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  1. 12-10-2009, 10:59 AM #26
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    sorry i don't get it. why don't you bother with a touchscreen?
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  2. 12-11-2009, 01:54 AM #27
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    Hi Donnie, do you find that MS remote chews thru batteries ??
    lots and lots of cores and lots and lots of tuners,HTPC's boards,cases,HDD's,vga's,DDR1&2&3 etc etc all powered by Corsair PSU's
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  3. 12-11-2009, 06:23 AM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by alpha0ne View Post
    Hi Donnie, do you find that MS remote chews thru batteries ??
    Nope! Plus I only paid $16.
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    With the two approaches to "how" to design a processor WE are the lucky ones as we get to choose what is important to us as individuals.
    For that we should thank BOTH (AMD and Intel) companies!


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    I am sure JF is relaxed and smiling these days with there intended launch schedule. SNB Xeon servers on the other hand....
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    there yo go bringing intel into a amd thread again lol, if that was someone droping a dig at amd you would be crying like a girl.
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  4. 12-11-2009, 06:32 AM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by shoota View Post
    sorry i don't get it. why don't you bother with a touchscreen?
    My 46" LCD TV is my monitor. Touchscreen HTPC seems to be the rage these days. Like this one. Or even this one that might be the best deal out there.
    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman
    With the two approaches to "how" to design a processor WE are the lucky ones as we get to choose what is important to us as individuals.
    For that we should thank BOTH (AMD and Intel) companies!


    Posted by duploxxx
    I am sure JF is relaxed and smiling these days with there intended launch schedule. SNB Xeon servers on the other hand....
    Posted by gallag
    there yo go bringing intel into a amd thread again lol, if that was someone droping a dig at amd you would be crying like a girl.
    qft!
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  5. 12-11-2009, 01:03 PM #30
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    What about the Zotac ION boards? They sure look like a great deal (mobo, cpu, gpu all in one) and are sooo tempting: Newegg
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  6. 12-12-2009, 12:55 AM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
    Like this one. Or even this one that might be the best deal out there.
    Only if your filthy rich
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  7. 12-14-2009, 06:21 AM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by alpha0ne View Post
    Only if your filthy rich
    Don't need to be rich to afford that LOL! Please also note that I said I wouldn't use that kind of case. I just linked for reference.
    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman
    With the two approaches to "how" to design a processor WE are the lucky ones as we get to choose what is important to us as individuals.
    For that we should thank BOTH (AMD and Intel) companies!


    Posted by duploxxx
    I am sure JF is relaxed and smiling these days with there intended launch schedule. SNB Xeon servers on the other hand....
    Posted by gallag
    there yo go bringing intel into a amd thread again lol, if that was someone droping a dig at amd you would be crying like a girl.
    qft!
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  8. 12-16-2009, 12:53 PM #33
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    A 1TB HDD seems a bit small for a HTPC (especially for Blu-ray). I'm currently near 2.5 TB, of movies, (only 16GB of music).

    Enjoy!
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