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I have ]Dunlop z1 Star Specs and love the grip.

These are more on the grip side than wear (can't have both!) I run 235/45/17 on my STi and expect to get ~15-20k miles out of them (with track time)

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I've been lucky and got h1n1

Been off from work for over a week and more or less quarantined in my room - fun

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Just an update, bought all my stuff! Found a store that guarantees d0 stepping. Hope to be getting everything next week.

Also noticed a typo in my earlier post, the cost estimation. I originally had $2700. Final cost was ~$1600

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I've had Asus before, didn't really like their support.

Plus, from researching (although things might have changed with new BIOS updates) the Gigabyte and I think evga were the only boards that would come out of 'sleep' mode correctly once overclocked.

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Similar to build to what I'll be making next month (assuming you go the i7 route).

Of the HSF you are looking at, I read the Dark Knight will outperform the CM V8

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After a lot of research, I've changed my build around lol

Already got the LCD - BenQ 2400WD

Here's what I'm replacing
CM 680
Gigabyte UD5 mobo
Seagate 7200.12 1TB drive
ATi 4890
Mugen 2 or TRUE cooler, unsure still

New build will be cheaper and ~95% the performance of my original build. I'm ...

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i Really like my Dell XPS (M1710) laptop. I recommend them. Their customer support is excellent too (you get a special XPS support line). My vid card failed and the day I called, they sent a box to ship my laptop in (overnight). I sent my laptop in the next day and on that same day, they replaced ...

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Hey RE, not the news I wanted to hear from an old friend. You're in my thoughts and good luck.

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I'll be ordering off newegg.ca - so those are the prices

. Not too many local computer stores where I live, and don't know of many other online retailers that ship to Canada.

As configured, it's ~$2700 CAD after shipping / taxes but before a couple mail-in rebates.

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Hey, I'll be building a new PC next month and wanted your opinion on my proposed setup.

It'll be my everything PC. I'll O/C to ~3.5GHz. The items I'm not really sure about are the case, monitor, and video card.

Case : NZXT Tempest
P/S : PC Power & Cooling 750W
CPU : Intel Core i7 920
HSF ...

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Those Lenovo's do look really nice :D

If I can find one for a bit less, I'll definately pick one up!!

Thx for the link NightOwl, I'll check it regularly to see if something catches my eyes.

I'm in London, ON btw, and we have terrible stores here locally. I was looking on newegg.ca. If you know of ...

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I was looking at those smaller 12-13" laptops but from what I could find, they were all over $1000. Note, I'm shopping in Canada. Ideally, I only want to spend $500. My desktop budget is $2500 however. :) I really hate lugging my 17" around!

I tested a 10" netbook @ Best Buy and went to a few sites ...

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Hey Nightowl, been awhile :)

I was leaning towards a netbook again. Cost is a big factor as I'll be building a new desktop (which will be an expensive build) at the same time. Currently, I have a laptop where I find that 90% of the time it's in portable use, I'm just on the internet or playing ...

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Hey Ken, thanks for the links, I'll give them a nice read.

I've been around

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As long as they are 3-5lbs. From my initial search, comparing two models, the eight difference was ~2lbs which for me, is insignificant. Currently, I'm lugging around a 17" XPS laptop so everything feels feather light in comparison!

I'm more or less leaning on the netbook side, but I've always ...

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I'm trying to decide if I want to get a netbook or laptop in the upcoming months.

Majority of use will be for browsing internet and basic media playing in various locations (so not too heavy and decent battery life). Heavy gaming will be done on a desktop. Initially, I was thinking I'd like to do ...

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downhill wrote:
ssjDoh, long time no see!

Where you been hiding?

Hey, been hiding in the "real world". Been busy lately. I'm packing right now for vacation, leaving in 6 hours.

I'll try to come by more often now that things have slowed down.

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Loonatic wrote:

Wasnt it Omnipressive though? This one is Omni-Potent.

Ah, it might have been Omnipressive. Just the sight of "Omni" made me remember him.

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I was at the dentist today and I was reading the June edition of Macleans magazine. There was an article of our favorite former member Omni.

