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Good thread topic! I've attended and hosted I don't know how many LAN parties over the years. From tiny ones of just 3 people to 30 people or more. I think one of the most fun ones we had was an impromptu one one nice sunny day. We decided we wanted to play games, but also enjoy the outdoors, so 8 of us brought our Macs out (and 1 PC) and we played outside on the deck. We sat in such a way to minimize screen glare and got in gaming and great tans. Usually with LAN parties come junk food and more junk food. I don't think I've ever seen healthy food at a LAN party.Problems are usually versions. Everyone doesn't have the same version to play the game. The best organized LAN party to get over this was one my friend organized. He had a server with all the game patches accessible to everybody. There was also internet access if someone brought a game that wasn't planned to be played and everyone needed to patch. Other problems are people sucking up the game bandwidth to swap porn. That same LAN party that was super organized, my friend actually set up a seperate network so that people who wanted to just swap files could and they wouldn't be bogging down the network.Types of games? Usually FPS. We play Star Wars Battlefront a lot at them. Awesome game. Also usually get some Warcraft Frozen Throne and even Starcraft, even though that game is ancient now, but still excellent. When it gets really late in the night, we often find ourselves playing Motocross Maddess. Everyone times it so we all jump off the big cliff at the same time. Heh

Hi,I am looking to buy a digital camera for my girlfriend... I have "been digital" for over a year now, although I am not exactly a pro...I have narrowed my choices down to the following (they are all roughly the same price). Perhaps you can recommend one or two of them? Ideally I would like it to have a nice screen (/size), an SD card slot, sound for the movies (not essential, but a plus), and an overall attractive appearance.1 HP Photosmart R7072 HP Photosmart R507 3 HP Photosmart M517 4 Nikon Coolpix 4600 5 BenQ DC C62 6 HP Photosmart M227 Samsung Digimax A4 What do you think? Choice #1 is winning with me right now.....THANKS

I had the exact same problem you have described. What i did was change my monherboard and changed my heatsink, but i clumsyly smeared some of the heat conductive paste over the edge of the surface of the processor core. Once i whiped this off with a soft cloth the computer started up as it should of.

Sata drives in my opinion are worth it and are faster, and doesnt cost any more.you dont need to buy different CD/DVD drives, they still run on the standard IDE technology.there are CD drives now available with SATA interface, but they are high end, expensive items. and I dont think they offer a large increase in performance compared to IDE.There also very simple to set up, just a simple cable that needs to be plugged in really...for your motherboard, do you plan to use AMD or Intel?

Yea defently AMD all the way!!!!!!!!!Altough i do think intels processors are more reliable for hard constant work

Dell computers are sometiomes relitavley cheap but they lack the scecifications in the graphics department.A great buy is your looking for a text based office computer, or internet browsing computer.