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thanks for the links haha! angst-ridden and heart-wrenching ... I crank these out while waiting on my dated but currently reliable Opteron box continues to number crunch. I have learned to do something/anything else while it runs as poking around in it tends to crash the program. Now that is...

Kougar, I officially hate you. (Meaning that I am extremely envious.) There are no Fry's near me here in Connecticut. The North East Corridor needs one. It could be a killer opportunity. I envision traffic backed up for miles at the exit it would near. I used to travel to LA every month for a...

fumbling thru the net, as usual, I found this 80+. Click on the company names & you see the products that they sell. Another week or so & I can possibly figure out who actually makes the particular PSU. :rolleyes: And, I think I noticed a trend of 50% load on the PSUs has best efficiency. But...

I am listening, as in all ears! I think it interesting that the Thermltake site i posted (in its own thread) had a couple of derating factors, aging capacitors for instance. I will study Corsair & Cooler Master ... isn't this sort of like owning a house? I mean, did you ever imagine that you...

A 2nd OCZ 600 W SLI PSU failed a about 1 1/2 months ago. Two identical OCZ PSUs were purchased at the same time 3+ years ago. The 1st OCZ PSU died 6 months ago. The systems they powered pulled 300 to 400 watts. These PSUs have 3 LEDs on the back indicating primary voltages. On mine, they never...

I will admit that this is a struggle (imagine the angel (a "1") on one side yelling my ear & the little devil (a "0") on the other). For what mwave sells the i7 920s for, I could buy 3 (eventually if necessary) to get one that overclocks really quite well ... one would think.:rolleyes::confused...

"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." Dennis Ritchie.

Ha! Yes, I thought I might hear something about that. There is a "stored" rant about failing PSUs that may spill out sometime soon ... stay tuned. I recently replaced the 2nd OCZ 650 watt PSU in 6 months ... they are about 3 years old. The Frozen CPU Ultimate LCD Power Supply Tester is my...

I recently purchased 2 Samsung 1TB HDDs from Newegg. These were purchased about a month apart ... driven by when 2 drives I had failed.:(:mad: The 1st is a 7200 RPM the 2nd is a 5400 RPM green drive. I partitioned each drive for 16 GB "C" & evenly split the rest into two ~460 GB partitions...

I wonder if a replacement drive must be identical? What if it is identical in all aspects but has more capacity?

I never know how much excess that I am buying, and always hope that I am getting some excess but I refuse to go over $200 for a PSU. I came across this in overclockers Australia. I have seen calculators on the net although lately not too many have been kept up to date. This has the latest...

My birthday! mmm ... ominous foreboding :confused: feeling wrt W7. I don't think family is funny anyway.

Considering my rant about water cooling ... drum roll ... I am considering water cooling.:rolleyes: My only currently water cooled machine sits here shut off due to failing HDD. The system is 6 or more years old, I think. It has dual Athlons, so what does that tell you? It has been water cooled...

Just what I figured, just big enough to fit my head or arm or leg thru, but not my whole body.

Soooo I see the Q8200 for $140 shipped. mmmm ...

You're color blind!

I am just looking for less than the fastest machine that my other app requires. I'll get a video card per Solidworks recommendation on their website. They will more than likely push Windows 7 so I just wonder what others who build machines for cheap are building. Gee Merlin, I think I'll put an...

I just noticed a $20 socket A mother board and started wondering if any possible system built around it could run Windows 7. I am just entertaining this & don't have a build in mind or specific application ... but lets take a (system) challenging game for compatibility & the the system that...

... parts off the net or thru some local source ... retail or wholesale? How do you evaluate suppliers? For myself I have settled mostly on Newegg. It is kind of like the ToysRUs for many electronics & PC components. They have the best selection conveniently at one location, although...

I like the Scotchbrite thing too. Kudos 2Tired. There are more grocers around than Homedepots and Lowes ... of course I don't get looked at as strangely in those places when I pick up something & start imagining some unintended use for it in a PC. I have cut up thin furnace filters for fan...