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Or what about the Realtek ALC882D? It's on the Abit AB9 Pro, and they claim it provides Dolby Digital support even though Newegg lists the onboard sound as AC97.

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What ever happened to going to the coffee shop to get away from the internet? Anyway, I know the Starbucks across from my student lounge has a hotspot but I don't know of anybody who's ever used it.

Thanks, Clocker. I saw that Outpost has the P180s on sale for $99 shipped, and I just placed my order. They're back ordered, but I won't have time to even think about building a system for another 9 weeks.

Sorry, I misread your post, Buck. "Twice the response time" is twice as bad, not twice as good.

Now the Dell 2007 FP is on sale for $381.65. It's still more expensive than the Samsung 204B which can be had for $300 after rebates. Is it worth it? The specs look less impressive.

The 204B lists a 5 ms "magic speed" response time - does this mean that magic on my screen refreshes at 5 ms? Or is that code for "not really 5 ms but we'll fudge a bit"? Is this the gray to gray refresh and not the color to color time? Is there any problems using the 204B for gaming? And...

Any thoughts on the Samsung 204B? Looks like I can pick one up for about $300 after rebates. The 214t looks great but is over $600. Looks like the 214t is slightly bigger (still 1600x1200, but uses 0.27 mm pixels vs. 0.255) and the contrast is slightly better (900:1 vs. 800:1).

What kind of response time is needed for gaming or action movies? The Dell 2007FP lists 16 ms, and the Samsung 214T lists 8 ms. I remember a number of years ago when LCDs fell below some proposed critical value and were deemed acceptable for gaming - was that 20 ms?

Buck, do you particularly recommend Samsung monitors, or are those the ones your just most familiar with?

Why is the Dell 2007FP (1600x1200) $449 whereas the 2007WFP (1680x1050) $373.15? Damn Dell. And is there any reason you guys are recommending 19" displays over 20" displays?

That 32" Samsung won't just blow my budget, it will beat it, kick it when it's down, piss all over it, and then make crude jokes about my budget to other 32" monitors.

As has been discussed here, I'm putting together a new computer sometime between late November and January. After seeing how nice it was to read on an LCD monitor at school, I decided that I really want an LCD. I currently run two ancient 19" monitors in 1280x1024. I think I'd like to replace...

I must not be a l337 haXor anymore as I'm lost with the acronyms. m/c? muther chucker? CKD? Chronic kidney disease? Chuckwagon killing device?

Has anyone seen actual real-world data yet on how much ReadyBoost increases performance?

Damn. A P180 + Scyth Ninja. Beautiful. I think I know what I want my next CPU to be surrounded by.

What's your opinion of the ADI AD1988B, the chip found on the Asus P5B Delux (the non-Delux version uses AC97 sound, among other differences)?

For a headphone user is there anything wrong with AC97 sound? What's the CPU overhead like? Anything I'd notice when gaming?

For far Firefox 2.0b2 seems much more stable than 2.0b1. I haven't been able to crash it in a few hours of use, something that I could do with 2.0b1.

anybody ever lay hands on an NSK6500? From what I can tell it's very similar to the NSK4400 except for a bigger power supply, a little bigger overall, side vents, and little level thingies rather than self retaining screws for the case. I'm worried about noise with those side vents

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking. Where are the good $83 boards with onboard everything? $220 for the Asus P5B Deluxe? Last time I spent that kind of money on a motherboard it was a dual CPU board with onboard SCSI. And why is RAM so expensive these days? I thought a new computer...

Woo hoo! I got my consulting job on terms that I am happy with. So I can now afford to build a nice computer, and now if I felt like it. Do people see nicer Conroe-based motherboards coming out soon? Right now it looks like motherboard selection is rather thin, to the point of me going with...

It sounds like the USB ones are software-based. I was hoping for a hardware solution so it would work without having to screw around with any software/drivers in Windows, Linux, and whatever else I decide to play with. I used to use a Boston Acoustics speaker setup that included a knob. But I...

Merc (any anyone else) - two more questions: 1. Using just stereo headphones, what hardware should I be looking for? Whatever is cheapest and has a decent CPU utilization and SNR? Anything else? I thought Prologic and other names I don't understand are various systems for setting up surround...

