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Budget (including currency): as affordable as possible Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I wanted to make use of it by testing a whole bunch of Linux distros on a dedicated hardware and use a dedicated PC to compile stuff without needing to sacrifice my current gaming PC. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): * CPU: AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00) * CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00) * Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00) * Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 CL8 Memory (Purchased For $0.00) * Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00) * Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8 GB Vapor-X Video Card (Purchased For $0.00) Before you suggest I return these or something, I got all these for free from a relative. Perfectly aware how hot this can be, but I'm planning on undervolting (and maybe underclock) to control the heat.
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Hey guys, I´m looking for a used graphics card for a my little brother with a budget of 100-150€. But I just don´t know what to buy! I mean there is the 1060, the 970, the 980(hard to get at the moment for this budget), the 780ti and of course the amd stuff like the rx460,480, R9 380, R9 280 and and and... Of course I found lots of benchmarks and reviews, but is this still relevent in 2021? Most of them will reach 60fps on 1080p (youtube told me so) but which one is the best? Is there a graphics card I missed? Right now it looks like I could buy any of these and the differences would be minimal and not relevent at all. Pls correct me if I´m wrong. I really don´t know what to do. So does anyone has a nice advice for me? And please excuse my bad english. It´s definetly possible I´m in the wrong section with this topic, so pls (If an admin is looking) take it to the right one or just say something.
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I'm upgrading my build from an rx 580, and I was wondering if getting a 1080 8g second hand for 350 dollars (This is all due to the scalping of the 3000 series cards) is a good deal. I'm just unsure about how future proof it will be, as well as the performance gain I would get from going back 2 generations. Any help is appreciated :^)
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Hi, I've been watching a bunch of vids on youtube and have been reading on Plex's website, but im still a bit uncertain about what would be the right setup. Use: 1 user 1/4k direct play to a TV connected to my computer (When I buy a new TV would could I connect the Plex server directly to the TV through ethernet?) Some direct stream to smartphone / tablet (dont think I will be streaming much outside of my home network) Im looking for a CPU and motherboard. Is the GPU good enough for hardware transcoding? I would be great to be able to use my 8T external HDD since all the media is on that drive already. Im not sure about OS, I would like to learn Linux but I know almost nothing about it, never tested it out yet. If this server could be used for Plex, NAS & back up that would be awesome! I will list several of the options I have to buy used CPUs (9-49 USD) at the bottom. Hardware I already had: HDD: WD 200 + 250 GB older SATA HDDs I have laying around. I have a 1 TB WD I havent gotten to work yet for some reason.. External HDD: 8TB Seagate I use for media and backups with my laptop today. Cabels and 4x120mm + 5x80mm fans etc Water cooling radiators 120+360mm, CPU block, pump (Need to buy tubing and thermal paste) Hardware I bought used: PSU: 450W Lenovo AcBel 80 Plus Bronze ($29 no shipping) SSD: Samsung 128 GB 2,5" SSD (CM871 Series, MZ-YLF1280, TLC SATA 6Gbps) ($27 inkluded shipping) CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/52214/intel-core-i7-2600k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html RAM: 16 GB DDR3, 1333 Motherboard: Acer ipisb-vr rev 1.01 http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/acer-ipisb-vr-rev-1-01/ Hardware I got for free (when helping upgrading a gaming PC) PC case GPU: EVGA GeForece GTX 1060, 3GB GDDR5 SC GAMING, ACX 2.0, Single Fan, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), 03G-P4-6162-KR Kingston 2x4 GB KVR24N17S8K2/8 DDR4 8GB (4GB 1Rx8 512M x 64-Bit x 2 pcs.) PC4-2400 CL17 288-Pin DIMM Kit Link to PDF: https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KVR24N17S8K2_8.pdf
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Hello everyone. Short intro: My name is Sauce, Asian roots living in Belgium. Born in 1988 and working as an IT consultant in the financial sector. I've long been wanting to build an secondary PC, to bring with me to LAN parties. Although I only visit 1 LAN party per year, the appeal of having a very compact PC is something that I've always wanted to have. Because the nature of LAN parties, I don't like the idea to bring my high end gaming rig with me. Therefore, I've decided to build a cheap gaming LAN PC. My parts: 20 EUR - Coolermaster Elite 130 + free 4 USB 2.0 5"25 Hub Sharkoon 40 EUR - I5-2400 (non K) with stock cooler 50 EUR - Intel DQ67P (m-ITX) + I/O shield 35 EUR - Corsair 4GB x2 1600 (total of 8GB) 100 EUR - Sapphire R9 280x 40 EUR - OCZ 600w Powersupply 10 EUR - 128 GB SSD Micron 5 EUR - 500GB 7200 Hitachi HDD Total money spend: 300EUR