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    Are Nightbreakers still the bulbs to go for?

    I see nightbreaker plus have been announced, with 50% longer life. Anyone considering these? My original nightbreakers lasted 7 months or so. Currently on bog standard halogens but the penny pincher in me has a loud voice!
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    froyo for desire starts this weekend

    Im finding if I navigate to the web page element of the BBCiplayer whilst something is playing, i cant exit the browser as the flash video is still playing. little things like that. Loving the multi-language support for the keyboard though.
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    froyo for desire starts this weekend

    cor! BBC iPlayer stuff plays now! woo!
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    froyo for desire starts this weekend

    yup - the message on the phone suggests 2.0.09.405.8 is available (90Mb)! Erm... going to have lunch first!
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    Britain's Got Talent tonight!

    Amazing. A powerful song sung well.
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    difference between antec 900, 900-2 and 1200

    Not sure about the 900, but the 275 fits in my 902 with about an inch and a half to spare - plenty of room. To maximise the airflow reaching the card, I dont have any hard drives at the same level as the 275.
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    Appropriate GFX for i7 Build?!

    Im finding the case great. It shifts air very well. I use a 22" monitor and figured Id try NVidia for a change - plus wanted to see what cuda encoding benefits there were. I dont really game, but this is my once every three years system refresh - so figured its about £75 per year spread over...
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    Appropriate GFX for i7 Build?!

    Thats a similar spec to what I got - not installed the OS yet - still doing the cable management part. Modular PSU is preferable - the bunch of cables I have left over would have needed to be stashed somewhere. Chose the GTX 275 in the end, Its a long card but fits the 902 case pretty easily...
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    akasa AK967 nero - choice of paste

    A short question really, regarding this cooler. used for cooling a core i7. Have owners of this cooler used the paste that it gets supplied with, or gone with an after market paste such as AS5? I have both, but am inclined to stick with the white goo it came with. What say the people!
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    Your graphics card history tree?

    First card was some Tseng Labs 256K card Best card was a Ti4200 Still to make the 'Big' jump to PCi-e - am resisting...I really am....
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    low powered card for a machine

    Hi, Im after a card thats fairly low spec, but only have the benchmark of an ATI 1950pro as a benchmark id like it to beat. Have spotted a 9500 GT card for about £50 on Oc, and also a ATI 4650 for £57. How do these two cards compare to the 1950Pro? The card will go into a Core i7 920...
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    Google Street View active in the UK

    Fantastic - I now have evidence I was at work - I can see my car! haha! The elevated height of the cameras is fantastic - I can see I need to clean up the guttering!
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    Has PC Gaming Died over the past year or so?

    These days, I use the PC for FSX, and more and more facebook online games, specifically mafia wars and Lexulous. I get more and more picky with the kind of games I play these days - it needs to be addictive and totally draw you in, like tetris was. I think the last game I played was farcry2, but...
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    ***Ultimate i7 Bundle £499,99 Inc VAT***

    What kind of watts does the power supply need to be for this bundle? I suspect my PSU will need to be changed - 430watts currently, and only has a 20 pin power connector, not a 24 pin . The build will initially be for a workstation, ie 2xhard drives quattro fx 1700 card.
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    Spec me a GPS for my camera

    Another one, a qstarz BT-Q1300, has photo geotagging - no idea if it copes with jpegs only though. 12 hours batt life because of the size. around £72
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    Brits visiting Spain drops by 20.5%

    Im ok with Barcelona - love the buildings there. Dont think much of Madrid, Grafitti everywhere it seems, plus the locals seem fairly rude and racism is more obvious there. I prefer the Netherlands, the people there are always friendly and enthusiastic.
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    Do we need such powerful cards now?

    Choice is good - especially if it means existing prices keep getting lower. If it means every four years the same price (cheap) buys me something a lot more powerful, thats great.
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    Username Google Image Search

    Mines the dead body of a deer with its innards on show. So much for safesearch ON.
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    Driving in snow

    Left for work this morning and the snow was nice and powdery, no problems. By lunch time, it was starting to turn to ice. When I left the police station car park, it was starting to feel worse. Still, I was in a 4wd with offroad tyres so handling was still great. Dreading it when the roads...
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    Learning Chinese

    also look at http://chinesepod.com/ They do a daily podcast from shanghai, teaching english speakers Mandarin. They cover all the levels from beginner to advanced. They released an audio torrent over a year ago which had about 500 lessons, each about 10 - 15 mins long. Very easy to get into.
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