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• cannelbrae: Posted Jan 16, 2012 5:45pm PST Doesn't reflect reality. I can't set the year over year price decrease below 10%. We purchased when we thought the downturn was lagging and...
• cannelbrae: Posted Jan 16, 2012 5:35pm PST The Cliff Mass weather blog ought to be peoples first stop for good info on weather like this: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/
• cannelbrae: Posted Jan 16, 2012 5:16pm PST I'd say Laphroaig is more than a 'bit' strong. Good, but definitely strong.
• cannelbrae: Posted Nov 23, 2011 4:35pm PST I'm so torn on this whole protest. I went out to the Seattle protest to photograph it early on. Over all, I was a bit surprised at the amount of...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 7:56am PST Exactly - that is why I find it funny. :) The code that was necessary for a total different medium on another platform will help what...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 3:05am PST Ironically, games will likely be in a better position to read sequentially due to loading off of a DVD. ;) A huge console optimization for load...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 2:57am PST I was really tempted to go with the X6 processor for about $100 more but I was already slightly over budget. Any higher and I would have reverted...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 2:54am PST So I ended up with: AMD X4 640 4 Gigs DDR3 1600 HD 5570 1 DB Sata III HD 650 Watt Corsair PSU Asus VE228H 22" monitor Windows 7 ...plus...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 2:49am PST Agreed, that was one of the biggest turn offs of most off the shelf machines. A cheap, generic 230-300 watt power supply just doesn't cut it for...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 2:31am PST A guy at work I trust recommended them as well. Okay. Trigger pulled. Thanks for the nudge.
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 1:08am PST Are there any places to buy pre-built machines using decent quality parts? I wouldn't mind buying an older model from them - it makes more sense...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 12:49am PST Thats what I'm looking to do at this point. I've built 5 or 6 machines in the past but always hand spare parts on hand to diagnose problems. Or...
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 12:47am PST Basically everything off the shelf has a 300w power supply. And likely bottom of the line motherboard and memory as they never list what they are....
• cannelbrae: Posted Mar 02, 2011 12:41am PST I hate trying to buy a new computer. Ugh. I use to love this stuff. Now I feel like I"m just optimizing to be cheap and have it not fail within a...
• cannelbrae: Posted Feb 27, 2011 8:21pm PST Same here - I haven't posted anything for a long time.