Click on spoiler to see picture part list. Honestly, I've never thought that I would be able to make a decent gaming PC rig for this price. The CPU will become a bottleneck at some point, but I've always been playing games on LAN parties that do not require any high end components. Again, this system was build to be just bring around at LAN parties. The games I would most likely play on LAN parties are: Hearthstone World of Warcraft Heroes of the Storm Overwatch Counter Strike Global Offensive FIFA series Rocket League Orc Must Die series Any other game like GTA 5 for example, I would be rather playing on my main system (i7 6700k, GTX 980ti). Unlike in the theme of Scrapyard Wars, I did not had any additional peripherals laying around for my secondary machine. Therefore, I had to buy them as well. I ended up with: 15 EUR - Logitech G15v2 5 EUR - Logitech MX310 + free mouse mat 100 EUR - 25" UltraWide LG25U65 (2560x1080) 20 EUR - 7.1 Corsair 2100 Headset with broken mic 10 EUR - Plantronic Desk Mic (new) Overall, I'm very happy with the parts I was able to get for the price I've spend on the used parts. I don't have any benchmark numbers or anything for new, but they will be available once I've spend my weekend at the LAN party (Sugarlan in Belgium). Click here to view pictures of the finished build. Thank you for reading my small build log. If any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them. Kind Regards, Sauze
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My pc is gonna be on a scrapyard wars budget $300 but in my currency which is PHP. I found an r9 290 for $99 and It's a really good deal.. what's the cheapest cpu I could pair it though? and how many watts do I need for it.
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Hey LTT community, I'm a university student studying Computer Science at the University of Toronto. Much like the LTT team, I have been a long time advocate of the 2nd hand electronics market and frequent communities such as /r/hardwareswap and heatware - both to save money, but also to reduce the amount of electronic waste that is produced nowdays. The biggest issue I have with the second hand market right now is that its pretty difficult for those with less tech knowledge to enter the market. They don't know where to focus their budget, what "the numbers" mean, etc. and as a result most people just end up buying cheaper electronics new; less value for them, but also more electronic waste. As a result, prices for most devices on sites such as Ebay or Facebook marketplace are often higher than they should be, leading to the used electronics market being quite... dead. I'm starting up a side project which will help those with less technological know-how so that the general public can better price their used devices, as well as have a good idea how much they should be paying for other people's old devices on websites such as ebay or kijiji. That being said, its not a simple process - a lot of things have to be considered when pricing old electronics, such as the original manufacturer (@Microsoft and Apple tax), specs, new tech dropping the value of existing devices (think Ryzen launch) etc. For obvious reasons, I'd like this to be as accurate as possible. With this in mind, what do you consider when buying and selling your old devices? Thanks in advance!
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Hi I recently got a capture card and I want to have a separate streaming pc so I can everything, like my Xbox, switches, and pc. would be possible to make a cheap streaming pc with an old lga 1155 Xeon or an i3 2120. i would like to stream at 1080p 60FPS, if this does not work, please give me some suggestions.
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Alright so I have been wanting to build a PC for a freaken while now and had finally decided to pull the trigger. Over the past month I've acquired various parts. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $80.00) micro center Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For $60.00) micro center Memory: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D41 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (Purchased For $77.77) Newegg Storage: Inland 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $32.00) micro center Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $50.00) amazon Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Video Card (Purchased For $170.00) Facebook market Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $50.00) Facebook Market Power Supply: GAMDIAS ASTRAPE P1 G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $50.00) EBAY So I finally got all my parts and put them in my case. I plugged in the front panel as the last thing and hit the power button and my PSU made a loud buzzing noise for like half a second and then pretty much blew up. A small spark flew out and slight smell of burning. Two questions 1. was this my fault? Later I contacted the seller from Ebay and he said that he was unable to test this unit before it was sent, but initially when I plugged everything in the ram did light up. 2. ARE ANY OF MY OTHER COMPONENTS BROKE BECAUSE OF THIS please, if you have had this experience let me know what parts broke or didn't as a result. I will be getting the same model PSU tomorrow (3-12-20) and installing it, but how do I know if it fried my MB, CPU, GPU, SSD, HDD, or RAM?
