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  1. madmat

    Building a new computer would like some advice

    That's not a power supply. I asked what the model number for the PSU was not the CPU. I could not really care about the CPU as it's not going to matter much on the wattage requirements but Rosewill has several different "600W" PSU's and some are not bad while others are better served to use as...
  2. madmat

    Building a new computer would like some advice

    May I ask exactly what PSU it is? Specific model number...
  3. madmat

    Vid card - PSU compatibility?

    Don, as Douglas Adams has famously said "Don't panic". When they say "26A" or what have you they're talking about 26 amps combined on all the 12V rails not a single 26 amp 12V rail or a 26A rail in a multi rail PSU. You generally won't find many multi rail PSU's with 26A on any one rail as multi...
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    Antec Nine Hundred

    I've got to ask, why are the top two drive bay covers set back further than the rest and the drives? BTW, beautiful paint job... self done?
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    Antec Nine Hundred

    Ok, well... when you say that a certain product is better than all comers you should qualify it with a disclaimer like "in it's price range" as it sounds like you're saying it's better than anything out, period. Although I have to say that the Antec 1200 (I believe that's the name of it) looks...
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    Intel X48 vs NForce 780i

    Intel's are nice but they use DDR3 versus DDR2 (which is cheaper and can be nearly as fast as DDR3) and don't offer SLI support which is a real downside if you're looking to build an SLI PC. Feature wise, it's more up to the motherboard maker as to what they choose to implement as they can...
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    Antec Nine Hundred

    The Silverstone TJ10 soundly trounces both the NZXT AND the Coolermaster. It has more room than either, is built from better material than either and it's not a knockoff, it's the mold that others are attempting to copy. As to screws versus screwless, it's a matter of tastes. Screwless are...
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    Bigger is Not Better, Says AMD

    AMD can't be serious can they? "Oh, look at us, we're using smaller simpler chips for our GPU" all the while they're hoping that no-one looks at Phenom... If that's not a product contrary to their GPU stance I dunno what is. Personally it just sounds like they're trying to put a positive spin...
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    Mugshot Page

    Welcome aboard, I know Tazz fron JG.com.
  10. madmat

    Razer/THX Mako 2.1-Channel Speaker System

    Sweet! Yeah a picture is definitely worth a thousand words. It's too bad that they didn't come apart easily but I can understand fully your reluctance to damage them.
  11. madmat

    Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 750W PSU

    No worries, it's a great PSU and should serve you well for a long time, enjoy it.
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    Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 750W PSU

    It's a mature design but it's by no means "aging". Aging designs are dual rail PSU's with about 60% or less of the total PSU wattage rating available on the 12V rails. The 750W Toughpower is capable of putting 75% of it's 750W capacity out on the 12V rails alone. As to the manufacturer of the...
  13. madmat

    Not bad speeds

    Just now, looks like you've got a better branch than I do.
  14. madmat

    Beginner question

    Go for the 9600GT, it's cheaper, doesn't use nearly the power and gives nearly 100% the performance of the 8800GT.
  15. madmat

    Update me on Vista VS XP for gaming

    If you use Home Basic it's not as slow as Home Premium but it's still slower than XP SP2. Personally, I run Home Premium 32bit and I like it but it does have many caveats like lots of older programs refusing to work or some that work but they're not stable, things like that. I actually find that...
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    No, there aren't any. I guess I'm more vain than you are, I look at my profile every so often.

    No, there aren't any. I guess I'm more vain than you are, I look at my profile every so often.
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    Razer/THX Mako 2.1-Channel Speaker System

    I guess it's too much to hope that you'd actually answer the question.
  18. madmat

    Jack Thompson: guilty on 27 charges

    Can I hear a "w00t!"?
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    NVIDIA's GTX 200-series Specs Revealed

    A megatexel is a term nVidia or 3DFX coined to count millions of TEXured pixELs way back during the heyday of the TNT/VooDoo3.
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    NVIDIA's GTX 200-series Specs Revealed

    Me too and as powerful as either card is $400 could be a bargin in terms of horsepower (Megatexels per second) per dollar spent.
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