Haven't thought of that. Thanks, Merc. Of course, I could just use VNC to control the other computer I suppose.

I prefer to listen to music through my headphones. It blocks out what my wife and neighbors are doing .... er, that sounds bad....It blocks out noise made by others and I feel I get pretty good sound quality with little money spent (about $100 for my Senns). Sure, it's a little bit of a pain...

I'm planning on building a new computer in the next 2-6 months. I would really love a front-mounted headphone jack with controls, similar to what some of the over-priced Creative cards have. Is there any way to get the front mount on a decently-priced sound card? Also, if I'm building a new...

Is there any signal degredation over DVI with modern KVMs. I'm planning on building a new computer and I'd love to be able to use a new flat panel monitor for my old and new computer. Are there any decent 2-port models for less than the $80+ price tag I'm seeing at Newegg?

Does this have any impact on somebody building a new desktop PC in the next 6 months? If I'm building new, should I just be sticking with DVI?

$230 x7 for motherboards for the Conroe systems? Must be some nice motherboards.

I think a well designed larger mid-tower would work just fine. Will ATX cases likely remain usable for the next 5 years? I thought Intel rolled out the BTX specification a few years ago, though I haven't heard anything about that lately. What about a power supply? I'm thinking a Conroe or...

Since my last post I've started to finalize negotiations with a company that is willing to pay me nicely for some consulting-type of work, so I'll likely be able to make this replacement purchase whenever it makes sense. From what I can tell, Conroe processors are coming down in price to close...

What's wrong with blue LEDs?

How did you do it? I had some statistical software a while back (SPSS) that refused to install on Server 2003.

Hey folks, My Newcastle 3000+ based desktop computer is going to be 3 years old come January. I originally put 512 MB of RAM in it, thinking that I might upgrade after prices came down, but never did (got cheap, prices never fell that much). I'm now feeling the pain, and really would love to...

Doh. Missed that. Thanks.

why only 1/2 GB of RAM? I've been running my Newcastle 3000+ with 512 for 2.5 years now, and the limiting factor for me is usually RAM.

does perpendicular technology make any difference right now?

Over the past few years I have liked seeing which programs access the internet using Zone Alarm. It made me feel like I had some control over my Windows machine. Do you guys have a good reference for locking down a network using a hardware router (such as my trusty linksys)?

When you guys talk about a hardware router, are you talking about something more than a pretty typical router like my BEFW11S4?

Does the shelter already have somebody who writes grants for other things? If so, this person would be tremendously helpful. Otherwise, I'm sure you could learn how to do it with enough time and effort.

Hey all, We recently discussed preferred virus scanner, and thanks to suggestions here a while back started happily using AVG in favor of Norton. For years now I've used ZoneAlarm, which seems to be getting more annoying by the day. Are there any good free alternatives out there for Windows (XP)?

Boy, I usually don't make that mistake, and it annoys the crap out of me when I see it.

what's the verdict on 64-bit vs. 32-bit software? Other than having room to address more memory, does it make a difference?

other than having to sudo all the time, the much better color scheme, and the waaaay cooler name (Ubuntu sounds like the name of a retarded kid I helped take care of a few days ago, while SuSE sounds like high-tech German engineering that only the elite get to say or pronounce) what do you like...

A while back (almost a year?) I asked for suggestions and Merc suggested SuSE. Luckily for me, SuSE just released OpenSuSE (10.0), which generally worked very well. I recently installed Ubuntu. Both work great for me, although I love apt and the active Ubuntu forums so right now I'm sticking...

Yes, at least here in midwestern United States we do say "moolah" as slang for money. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moolah

Has anybody tried Firefox 2 beta 1? I've been running it for a few days now. Inline spell checking is awesome. Very similar to how Gmail does it, where you can right click on misspelled words for suggestions. It does crash on me with some regularity, however...

I would love to see as much as you have. I find it nice to see what other people think makes for a more useful browser. Sometimes I disagree (I've tried IE tab but don't like it since I accidentally hit it far more frequently than I mean to by a ratio of ~100:0) but I sometimes find some nice...

I like it and learned some things. Nice bit of history at the beginning.