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Because I bought it at half-price and that it works fine when used normally. And once I'll have put thermal paste on the heatsink above the north bridge, it will be just as fine as any other budget board for running the F@h client. But it's probably the last ECS board I buy in a while. With...

I received today another motherboard from ECS, but this time based on the KT400 chipset instead of the SiS735. It's a LVT7A, rev 1.0. I removed the north bridge (and had even more misery doing it than on the K7S5A Pro I sent to Handruin) just to see if they fix all their heatsink the same poor...

Tea will argue that she isn't a monkey, but an ape. Which is supposed to be infinitely different. :roll:

Yep, but so far only ECS has made a design on it (maybe others, but they aren't yet selling). I also think the SiS755 is a superior chipset, but when the choice is limited to ECS, it can be a hit or miss. The only review I've read on the ECS board shows that it matches the performances of the...

You don't only become fat by eating fat food. You become fat because you intake more energy than you spend daily. Sugar, while technically not being fat in itself, becomes stored in your organism in form of fat when you take more than you burn.

I'm not too fund of Tom's reviews either. I haven't read it, but I don't think I miss much.

For all you Mac lovers out there, and here (Greg?), here's a 2 part review of Mac OS X Server 10.3. I wouldn't have bothered otherwise, but as it is Unix based....;) News source Submitted by The JoJo

Back in January 2003 : Athlon XP Palomino 1500+ Thermaltake Volcano 7 heatsink Soltek SL-75DRV2 (KT266A) 256MB PC2700 Crucial Asus GeFarce 3 Ti200 64MB Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Maxtor D740X 40GB Lite-On 16X/10X/40X Floppy Antec SX1000 enclosure with an Enermax 300W PSU Now : Athlon XP...

Solid state drives won't come up until several machines away. I wouldn't hold my breath (by risking asphyxia).

Maybe Intel should start thinking about using Opteron-based systems to design its new processors :roll:

James is probably too busy with his new job at Cables&Wireless to visit us anymore while I think Groltz had issues with some of the positions certain of our members vocaled a few months ago. He at least wrote once about his disagreement with popular opinions expressed in the P&B in the past, so...

I read this light review (light because it's from Firingsquad) comparing the DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B (please, a glass of water after pronouncing this) and the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. Not swallowing everything that was written there, but still got interested in the DFI board, I started browsing...

Lieberman, according to what Mercutio wrote above, is a Jew. That's about the last thing you need at the White House right now with the explosive situation in Israel. If Lieberman would win and predicably puts his nose where US has no business (well, at least not if you only support one of the...

This is the first time in quite a while that AMD doesn't declare numbers in the red. While a profit announcement for Intel would be quite ordinary, a profit for AMD is news-worthy IMO. If AMD can post profits for several quarters in a row, it might stop being so fragile against arch-rival...

Because of obesity, the upcoming generation (20 years old and less) is supposed to have a shorter life expectancy than us. So maybe it'll stay at 65 afterall.

While the simple fact of paying the taxes wouldn't be an act of charity, voting for a candidate who would advocate taking care of the poorer would most certainly be. I think that's what Mercutio meant. I think not helping those who have had less luck in life is a good way to increase...

Like dead beef meat.

When the last polical party here reformed the educational system some ten years ago, it cost a few millions. And we're only a fraction of what the States are. Reforming your educational system somehow would be a non-negligeable investment, which cannot be done with public funds in the red like...

My reply has everything to do with your post. Education needs money and when too much money is invested in certain fields, not enough is left for others. I'd suggest that if you do not understand what is plainly written that you refrain from replying to same. And you certainly don't have...

Maybe because your government spends all your money in war operations and military equipment instead of investing internally to enhance the lives of its own citizen? The guy is basicly saying (confirming) what I've been killing myself to write during the past three years : that Bush is lying...

If you want to take care of your old folks, then fine for you, but I would rather not have to stand my old mother at home all day long, so I try hard to help her to put some cash aside so she doesn't need help later. I'm sure elders would be happier if they would be able to self-support...