Here's a link to the article

Not sure if this is old news, I'm not here that often...

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I bought the eVGA 6600GT off ebay in June (with a mail in rebate too) and I'm happy with it. I replaced my old 9600.

If you already have a 9800 PRO, I wouldn't recomment 'upgrading' to a 6600GT. If you want to upgrade, check out the 6800 series or X800.

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Try CCleaner

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Burke wrote:X800 Xt Pe

If I win the lottery

Decided to just get a 6800GT - just need to wait till it's actually available (without a price markup)

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Ghosthunter wrote:Cards in oreder from best to worst

6800GT
6800NU
9800 Pro

If you have the money i would really get the 6800GT over th NU

Yeah, I realize that, but I've never spent $400 for a video card but the X800/6800 is such a big jump (peformance wise) over the old generation.

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Hey, I'm looking to get new card this month. I want the 6800GT but I'm wondering if the >$100 price difference is worth it (and lack of availability).

So now, I'm condisdering on getting either a 9800 Pro or 6800nu.

Which card do you guys recommend?

oh, it'll be going on:
A64 3200+
1GB RAM ...

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tntjboy wrote:40-60fps is not a whole lot =0

For Doom 3 it is

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Prey521 wrote:Hey Sweety, how r ya doin?

Good to see that you're still trollin, even if you aint postin!

Posting more often in Hardware section. I come by when I have the time!

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Jarngrimr wrote:No problem, jdmcrx.

Got one left for a fellow Ontario-ion.
Whats yer email.

PM sent

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Anyone wanna send me one aswell??

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Try different CD-R's are burn at a slower speed. This happens to me if I use cheap media with fast speeds. The fastest I burn music CDs is 12X, but I usually go even slower at times.

Might want to check if the burner has a newer firmware aswell.

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I was about to buy a Plextor but with dual layer comming out, I'm going to wait until I decent DL drive comes out (ie. Plextor)

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I'd say the 9800 pro are the best budget cards

Ope of the line would be either:
Geforce 6800 Ultra or
x800 XT PE

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Antec Sonata (added a 120mm Enermax fron fan and some foam for sound buffering)
A64 3200+
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
1024 MB Kingmax PC3500 2.5-3-3-6
2 x 120GB WD SE in RAID
9600 256MB (soon to be 6800GT)
SB Audigy 2 ZS
4.1 Klipsch Pro Media's
40X Lite-on CD-RW
16X Pioneer DVD
MX510 mouse
19" NEC

WinXP SP1 ...

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I think your 350W will be enough, it's an Enermax - good PSU.

I'd rather get the 6800GT, but if you don't want to spend more money, I'd recommend a 9800 Pro. The 6800nu isn't that much faster than the 9800Pro - save Doom 3. And if you're not going to play high-res, the speed difference will be ...

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http://www.lancearmstrong.com/lance/online2.nsf/htmltdf03/ccrest1

During the Tour de France, riders consume an average of 6000-7000 calories a day, more on particularly long or hard days. Some of these calories are eaten during sit-down meals: breakfast, a pre-race meal, and dinner. The rest ...

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brembo wrote:The guy is a machine, thats all. If testicular cancer can't take him down, a bike race is not gonna bother him one bit. Wonder how many calories a day that guy wolfs down?

I've read somewhere that an average cyclist on the tour de france consumes about 6,000 calories.

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If you want to go the AMD FX-53 route, make sure your RAM is ECC - you need it to run on that config.

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ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813131499
This item has a quantity limit of 1

$152.00

AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail
Item# N82E16819103426

$416.00

These won't work together. The processor you ...

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Nice find

Took me 40 minutes trying to find those damn ribbons!

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Intel: P4EE (Extreme Edition)

AMD: AMD64 FX-53

Vid card: ATi X800XT PE/Geforce 6800 Ultra

SATA HD: 2 WD Raptors in RAID

Sound card: SB Audigy 2 ZS

5.1 Speakers: Logitech Z-680

Optical: Plextor PX-712

This setup (IMO) would be pretty fast

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New PC build

Netbook vs laptop

Remeber Omni?

9800 Pro or 6800nu or 6800GT