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    Budget upgrade challenge

    What exactly are you arguing? My post just explained that the t-bird ran hotter because it had a small transfer surface compared to the newer chips that have similar power draw and overall thermal output. (Where exactly did you take this into account as you mention in your post) Geee... lets...
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    Budget upgrade challenge

    Remember that the power draw and total thermal output of a CPU does not necessarily correspond directly to the temperature that the CPU will run at. Intel's heat spreaders and AMD's newer chips' larger die sizes mean that they will run cooler than the t-bird given the same thermal output.
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    Anyone else get these errors on the boards?

    not here (IE6 in winXP and IE5.5 in win98) think you need to update your browser
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    MP3 portable players

    i've used an iPod and i thought the demo model was a fabulous little piece of hardware. Now that I know that Apple aparently has put little effort or care into prodcucing workable software for the iPod I don't think I shall even consider it. My biggest complaint about input/output devices is...
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    Anyone still playing Counter-Strike?

    im in a CS clan (actually a Halflife clan that's part of a larger gaming clan) I play CS several times a week, but lately have been playing natural selection(another half life mod) more than CS.
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    Birthday

    9 days is sure better than the standard 9 months.
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    Forums crash again at SR

    we all have a good time here, don't we honold? I appreciate everyone's presence, even if I don't always agree with the content of their posts.
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    A Fun Little Flash Game

    It has already been explained. You have to aim from the tee to the entrance of the area surrounding the hole. If you practice (or get lucky) you can hit the ball in there and it will bouce around towards the hole. I think it's even possible to get a "hole in 1" on that hole(I've gotten close).
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    How does the toolbox work?

    Since it's a tool box I don't know if we should include things like drivers (detonators, 4-in-1's, etc). First, these things are usually fairly large. Second, they are updated frequently. And third there are places like driverguide, guru3d, and viahardware that do a much better job of staying...
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    Budget upgrade challenge

    If the retail HSF that came with my Duron 1.3 is any indication, then I would say the speeze is almost certainly quieter than the retail... maybe not in a dB way of measurement, but in overall pitch and listenability the speeze is much easier to get along with.
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    yeah, Hitachi serves us right.

    wow, you're the only person i ever heard of who actually bought the 75GB version....
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    [NEWS] - Nvidia Nforce 2 may have serious problems

    the big deal is that the clear CMOS jumper on some boards does not reset the FSB settings... just the other CMOS settings aparently... (i dont have an nforce2 board, but this is what I've seen several times with people posting their experinces on the web) I've heard this is *THE* problem with...
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    Best Power Supply From . . . ?

    I have to say that I would trust the Sparkle the most... never had one, but they seem to be recomended around the block... I had an enlight 250 watt PSU for over a year.. I thought it had gone bad and through it out... the problem was probably actually the motherboard (abit with bad caps).. the...
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    Best software to rip DVD to disk.

    hmm.. perhaps you have to select a stream/format from the audio menu in DVD2AVI... I always select audio track 1(it seems i never have to select the audio format)... but that may just be because I only play region 1 or region free disks... not sure what kind of audio you have on your specific...
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    [NEWS] - Barracuda 7200.7 review

    hmm.. sounds like an ideal drive for a htpc or other situation where noise and heat must be kept at a minimum... atleast if it carries on the tradidtions of the ATA Barracuda. When are these going ot be realesed? shortly?
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    Soyo BayOne AVI Plus Flash Reader/Writer - Pretty Cool

    yeah, i thought the inclusion of the additional face plates was a smart idea.
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    JRE 1.4.1_02 released.

    what's your point? no one said Java was perfect.. it has it's uses.
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    hdd mod (in the box)

    lol, you have a good knowledge... I have about 10 things of caulk in the garage.. i thought i grabbed silicone, but after I got it done and was putting the caulk back i noticed it was "silconized acrylic"... In any event the caulk didnt form a very distinct shape around the subtle contours of...
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    802.11A or G?

    dang! antenna problems?
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    Suicide or Homocide [you be the judge]