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Hey everyone! I was just wondering how likely/possible it would be for me to build a small pc for $500, that's capable of playing games on the lowest graphical settings? Not super graphics intensive on es, either. Games like Age of empires 2 HD, other strategy games, etc. Willing to go for secondhand parts, and definitely for the monitor. Thoughts?
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I'm having a dilemma with a bunch of ideas for a build using parts lying around the house after upgrading my main rig. I've ran through 3 build scenarios, though my current X99 board had a 00 error and am not 100% sure whether the motherboard or CPU is fried. I'm basing this on assuming the board needs RMA'd and fixed. They are going for around $250 used on Ebay right now. However, selling these and buying some new core components seems like a good idea. The 2200G build I have is the most enticing financially, but I'm concerned it will be a giant bottleneck with a dedicated GPU pairing like a GTX 1070. I also understand that Computex 2019 is soon, and there could be some stellar new APU's and CPU's coming out for a great price, but I'm basing all this on what is available now. I'm curious to get feedback if any of these builds or paths make sense. I'm trying to do it on the cheap, but not corner myself with no upgrade path or bad bottlenecks. What I have to use 5820K 6-core CPU (assumed working) 32GB Ripjaws 4 G.Skill DDR4 2400 RAM Seasonic X-650W Gold PSU 250GB Intel 520 SSD What needs repaired ASUS X99 Pro 3.1 Motherboard (assume $130 RMA quote) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: BUILD 1 What must be purchased Video Card ($220) - Nvidia EVGA 1660 XC Heatsink ($35) - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Black RGB Case ($60) - Phanteks P300 TOTAL ESTIMATE: $95 + $130 Mobo Repair + Video Card ($220) GRAND TOTAL Out of Pocket: $445 (before tax) ———————— ———————————————————————— BUILD 2 What I can sell (ebay pricing) 5820K ($150) Fixed Motherboard (-$130 + $250 sale) $120 profit —— Total Profit: $270 Must Purchase Processor ($99) - 2200G Motherboard ($105) - MSI B450 Gaming Plus Case ($60) - Phanteks P300 TOTAL ESTIMATE: $265 subtract $270 in sales GRAND TOTAL Out of Pocket: -$5 (omg I made money... maybe) ———————————————————————————————— BUILD 3 What I can sell (ebay pricing) 5820K ($150) Fixed Motherboard (-$130 + $250 ebay sale) $120 profit —— Total Profit: $270 Must Purchase Processor ($165) - Ryzen 2600 Video Card ($220) - Nvidia EVGA 1660 XC Motherboard ($105) - MSI B450 Gaming Plus Case ($60) - Phanteks P300 TOTAL ESTIMATE: $550 subtract $270 in sales GRAND TOTAL Out of Pocket: $280 (before tax) ———————————————————————————————— or buy dank ass new RTX GPU for my main rig? 2080 or 2080 Ti ($700-$1200) 2-3 year old GTX 1070 would go to all builds (concerned for the 2200G pairing though)
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Hello, I'm looking to build this family that has low income a computer as I overheard them talking to a best buy employee saying if they sell any computers for under 50$ and the mother said that its more for her young son that wants to play educational games and for the family to use it for web browsing. I walked up to the mother and said I can possibly get your family a computer. She mentioned her budget was 50$ I've decided to pitch in another 50$ to get any luck finding used parts. Im now on the hunt for a desktop I can build for them. The specs I'm thinking are Fx 4300 (used 15-30$) Some am3+ motherboard (used 30$) 4gb ddr3 2x2gb (used 10$) 300w psu if they decide to slowly upgrade in the future (I'm providing) 500gb HDD (i am providing from a old build) For the avg person on board graphics are probably ok but for a older motherboard that has ati 3000 graphics, I really want to step it up with a deticated gpu (used) that's under 25$ for some extra power. If you have any recommendations please post below.
