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i'm interested in seeing it actually. I had issues with Asus mobos in the past myself. RMA'd 3 times... finally got it right on the 4th try.frustrating to be sure. DDR3 is SO expensive... ugh... my wife just rolls her eyes when I talk about building a new system. Your system is sweet to be sure... I only wish I was "allowed" to build something bleeding edge like it myself. Whenever I bring it up my wife is like "no" . "but..." "no." heh anyways... kee

@Spartan You'll see no apologies from me... just a headshake in wonderment... sounds to me like you have WAY too much money and not nearly enough expertise in building a box like that... it's been in the "shop" for FOUR weeks while they what? I'm confused here... Sounds to me like you need to find another shop or fire up Google and figure out the problems for yourself. My friend & I just built a box superior to that one & it has a pair of 30's, for ab

@ Uranium Agreed... but all paranoid thoughts aside... it's HIGHLY unlikely valve is going anywhere in the foreseeable future. But you're right.

Let me preface all of this by stating that I've never pirated a game ... and that this article is spot on... now ... for my rant. . . . Ok. I got linked here from another part of the internet, but I HAVE to make a comment or two about a couple posts in this thread... 1st - @ Abraxis... I'm not sure what circles you run in on the net but, I come from the same "generation" of gamer as you... it began way back in the days of college playing wolf3d and th