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Ordered my 2007WFP the 15th, was at my door the 17th (but I wasn't home! they require you to be present), shipped from Ohio. S-IPS, sn# ends in L, RT803 Rev. A04 from Mexico. No dead/stuck pixels when displaying pure RGBs, shows that color gradient better than my crt (dark blues have 4-5...

I'm going to order this bi*** this weekend, I wanted to pick it up last month (got a '$125 for any purchase' b-day present), and it was jacked up to $399 the friggin day I went to order. I really don't care what I get, as this CRT currently is filtering the video feed like its a...

The prob with the barton is that it would basicly religate the vid card to a 9200, since the budget doesn't allow for an extra $50 tossed to a better cpu *and* cpu cooler. As for the heat output, I was wondering about it when both cpu's are at the performance level (so when the duron clock is...

Before you cry "MORE CACHE!", read the cpu's intended application. I plan on building a modrate PC for my uncle. Its main use will be internet, mp3 ipod 'base', and a bit of gaming. The vid card I plan on using will be a 9600 Pro or 9600 N/P (which to use won't be discussed here), so...

Umm, wouldn't this 'all natural' meat be the last item that should be shipped bulk-rate? Lets just hope that the majority of the 6 weeks is processing the shipment, not actually it being in the mail...

IMO, you'd be better off with a simple terminal strip. Not only is it more flexible, but you won't loose as much power (albeit not much is really lost) compaired to putting another poor contact between all the wires using a molex connector. Sure, it doesn't have an ATX or 4-pin connector, but...

EAC + Lame for keeping songs on your hdd if you have thousands of MP3's and/or small disc space, but I prefer using EAC + Monkey Audio for lossless compression. The files usually get reduced to around 2/3 of their original size (depending on the type of music), but can always be converted back...

The funny things are that A) they'd go out of business trying to procecute a few thousand people, B) they'd have a hard time not bringing up their spamming opperation when talking about this, and C) a typical DDoS is orchistrated by a few people controlling a lot of computers. This is a bit...

Are they still for sale? Are you willing to post or PM me the exact model numbers? Also, how loud are they? The reason I ask is because I had a Maxtor 60gb 7200rpm before that was really loud and a 5400rpm that was livable. I'm interested in both, btw.

OR....try Arctic Silver Ceramique. Its essentially high-end 'white goo', but is almost on par with AS5 - depending on how you test it. Basicly its always been the case - a nasty way to interpret AMD's warranty is that anything besides the typical white silicone paste voids your warranty. The...

Unless you have the HDD in the upper 3.5" bay (behind the floppy drive cutout), you won't see any additional cooling effect. For one, I can't see the 120mm fan not being able to cool a drive better than that cooler you linked to. It really depends on how many drives you have, too. The main...

A *sol enema can do the trick too. It consists of 75% Pine-sol and 25% Lysol liquid cleansers. It would also be a good idea to use that brush thing before and after.

How about "Perfect Hype"? lol, sorry, I couldn't resist. Good luck on that thing. I'd like to suggest avoiding a 2nd loop, since the extra pressure from a 2nd pump in series will help out a lot, and not impact gpu temps much (since the water is just a few degrees hotter after the cpu). The...

Who cares about those crappy tops? I wish they sold just the bases. Because of this I just decided to get a cheap used cpu version and mod it with a brass top and copper fittings and use it on my radeon.

The battery effect is caused from having dissimilar metals submersed in water, with one material being more anodic (wants to give up ions & corrode - enter aluminum) Basicly, hooking up a metal like magnesium, which is even more anodic than aluminum, will shift the corrosion away from the...

I can't recall hearing that epoxy (essentially what JB Weld is) can 'melt' plastics (which type specifically?). JB Weld is made for metal-metal contacts though. My suggestion would to be get a one-part silicone or polyurethane calk and seal it up that way. Put some on the threads, screw it in...

I'd definately be careful about how much I used if I were you. There's also the fact that you could rip the core off the base of the cpu... As for cpu temps, are you sure that ambient was the same for both tests?

Wow, didn't think those things could run on such a small circuit - the other guy with those blowers originally (@ocforums) had a PWM controller that was much bulkier. Other than that, its looking great so far. If it turns out half as good as that picture, you'll have a great case.

Same for grinders too, ehh? I've personally witnessed a grinder wheel explode after an unsupervised student decided to do some power grinding of an aluminum block. The same grinder wheel had lost 2 other wheels from the same reason. An abrasive blade won't manage much better. It'd be fine for...

When a UPS package arrives that beat up, DON'T OPEN IT. Go to the nearest UPS station, ask to see the manager, then have HIM open it. If they say they aren't responsible, tell the guy that you can't be responsible for what your sledgehammer will eventually do to his car. So far I've yet to...

