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  1. Kougar

    Is there interest in noise-cancelling headphones?

    I've always wanted a noise-canceling headphones set, so I'd be interested. But as I no longer have any real use for them I'd not likely ever buy any, so there is that as well. I no longer frequently fly and more other places I go I'd need to be able to hear people around me. The Shure E5C...
  2. Kougar

    Can't decide.

    Yangster, you are really overcomplicating this! ;) Try this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150329 It is the better Core 216 model, good manufacturer + warranty. Free shipping $200 - $30MIR = $170. Comes with both FarCry 2 and COD5 games. The PSU you listed...
  3. Kougar

    Common Reasons People Leave Linux

    Does it? Define most hardware support... as in will have the least unknown devices upon isntallation? I will burn the latest Ubuntu to disc and see how many devices are not recognized. Windows 7 RC failed to recognize my Xonar sound card but otherwise everything else worked. I'd fall over if...
  4. Kougar

    Hello There, Ladies and Gentlemen...

    Don't assume I use only one window at a time. ;) I only use one browser window, but I populate it with anywhere from 8-50 tabs at any given time. I also overlay other windows ontop of it, MS Word especially.When attending classes I make use of W7's split screen feature almost daily. It's also a...
  5. Kougar

    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB

    It's a shame I don't have anything AMD in-house newer than K7, else I'd offer to benchmark both of those processors for you to help ya out... :D
  6. Kougar

    GO OC 09 Coverage

    Nordic Hardware, one of the news sites I monitor. Here's the specific article with all 22 kits. :eek: http://www.nordichardware.com/index.php?news=1&action=more&id=9207 I will correct myself on one thing... I found a program that requires more than 6GB of RAM... LinX. It's like IntelBurn...
  7. Kougar

    Why We Need Audiophiles

    I found a flac recording of one of my 256bit albums... Out of curiosity I nabbed it and gave them both a listen to... the difference is astonishingly subtle but I could notice it. I'm not sure how to describe it except that it had more depth and was more "full" sounding... but it was subtle. I'm...
  8. Kougar

    Hello There, Ladies and Gentlemen...

    I admit there is a ton of empty space on my screen, but I use a 1920x1200 display so what would ya expect. :) I think the present width is fine, some sites were (at least until recently) much thinner than this one which was ridiculous. It's just another reason I stack my tabs on the left edge of...
  9. Kougar

    Kindle 2 Text-to-Speech Feature Now Optional (to Publishers)

    If anything, it's the print meda and newpapers that are quickly flocking to this new Kindle that should partially subsidize it. Newspapers and some magazines need to hurry up and switch to a system like this or risk going internet-only in a few years... I imagine it would be cheaper for them to...
  10. Kougar

    HTPC ... to the next level.

    Hmm, that sounds like it has possibilities... you could probably market that! A good friend of mine hacked his home entertainment setup to stream PC media to his Xbox 360 and watch it that way since all of that is piped into his surround sound setup, but it wasn't quite bug free from the...
  11. Kougar

    OCZ Launches PCI-E-based SSD, "Z-Drive"

    Oh, actually I'm the one that got confused! I was referring to the original large box OCZ demonstrated at CeBit... I had no idea this was the finished product of that behemoth. I guess it just looks smaller because it's not plugged into a board.. So I guess this one is definitely bootable, I...
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    GO OC 09 Coverage

    And to continue, I overlooked that the USB bus is limited ot 35MB/s... so really fast memory wouldn't help anything. I can't even see the need for 6GB of RAM even though I use Windows 7 64bit and have tons of stuff running on a mere 4GB, yet I'm amazed at how many enthusiasts are plunking...
  13. Kougar

    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Ah, Rob to the rescue! Glad to see ya both tracked down the chips. :) Thanks for the image link. I'm sorry to hear ya didn't find any Speedfan profiles, that's surprising. Anyway, regarding the chips ya could probably slap some Enzotech BMR-C1 or C1L chips on them. Perhaps the same with the...
  14. Kougar

    Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

    Got a link to the photo with the chip in it I could see? You also might try checking for Speedfan profiles of your motherboard... someone may have already gone through the trouble of renaming the sensors and saving a profile to their database. Considering the motherboard in question it's...
  15. Kougar

    HTPC ... to the next level.

    Unfortunately, I can't say the same. Of the few TV shows I watch quite a few are educational, but almost everything I watch isn't legally available online for viewing. The Universe, Patton 360, Mythbusters, Modern Marvels, etc... some shows that aren't available at all locally like Top Gear can...
  16. Kougar

    Kindle 2 Text-to-Speech Feature Now Optional (to Publishers)

    That's unfortunately nothing new for early adopters... its a tradeoff an early adopter has to be willing to make in order to have it first to use the new tech. :) More info: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=15044
  17. Kougar

    OCZ Launches PCI-E-based SSD, "Z-Drive"

    Don't get me wrong I dunno if this one is bootable, I just know OCZ's RAID SSD on a PCIe card is bootable. That one is detected just like a RAID controller, because that's what they actually used to RAID it.
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    GO OC 09 Coverage

    I'd rather not even have that to be honest, what good is it when system RAM is reaching ungodly sizes now in new desktops? Every board I've seen pipes the flash memory into the USB bus as an always on solution... not only does this eat power regardless of if its being actively used or sitting...
  19. Kougar

    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB

    The HD 4770 is already out there ;)
  20. Kougar

    Common Reasons People Leave Linux

    Dunno, ya can say that but I do have a much easier time using a Mac than I did Linux and my time spent on either of them is nearly the same. At least assuming when the Mac uses a mouse with more than one button... I'll make a note of this the next time I give linux a try, maybe that is what...
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