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2009-09-02 Thread James Kerr
quot;. The company ended up breaking up because of one SOB so it never came to be but it could have been a cool thing had it panned out. James - Original Message - From: Gene Giannamore To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: RE: [OT] Gamin

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2009-09-02 Thread Gene Giannamore
<mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer Don't' forget: http://www.falcon-nw.com/ -- Mike Gill From

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2009-09-01 Thread Mike Gill
Don't' forget: http://www.falcon-nw.com/ -- Mike Gill From: Brian Richards [mailto:locomotive_breath_...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer A few 'gaming pc' vendors from the Aug i

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2009-09-01 Thread WL
Cool. And http://ewiz.com. > From: Brian Richards [mailto:locomotive_breath_...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:32 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer > > > > A few 'gaming pc' vendors from the Aug issue o

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2009-09-01 Thread Gene Giannamore
<mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> From: Brian Richards [mailto:locomotive_breath_...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer A few 'gaming pc' vendors from the Aug issue of CPU magazine (comp

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2009-09-01 Thread Brian Richards
A few 'gaming pc' vendors from the Aug issue of CPU magazine (computer power user): www.cyberpowerpc.com www.maingear.com www.ibuypower.com www.digitalstormonline.com/cpu Note - I have not purchased from any of the above vendors, preferring to build/mod my own. Brian MCSE and stuff __

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2009-09-01 Thread David Lum
http://pricewatch.com Dave -Original Message- From: Chris Orovet [mailto:coro...@atsi-inc.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer http://www.newegg.com Regards,   Chris Orovet Technical Support O: (727)812-0276 Ext

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2009-09-01 Thread Chris Orovet
all copies of the original message immediately. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Gene Giannamore wrote: > It's

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2009-09-01 Thread Chris Orovet
Even though Dell bought Alienware I still believe them to be good gaming machines. Ive bought a few for some customers of mine and they love them. For my personal machines I always build them myself. It has always been cheaper for me that way. Regards, Chris Orovet Technical Support O:

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2009-09-01 Thread Don Guyer
f [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 6:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer I'm not a hard core gamer, but if I was I'd probably build my own ... just built a new desktop/server, microcenter has the i7 quad core cpu for under $200 now,

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2009-09-01 Thread David Lum
] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 6:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer "...I am a little burnt out over home computer support ..." and the choir sang, "AMEN" !!! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _

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2009-08-31 Thread Erik Goldoff
09 6:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer Ok, long day, too little info; It's a company gift to someone. I would rather someone else build it, and support/warranty it for the next 3 to 4 years. I am a little burnt out over home computer support (I left that wor

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2009-08-31 Thread Gene Giannamore
ne.giannam...@abideinternational.com<mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer As a gamer (not a hard-core gamer, but still a gamer), nVi

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2009-08-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > As a gamer (not a hard-core gamer, but still a gamer), nVidia is the video > card that I choose for gaming systems. Yah, me too. That doesn't mean I'm going to take an NVidia press release telling me to spend my money on their video c

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2009-08-31 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
As a gamer (not a hard-core gamer, but still a gamer), nVidia is the video card that I choose for gaming systems. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Peter van Houten > wrote: > > > http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/nvidia-you-don-t-need-a-q

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2009-08-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Gene Giannamore wrote: > It’s a company gift to someone. I would rather someone else build it, and > support/warranty it for the next 3 to 4 years. Buy an AlienWare (Dell) or Voodoo (HP) with the extended/deluxe/gold/whatever warranty support package. If the gi

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2009-08-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Peter van Houten wrote: > http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/nvidia-you-don-t-need-a-quad-core-cpu--326115 And NVidia is of course a completely unbiased source for such a claim... ;-) In other news, Ford says you shouldn't buy a Chevy. :) -- Ben ~ Fina

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2009-08-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Gene Giannamore wrote: > Curious which brand people purchased or recommend (if anyone ever does). I > know of alienware, but dell bought them. If you're talking even moderately serious gaming, build-your-own is really the way to go. If you go with one of the br

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2009-08-31 Thread Gene Giannamore
009 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer I'm not a hard core gamer, but if I was I'd probably build my own ... just built a new desktop/server, microcenter has the i7 quad core cpu for under $200 now, and a mother board for about $200 that works with t

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2009-08-31 Thread Peter van Houten
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/nvidia-you-don-t-need-a-quad-core-cpu--326115 http://www.geek.com/articles/games/nvidia-proves-intels-core-i7-is-money-wasted-for-gamers-20090430/ -- Peter van Houten On the 01/09/2009 00:45, Erik Goldoff wrote the following: I'm not a hard core gamer, b

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2009-08-31 Thread Erik Goldoff
I'm not a hard core gamer, but if I was I'd probably build my own ... just built a new desktop/server, microcenter has the i7 quad core cpu for under $200 now, and a mother board for about $200 that works with the i7 and holds up to 24gb RAM... got it dual booting Win 7, and Win2008R2 with hypervis