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    Budget 19" battle - Dell 1907FP vs BenQ FP91G+

    Wow, 19" LCD's are now at the magic price point where even the terminally cheap (like me) need to buy one. Looks like my 2 best candidates in the under $250 category are the new Dell 1907 and the BenQ FP91G+ (now available at the 'Egg without any rebate hassles). I know a bunch of people...
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    Dell video card options

    Ok, trying to help my brother configure a Dell (hold the snickering, please). He does want to do some gaming with it, which leaves the Dimension 8400 as pretty much the only option. I'm telling him to skip the X300, leaving 2 choices for a video card; either 128MB X800 SE (a neutered OEM X800...
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    Grrr...processor upgrade frustration

    The story so far........ I'm trying to squeeze another year of life out of my ancient box with the venerable ECS K7S5A motherboard. I found a dirt cheap Athlon XP 2200 to replace the 1.2 T-Bird that's been running in it the past 3 years. Swapped the processor and did what I thought was the...
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    Where to buy an AMD thermal pad?

    Yes, you heard me.......pad Now, I know Arctic Silver is better, but look at my situation. 1. Will never be overclocked 2. Will never be removed from this machine 3. To be used on a retail Athlon XP 2200 and heatsink....which cleaned up quite nicely, BTW 4. I'm lazy One small...
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    Best Nvidia drivers for Win98?

    Yeah, I know it's ancient, but I'm squeezing a little more life out of the beast. What are the most stable drivers out there for a Windows98 box? Searched already and haven't come up with much in the way of an answer............
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    Big difference between a TI4200 and TI4600?

    OK, the video card on my kids PC has gone bye-bye......the budget is pretty tight now, so anything new that's halfway decent is out. Used TI4200's seem to be running about 50-60 bucks used with some careful shopping, while the 4600's are running 80 dollars or so. Is there a big enough...
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    Help! CD-RW problems...driver weirdness?

    Ok....this one's got me stumped. Trying to get the CD-RW drive on my kid's computer working without success. Here's the basic info: Win98SE ECS K7S5A Motherboard Hitachi DVD drive as secondary master Lite-On 12X CDRW drive as secondary slave Now for the strangeness...the BIOS recognizes all...
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    Switching Hard Drives

    There have been numerous posts on this topic before, but I have one additional question I can't find the answer to. I am building a new machine (Athlon 1.2, ECS K7S5A MB) and am taking the Hard Drive from my old machine (WD 40gig 7200...only 3 months old). I have a ton of programs and data on...
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    1.2, 1.33, or 1.4?? Most Stable

    Is there any difference between the 1.2, 1.33 and 1.4 Athlon in terms of stability? There's basically no price difference, and not that many applications where I'll notice the speed difference. What I'm looking for is the fewest number of problems, both in building a new system and day to day...
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    ECS K7S5A & 1.4 Athlon & 300W PS = Problems?

    I am getting ready to order the ECS K7S5A motherboard..(as soon as someone has it in stock!)..after serious scanning through these forums it seems that some people have had great success with this board while others have had problems. There seems to be a common thread running through all the...
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    Min-Maw case at NewEgg....any opinions?

    Min-Maw case Anyone had experience with this case? Mainly want to know if the power supply is good or crap, and how this case compares with the Enlight 7237 (about the same price).
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    Retail vs Aftermarket Heatsinks

    OK. at first I thought this was a no-brainer. I'm getting ready to buy either a 1.2 or 1.4 Athlon and was planning to buy the retail version with the stock heatsink/fan combo, as there will be NO overclocking done on this system (this is my first complete system build). The difference between...