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    Kingston 4g DataTraveler 100 Flash Drive benchmark

    Its not a real big deal, but thought I would post this in case someone knows why this happened. I just purchased a Kingston 4g DataTraveler 100 Flash Drive. The first thing I did was run an HDTune benchmark on it. The first tests seemed abnormally fast (33.2mb/sec Read speed). I did the...
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    Northbridge/Southbridge and Arctic Silver

    I was thinking of replacing my noisey motherboard north/southbridge fan with this heatsink. http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_product_hr05sli.htm However I started thinking, do I need to reapply the thermal paste every year for a chipset heatsink? It would make it a hassle having to...
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    Fluctuating Voltage

    I was just wondering how much is "normal" for voltage that fluctuates with the cpu? I just happened to notice it using CPUZ. I have an Asrock Dual Sata2 motherboard and a AMD64 4000+ cpu. But the voltage reading on cpuz is constantly changing anywhere from 1.344v to 1.392v. I have it set...
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    Original SoundBlaster Live! vs. newer cards

    I was just wondering if the newer sound cards are a big improvement over the original Soundblaster Live! card? I've had my card for years. I read about them supporting 24bit and stuff, and have no clue if that makes much of a difference/improvement. Or if they are easier on the system for...
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    20" lcd and graphic card memory

    I'm still debating on whether to get a 19" or 20" widescreen lcd. The 20" widescreen appears to use a 1680 resolution. I was wondering if at that resolution, what the minimum amount of video card memory I would need? My current card is a Leadtek 6800le which has 128mb. And I unlocked it so...
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    19" Widescreen LCD size

    I wondering if anyone knows the actuall size of a 19" LCD "Widescreen" monitor. How many inches high and how many inches wide is the screen? (not the diagonal) Just want to get an idea of what size it would be compared to my current 17" lcd monitor (which isn't widescreen).
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    Newegg and monitor returns

    Does anyone here happen to know for sure if Newegg lets you return an LCD monitor if your not happy with it? I know there would be a restocking fee. However when I try to get an RMA number off their website, it doesn't let me get one, even though its been 1.5 weeks since I received it. I...
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    cat5e vs cat6e cable

    This might be a stupid question, but is cat6e cable, backwards compatible with cat5e connections? I was planning on buying a 25ft cat5e cable, but saw some cat6 cable for less money.