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  1. Merlin

    Reader's Rig Photo Gallery

    Zalmon cooler I tried to rotate it to face the back but it didnt fit over the CPU fully. It is a rectangle shape fitting over the square CPU. Right now it's blowing upward the way heat wants to travel. and there is a fan at top blowing up and out. The temps only ever get up to around 102*F...
  2. Merlin

    2GB Ballistix PC2-6400... $69 after MIR

    Pricing Additional Info Currently Unavailable: This item is currently unavailable from the Manufacturer. Manufacturer: CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGYMfg Part#: 112438Buy.com Sku: 202541818Item#: C5347MBuy.com Sales Rank: 6More about this productView similar products Permalink Related Search Keywords...
  3. Merlin

    So I'm building a new PC...

    Armor series The Armor Aluminum is lighter than anything I have seen and you need the room inside for good air flow. Lighter than most midtowers
  4. Merlin

    So I'm building a new PC...

    Creative The Creative X Fi is on sale for the surround sound pplaying games, I don't think I could go back to just stereo. In the rear speakers you hear those sneaking up on you Deckard AKA Merlin
  5. Merlin

    So I'm building a new PC...

    Case I would recomend the Thermaltake Armor series case, I have two now ( Black and Silver ) with 25m side fan ( huge ) Plenty of room to hide wires and to install the ( almost 11 inch ) video card. It has front fan and two rear fans, also a top fan. One rear fan is to cool the hard drives...
  6. Merlin

    This looks interesting, or is it?

    EVE Nice effects, video and sound but yes...very boring I like first person shooter myself Deckard
  7. Merlin

    Lost Planet Demo DirectX 10 game

    Just for kicks I downloaded the game and played both levels. I'll post an image but it doesn't do the game justice I'm using a 8600 GT ( very low end DX 10 card ) but not a bad card for under 200.00 This image was taken from a 42 inch plasma with the system set up for HD. Deckard If you...
  8. Merlin

    Reader's Rig Photo Gallery

    AM2 Build I started 6 weeks ago, I got the parts payday by payday ( 2 weeks ) I'm really pleased of the build, here are a few images. AMD AM2 X2 6000+ ASUS-M2N32 SLI Deluxe WiFi WD 150 gig Raptor SATA Samsung CD/DVD Burner SATA Corsair XMS2 Twin gig 800 mhz Silverstone 1000w ST1000 Strider...
  9. Merlin

    OCZ Acquires PC Power & Cooling

    Thermaltake Armor with 25cm fan Big fan? Check this out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133020 Deckard
  10. Merlin

    Zalman 9700LED CPU Cooler

    Weight? I just installed the 9700 LED on my AM2 X2 6000+ It really didn't seem that heavy to cause any mobo strain. Mounted really easy also. I use the fan control mounted on the back with an existing screw My temps seem high at 101*F with the Asus Probe II The other AMD CPU runs at 68*F...
  11. Merlin

    SATA Hard drive and SATA CD/DVD Burner

    I got the final parts yesterday and installed everything. It went so smooth it was scary. Like I said this is my first build using SATA I got the Samsung CD/DVD burner and the 150 gig WD Raptor. Just to see how it would work I loaded Vista Ultamate in 18 minutes from dvd in till the final...
  12. Merlin

    Corvette Sedan?

    What Next? A Mustang with four doors? Mustang pickup? A racing Escalade? lol The world must surely be coming to an end ( corvette with four doors )
  13. Merlin

    DVI-D and DVI-I video cards and monitors

    Kewl, I just hate to put out that much $$$ and it be the wrong thing. Thanks for the reply so fast Deckard
  14. Merlin

    DVI-D and DVI-I video cards and monitors

    From what I see, the video cards, mostly are DVI-D and Monitors are DVI-I Now what in the world? They are not interchangable So why would they do that? ANYONE?? What I'm looking at doing is getting a nice monitor for the 8800GTX ( Or the new cards that maybe come out in June ) Anyone here using...
  15. Merlin

    SATA Hard drive and SATA CD/DVD Burner

    Okay, I have never had a SATA hard drive or burner. The other three machines have been EIDE. I keep reading about raid setups 0. 1. 2 and so forth. Do I need to set up a raid system.....I'm not running a server, just games and photoshop and 3d graphics. Can I just put the drives in and they...
  16. Merlin

    Not bad speeds

    <a href="<A href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img">http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="<A href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/128067885.png"></a">http://www.speedtest.net/result/128067885.png"></a>
  17. Merlin

    Designing new cooling sytem

    I'm thinking that the RV system was just as an example of how the freon is moved. The temps would not have to be that high just to move freon in the system. Any heat could move the freon by the valve setting and carried away by the flowing freon. Different freons have different qualities. Any...
  18. Merlin

    Designing new cooling sytem

    I have a year of Elect Eng and experience with refrigeration So, I have been thinking of a new concept of clooling any chip or CPU. I'm designing a new cooling sytem using freon in a closed tubing system. If you ever had the old RV when camping, the refrigerator had a small gas flame to run...
  19. Merlin

    OCZ 1GB Mini-Kart USB Thumb Drive

    I remember getting a computer with a 1.6 gig hard drive, thinking I'd never fill that up........And now we have a small chip to replace that old drive. I have an XD card in my camera with 1 gig storage. So technology marches forward. I have read about fluid technology where mechanical drives...
  20. Merlin

    Thermaltake Armor Case, plastic pieces

    Must be that then......Not much info in the little manual....Thanks....don't want to fry anything. I have not seen much of the BTX format as far as systems. I may even use some clear thin packing tape, just to make sure Deckard
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