I'd say go to a store like the Home Depot - from the door's and windows department I got a 18"x24"x0.230" piece of acrylic sheet for $10, and they have bigger pieces that are thinner. I can't see it being too small, nor too expensive compaired to online shops - shipping alone on a cheap piece...

Don't worry, chances are the originals will be out sometime this century. That is, after episode 3 is out on vhs, then dvd, then offered in a ep1-3 trilogy in vhs, then dvd, then vhs for the full 6-parts, then dvd for all...then Lucas Films will start to offer the originals on DVD. :p :rolleyes...

For the record, its the outside of the case that anodized, not the skeleton inside. Also, hard anodizing is different from normal anodizing, especially since it results in only one color due to the process. If you'd want the outside panels anodized, good luck keeping the brushed look...

Personally I love how he gets his systems rated - by his customers. :rolleyes: Chances are, if they are in fact real people & statements, they're saying stuff like "Mike's PC blew XXXX away!" after they upgraded from their P3/geforce2 PC to a current cpu/gpu. I'd be great if someone could...

[null vote] I used both. The black heatshrink doesn't always stay in place when I have to yank on a molex (sooo glad I have Vantec easy-sqeeze's now), so I bought 100 pack of black plastic mini-ties to put around the sleeve/shrink tubing. Also, something to note - ties can be taken off/put on...

Thats the problem with thin anodized aluminum. Its literally a crystaline coating over the metal, so when it flexes just a bit, you get that light-refracting finish. I think the problems with the stacker are not enough foam inside the box for such a huge case, the fact the the internals are...

I think the biggest reason a female clan would get supported - prime logo placement! I mean 95% of the people looking thier way will be staring right at those logos...

Wow...I'd like to see more cases with this sort of configuration. Ample space for dual 120mm's in the front, dual 92mm's in the back... What to do with it? Two words - water cooling. You could easily fit a smaller radiator in front of those two 92mm's. Conversely you could hang the HDD's...

What I find funny is that, for once, a review focuses more on the content of Doom3, rather than the graphics! Like some have mentioned, it should have at least been given credit for what your mission is - to banish evil from this world. Basicly what they're saying is, if they had a chance...

Get 3 more, a few shuttle boards, and put the LCD's on the case side - instant multiplayer rig :D BTW links to that katana-breaking video clip are located here. As funny as the stabbing is, let it play through to the end - the producer's comment is priceless! Honestly, I don't know what the...

I'm not sure if this will help, but... http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=36041 For 8KDA3+ boards. If nothing else, it'll give you an idea.

If you decide to use screws create threads in the plexi/aluminum to secure them to, be VERY CAREFUL. I've had experience with lucite (which is the same as plexi) that it is VERY hard to tap it without cracking it. Don't turn the tap more than one turn before you reverse and go back. After its...

A 160mm fan won't be pushing much more air at much less noise than quad 80mm's... There is no way to avoid the fact that noise will always increase with an increase of airflow. Honestly, if four 80mm intake fans is too much noise for you AND not enough flow for you - its not your PC that's...

If you're planning on using the fridge only for dropping temps, not to cool food/drinks, just strip it. You'd have to rig up a timer relay to switch it on and off, but if you're going to go so far as to strip the cooling system from a fridge, a timer relay isn't much extra work. I'd use a...

Well not too many GF2 cards had 128mb of memory, and you're naming some games with high texture amounts. My guess is that the ram is creating errors - try underclocking it, overvolting it, or both. Also, Homeworld2 is a know CPU hog. That just reinforces IMO that its not really the GF2's...

I can speak from personal experience, the reference HSF on 9800pro's suck balls in hot cases. I used to be unsure about my Sapphire 9800pro, but now that I have some airflow... Basicly, with low case temps, my 9800pro with 1.5 slot-a Athlon HSF's is doing at least 440/363 in D3 w/o...

[rubs cramped scrollwheel finger] Thanks for resizing, Robstar ;) In my old case (exhaust= 80mm Vantec Stealth in PSU, intake= 120mm Panaflo L1A@7v) it was maxing at around 416/357 core/mem using 3dmark2k3 for finding the max speeds...not very reliable - I stopped when the granite rhino got...

Got mod? Sapphire 9800pro, R360 core The silent 2100rpm sunon is now held on via lexan secured to the 2 holes and memory heatsink instead of the 2 bent-up slot-a fan retnetion wires. Basicly 1.5 GlobalWin Athlon slot-a HSF's went into making that. Sure, it takes up 3 PCI slots, but I...

AFAIK, they mainly have capacitors DIRECTLY behind the core, not resistors. The difference isn't subtle at all. Anyways, capacitors are put on to 'quiet' the circuit - to take out interference created by other components/circuits, if you want to think of it that way. It shouldn't harm the card -...

I think it was in teh Doom3 hardware guide or somewhere, but ID wanted to cap D3 at 60hz... They took the better route of changing the config upon exit, not entry.