Well yesterday I had fun while hacking my new NEC 355A DVD-RW to a NEC 4551A DVD-RW enabling DVD-RAM support and LabelFlash support (similar to LightScribe for those who dont know, I never heard of LabelFlash until I got the sale on the NEC).
I woke up today with my techie blood still flowing...
Mod #1
I have the stock fan from my stock AMD X2 3800+ hsf sitting outside the empty pci slots as exhaust #2. I am planning to do the rest as soon as I can afford the two 120mm fans.
Mod #2
This mod is mainly to compliment the top intake fan added in Mod #1. And also to make my case...
I just went through a few months of hell with my 2x 1gb Crucial Ballistix PC4000 till I finally confirmed that one was defective and RMA'd them back to newegg. Im getting a refund of $200us in the next few days (hopefully tomrw) and I have started to look at which new sticks I would like. I want...
Need to sell these asap, need $$ for an emergency.
Opteron 146 OEM $155 Shipped *Sold*
Few months old, been kept in a box 80% of that time because I prefer to use my X2 3800+. Never overclocked.
3x 512mb Kingston HyperX...
My friend recently bought a Qpack and the MSI K8NGM2-FID mobo and is now looking for a video card for his htpc.
I would like to know, on his behalf, if the X1800XL AIW will fit in the qpack. I told him it would but he is saying that it is different from the other X1800XLs because there are more...
http://www.ultraproducts.com/product_details.php?cPath=37&pPath=157&productID=160
I recently ordered one of these for my budget qpack project because it was free after rebates. My mobo will be a 24pin mobo and I know that i will probably have to get a 20 ->24pin adapter or order the 24pin cable...
I have my Super Lanboy in this present situation. It seems like a pretty good job to me :D
The cables that are above and below the dvd burner, should I try to get them all to fit in the topmost cd-rom slot?
Just looking for any further recommendations on airflow and neat cable management...
Hey all
Im thinking about adding 2 120mm side intakes for my super lanboy, one for cpu and ram and the other for vid card. I need some help in deciding which brand of fans I should use (Thermaltake or panaflo? I found the TT thunderblade fans w/ mesh shields on xoxide.com, should i go with...
Im running an AMD x2 3800+ and would like to OC it soon.
It is an
ADA3800DAA5CD
CCBWE 0535SPMW
1321069I50521
I would just like to know what kind of clocks and voltages ppl are using to OC. Info would be a great help.
Thanks in advance.
Recently got my monitor and fired up warcraft 3 only to find that the monitor stretches the res so that it looks terrible. It is affecting my gameplay badly :(
I spent the day searching for a solution but found nothing. Is there anything I can do to prevent stretching and get the black bars on...
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Sound Card Retail
$75 after $100 rebate, free shipping
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=290226
Has this been posted already? If so plz delete.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20051025192021.html
Will these finally solve the trapping heat issue? These should own when combined with some active cooling.
Will Eclipse finally start using heatspreaders? :p
I dont know if a thread about this exists already but Im posting...
Well i have finally organised my money and i am looking at the following system
Aspire X-Qpack
X2 3800+
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 microatx mobo
2x1gb Crucial ballistix
NVidia 7800GTX
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300gb sata hdd
SeaSonic S12-600 PSU
Zalman 7000B Cu
Dell 2005fpw LCD (Waiting...
I need some recommendations for a digi cam.
Im looking for something semi-pro and mid range.
I am looking at the Nikon Coolpix and Canon Powershot series and I would like some recommendations on specific models
Im looking at between 5 and 7 MP, and really good opti and digi zoom (around how...
im looking at
One of the Qpack Cases, most likely all black or black/silver
AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ Manchester
JetWay A210GDMS-Pro
Crucial PC3200 2GB kit (1GBx2)
7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 300GB 7200 RPM SATA150 HDD
THERMALRIGHT...
well windows XP crashed on my parents' system (40gb hdd) so i loaded up xp onto my 160gb hdd (as primary master) so that i could copy all their stuff from the 40gb (now secondary master) onto the 160gb before I wipe and fresh install the 40gb.
however im not getting access (etting an "Access...
im looking to buy an x2 3800+ and a dell 2405fpw on ebay as i cant afford either from newegg.com and the like
how trustworthy is ebay for hardware?
this is very important as i am a very poor soon to be college student lol
looking to build an SFF soon and i was planning to buy a Hyundai L910D+ for $350us from newegg
currently looking at the 7800gtx and waiting for ATI latest and greatest to be released before deciding
however the max res of the L910D+ is 1280x1024 and the 7800gtx can go much higher
is it worth...
Maxtor MaXLine III 7L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144186
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144421
need help here...
im thinking of buying either an XT or an XTPE as im noticing a drop in prices @newegg
am also thinking of using an ati silencer 5 with the card as im building an SFF pc (fragbox2)
the HIS X850XT comes with the silencer 5 along with OCing software and warranty
is it worth paying the extra for...
Hey
im looking to build a SFF (fragbox 2) in a few weeks im trying to decide on 2gb RAM
i found this crucial ram
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=CT2KIT12864Z40B
but it doesnt have any heat spreaders
should i also purchase heat spreaders to put on the RAM
i found these...