The leader fans all cost more than the Nexus so we can still call it king. Hmm, on a performance/$ basis, maybe. But to get the quietest I really don't mind paying more. Even double the price if we're only talking about fans. It's just a matter of preference then. You're willing to pay more for a d...

Thanks for that info. Interesting, I thought I had seen 1366 before. Maybe it's an option in Windows when I plug it in with VGA. *edit - it isn't an option over VGA either. I can't remember where I saw that. Maybe just remembered it was a standard resolution. I guess I'll stick with VGA for now sinc...

Wow thanks for replying Melissa! I just made a discovery. With the new Radeon 5770 instealled, I plugged my computer into the TV over HDMI once again instead of VGA. Over VGA, the recommended resolution and the clear one was 1360x768 - looked great. So I started going through the resolutions over HD...

Any comments on the Nexus' finish? Well it's not really bad I guess, just beaten by 5 or so fans. It's quite good in CFM/dBa. The Noiseblocker NB Multiframe and the Scythe Kama Flow 2 and Nanoxia seem really great though... Triebwerk too. Those charts at the end are pretty darn awesome. dBa vs CFM i...

"Bulldozer" high-performance CPU architecture is pitched by its makers to have 50% higher performance than existing processors such as the Core i7 950 (4 cores, 8 threads), and Phenom II X6 1100T (6 cores) Booyah! Now we'll still have to wait to see single threaded performance, per thread performan...

Hmm that's really disappointing. With HDMI/DVI I thought TVs worked just like large computer monitors now but apparently not. I guess I'll have to do some research on my TV model. I'll let you know how the 5770 goes too. I have a feeling I may be looking for a VGA adapter to use which is ridiculous....

After reading all the SPCR articles it seemed like the Scythe Mugen 2 was the best to me too - I've been researching on this same thing for a new build. It positions correctly for AM3 socket. You might want an extra fan for push-pull through the heat sink though.

does anyone have an why playing video with integrated graphics or 90% of graphics cards via hdmi to a TV doesn't look as good as say... a ps3 or wdtv high def media player? i would love to build one of these intel integrated graphics machines for a htpc, but in my experience they don't even come cl...

Continuing discussion started in this thread . does anyone have an why playing video with integrated graphics or 90% of graphics cards via hdmi to a TV doesn't look as good as say... a ps3 or wdtv high def media player? i would love to build one of these intel integrated graphics machines for a htpc...

I just noticed this Fractal Designs case review from SPCR - http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1034-page5.html Says the 120mm fan (FD-FAN-120) 11 to 12 dBa and the 140mm fan (FD-FAN-140) is 11 to <11 dBa. Wow. Specified airflow is 38.3 CFM and 39 CFM. Both the 120 and 140 mm fans are very quiet on...

Great, thanks for the feedback. Yeah I'll stick with negative pressure then which is what I've always had. I don't know, something mystical about positive pressure or something :) Thanks for the info about the front fans not helping the video card. This will affect my secondary gaming computer as we...

I just bought an Antec Three Hundred for my next computer build but I have some other parts to order and I plan to put it together in a couple weeks. There are two front panel spots for 120mm fans and I was thinking about putting a pair of very quiet fans there trying to get positive pressure or at ...

I just stumbled on this and have to say well done. That's a fine looking case. Hehe, sweet fan hub covers. Also nice to see a video card facing the right way finally

I just got an Antec Three Hundred for a new comp so I might have to try this Fractal Designs if I can find them for the top fan. I'll let you know if I do. I saw the suggestion to maybe just leave off the top fan. That makes me wonder about airflow though with the other rear exhaust fan right there ...

Thanks for the input. My fiancee's dad is filling this case with a monster system. He's not the silent enthusiast I am but thought I'd check on it since he values my opinion on computer components. It's too late anyway, he already got the case, but I'm sure it will be fine. The thing is basically co...

Hmm, I would like to hear about something on the HAF 932 as well.

However, I have found little information to give me any idea about what to actually expect in terms of wear leveling. I just assume that devices employ wear leveling that is sophisticated enough to deal with unusual but quite possible scenarios. This is really where I am looking for a bit more info...

I don't think 2008 is the year of the SSD like they said but it's getting there. Once the price goes down more and the capacity goes up, we'll see them becoming more mainstream. Right now they are not. Micron's 34nm flash memory should help it along. I believe they are still the only one with that.

Well, their best customer is probably Dell and the like, but I agree.

I had a Rage LT Pro 8MB SGRAM with DFP (precursor to DVI) for my early model 15" LCD monitor :) I played a lot of Quake on that believe it or not. I agree about the video cards. I have always liked ATI better than nVidia and it has been odd to see nVidia held up by everyone as the best thing. AMD wi...

Smoke Angel? or yet more proof of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/


(holy crap, just went to the FSM site and there are wallpapers of that photo, haha)

TV sucks, I'm waiting for the new channel SPCR TV.

LOL there you go

You have to make copies of everything as well since they will insist you forgot something.

an example from slickdeals.net: I received the Non-compliance letter today from RadioShack saying the same thing "We appreciate your purchase, but unfortunately your submission for the RadioShack rebate offer was declined for the following reason(s): *Limit one rebate per person, per household" I th...

I put a fan adapter on my parents CPU so it can use an 80mm fan. It doesn't seem to make any extra noise. The system is a Pentium III 1GHz and it's very cool and quiet. They may be old, but those are sweet processors. It's on a dually motherboard so I plan to add another CPU soon. In my situation, i...

Hey I like the ducting. I did a ton of cereal box ducting trying to solve my Tyan mobo rebooting problem. Hehe, nice arrows. I think your flow pattern is just fine. It looks like a sweet system, nice job.

Wow, well done on that hard drive rack! What kind of rope/bungee things are those?

LOLOL, well my friend probably found it on slickdeals or some such so I'm guessing they sold out fast! Well I ordered mine. Yeah that sucks about the rebates, good thing I downloaded them :) :) here they are if you need them: http://mkatich.hopto.org/SPCR/psurebate/ openwheel, yeah I was hesitant at...

Darn, it comes out to $6.25 - .01 = 6.24 if you include tax. Free shipping is nice though.

If you look at the rebates (pdfs), one is Radioshack, the other is Ultra. It looks legit. Ultra's requires original UPC, Radioshack's requires a copy of UPC.

lol, yeah I know, the $-.01 was amusing, they must pay me the one cent damnit!