Just curious - what OS are you running? Vista? XP? It seems as if NVidia has been giving XP users the shaft driver-wise for a while.

Jab-Tech and Coolerguys (www.coolerguys.com) have both been stellar for me. To be fair, Coolerguys is (almost) in my back yard, so it's nice to be able to pick up stuff w/out paying shipping.

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Socket P and Socket M are fairly similar TDP-wise (and architecture-wise, the only major difference between these two flavors of Core2Duo is the Socket P can hit 800MHz FSB). I've had luck passively cooling with larger P4 heatsinks (e.g. Scythe Ninja, Thermalright XP-90) and actively cooling with th...

wait, so is it THE native language simply on the principle of "they were there first" Yes, precisely, or it wouldn't be... well, native, would it? I don't think "linguistic superiority," PCness (oh dear god, please, let's not go there) or Victorian noble savages is really the issue... Anyway, in on...

You might want to wait for the new Intel DG45FC motherboard and run it with a dual-core 45nm S775 CPU. It is loaded for bear and should probably work in the HFX case (since the case compatability list indicates that it supports Pentium D and Pentium 4 systems, it should handle the 65W TDP Core2 Duos...

A few suggestions: 1. Seal off the holes above the PCI expansion slots and the PCI slots as well. 2. Seal off the side panels 3. Install the I/O shield for the motherboard 4. Run the 140mm fan at a *slightly* higher voltage 5. Remove the rear 120mm fan and mount on the Ninja (don't fill the back fan...

Why couldn't they have included a S478 adapter as well? This would be great in my T7200 desktop system. <sigh>

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I don't know about that. I distinctly remember Win2000 when it was released running a heck of a lot better than NT4 on the same machine. Which at the time was dual p3 450's with 512mb of ram. Win2000 served me quite well up until a few years ago I started using an LCD display. For me, I would get m...

I'll second pretty much all of Andy's statements, with a couple of modifications: - With regard to the 8800GT - avoid ECS - they're not the most reliable of manufacturers. You'd be better off just buying a bog-standard 8800GT and then buying an S1 from a reputable dealer. I'm pretty happy with my eV...

it took me quite a while to upgrade from windows 2000 to windows xp (sp1). and i think i liked it. i have a vista ultimate sp1 disc on my desk for over a week now and i don't really want to try it. there is nothing i want from it. my xp has been secure and stable since sp1. vista is slower. in almo...

3. Some you seem to have installed dual Thermalright or NC-U6 heatsinks. Who hot the North Bridge can actually get? Can't you just install the original CPU heatsink on the NB and high-tech heatpipe wonder on the CPU? In my system, the stock CPU heatsink won't fit on the NB (it hits the RAM socket a...

The reason to go to Vista is not because of the pretty Aero Glass graphics or the fancy animated desktops or any of the 'eye candy'. The reason to go to Vista is because it is the most secure version of Windows that has ever been released (Windows Server 2008 excepting). On the other hand, if you d...

uh, here it goes: anyone that is running vista and purchased it isnt going to admit that it is slower for most things. it is. anyone that is going to ever play a game on vista will want to run it in XP if they are trying to max out settings. that's just the way it is. since all the modern service p...

Just like adding ice cubes to your drink:

http://www.livescience.com/environment/ ... treat.html

Enjoy.

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To those of you who own the Sonic Impact T-Amp, what speakers are you using with it? I've got one in my garage driving a pair of 1989-vintage Paradigm 3se Mini speakers and being driven by my old Lazarus Cascade Basic preamp, a Kyocera 410dx CD player and a Luxman 410 FM tuner. The speakers are mou...

ROTFLMAO!

(I will now go and scald my fingers in boiling oil for typing that acronym)

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Love that from the standpoint of a (lapsed) history major!

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tuneable wrote:A follow up message:

1. I received a new picoPSU and all power on/off issues are solved.

2. The dual PCI riser works! Currently I have a higher quality audio card and firewire card together.

Did you use an active or passive dual PCI riser?

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please tell me which is cooperatively better motherboard in the Intel D201GLY series in considering price and advantages because i am aiming to buy one of these motherboard D201GLY2A has sata and a fan, D201GLY2 has sata, D201GLY has a fan. Other than that there isn't a lot of difference. I have D2...

This is the first I've heard of this movie, but it looks to be pretty damn funny. Anything with Jason Bateman in it has high potential, and it looks as if Will Smith decided not to take himself too seriously this time around.

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Two to shortlist: - OrigenAE x11 - Omaura TF11 I have the x11 and I like it a lot (although airflow isn't as good as the Fusion), and the Omaura seems to be the new hotness in HTPC chassis (OLED display and all). The 80mm fans are a bit of a bummer, silence-wise (although you could replace the stock...

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2276003,00.asp Check out this anti-Vista rant by Jim Lynch of Extreme Tech. Jim Lynch has a very well-known anti-Microsoft bias. I'd take anything he says with a boulder-sized grain of salt. I've been running Vista (various versions on various hardware) fo...

How about this: http://www.omaura.com/tf8.html -D Damn that's a looker. Now if only there's an easy way to get it... Have you ever heard of Dell.com? http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&cat=prod&rpp=12&p=1&subcat=2999%2f6348%2f7075&rf=all&nk=t&sort=K&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False...

Yum. The DG45FC has teeny-tiny HTPC written all over it.

Love to see a shootout with an 870G.

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Ralf Hutter wrote:Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Steelcore

Ah, Joe. You died too young.

I'm in a similar vein - The Pogues "Broad Majestic Shannon"

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Great article - especially the comments about the 'obese frog'! :D Any chance we can have a follow-up comparing these cards to the 9600GT and 8800GT 512 respectively (since those are the primary competition for the HD3850 & HD3870)? Also, as a general note, I'd love to see an article on the HD3450 /...

Has anyone succesfully installed Vista on a system with this mainboard and a S-ATA hdd? I've tried it with both bios updates that should fix the hangup during install (according to Aopen), but I still get the same hangup. XP works fine, and I could boot through a Vista installed on an Asus n4l-vm d...

Here's a novel thought. Why don't you do a comparison of the onboard ALC889A versus Audigy 2 and then let people know what you heard? With audio, there have been a lot of improvements over the last five years, but then again, it is highly subjective. One man's meat and all that. :-) On the other han...

How about this:

http://www.omaura.com/tf8.html

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Hey, Mike - I noticed one slight factual error in your description of the Mini P180 - you stated that the only other Antec mATX case with a separate PSU chamber is the NSK-3480. This is incorrect - the NSK-2480 is a mATX case with a separate PSU chamber. Granted it is in 'desktop' configuration rat...

Hey, Mike - I noticed one slight factual error in your description of the Mini P180 - you stated that the only other Antec mATX case with a separate PSU chamber is the NSK-3480. This is incorrect - the NSK-2480 is a mATX case with a separate PSU chamber. Granted it is in 'desktop' configuration rath...