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...if the heatsink creates less pressure on the CPU than the heatsinks with clipps (some with sturdy clipps).

:) This new way is deffinitely a better way to attach them, much safer. Wonder if the heatsink is less

Not arguing with you Merc about Abit and the others, as you can see from my list the (NO) after abit was intended to reflect just that, not an option for me. MSI is deffinitely falling away too. Too many problems with caps and otherwise some shakey stability. Soltek, never used them yet...

It's mostly small scale editing of home videos, nothing too fancy. And the owner want's something good looking (count TFT's in that group).

By eyeball measurement, there are lots of them, and they seem big. DO you want more detailed info?

One GIGe and one FE.

Why? Price/features? My choise is usually easy, it is either ABIT (NO), MSI (no), Asus (out of stock at the moment), Soltek or Epox. Of these, only Epox was in stock for the 64bi t platform.

I'm putting a PNY Geforce 5900XT in here, 1GIG of Kingston memory, one 160GB samsung and one 120GB samsung in it (video editing purposes). I'll get the case and PS tomorrow, damm. My fingers are itching to test this one out... Ah yes, an LG 19" TFT, and Logitech cordless optical MX keyboard and...

Only 2 DIMM slots. If one needs more memory than 1GB, it won't be cheap.

And no need to put the baseplate (that comes with the boxed set) in place, as the MB already has one installed. So just push the heatsink in place.

Attaching the boxed heatsink is a no-brainer. A welcome break from the ones I'm used to. Very nice. Althoug I haven't broken a mobo with a slipped scredriver, yet, it's still a bit frustrating sometimes when one has to work on mobos with very little room (capacitators very near the cpu/heatsink).

Heavy processor, deffinitely a lot of metal in that one. I already dread the day I'll need to straighten out some pins on this proc...

Doh, reading the manual, I find out there are actually SIX (!) SATA connectors on the motherboard. So the only thing missing now is some SATA drives....

The motherboard is an Epox 8HDA3+, with audio (spdif and toslink output!) and dual lan and 4 SATA ports! Not bad. The manual is more confusing to me, compared to the ASUS ones I'm used to.

This is going to be my first build of a system based on the AMD x64 processor. It's a 3200 one, and an Epox 8hda series motherboard. It's going to a client, unfortunately, and is not for me. Oh well, maybe the next one ;) Anyone used the said motherboard? Any info about it? Just looked through...

Being alone is not fun. 1.2M $ ? Wow....

Unfortunately this does not hold true in my part of the world, not quite yet.

Thanks Merc. Yes, that made sense.

Lol! Doug! We need you, again ;)

apparently the stats-link doesn't work that good anymore, here's a new one: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=10047

Why don't you newcomers tell us something about yourself? We're very interested here, curious folks as we are. sdbardwick, you've been around here lately, tell us something? And most of all, WELCOME!

Have a drink on me bartender, it'll help. Better yet, let me mix some Stroh for you, that'll give you a nice, warm, sleepy feeling ;)

We've got almost 300 users (296), but not too many new ones seem to be posting. I've been watching with eager the slow growth in users here, we better get prepared for the big party when we reach 300 ;) Bartender, you better fill the stocks and see to it that Tea is prepared to help out . (Why...

Hmm, I've been listning to the soundtrack from the movie "The Rock", and I like it. Also been listning to Andrew W.K. This fella seems to have som psyco words...Perhaps they wouldn't sound so negative if I'd bother to get the lyrics and read through them (or then the music will get REALLY weird...

After using a few Dell's and IBM's and after administering some HP and Toshiba laptops, I would still go for the IBM. I'm using a T40 at the moment and like it a lot. Just the robust feel of the laptop is so different compared to the others. The rest, i.e. the decision, depends on your budget...

Cool looking, seems a lot better than the Yamaha one...

I'll check that other link next.

That paper left some open questions, as it's only SBS-to-SBS. Thanks though.

I did get a voice message from her saying something about exchanging gin to vodka, and something about being above the trees soon. A lot of background noise, almost sounded like an airport....nah, can't be...

Congrats! Just saw that you also have just passed the 1K marker. Bartender's gonna have a busy time here 8)

Oh yes, we have great, big, banana and pineapple farms here. We also grow mangoes and koffee too. And vodka, of course. Lot's of it. And we're never drunk, we might get a bit tipsy though, but that's just after a truckoad of drinking... 8)

Congrats! Let's celebrate. Bartender!!! Drinks, if you please! 8)

Thanks, it's kind of urgent...

There is a need to migrate from Microsoft SBS 4.5 to Windows 2003/Exchange 2003, and start using a new server at the same time. Can we install the new server directly with Windows 2003 / Exchange 2003 and use the active directory migration tool to migrate the SBS 4.5 domain (with user and e-mail...

Ah, come on jtr, one more post. You can do it! ;)

Formula 1 is the only motorsport I watch on TV. Probably because Finland usually has someone driving there, like Räikkönen at the moment. Wonder when Mclaren will get their car into shape...

Time for a BIOS update?

Good links, thanks Merc.

Congrats Merc!!!!! Way to go! You're deffinitely one of the cornerstones here, so keep 'em posts coming! ....so, ummm...when's the next chapter coming to print? ;)

If sick, I usually stay home. I get over it faster that way, and don't spread it around at work. If needed, I'll probably work from home, depending on what the sickness is and how I feel.

I love this part: Women like that, you can't help imagining what they'd look like administering a Linux farm. OK, so I need to get out more... ® BOFH is copyright © 1995-2003, Simon Travaglia. Don't mess with his rights. AAAAAHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh........just the thought of it......

Some wiseguy will probably get his kicks out of this straight/natural thing....;) Never used one before (been "straight" all my life, until now)..... :mrgrn:

I'm having trouble using the right side of the keyboard, mostly the part with the arrow keys and home/end/page..... and enter. When I'm using the arrow keys, I tend to push this " ' " instead of enter. Besides that, I'm almost starting to like this keyboard! It doesn't feel that bad after all...

Front page.

Next up, the IQ tests.... Still haven't taken them. (Better not show them to my wife, or she'll totally demolish my self-esteem, after getting a much better result....) ;)

Interesting, my wife got the same result as I did (without decimals...)! Not so surprising, but still....

Opened it up, I'll probably check it out tomorrow.

Thanks for your help. I'm on my second beer now, watching "the medallion" with Jackie Chan. :) When will Seagate come out with their next X15? *drool-factor-warp-10*

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I'm used to writing with all my fingers, so the split is ok by me (learned it from my mother who typed a lot, very convenient!).