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Old December 21st, 2007   #1
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Default Decisions, decisions...

I have just $50 to spend, and only at Newegg, what would help my build the most? My top choices are:

A SATA DVD burner (eww IDE!)
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A Thermalright chipset cooler for mad OC skillz!
-or-
Swiftech GPU water cooling (would put me slightly over budget)

I would like your honest opinion on this!

Thanks,
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Old December 21st, 2007   #2
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I think that you need the pink case to go with the mouse

Na, just kidding Nate, from the looks of it, I think the best buy for the money is the Samsung DVD burner!! But I think if you dig a little deeper, you can find the Samsung burner with the LightScribe for around the same money!



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Thanks Stinger. I need a few more opinions on this though before I make my decision.



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Save it for later?



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I could do that... maybe put it to a 8800GT?



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I could do that... maybe put it to a 8800GT?
Now that is a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good call Polo



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Couldn't help myself, I got a cable sleeving kit and a molex/ATX PSU remover to aid with the sleeving. Expect an update to my worklog in the coming weeks.

Thanks to Rich for the Newegg gift certificate!



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I was gonna say go for the GPU block...but meh...



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I was gonna say go for the GPU block...but meh...
Yea, sorry, too late, but I wouldn't say a wire sleeving kit was a bad choice... I have some tricks up my sleeve (pun?) to make that H2G0 look pretty good!



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Couldn't help myself, I got a cable sleeving kit and a molex/ATX PSU remover to aid with the sleeving. Expect an update to my worklog in the coming weeks.

Thanks to Rich for the Newegg gift certificate!
Well very cool man!!!! Thats not a bad idea Nate
Should be a lot of fun doing the sleeving, and do be sure to post picks man!!!!!



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