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Really appreciate that man!

It's very similar, but specific to my goals. I tried to minimize the footprint a little more and remove the need for having such an ugly plastic panel on the side. Of course it's also just a design and build project for me and a chance to have something custom for a bit less money :) Do you...

Hey everyone, First off, what you all want to see, pics This doesn't really belong in a worklog since it's just an idea at the moment, but here's a totally custom vertical airflow pc case that I've been working on. It's designed to accommodate an mATX board and long graphics cards while...

I believe all of the 400 series that were released are still discrete graphics that will use too much power for apple to integrate into the 13 in mbp. I would bet that the 13 will move quickly to sandy bridge though, b/c the i3 would have been a graphics decrease from the 9400m but the initial...

It's a 2.5" drive in a 3.5" heatsink... The only problem is I believe that it is a nonstandard height and won't fit in a mbp 12mm vs 9.5 IIRC also the power draw is 12v instead of a standard 5, it would fry the computer If you want the best performance out of a hdd and don't have the...

Well what games will you be playing? Also what are the rest of the specs on the alienware? I can give you a good idea of the frame rates on the games I have and I'm sure others will chime in. I'm very happy with the mbp for gaming, mostly source and mw2 but it can max those out. Also that...

This is pretty much the end all reference for mobile gpus http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html According to it you will lose a bit of performance

I played this game a good bit back in the day. My friend actually just instlled it again and played a few games last week. And btw Solmyr is the freaking man.

I recently purchased exactly what you want, base mbp 15 with hi res screen. I use it for programming and gaming and it is great even at the higher res. I have played all the source games as well as cod mw2 at native res with well over 60 fps on mostly high settings Now that I have the space for...

The neither the envy 15 nor the 17 have switchable graphics even if you choose i5. While it's true the i5 has it's own graphics built in hp didn't feel the need to activate that capability. (I believe the 15 motherboard is incapable of the feature and the 17 they just didn't activate it. Someone...

Hello everyone. I have recently begun writing my first application for the iphone (well actually the ipad) and am a little hung up on what seems a very small issue. I have to convert data to unicode to send via an NSOutputStream and when I use the built in NSString method for doing so and...

the scroll wheel is quite well made. It's metallic and that shows in the noise, if you roll it quickly it's not quiet but that's also because it has clear clicks in the motion for gaming and precisely picking weapons. I'm currently quite happy with my sidewinder x8 and if you have any more...

The reason for number three I believe is related an active vs passive adaptor problem. Check further but you may need a new adaptor that is known to work with macs

Tri-SLI puts the cards so close that it doesnt look like more airflow will really matter that much. I think I saw somewhere that this guy propped the cards apart slightly at the end to increase airflow to the fans. Easy to try and at no extra cost you might as well...

I idled closer to high 40s-low 50s with a stock cooler and as5 so I don't think thats too unreasonable, give us load temperatures and we'll tell u if thats dangerous

Sweet I like how the cpu fan ended up working and those temps are pretty decent all in all a very nice build and i hope it works well for you

many thanks for the compliments from the man with the most insane cabling job i wish i had the patience and skill to make something that downright sexy

very impressive I have that psu and had some trouble hiding the wires behind the mobo in an haf 932 what you have done is amazing Overall a very clean build, i love a minimalist but very functional case Curious to see all the temps when your done, what with the video cards not exhausting out...

My first attempt at cable management haf 932 and the obligatory hideous backside shot

its nowhere near as nice as some of y'alls but it works for my dads work and my play :p and yes my camera sux

Should I be worried if its not a pci sound card then? because I am using onboard sound so maybe the mobo is the source of all the problems? also I used the evga e-leet utility and my 12v line is about 12.18 so maybe that would be a cause of the noise on the gpu?

So I just finished building the new rig yesterday and everything seems fine boots up no driver issues yada yada but when i get into the crysis menu it makes an odd squealing sound its not too bad and ends once in the game Now with a powerful system i dont want anything to go to waste so i...