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    Best 19" widescreen?

    Whats the top performer on the market?
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    selling computer: what price?

    heres what i've got: shuttle xpc sn95g5 v3 x2 4200 x850 pro 1gb mushkin lvl 1 ddr 400 2-3-2-6 160gb dvd burner I'll probably load linux on it and keep my os.... let the buyer put on xp if they want. I'm thinking its worth around $700. whats your opinion?
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    connecting two switches

    I'm looking into buying a switch for lan parties. the biggest one within my pricerange is a 16 port. is it possible to connect two switches together if i buy another one later?
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    minimum dvd watching requirements

    I'm considering building very low end computers to be used for internet and word processing, and selling them on campus (college). The most taxing thing i can imagine they'd be used for is watching a dvd. is onboard video good enough? A friend of mine had choppy playback with dvd's after...
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    I'm drunk

    I'm drunk
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    new camera

    i'm looking for a digital camera, but i dont know anything about whats on the market. help me out please.
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    nforce 3-250 and speedfan

    i'm looking for an nforce 3 motherboard that can change the fan speeds of at least 2 fan headers using speedfan. thanks
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    chaintech vnf3-250 and speedfan

    this mobo has 4 fan headers. can someone with the board get speedfan and see if you can controll each header?
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    ever hear of a dead pixel on a crt?

    i have one. been there since i got the monitor over a year ago. (nec multisync fe991sb).
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    repair broken psu

    i have an old atx psu that has finally "died" today. it's 12v line reads at 10v when i jump it to turn it on, and its not enough to power a computer. any ideas how to fix it? i have nothing better to do right now...
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    What online computer hardware retailers offer usps shipping?

    Question in title. I live in hawaii, and shipping prices are rediculous. I don't care how long it takes to get my stuff, as long as its cheaper. so far I have: www.cooltechnica.com and www.jab-tech.com these are actually cooling related though, not hardware.
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    new computer not working **NEW PROBLEM**

    parts: athlon xp 2600 (barton) chaintech ct-7njl6 nforce 2 ultra 400 motherboard corsair value ram 512mb hitachi 80 gig sata geforce 4 mx i've built my own computer (this is for my brother) and assembling it went flawlessly. i'm having a major problem with this though, when i try to...
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    what makes boards from some manufactorer's oc better than others?

    if this doesnt belong in here, i apologize, but to me, it seems like a pretty technical question. as far as i can tell, the chipset manufactorer fabricates all the chipsets and distributes them to motherboard makers, so it cant be the actual chips that oc better. the only things that...
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    2 160 gig hitachis at newegg

    number 1 number 2 whats the deal?
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    you got served

    do things in the movie "you got served" EVER happen in real life??
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    newegg refurbed mobos

    when they state that you only recieve the motherboard, are they serious? do you ever get the accessories? should i go with the chaintech vnf3-250 for $75 or the refurbed k8n neo for $79?
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    delete me

    grrr nevermind, you bastards.....
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    xp on old computer

    is it true that an old computer running xp will be slower than with 2000?
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    quiktime codec

    is it possible to download just the quiktime codec so i dont have to play .mov files in the quiktime player?
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    hosting with router

    i have cable internet which feeds into a router and gets spit between two computers, with both sharing the same ip. is there any way for me to host an online game without bypassing the router?
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    msi k8n neo's for sale

    here and here ~$150
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    cable or dsl?

    i have roadrunner cable. my mom says it would be cheaper to switch to verison dsl. i know bandwidth and latency varies depending on carrier and location, but in general which is faster? low ping is a bit more important over bandwidth because im an online gamer.
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    6800 gt vs 6800 non ultra

    they have the same msrp (right?) but the gt has the full 16 piplines while the non ultra is dissabled down to 12, why would anyone get the non ultra? and also any info on release dates would be nice
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    how do you delete newegg wish lists?

    see topic
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    sticking magnets on a computer case

    I have my case on a carpet floor and i'm using hard drive magnets to secure it to my desk so it doesnt move around, is there any problem with this?
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    arctic cooling silencer v.2 @ frozen cpu for 8 bucks

    sorry if this is a repost. heres the link
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    gaming speakers

    does having a 7.1 rather than a 2.1 make a difference in games?
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    nforce3-150 agp/pci lock

    if your motherboard has a working lock, please post
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    msi k8n neo is out!

    here
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    80gb drive shows up as 76

    see title.
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    broken brightness adjustment

    in games, such as enemy territory and call of duty, the calibrate brightness slider does absolutely nothing, it may have happened after installing the 4.4 ati drivers.
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    keyboard problem

    when i try to make an @ by pressing shift + 2, i get ", and it also works the other way around. also the shift + 3 gives me the pound sign (the british money one, not the one i want) any ideas?
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    israel/palestine

    im in model UN, for those of you who dont know, its a high school activity in which we form groups and depate world problems as they would in the united nations. i signed up last minute as my friends needed one more for their group. i know very little about the israel/palestine situation...
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    cd drive problem

    when i put in a cd, my system slows to a crawl until i take it out, i cant even get anything off the cd. please help me
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    anyone ever notice that newegg screwes up some things?

    go to computer hardware>speakers, then click on 7.1ch, 2 speaker sets come up, but if you search for 7.1 instead of clicking on it, 3 come up. and filtering only <10ms response time lcd monitors brings up 1 result with a 25 ms response time...
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    onboard sound

    can someone explain to me everything i need to know about onboard sound? all that stuff about codecs and how optical output bypasses it or something. (specifically on the via 8237 chip)
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    dual boot?

    red hat, fedora is about to finish downloading, and i have no idea what im doing. i have 1 hard drive with windows xp on it and i was wondering how you go about putting 2 operating systems on, most importantly without reformatting...
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    the second great depression

    im predicting a second great depression, heres why. in the first one, 4 million out of 120 had money in the stock market, and were screwed when it crashed. they all believed that the stock market was a quick way to get money. today we invest in college and believe that it will get us good...
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    how old are you?

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    7.1 sound

    are there any games that use 7.1 sound? or can you use it withought it being put into the game?