Look at the top though - skull and crossbones, and 'DEAD' notification.

bonestonne: My HP Officejet 5500 prints fine with CUPS and HPLIP. The receiver is unfortunately just for playing music; I wasn't able to get Audacity to compile. ): (might go back to Ubuntu for that) I record stuff (mainly just spoken articles for Wikipedia) on my laptop. The 92mm on the CPU runs ab...

Hah, I used to run Ubuntu on it. Now it's running Zenwalk Linux. (Still need to update my sig) I dumped Winblows totally back in January.

Heh, me too. I'm a lefty in most respects but I use a mouse right-handed because that's just the status quo.

I did this on a basically $0 budget - all parts I had on hand. It's not totally SPCR quality yet; I still need to figure out how to soft mount the HDD without causing temps to skyrocket. Parts listing: Celeron 1.7GHz under fanswapped (Da-Tech low speed 92mm, 12v) 7000AlCu Asus P4B533-VM board, passi...

One thing you didnt mention: Linux driver support? I've never seen any Linux drivers (or Mac OS X for that matter) for any fancy mice like that.

Your english isn't all that bad. Western Digital Scorpio series are recommended here.

I have to say I absolutely love my 12" iBook. It's only a 500MHz G3, but it's enough power for most of what I do on a regular basis - web,IRC, IMing, basic stuff. It's only ever had one problem with a borked backlight inverter, but that was my fault and I fixed it myself. It's my primary box now tha...

Thanks for catching my misteak, Huey. I must have been thinking of another brand's modular line. In that case, I'd say the Neo HE is worth the extra $15 definitely.

curtisfong wrote:Most Antecs are oem Seasonics or CWTs actually; it's a shame that they do not perform like them.

CWT (Channel Well Technologies) is nothing really to aspire to xD. They're about the level of Sirtec/High Power: not crap like Deer or Powmax, but not a FSP or Seasonic either.

I'd go with the AcBel or Silverstone. Their 120mm fans enable to get your system more quiet without ductwork. If you're willing to make a PSU duct, I'd go for the EarthWatts. The Neo HE is just an EarthWatts with modular cables and a different paintjob. I wouldn't pay $15 more for it.

Floffe: Or ever............... Have you seen the asshattery of content providers when it came to the 09f9 thing? That is just going to make cable companies never release cablecard to the consumers. Ever. And the new Vista video card driver model was specifically catered to make DRM easy. This whole ...

This makes me feel really young. I'm only 14. My first computer I used at home was:

AMD K6-2/450
SiS 6326 video
32MB RAM
3GB HDD
Windows 95A.

I set up the printer myself on that box in second grade. Never opened it though.

Come on, show some pics! (: It's all well and good to tell us you are happy with the fan configuration, but this thread needs photos!

So humans are around 150 watts? How can I convert calories to watts? (serious question, though it may not look it)

I have tto agree with Ralf that while the destruction may have had a therapeutic effect in releasing your anger, it certainly didn't help getting either the Ninja or the E6600 RMA'ed. Never psrsonally used either the Ninja or 775, Ican't comment myself, but se3ing all the forum threads, I can defini...

The Ultra will be the absolute best heatsink, but it's way too tall for an Antec Fusion. Check the specs. I think it's even taller than the entire case is.

Bah, I should have been more observant. :/ Well, if the discombobulated SS300 works for you, then that's cool. But you still need to fix that it leaks out of the PSU front into the main compartment.

Awesome, a kludged rig right out of the early days of Silent PC's! I'd put an S12 in there; can't imagine that the discombobulated SFD is terribly safe. I like the looks of that case, and nice pics. I'd suspend the HDD, though, in the bottom 5.25 bay, and prop the bay door open for air. That way, it...

Devonavar wrote:I always thought Microsoft was a commentary on Bill Gates' sex life.

Hell yeah. Torvalds and Jobs get all the hot girls.

umm... I think you pasted the casepics in the wrong tab, nici. Anyway, Varttina - Lemmennosto

whoaaaaaaaaaa. 45 018 lb CO2 per year, and that's not even taking into account electric and gas bills. We have a house of 4.

xilencer wrote:Specs state dualslot, but this looks like a nice single slot card, Gigabyte 8600GT silent-pipe

Not that you *ever* want to put anything in the slot directly below a warm passive video card...

Alloy frame with plastic coating wouldn't make any sense. Plastic frame with alloy panel, however, would. It's probably constructed like the Fusion's panel.

Hmm,, this is why i like my iBook. No fans, just a damn whiny hdd. Which I'll replace soon. The bearing opening is likely under the fan label; are you confident enough to disassemble the laptop enough to get at the fan?

Looks really interesting, allt this experimentation with 220mm fans. However, I have a few reasons to stick with my 92mm CPU/80mm PSU/120mm exhaust setup: 1. Position of the computer case - it's right up against the left leg of my desk where it can't intake any air from the left side of thecomputer ...

I recall that last summer there was a news topic in this forum that Seasonic was coming out with a fanless psu. Any new news? If SS is the winner in the fanned PSU department, one can only await their fanless PSU's!

Okay, now pics of my external enclosure. I photographed a 2.5" one, but my 3.5's are constructed similarly.

http://anapnea.net/~crazytales/PHOT0138.JPG
http://anapnea.net/~crazytales/PHOT0137.JPG

I noticed one disparity with my experience of external enclosures:

'The typical HDD enclosure is made of two pieces of extruded aluminum that close like a clamshell. '

The three I have are made differently - a metal sled that slides into a 'flattened tube' for lack of a better term.

HammerSandwich wrote:First off, the website stinks. You'll need to wade through the reviews to find decent pictures.

To say nothing of the 1997 Geocities-esque layout.