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I built a PC from spare parts. Using a i7 2600, 24 GB gskill ram, gtx 1050ti, and a 650 watt evga psu. I'll turn it off (shutdown in windows) and the screen will go black like it did shit down. Thing is that the PC is still powered. The case fans still run, the power light is on, rgb is working. I have to hold the power button to shut it all the way off. Anyone ever experience this before?
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Hi im currently using a fx 8350 processor and a 990fxa ud3 board with some ddr3 memory. im looking to upgrade to a ryzen 1600 but want to do so for under 300, would like to do so for $250.00 USD but between upgrading cpu, MB and ram its hard to do with new parts. im not sure if i can use my ddr3 ram with ryzen 1600 for now and upgrade later.
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is as follows: I7 6700k overclocked to 4.4 ghz. Cooler master TD500 case maxed out with fans. Evga Gtx 970 FTW overclocked 100 on core 400 on memory. 240 GB ssd 1 TB hard drive. 16 GB 3000 MHZ ram 650 watt Evga psu. Windows 10 home legit. What do you all think a fair price to sell this is?
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Hello, so I was wondering what GPU should I pair with my Ryzen 1700. I've seen a lot of offers on used GTX 970s and some 1060s. I've also seen some R9 390 8GB for the exact same price as 970 or sometimes cheaper and I was wondering if 390 is worth it(mainly because of 8gb of GDDR instead of 6gb or 4gb). So, my question is, is it worth it to go with used card? Or should I wait for 10xx series prices to drop down and buy a new one? Thanks in advance
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I'm going to be upgrading my platform soon and I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to sell my CPU, motherboard and ram as one unit so someone could save on shipping. Would it be wiser for me to sell the parts individually if I want the most back for them or do you guys think selling the whole platform at once would be attractive due to the savings on shipping and all that? Just looking for some thoughts on this. It's a Asus maximum hero VII, a 4790k and 16gb of corsair vengeance 2400mhz DDR3 ram.
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Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. My brother's motherboard died (unless or the CPU but if the motherboard was alive it should have beeped, and the on-board 7-seg display is showing a code that's "reserved for future use") and I ordered another one (HP Z400). It's an LGA1336 socket (for an i7 970 iirc) so nothing new is available and I had to buy used. It arrived "compressed" on all sides, even the I/O shield is bent, but as far as I can see the circuitry might have survived. The repair shop he took it to (generally trusted) said they wouldn't try it for fear of a shortcircuit, but I'm thinking it's just them being cautions on liability. I think it's safe to plug it and see if it's still alive in but I can't say I know for sure that it won't fry the CPU, which is largely what we are trying go avoid replacing as we're a bit tight at the moment. I'm tossing in a couple of pictures, I'm mostly concerned about the SATA port that's halfway ripped out, and the fact that it's the only blue one so idk if it's expecting the C drive on it or something. There's circuitry on the other bent corner as well. -> So do you think it's safe to try? I primarily want some assurance that there's no chance I'll fry the CPU or DIMMs... On a side note, think it's safe to try to straighten out the corners with pliers? Though the adage "don't fix it if it ain't broken" may be the better choice here. Side-side note: it's mounted on a tray, anything I should look out for when removing it? I've never handled trays before.
