Today, I got a surprise check from Soyo -- remember the 2 FAR motherboards from 2004 where everyone got fucked on the rebates? Well, got my check today, after two and a half years. Oddly enough, I had already gotten them to send me $65 back when the issue was still current, but the check today...
Basically, my boot drive -- a WD800JB, started clicking like hell, and it ran out of warranty several months ago.
I'll go get a new drive on Monday. I'm needing something as cheap as possible, and size isn't really a big issue, as all that goes on this drive is programs and the OS...
Recommend me a big damn case. I've got 3 hard drives, 4 optical drives, and 2 PSUs. I've currently got an Antec SLK2600AMB, and it's way too small.
The power connector on my video card makes it almost impossible for me to get the IDE cable connected to one of my hard drives -- that's how...
Ripped from passwird:
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Put shit in basket.
Use coupon BKSELLR when checking out.
$10 off your order, no minimum.You will pay shipping though.
I just got the new Q and not U CD for less than $3 shipped. :D
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Go grab some bags of random crap...buy 3 of them for $8 shipped, best deal.
People got some good shit last time, plus random crap is always useful.
I was at the Greenville, SC Sam's Club on Tuesday. They had a Lexar 256MB CF card for $34.82. Not sure about other Sam's locations, but probably worth a shot.
I've got a Maxim subscription until the 4th issue of 2008. April, I guess.
It's for sale. I was never really that interested in it, and now I need $$. So, it's up for sale.
There'll be no shipping, etc. I'll just change the address on it, and you should start getting it with the next...
OK, here's the deal with my PSU.
I've been running 3 optical drives and 3 hard drives.
Within one week, the 160 and 200 both died. The 200 failed to recognize at all, as did the 160, however, the 160 would become extremely hot to the touch (burned the fuck out of my finger after about 15...
So, I just upgraded a client's machine to Win2K from Me (clean format).
I installed all the drivers on his machine:
It's a gateway with nVidia riva TNT2, Athlon 850, some Gateway mobo, 128MB PC133.
This was all done on a 17" CRT of mine. I set the resolution to 16-bit 1024*768 and sent...
See specs in sig (main rig)
I'm getting 1650ish 3DMark 03...
Is this entirely due to the video card, or am I missing something? I'm thinking it is.
What would I likely get with a 9800 Pro? In the upper 5K's?
Friend has $1K for an entirely new system, including monitor+probably peripherals (minus video card). She wants it within the month, and would like some sort of future expandability.
Barton 2500+ on NF7-S (about $170)
or
A64 3200+ on KV8 (about $430)
or
????
Not sure of the performance...
Looking around for the best deal on the Canon A70, I found it at NewEgg for $268. One of the combos is the Lexar 96MB 12x CF card for $28, but it puts on a $40 discount when added.
So, 268+28-40=256. Free shipping on all of that.
Is this a good deal? Could I find better?
So, I installed my new Barton 2500+ on my Abit KD7. I've got two sticks of Corsair XMS (one's PC2700 and one's PC3200) I'm upgrading from a 2000+ Palomino.
So, I installed it, plugged in the HSF, etc. Turned it on, and it posted at 1100 MHz, so I went into BIOS and set it to the 2500+. It...
OK, here's my choices, based on some feedback I got from the Gen Hardware forum on a previous question.
It looks like I should upgrade my processor...I've got a 2000 pally now on a KD7 (KT400 chipset :()
Choices:
Barton 2500+ from newegg.
Buy one of the other good ocer's (1700+...
So, I've got about $100, looking to blow it on computer parts. Relevant system is the better one in my sig.
Ultimate goal would be to have a faster AthlonXP (32 bit) running on an NF7-S.
Which will give me the largest performance gain immediately?
1) Buy NF7-S to replace the KD7 I have...