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Between Coug and Merc, they have it all figgered out.

This guy raves about µTorrent. "130 KB in size, 5MB memory footprint, no installation, has everything that 99% of the population wants."

Sir Coug, when you call please ask if they ship to the USofA. I just paid a bundle for a Seasonic S12-600 :evil:

I'd like to retire (and there's an involuntary aspect to it as well). But I'm not at the age people usually retire, though. Not that it matters, I feel a million years old.

No go, Bozo. I'm sick and tired of ultra low-end hardware. I want something faster than a 9600XT for my PDFs and photo-editing. I have grand plans for some video work as well. If I'm building a new system, I might as well hit the sweet spot insted of low-balling; that way I'll get to keep the hw...

Thanks, theSwede, great find! If only it wasn't an Asus! Still, I'll take a good look at it. Sir Tannin, when I made my post I was pretty sure it would evoke a response from you. Apart from said highly valued and generally very sensible but on this matter totally irrational and obsessive SF...

Sir Mercutio: You haven't looked hard enough! HIS has a x1300 Pro that is fanless, but I haven't found it anywhere. Maybe it's too new. This page at Newegg lists 6 x1300 (slower than the Pro version) cards that are fanless. I think anything faster is too hot to cool passively. I'm looking...

What did you have in mind, Time? I know next to nothing about NVidia GPUs and their performance; I am not a rabid gamer, and it's mostly the gamers that prefer NVidia. I've been an ATI person mostly, and as far as video manufacturers go, am firmly in Merc's camp - the one NVidia card I've had to...

Problem #1: A long warranty is useless if the card dies and you have to go through RMA hell. I'm going through that right now with Gigabyte "I'm a POS" Technology. Problem #2: I'm not D. "Rich" Drueding. My first name is Pore. Ain't for nuttin that my main system is 5+ years old. This whole...

Thank you, gentlemen. I would not have given them a second look if it had not been for their cooling system. Arctic Cooling has a little sidebar (on the left) of their VGA cooling page that features HIS. I am looking into an X1600 series card, and only HIS comes with the Arctic Cooling cooler...

Never heard of them; they're on Newegg. Is this a good brand, quality / reliability wise? They're listed on ATI's site as a partner. Thanks.

AMD's website lists two X2 4400+ processors. Specs are identical except for thermal power / max temp: Processor | A64 X2 | A64 X2 Model | 4400+ | 4400+ Ordering P/N (Tray) | ADA4400DAA6CD | ADV4400DAA6CD <----------------------- Ordering P/N (PIB)...

No matter, Tannin, that was great reading. After googling for pics of the VC-10, I have to agree it's a beautiful aeroplane. Too bad about what happened.

Thanks for all the hard work, Doug. I'm addicted to SF, and really miss it on the very rare ocassion that I can't get to it. My best friends are all here. This incident brought home to me just how reliable SF has always been, and the behind-the-scenes effort you put in to make it happen. You're...

You da man, Groltz! Thank you, thank you! The manual for the LanParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert board I'm planning to get states that it is preferable to use the 8-pin, and to use the 4-pin if the 8-pin is not available. Since the Seasonics have it, I might as well use the 8-pin. BTW the board uses...

Merc: SPCR has a review of the P180 where they used a MB with the 4-pin power connector at the top left of the MB. The Seasonic had S12-430 18" cables, but they still had extreme difficulty plugging it in because the PS is at the bottom. Groltz: where did you buy the extension cables?

Thanks, Tannin. Thanks, Groltz. What are the 4-pin harnesses used for? How is it that you didn't need to use the 8-pin? I thought all recent MBs and modern CPUs required it? What motherboard & CPU are you using? Are those Nexii 120mm fans? Does the system run cool? I'm planning to use a...

AFAIk, it's DFI, more specifically the LanParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert. That's what I'm planning to buy. Not because I'm a rabid overclocker, but because a) it has the expansion slot config that most closely matches what I want, and b) I will be doing a modest amount of overclocking. There was...

No idea. I cannot look at it now as I'm using the system. I checked my purchases from Crucial, and this is what I have: Qty & Item Date Purchased Price 2 x CT32M64S4D8E 12-09-2000 $157.49 each (superseded by D7E below) 1 x CT32M64S4D7E 03-07-2001 $89.24 each 3 x...

Thanks, Tannin. 'Cause I tend to build systems only sporadically, there are pretty big holes in my knowledge/experience. I've just been very lucky a lot (knocks on head).

The ATX motherboard cable on the two Seasonics is only 16 inches long. The motherboard in question has the 24-pin ATX connector and the 8-pin 12-volt connector in the upper right corner. Considering that the power supply in the P180 is at the bottom, will the length be enough? Without...

