ces, I saw in another thread that you ordered one of the Kozutis, but may not have used it yet. Do you have any impressions on noise/thermals? abula, does Amazon ship to Guatemala? Do they have a spanish language storefront? IIRC, newegg is only USA and Canada? Edit: Also, I keep thinking your name ...

No, I'm pretty sure it is perfectly in-context. He said it several times, in fact: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard My favorite version is "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be start his own religion." I...

What country are you in? Not sure if this could limit/increase your retail options? AcoustiPack: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article137-page1.html B-Quiet Ultimate (formerly Brown Bread): http://www.silentpcreview.com/article32-page1.html SilverStone Silent Foam SF01: http://www.newegg.com/Product...

Maybe you can explain why you post so many times in this forum on controversial issues, usually claiming that some other person, organization, or company is wrong? Oh, I forgot, you are always right, and those who disagree with you are always wrong, and since you are all-powerful moderator, you wil...

If you want cheap and silent, pick that cheap Shuttle Atom barebone, add a drive and some RAM and you're good to go. It would be slow but not as terrible as you might think. But if you want fast compiles, you've got to spend more money and/or to live with the noise. If you know someone selling powe...

Wasn't there a paper a while ago which found the average unpatched XP machine lasted for only a few minutes without a firewall before being infested by a worm of some sort? NAT protects you against this. Most of the general public and those equipped with clue have been protected for many years now....

On the other hand, I've been using Windows for over 15 years now and I've fought numerous battles with malware... on other people's computers. I've never used a so-called anti-virus and never had an issue with malware on my computers or any of the computers I've set up without giving the user the a...

Regarding software woes (not including viruses/malware), is it your personal opinion that the problems that you had with Linux would largely vanish if someone was making and selling a polished OS like MS and Apple do, and also would you have any personal issues (not legal ones) with installing and ...

The thousand-dollar-suit case was just an example of a basic economic fact: All products have a price-quality curve, and (if quality is the dependent) that curve is almost universally asymptotically horizontal. The product you purchase is (assuming a so-called rational consumer ) at the "sweet spot"...

I will say that, for my ex's completely computer illiterate parents, a mac mini is wonderfully intuitive. And not the M$ where-did-we-put-your-file-menu-oh-now-its-a-non-linear-picture-bar-that-changes-layout-with-your-resolution-and-window-size "intuitive". And while theoretical Mac OS viruses exis...

andyb wrote:

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto thought he was dead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg

I couldnt be bothered to watch it - although take note of her governmental position - "former" that is.

To be fair, it is tough to get reelected after having been assassinated

Eunos wrote:As far as I know, flash drives all drop dead around the 10-year age

Do have any suggested reading to this end? I'm just curious if it applies to current processes, or if it is historical based on 10 year old processes?

Possibly an argument for brick & mortar purchases (if you assume RMA/shipping costs for a reasonable fraction of purchases)? What is the brick & mortar markup vs the internet on most monitors?

I wonder how a brick & mortar shop would feel about you exchanging a monitor four times for noise.

Pretty! Nice cable management!

Two questions:
1) Is that the stock GPU cooler? Any thoughts about it?
2) Are you using the built-in HDD connector board? Any thoughts?

Are you undervolting / underclocking? I googled the Athlon X2 4800+, and it has a TDP of 110W. I think this plus your discrete graphics could easily exceed 150W at stock, under high load :( ***EDIT*** Wow, I did not realize the Radeon 4550 is TDP 25W... I assumed it was closer to 40W. You should be ...

ps yay l'hopital, nice name

Let us know what you go with

Granted, its not forthcoming, but wouldn't ARM moving to a tri-gate process nullify any Intel advantage? I know Intel loves the x86 ISA (or is linked to it with an unbreakable diamond tether), but I don't see why they insist on using a cannon to target a fly (and in a market where existing applicati...

Hmm.. Yeah those look very neat, and obviously IBM hardware should have good drivers, but a quick glance at Froogle shows $150-$200 or higher (3x + price increase)
These are definitely something I will keep in mind if I ever build my dream server, though

Thank you for the generous helping of information. It's hard not to give a $15 card with free shipping a try :). But I will probably order several of the PCIe card in the long run (I want to be forwards-compatible, anyway). I plan to eventually move most/all of these drives to a dedicated NAS/server...

I agree with kuzzia, Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus is always a nice and inexpensive heatsink if it fits. (Not familiar with that case, but 165mm sounds like it is perfect vs the 158.5mm spec?) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?...

If they are the same architecture, why would sandy and ivy differ in CPI? (as implied by those figures) What is CPI? Do you mean the amount of work done per cycle? It seems like this have been increasing with each generation.... about 20 to 25%. In fact that is where it seems the performance increa...

This would be primarily for expansion storage (speed-critical data will be on motherboard). I meant 100MB/s while writing to a single HDD (I am assuming that bandwidth is fungible, or will effectively be via software RAID striping of partitions) I see a few PCI cards which claim "150MB/s", which I a...

I see PCI and PCIe cards for SATA expansion. Am I missing an alternative? And which cards / chips do people recommend for easy linux (kernel 2.6.32or later) installation? Feel free to offer solutions if you don't know about linux drivers, too. *Transfer speed is not hugely important (100MB/s 1-chann...

Monkeh16 wrote:I would hope your distro has a package. Criminal not to.

Hooray beer (as in freedom)!

Do you generally have good high-frequency hearing?

You may be able to RMA them. Not sure if they have an official policy, but my guess would be that customer service will take care of you.

I would be inclined to just remove PCI covers below the video card and see what happens

I agree, Bin Laden could easily come out with a video saying he was still alive, and that alone would cause problems for the administration. It would make no sense to pretend he is dead (from the USA administration's perspective). Here is a fun conspiracy: the administration thinks it is true, but t...

My comment was based on information by Ryan Zinkie, an ex member of team six. The comment was in an interview, and I guess he could have been mistaken.

Edit: and my primary reason for saying anything was to point out that it wasn't even "just" seals.

Yeah, funny like UranIUM, LithIUM, RadIUM etc.etc. I'm just surprised you guys don't spell it Aloominum. :D Moslem vs Muslem just reflects my age, these days Muslem seems to be more politically correct. I actually spell it Muslim. I never knew an 'e' was an option! Interesting. Also: Molybdenum Lan...

WOW. Nice. Did you do that free-hand? Did you bend it around something? Which end did you fix/clamp? I may have to buy another accelero just to play with it! Edit: PS I agree with the vrm/memory theory. Is there a fan in front of the HDDs? I think you need to look for some airflow across the bottom ...