Gamepc has a comparison of the two processors mentioned. Aaaahhh, some SMP lovin'.... News source Submitted by The_JoJo

For those doing/planning to do video encoding, here's a comparison of the processors worth using for that task. The 13 processors are tested with Divx, Xvid, MPEG 1 and MPEG 2, just to name a few. News source Submitted by The_JoJo

Flagreen, you've passed your math class, haven't you? And yet you tell me that the financial state of your country is anything near positive? You gotta be kidding. You have children right? Would you be able to look them in the eyes and tell them that daddy is going to vote for a bunch of...

Two words Buck. First begins with an "F" and the second with a "Y". :P

I could break you another and you would worrying about that one, trust me.

Put a strips of plastic on your window. You can find this at places like Home Hardware. It will create a layer of air between the glass and the plastic and it is a very effective method to insulate windows. And it's cheap to do too. You shouldn't need to open your window too often until...

With your current deficit, only an idiot could see positive in Bush's economical and financial performance as a president. I grant you, there are a lot of them in the States, so maybe he has a chance.

The customs fees, yes. The brokerage fees are a special attention from the shitty-colored folks at UPS. Packages that worth less than 20$ aren't charged customs or taxes. Those marked as "gift" can be worth up to 60$ without being taxed and customed.

e-dawg, what's wrong with the temperature in Toronto? Seems like a nice winter day to me.

That's another very positive point I forgot to mention about Dean : he isn't (or at least doesn't seem to be) sold to powerful lobbies. I don't know his real motives for being in politics, but in appearance, he's the one who represents the most the idea of "power to people" to me.

That's exactly was the damn republicans want people like you to do. Think a little bit further. And the space program would be nice if you would have money for it, which you currently don't and certainly won't have if the idiot sitting at the White House who apparently can't add 2 plus 2 gets...

Nope, too late. USPS also charges customs, but no brokerage fees.

Here's the few things I know about Dean : He redressed the finances of his State (Vermont), something that U.S. will need badly after Bush's awful management (>500 billion deficit this year). He knows where Canada (and Québec) is and knows U.S.'s main economical partner quite well, unlike the...

I meant John Kerry.

I thought about creating a thread about the Howard Dean phenomenon, but since I already create so many topics, I decided to refrain. What you guys think about this guy? IMO, not knowing the guy too much, I think he at least has the merit of creating some interest towards politic in people...

Too bad. I'll just pay the first invoice they sent me (they placed a lower shipping rate than supposed) and give them shit if they don't ship quickly. I'll never buy again from them.

They are bastards. First, they send me an invoice (for a graphic card - item less than 1lb) with a shipping fee of 11.99$ and a handling fee of 1.99$. Their auction clearly states that the handling fee is 1.50$ for all items. Plus, they write that international buyers should visit their...

I live less than 25Km away from Mont Ste-Anne. I've never been there though.

Thanks for the tip, I was a little annoyed by this too.

Feels fast, haven't encountered any major problem. I still prefer MozillaFirebird buttons' layout on top, but Mozilla's modern theme looks better.

Please someone, wipe Blakerwry : he's drooling everywhere. News source

I have never seen a motherboard with so many leaking capacitors. 2, 3, 4, ok, but almost all the caps, no, never. Call Guiness.

It's ok, I've had visions. I compared the label to the one posted at X-bit Labs and the characters are similar. Good Bad I must take too much drugs.

If you have some time and some spare cash, why don't you simply subscribe to a local gym? You'll have more chance to meet people there than training on your Flexo-something alone in your basement. Plus, you'll have access to trainers who will be able to help you to reach your objectives...

No problem, as you all know, I'm a patient man... ...and very ironic too.

If you have the chance, could you try to run FAH4 on it (with the -forceSSE option) and report the results? I'm very curious about the performance of the Athlon64 for that purpose.

The last Duron 1.6GHz I bought looks suspicious to me. I remember a news not too long ago about remarked Duron CPUs. Could someone please tell me where to find pictures comparing a fake and a legitimate Duron 1.6GHz? There are obvious signs of thermal paste on the core and the characters on...

Their servers are pretty busy, but I've been able to download the Net installer after about 30sec. of waiting. Release notes. Download.

But I've learned that since the car is very light, especially above the front wheels, it doesn't have a good handling in snow and nordic road conditions like we have here, so I'll skip this one once again. I went to Montréal's Salon de l'Auto and the car that impressed me the most, when...