My hardware is different, but I do want to point out that I've been running 4x256MB (maxed out) on my Tyan Tiger 100 BX based board for the last 5 years. Flawlessly. The modules are PC-133 and my bus speed is 100 MHz overclocked to 112 MHz (!). Am I just lucky, or were the old BX northbridges...

Merc: I'm sorry your first trip turned out to be such a bummer. There's no excuse for an airline to provide horrible service. JTR: It ain't as bad as you make it out to be (I didn't read through your post, though). 97% of my air travel has been overseas, with the shortest segment being 6500...

Thanks, Tannin! That was quite a read! That it was! I had forgotten that it was also referred to as the HS-748.

Gee, Tannin, you really stir old memories. I've flown a couple of times in Fokker Friendships, but I was so little then I remember nothing. Did you ever fly in an Avro? Propeller-driven. You always held your breath during take-offs; always felt like the bugger wouldn't make it into the sky. They...

Aah, that feels good! I've been driving for 30 years, and felt like an utter idiot in NJ. At least I'm not the only one who thinks they're screwed up over there. Fushigi, I've been in IL just once, overnight, and a cabbie did all the driving, so I can't really compare IL to CA. If you have a...

No matter what they say about you, you're all right, Groltz :D

Don't know, time. AFAIK, even before dual core A64s came out, there were A64 motherboards that REQUIRED 24-pin power supplies. If you used a 20pin + 4 pin and the board didn't work, you'd get no sympathy from the mfr. I haven't bothered to keep up with the ever-changing specs. I'll be building a...

Many motherboards will not work with a 20 to 24 pin adapter; they require a native 24-pin connector. This has nothing to do with connector mechanicals, but the juice that's being supplied by the power supply.

Problems with DC are legendary. In the NJ/NC area, when Edison started out, he was a proponent of DC. Cables were buried a foot or two below the top soil. When it rained/snowed, numerous people and horses were electrocuted. This became an acute problem. In the meantime, Tesla, Westinghouse...

There's always UPS/FedEx overnight. :D

Some years ago, I worked in a small company where the telephone operator would page "Technical Support, you have a call holding on line 3" if they didn't answer their phones when she transferred to them.This happened several times a day, and one could hear the page in all open / public areas of...

Gee, you're a pretty violent bunch here. :o :D

Too late for Anathor21, but just for the record, I found these links in my travels: MS: How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows MS: How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP Google

I guess my situation is a bit weird. I've never had a motherboard, processor, RAM, video card, any PCI card, powersupply, disk drive, optical go bad on me. I started building my own PCs in 1991. I've had about 4 fans fail - CPU HSF fan, GPU fan, case fans. And one floppy drive. That's it. I...

Good luck, my friend. If they're having you back, they're interested. If you took the job, would you be moving out of your present location, then? If I were you I would have asked for a different schedule, at least for the outbound part of the journey (I know it's too late, though). It's no...

For me, Gigabyte is in the shit house. I feel the same way about them that Merc does about Western Digital. The new video card I bought died within 2 months. They've had it on RMA for 1 month now, and I've called 2 times to follow up. The staff I talk to are polite and courteous, but that does...

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Tannin!

Thanks.

Enermax's Noisetaker line of PSUs are designed to exhibit "diseling" characteristics - fans run on for a few minutes even after computer is shut down. See 4th item in product features here, labeled "Smart Fan". IIRC, Merc's power supply couldn't power an X2, so he bought a 600W Enermax that...

Thanks for the info, Bozo. Had no idea they worked like that.

Bozo, where do you buy the Dow 340? I can't seem to find it anywhere online (pricewatch, pricegrabber, google).

According to Dow Corning, AMD uses Dow's TC-5022 in it's factory heatsinks for A64 Proc-in-box. Dow claims "TC-5022 improves thermal performance 10-15 percent compared to existing materials". This page at Dow lets you compare the compounds, including TC-5022 and 340. Not that I understand all...

Thanks for the opinions, folks, I really appreciate it. Buck hasn't chimed in yet, though. Having built 0.01% of the number of systems you've built, I'm not sure I understand, Tannin. I thought all of them were white. When you say to avoid white goop, are you referring to a brand / type? What...

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Which thermal paste is best? I'm looking for good performance, and more important, long-term stability - I shouldn't have to clean up the goop and re paste it every year or two. Then again, I might be moving in a few months and will most certainly need to take the planned heatsink (Thermalright...

How many minutes did you have to microwave him to thaw him? If he was out ! 24 hours, I thought the poor bloke would have died. Glad he's ok.

The weather heah is really crazy. Was hot as summer, then the last 3-4 days has become verrry nippy. Forecast sez it's gonna be nippy rest of de week.