust out. I removed the top fan and mesh, since it won't be there much longer anyways. First thing is first though. I need room to...

Unfortunately for me, real life and a packed school schedule all but pushed this project into the closet. I has a working system and was just unable to take it down to complete the work I had intended. And there was no WAY the missess would let me confiscate hers lol. Anyways, the fates have...