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    Dell Rolls Out the OptiPlex 3020 Desktop

    I am using a Dell prefab but I replaced the power supply, ram, hd, gpu, rear fan, cpu, cpu heatsink, and cut metal to fit a gpu triple slot arctic cooler. lga 1366 and pci x 16 still going strong. MB has unique headers unfortunately. XPS9000
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    AMD R9 BF4 bundle announcement amended

    Has anyone ordered a card based on their announcement and not been able to get a refund?
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    AMD's new bundle: Battlefield 4 free with all >$200 GPUs

    Any retailer even offering the BF4 R9 bundle yet? Seems to be vaporware so far
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    EA to go 100% Digital, Calls NPD 'Irrelevant'

    I'm tired of the argument repeated at least 3-4x above that Origin should be given slack because it hasn't been out as long as Steam. The opposite should be true: Origin should be better because EA should have learned from what Steam did right (and wrong). People similarly argued to give...
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    Apple Introduces All New MacBook Pro with Retina Display

    I bet the next generation of video cards will properly run the new resolutions, too. I can't imagine what detail settings you would need to run BF3 on a 650M at 1800p.
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    Apple Introduces All New MacBook Pro with Retina Display

    Looks like the 13" is limited to HD4000, and 1280 x 800. The 15" non-retina version gets the 650M and is 1440 x 900.
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    Corsair Obsidian 550D

    Anyone used both this and the P280 and can offer a comparison?
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4 GB

    dbA All that extra expense and hype for the stock cooler and it's still 42 dbA @ load. They need to learn from Arctic, their 6990 air cooler took the 6990 from the loudest card @ 53 dbA to around 33.4 dbA (Furmark, per KitGuru). It is triple slot, but it also has to dissipate more wattage.
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    LCD Makers Settle Price-Fixing Case

    No, this was government regulation, which means the money goes to the tax coffers, and government lawyers are salaried and are not paid contingency fees. Generally only private class actions actually return money to those wronged.
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    Intel Celebrates 40 Years of the Microprocessor

    It's all about the Pentiums It's all about the Pentiums, baby Uhh, uh-huh, yeah Uhh, uh-huh, yeah It's all about the Pentiums, baby It's all about the Pentiums, baby It's all about the Pentiums! (It's all about the Pentiums, baby) It's all about the Pentiums! (It's all about the Pentiums...
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