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I'd love the 2490, but it's TWICE the price of the other two I mentioned. If we didn't have 5 month old twins it'd be easier to justify saving more for the 2490... ;) Yes, it is better as it's an H-IPS panel, but it's simply out of my price range at the moment. Any other suggestions in the <...

I'm looking for a 24" LCD for multi-purpose use, including frequent photo editing. From reading this thread it would seem that the Dell 2407WFP-HC or ViewSonic VX2435WM would be good bets for the $. Are there other comparably priced monitors that I should be looking at? It seems that the Dell...

No, it's not the same, but better than any other retailer. They have a 6 month return policy on computers. "Costco Wholesale's return policy for all desktop and notebook computers is six months from date of purchase. After the six-month return window, all services and technical support will be...

I'm going to be purchasing a Dell XPS m1210 in the next week or two and am having some trouble deciding on where to buy it - here's my dilemma: Costco is selling the m1210 with the T5600 processor (1.83GHz & 2MB L2 cache) and an 80GB hard drive. Overall a great deal with a fabulous return...

The microphone was plugged into one of the 6 USB ports on the back of my case (4 directly on MB and 2 on an expansion bracket that came w/the MB). I moved the microphone to one of the two USB ports in the front and it seems to be playing nice with everything at the moment.. The Palm software...

I have a new USB microphone that seems to be causing problems. Occasionally it won't be powered(or recognized) after a reboot. Frequently when this happens, the other device on the same USB controller doesn't work either. I currently have 6 (including microphone) USB devices plugged-in (2...

So you think the Leadtek and Gainword cards would have better 2D image quality than the Asus card mentioned in this thread?

Would I notice the difference between a Radeon 9100 and a TI4200 in games such as SimCity 4 and Links 2003? I'm looking for a budget card for basic gaming as well as photoshop work (2D is important). I've heard that the ATI cards historically have better 2D performance but that the NVidia...

Intel 875P, no doubt about it. Here's a quick example. No other chipset can keep up at the moment. Of course, things change quickly, but for now 875P is king.

Unless you have an internet connection that's faster than 100 MBit/sec you're not going to see an increase in your download times. Most broadband connections max out around 2MBit/sec. There's almost NOTHING in a home environment that would use the added bandwidth that a CSA Gigabit LAN would...

For something a little more quiet (but with great cooling), go with the Zalman CNPS7000-CuAl which is on sale at SVC for $30. It'll fit on that motherboard.

I have a 300W Antec power supply that came with my 2600AMB case -- will it be adequate to run this: P4 2.6c (865PE motherboard) 1GB PC3200 Mushkin DDR RAM (512x2) WD 120GB + Maxtor 80GB drives CDRW DVD-ROM ATI Radeon 9100 2 case fans (80mm) I don't want to buy another power supply if the Antec...

The Abit IS7 looks good on the low end, but I haven't heard much about MSI's offerings in that range. If the IS7 is as good as the IC7 it promises to be a great board. I'm also looking for a good budget board so I'll be watching this thread. :)

What are the main differences between the P4P800 Deluxe and the regular version? It does look like a nice board!