    From: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/suicide-or-homicide/suicide-or-homicide.html 1994's Most Bizarre Suicide At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS president Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal...
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    Hardware innovations you'd like to see become mainstream

    hmm... I would estimate from computer to reciever you would have 2 or 3 x mini stereo -> RCA cables (4 to 6 channels of sound) 1 x digital Coax or TosLink cable (Digital sound is Uber|337) 1 x S-Video or RCA cable (got to show off that desktop) From sources into the HTPC you would have: 1 x...
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    What is a good Basic Video Card

    I bought my geforce3 Ti200 when they came out and it was under $200 then... I'm sure you can find it cheaper than that.. oh wait.. you're in Australia... that explains your terribly augmented perspective on computer prices.... Personally, I might get a geforce4MX now... 1) because you can't...
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    [NEWS] - WinXP passwords bypass

    true.. that stuff is so easy to do as well. Setting a 5-10 try lockout can prevent alot problems.. and typically will cause only minor irritations(if any)
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    What is a good Basic Video Card

    Does anybody really have driver problems going between cards? how are you guys getting this? I have gone from rageIIc to TNT2 to g400 to TNT 1 to g400 and not a single quirk... i know i was using newest detonators and matrox drivers... dont know about ATi.... certainly not the catalysts.
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    Thanks Merc: Speeze CPU cooler

    I know a guy in canada that can get the falconRock... it's very similar... personally i thought the falconRock II looked the best out of the three, with it's copper core and 3 position clip... I am gonna email newegg and see if they can special order speeze/spire products or if they know who i...
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    FIC nForce2 board...is an EPoX?

    exactly, both the Asus a7n (non-deluxe) and the Epox boards have only 3 audio jacks... meaning that you cannot use any inputs if you are using the 5.1 channel sound... and only 1 input if you are using 4 channel sound... If you are one of the people who think along the lines of "well who...
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    It was inevitable...

    lol, from the same site merc posted... Check out the "Hot new" 486 action
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    It was inevitable...

    $15!! that is a steal.... I could really see people using that in a car type installation or.. if you needed to do remote work on a computer with possible bad monitor.... i dunno.. but a 640x480 VGA LCD screen sounds pretty neat to me.. even if it is only 6"....
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    FIC nForce2 board...is an EPoX?

    Personally I think the Epox board is not going to suit me because of the lack of audio outputs.. Asus got it right on their deluxe board, but the non-deluxe a7n shares the same folly as the Epox.... might as well get the Epox.. probably cheaper and overclock better.
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    HUGE price drop on some Samsung and NEC monitors

    I read about this... was it a front page item? I guess not.. anyway, there was supposed to be a lot more supply than demand... so prices were expected to drop... esp in the LCD market.
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    FIC nForce2 board...is an EPoX?

    so, is this a good thing or a bad thing? is Epox quality better than FIC? and will the quality of Epox designs carry over to this board? will the FIC be cheaper than the Epox model? Interesting things to think upon. We'll have to wait for the reviews.
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    Shuttle SB51G

    so honold, what do you think? Are you willing to sell me your p4's? or should I just get a new celery?
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    Shuttle SB51G

    I emailed you.. but never heard back.... :-)
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    Looking for a Combo DVD/RW drive... what do you think?

    I have a 16x lite on drive and it's a piece of junk (IMO). It's loud, it feels and sounds cheap... plus it often has a hard time detecting and/or reading disks that are otherwise fine in another drive. (this is a lite on LTD 122.. they have other models in the 16x range) The reason I want a...
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    Shuttle SB51G

    No, certainly not too late for me... I was considering buying a retail Celeron 2.0A (northwood) for ~$86(w/ free shipping) from googlegear.com I don't need the retail because the shuttle has a special heatsink included, but I can't find an OEM celery :- (. If you can do better than this...
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    Shuttle SB51G

    why yes... I do.
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    Shuttle SB51G

    I just got myself a new Shuttle SB51G... I can't wait to open the sucker! http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q4/shuttle-sb51g/index.x?pg=1 http://www.gamepc.com/labs/print_content.asp?id=sb51g http://www.shuttle.com/new/product/barebone/specs_b.asp?B_id=8 Anybody got a OEM Pentium4 (or P4...
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    Are there SIMM stackers for 168-pin SDRAM?

    Try a samsung or NEC/mistubishi 17" or 19". I dont think I would buy anything less.
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