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    512Mb 8800GTS coming down in price

    Novatech are now selling their own branded 8800gts cards for £185.65 inc P&P http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-GTS5 it may be of interest to a few of you.
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    Good news

    Good news if you live in the Reading area in the UK, Novatech open their new store in December, finally will the area be served by a decent parts supplier.
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    XP build problems

    I have just brought from Tekheads the following parts Abit IP35-e systemboard Intel E6750 2Gb Corsair twinx PC6400 the existing parts are Samsung 200Gb hdu Leadtex PX7950GT 256mb NEC DVD -+RW Enermax 465w PSU Antec P182 case Each time I try and do a fresh install on the PC I get errors...
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    Off to Egypt

    Off on my hols to Egypt in the morning, 7 days on a Nile river boat cruise. I've never been on a cruise before, so I'm not sure what its like. I sail up the Nile through the Valley of the Kings to the Aswan Dam.
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    New games PC - Dual or Quad core?

    I'm looking at building a new PC, my main game rFactor has multiple support, so do you think I should build around a Core 2 Duo or Quad? This is what I have been looking at at Tekheads; Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz 'Kentsfield' 8Mb Cache LGA775 (1066 Mhz) Abit IP-35 P35 Chipset (Socket...
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    Cheap 8800 GTS 640mb

    Take a look at Amazon here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zotac-nFire-.../dp/B000Q2SAKE only £132
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    Petrolhead heaven

    It's only 7 weeks until the petrolheads descend on the mecca of the racing world Le Mans. Approximately 250000 will attend the race weekend, 70 - 80,000 from the UK, making it the largest UK attended car race, bar the F1 at Silverstone(but that's not proper racing:p). I have paid for my...
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    HP 2045w £139.87

    http://www.it247.com/Home?whence= are selling an HP 20.1" TFT for £139.87 after a mail in rebate of £50. I use this monitor's slightly higher spes cousin at work, HP2065w and it is good.
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    3840 x1024

    I just thought I would share a pic of my racing rig here and a screen shot here It uses 3 x LG 1919S TFT's plus a Matrox Triplehead2Go adaptor, the game running in the screen shot is rFactor with its Caterham beta mod at Castle Coombe
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    Replacing graphics card

    I'm replacing my ATI x800 GTO2 card with an Nvidia 7950GT to allow 3840 x 1024 resolution with a Triplehead2Go adaptor, anyone have any tips to clear the ATI files without a rebuild?
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    19" monitor

    Guys, I'm looking at getting 3 19" monitors to go with a Triplehead2go adaptor http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/home.php. I don't need to buy a widescreen monitor, what do you guys think of the LG L1919S-SF?
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    Vista Home Premium cheap

    If anybody doesn't want to shell out £200+ for Vista when it's released in January next year, then all you have to do is purchase a copy of MCE and you get an upgrade to Vista for free. Details are here
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    Apple recalls batteries

    Up to 1.8 million Sony batteries fitted into Apple laptops are in danger of catching fire, see here
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    Which sound card

    I'm looking at buying a sound card to get away from the onboard sound on my racing rig. I don't have too much cash available though about £50 ($90). The card will be hooked up to a set of Creative Inspire GD580 speakers. I've been looking at Audigy 4 oem cards, are these any good?
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    Beer belly

    Do you have a beer belly? http://www.thebeerbelly.com/
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