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So I got my new setup finally and working, the files haven't been completely transferred yet....not time lately. And it's bloody slow as the PCI LAN card got fried on my old setup so I have to use Wireless...so copying large chunks of data takes hours - literally.

Anyway here's the core of my setup..

2.66GHz Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe Chip & Asus P5K-V motherboard.

This is the actual chip itself - as you can see Made in Malaysia!

This is the very decent standard Heatsink/Fan combo that comes boxed with the CPU.

Gone are the days when they didn't give you one, or they gave you some puny thing you straight away chucked in the bin and bought a decent one - especially when you've been using AMD chips like me which you can fry an egg on.

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I've been wanting to get rid of my monitor for quite some time, heading towards a decent sized LCD, I was struck with the Viewsonic 2025 20" Widescreen for a long time, but it didn't even excite me enough to rush out and buy it.

I have been using a 19" CTX Pro grade monitor with a Sony Trinitron CRT tube for about 5 years.

I had noticed 22" prices had been dropping a lot too, so I started looking at those, surfing endless reviews...going around shops and testing them.

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