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So as the title says, i kinda need help on what i should ask ish, Im from belgium as well and im the first owner of all the parts. None of them ever got overclocked i3-4160 3,6 GHz + stock coolerAsus AMD Radeon R7 260x 2GB 2GD5 (Asus website of the exact card (because is can be mixed trough with others))Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb-1600MSI H81M-E34
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Hey there. I've been trying my hardest to game on a mid-grade laptop for three years now with about as much success as you'd expect. After a good two weeks of binge-watching LTT and Craft Computing (particularly Linus' Scrapyard Wars and CC's budget gaming PC video) I've learned that supposedly I can build myself a serviceable gaming rig for $200-300 USD by buying used components and an old office PC. I haven't bought anything yet but I'm currently doing research to make sure I can actually pull this off. Fortunately for me, one of the Goodwill stores in my area has a "Goodwill Computer Works" next door. It's basically just a room full of old office PCs and ancient accessories, but their prices on the office PCs seemingly blow Newegg out of the water, and they include a monitor, mouse, and keyboard with all PC purchases. Most of their full systems are actually outside of my budget (their systems on display are $200-350 alone, which wouldn't leave me with enough for an add-in GPU) but I found a stack of towers in a corner that were very reasonably priced. The main two I'm interested in are: Dell Optiplex, Intel i5-3470, 250 GB HDD (RPM unknown), 4 GB RAM (generation unspecified), Windows 10. $69.99 USD HP Pro series, Intel i7-4590, 8 GB RAM (generation unspecified). No hard drive and therefore no OS. $99.99 USD Obviously, the HP is by far the more attractive option. A $30 upcharge for a Haswell i7 and another 4 GB of RAM? Yes please. The only problem is, since it doesn't have a hard drive or OS, I'd need to buy one elsewhere, and the cost to buy a drive and a copy of Windows 10 would be well above the $30 savings and cut into my GPU budget. So, is there a better way for me to get a drive and copy of Windows for a currently driveless PC? Or should I just go the budget route and buy the Dell? TL;DR I'm building a budget "starter" gaming rig out of a thrift store PC. I found a well-specced HP tower for $99 but it has no hard drive or OS. The same shop is selling a Dell tower with worse specs but a hard drive and Windows 10 for $69 Should/can I: Buy the HP tower, then get a used hard drive from Craigslist/eBay/Newegg, and a fresh copy of Windows? Buy the HP tower, and the Dell tower, and move the hard drive from the Dell to the HP, giving the HP the Dell's copy of Windows and giving me an emergency spare parts PC? Just buy the Dell tower and use the savings on more RAM and a GPU, as even the best GPU I'm likely to get (GTX 1050 low profile) won't be bottlenecked by an i5?
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Hey guys. A while ago, I had some problems with a computer of mine where the PSU failed and took the graphics card I had installed at that moment (a Sapphire HD6670) and I need a GPU to replace it because I don't have another spare one. So, as the title lightly suggests, I have a friend willing to sell me her GTX 660 (from Gigabyte). The thing is, we have no idea what the value of said card is. Is there any website where I can check out that value or is there anyone experienced on this kind of stuff who knows an average price for it? Thanks in advance, everyone!
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local morning yall. im browsing ebay for parts for a server build. i came across this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-P9X79-Motherboard-X79-LGA2011-Intel-Quad-Core-i7-3820-3-6Ghz-processor/332558527793?hash=item4d6e086d31:g:su8AAOSwNmNaiGE9 i plan to us a Intel Xeon E5-2640 V2, for this project, so the CPU included with this listing means nothing to me, that said, is there a potential profit to be had from flipping the i7 3820? ive been having a hell of a time finding mobo that are x79 with an LGA 2011 on them anywhere near me, so this is one of the better bets ive found so far.
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Hey, I have been planning to upgrade the 6gb ram in my Dell Laptop N w/ i5 to its max of 8gb @ a higher speed of course. As you know currently ram is at an astronomically high price (used @ $15 ea and new @ $43ea). Would it be a good idea to buy used ram instead or wait for it to drop to something much lower (like I was hoping)? What are the risks when buying used? Also, are there any reliable programs out there that can tell me exactly what ram will work with my computer and the best I can get? Link to the part I thought would work: https://goo.gl/CTPaah
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Hey guys! I'm planning to build an editing PC for around $600 or 30000 Php (Pesos) Mainly for 1080p and 4K editing. (Yes 4K editing, I can edit 4K 24p on an i7 3610QM laptop with a GT640M smoothly so I think this build will be so much better than my laptop) It is a combination of used and brand new parts and I hope you guys could give me some advice if my parts selection is okay. Case Armaggeddon Vulcan V1x Full ATX White - $40 bnew (I know it's kinda big for my motherboard lol) Processor i7 4790 - $190 used Motherboard Asus H81ME - $39 bnew Graphics Card Asus DirectCU II GTX 660Ti 2GB GDDR5 192 Bit - $84 used Ram Kingston 16gb 1600 MHz (8x2) - $72 used Storage Intel/Kingston/Samsung 240GB SSD (Depends on the availability) - $60 used Seagate/WD/Toshiba 1TB 720 rpm HDD - $48 bnew (cant risk problems with used hard drives) Power Supply Seasonic M12ii 520/620W - $60 used Have you got any better alternatives? an i7 6700 build is reachable within my budget but I wont have enough left to get a GPU. (Well video editing is mainly on the processor but I still want to have a good timeline scrubbing experience) Thanks!!!
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