by LLR_RoD on December 23rd, 2009
Between cleaning my place, office party, last minute shopping and some friends coming into town for the holiday festivities, I haven’t had a chance to update the site. My apologies! I’ll try my best to put up a few more galleries up of some recent builds I’ve done for PC Tech.
This year we’re doing Christmas at my parent’s place. So we’ll be driving over there Christmas morning and hanging out. Luckily, I only have to go a few miles to get to their house. 
No snow to deal with down here in Florida.
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by LLR_RoD on December 19th, 2009
If you haven’t heard, Google is planning to shake up the cell phone market next month (January 5th, 2010) with it’s $100-$200 phone. But get this… if you have a GMAIL account, which most people do, it will be $100 off making the phone a meger $99. It will utilize Google Voice. The kicker is, people say you will be able to use it with a prepaid SIM card which will allow you to pretty much have unlimited use of voice and texting for the price of a prepaid data sim card. I’ll post more news as I get it!
Google said on its official blog on Saturday that it was testing a new mobile device with its employees. Media reports have said that Google will sell an unlocked version of the touch screen phone, allowing consumers to pick a carrier of their choice to provide wireless service.
Another version will be linked to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA, which will subsidize the cost of the phone for U.S. consumers who agree to a service contract, the source said. Pricing details were not available.
Click Here for the entire article.
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by LLR_RoD on December 18th, 2009
Valve’s Free TF2 weekend is going on till Dec. 20th, 2009 (for all those that don’t already own the game. On top of that, Valve is selling the game at 50% off! Not quiet as good as the $2.99 deal during Thanksgiving, but hey.. this game is DEFINITELY worth it!
Team Fortress 2 50% Off Deal
If you’re on Steam, make sure to add me! LLRRoD
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by LLR_RoD on December 15th, 2009
A photo has been making the rounds of what is possibly the new Intel i7 980X. ### THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL RELEASE SPEC ###
The website is in Chinese but you can view all the pretty pictures.
Here are the ‘leaked’ specs of the 980X
### THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL RELEASE SPEC ###
Key Features:
- 6 Cores / 12 threads, Extreme Edition
- 12 MB Intel Smart Cache
- Compatible with Intel Core i7 9xx series processors
- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
- Intel Turbo Boost Technology
- Integrated Memory Controller
- DDR 1066 MHz memory
- Intel Quickpath Interconnect (Intel QPI)
- 2X16 or 4×8 discrete graphics with X58
Socket
Power
Platform Compatibility
- Intel X58 Express Chipset
Snagged pic.
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by LLR_RoD on December 14th, 2009
For all of those that are doing last minute shopping online (like me), make sure to check all your sites on Reseller Ratings. They don’t list every single site, but they do have a fairly good list of the reputable and non-reputable ones.
Whatever you do, don’t order without making sure it’s a legitimate site otherwise you could be scammed or waiting till AFTER Christmas to get your gifts.
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by LLR_RoD on December 14th, 2009
Hardware Secrets has reviewed what is currently my favorite case to date, the Corsair Obsidian 800D. This monster is simply an amazing case. If you are a hardcore builder (and I mean hardcore due to the price tag of this baby) then there is no other option.
I don’t exactly agree with some of the points they made regarding the lack of noise absorption, honestly if you have this case.. you’re more than likely going to be water cooling. In which case, noise isn’t going to be as big of a factor.
The price of the case is a negative aspect, at an MSRP of $299, it’s not for everybody.
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by LLR_RoD on December 13th, 2009
Finally got a chance to get the previous galleries up from the old design.
If you would like to see the custom builds we do here at PC Tech Advice, visit the Gallery.
Quicklinks to Computer Builds
Nemesis
Amethyst
Blood Iron – Red X Quad
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by LLR_RoD on December 13th, 2009
There were a few issues with our contact form. If you sent a message in the last week or so, please resend!
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by LLR_RoD on December 10th, 2009
AT&T told investors at a UBS conference in New York that it plans to upgrade it’s network, but at the same time will be putting a tighter leash on those who are using up more than 40% of the network bandwidth. To me this is a stupid idea, most consumers use iPhones because they’re easy to use and allows them to use it for internet, email and MAYBE phone usage… to tell them they can’t is like telling a Blackberry user that they have to limit their emails. You decide.
Click Here for the article.
Right now, the carrier doesn’t limit data usage for smart phones. It also doesn’t make it easy for subscribers to know how much data they’re consuming.
“We need to educate the customer … We’ve got to get them to understand what represents a megabyte of data,” de la Vega said. “We’re improving all our systems to let consumers get real-time information on their data usage.”
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by LLR_RoD on December 9th, 2009
The latest version of Adobe Flash Player has been released, bringing it to 10.0.42.34
Make sure to grab it here.
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