Recent content by baneonrt

You'll figure this out when you get it but the red di-noc is based on white film so shows white on the edges. A red sharpie covers it well but is a pain. Steve

Just a quick update. Excaliberpc.com packaging on these is horrible. Two drives stacked directly on top of each other wrapped in a single layer of bubble wrap with some thin foam strips above and below in a box barely bigger than the two drives. Here's hoping they're ok. Steve

Excaliberpc.com has a bunch of the 3TB in stock at a decent price. I ordered two yesterday, after deciding I didn't want to wait for Amazon to get them back in stock. They're out for delivery right now. They're on amazon's dealer list but the drives are $16 cheaper each direct. Steve

Got the OOS email for the Desktop kit at the Sacramento store this morning. Based on what the guy above said about them having several of the Laptop kit drives in stock I drove over there and sure enough was able to buy one. Be sure to check both part numbers when you call. Numbers are in the...

Thanks. I noticed the two part numbers after I posted that. As of this morning it's actually saying both are available. Going to head over there about 8:30. Hopefully will have my pickup email by then. Steve

Sweet, still in stock at the Sacramento Frys. Picking it up tomorrow. Looks like I got the last one there. That's always a scary thought with Frys. Here's hoping for the best.

Why firewire on the top panel? eSata seems the better choice for that spot. Steve

Thanks! Those are coolermaster Excalibur fans. Fairly loud at full voltage but still move a lot of air when turned down. Got them on sale at Performance PCs a while back. Steve

Thanks! It took a lot of work to get it the way it is and it's not quite where I want it. I've actually made a few changes since the pictures. Anyways, the only wires that haven't been touched are the 24pin cable. The 8pin cpu power cable I extended and the rest I made from scratch from a...

Hehe, convoluted tubing is NOT what you want. It's split down the entire length. Designed to wrap over the outside of wires. You could certainly wrap it over the outside of regular water tubing but I'm not sure that's the look you're going for. Have fun. steve

Just to finish this up. I ended up taking the ram back to Frys before my 15 day window was up. Reordered from Amazon since they had the C7 varient for just $2 more. Got it today and the system boots just fine at DDR1600 and has been stable so far. I'll put it through the paces before I go...

Don't want to hijack this thread so I'll just say 4.2GHz and point you to the 930 overclock thread :) http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1502931 Steve

I'm actually at a lan party right now ;) Running BF2, L4D2 and a little BF:BC2. I'm not having any trouble with the first rig in my sig at full resolution. Steve

Bingo! Thanks! I was getting worried there. Steve

I put a 60mm fan running at 7v over my IOH heatsink and temps are low to mid 40C's with a 75F ambient. Out of the box mine ran high 80's then changed the TIM to Shin-Etsu and dropped to mid 70's. When I first installed the fan my tests showed temps stable at 73C without the fan then stabilized...