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recently paypal put a restriction on my account for no reason. they sent a friendly email stating i could not withdraw funds for 21 days! i wish there was some competition with paypal b/c they can do this crap to people and a lot of people have no other alternative

hm. interesting if true http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/coolers/display/20110811072448_AMD_Considers_Equipping_FX_Chips_with_Liquid_Cooling_Solution.html

do you think there is a need for a mac forum? i was just wondering about that today

this is kind of an old topic, but recently humble bundle 3 came out. and if you pay more than $5.14 for the bundle, they include the old bundle 2, (which machinarium was part of) http://www.humblebundle.com/ btw most of these games can be activated on steam. after a day or two they send you an email with how to activate them via steam.

it might be easier to replace parts of the dead desktop rather than getting parts for the laptop. any indication what might be the cause? unless something severe happened, some parts might be salvageable

not sure where to post this, but its a pretty interesting read http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet-the-most-menacing-malware-in-history.ars/1

lol that review is just for bitcoin mining, which is much different use compared to games. 6870 gets smoked buy a lot of newer nvidia cards. but for 1680x1050, i'd say anything over 6870 is overkill. but also depends on your cpu as well. on nvidia side, something comparable (actually a little faster by 10%-ish) would be a gtx 560. but, those are also more expensive by about $20+ so probably not worth it. anyways, a friendly recommendation would be this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?SID=u0t3151160f9fp0dd0c0s701&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16814150521 general rule is two fans are better than 1, should be a tad bit quieter and cooler compared to the stock fan i'd say out of the video card companies xfx is pretty decent. along with evga. plus you can get dirt 3 and shogun total war as a bonus just make sure to register on their site to activate your warranty.

what resolution is your monitor what do you plan on doing with it? games i assume?

yea, i think they had some issues to sort out. so any of those leaked performance numbers are probably fake or engineering samples. only other thing i know is the 8 core chip will priced at $300 http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110728094628_AMD_Confirms_Pricing_of_Eight_Core_FX_Processors_Approximately_300.html from what i remember, the FX-series is the ones that come unlocked (i think)

latest news i've read, that the new cpu has been delayed until sept 19th

i guess that means kel is officially the oldest person on the forum unless he was a phenom and built his first system at age 5 or something one thing i remember about the olden days is how very expensive ram was. oh and how you could use a common pencil to mod those old duron cpus and unlock them (i think)

i think my first build had one of the original ati radeon video cards :noexpression: back then i dont think there were any numbers, just 'radeon'

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cute. seems like people become acquainted with technology at increasingly earlier ages. i think i built my first computer in my 20s

looks like someone went overboard and tried to figure it out lol http://www.pcper.com...s-United-States

well i discovered something i didnt like. when you are trying to embed a link, and click on the link icon in the topic tools, a box pops up. in the old website you had 2 spaces. one for the actual link and one for a text description. afterward it automatically converted the link to clickable text. now, there is just one box for the link..and i'm not sure how to convert the link to clickable text

forum seems quicker and profile settings menu is better laid out and easier to navigate

Version 2.1.1116.0 is out http://majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Security_Essentials_for_Windows_d6242.html

bitcoin got hacked http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=21942

i doubt that it does anything else seems kind of a waste to spend that resource with no good cause, but then the whole system seems very odd. can you do anything else while running the program? or does it use 100% of your cpu..i wonder if it can be throttled, like 50/50 or something.

that much i understood. but what exactly is being processed? i mean what are your cpu cycles being used for? is it similar to something good, like for seti? or is it just running some virtual 'mining' program that does absolutely nothing or has any benefit in the real world if its just virtual currency, then seems like they could (or should) slap some seti-like program to run under the 'mining' program, and say the more you mine, the more you do for seti, but at the same time the mining aspect also can randomly give you bitcoins, so it encourages people to keep running their systems. basically it would seem like a win-win situation. anyway, to me that would make more sense

i'm still confused. what exactly does your computer do while running? i mean, is it like seti@home?

uhoh http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=21877

you're missing out on a lot of good stuff out there rick

i found a topic with some discussion about it http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2167303