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No, I don't own any of those. The regular OCZ Vertex (not even the Turbo) is fine for typical desktop performance. I buy the 30GB version for $140. Now that I know that the other drives are basically the same thing, I'll be keeping an eye on their pricing as well... Patriot Torqx 64GB - $223...

Not trying to change anyone's mind, mubs, just sharing my opinion ;)

Page three has an interesting bit. It says that there are some clones to my favorite OCZ Vertex: Patriot Torqx Corsair Extreme Series X128 G.Skill Falcon SuperTalent UltraDrive ME

I have a chassis similar to the one I linked to above, and simply ordered them left to right. Easy enough.

I'm thinking of getting an iPod touch now that I have a MiFi. All the goodness and none of the AT&T.

Not really. I could have also said those who choose never to read or never to travel. Things all these have in common: 1. Nothing wrong with doing them 2. Some health benefits 3. Many people enjoy them 4. Those who can't dearly miss the opportunity You are welcome to not participate in any of...

I had never heard of X-WRT. I'll have to check it out.

Each of the 4 SATA breakout cables is numbered 0-3, and the connectors on the controller are numbered 1-6. You have to do the simple math yourself to find out which drive, but it isn't a big deal.

I'm still sitting here with a GTX295 and a GTX250, waiting for something else to come along.

I'm recommending U123s at an amazing rate. All with an SSD and more RAM.

This sexy thing filled with SSDs and one of these is what I'm drooling over at the moment (6TB of high-speed goodness). Merc is right, software is the way to go if money is an issue. It also gives you more flexibility going forward.

Nothing. I put it in the same category as choosing to never have sex. Silly, pointless, and a sacrifice for no good reason, but you are perfectly welcome to it.

OEM doesn't matter, but 5400 RPM could be quite a performance hit...

Hide from whom and why. There are different techniques, but none of them work all the time for every purpose.

Not the optical drive, really, but the bracket that makes up the left side of the optical bay.

I've noticed that geeks tend to be geeks, and it doesn't matter that much what the subject is. As a geek, I tend to pick a subject and just dive in. The more I know about a subject, the more interesting the smaller details are; cars, carrier-grade wireless gear, washers, or the upcoming release...

Looking good, so long as the motherboard's PCI-E 16x slot is sufficiently down the board that GPU air intake isn't blocked by the optical drive.

...if Tomato happens to have the features you want...

Every time I try an ATI card in something complicated I'm unhappy. Both seem to manage a single card/single monitor config just fine. The racing sims didn't go forward, but GTX295s do provide better image quality settings in some games even at 1920x1080.

You are making sense there, Time.

I was allowed to spend $2k (at the cost of something else of course), but several of my friends don't have grills, so I wanted something portable.

Using my grill about 3 times a week.

Sucks. At least it requires action on the part of someone inside. This makes most of my builds safe, as there are no users on the inside (Smoothwall for that).

I have a passive 4350 here with a native HDMI port that is destined for an HTPC somewhere. I've built several systems with the 4770, it is a great card and does everything well. 90% of my systems are GTX 285s or 295s.

Not exceptionally difficult, provided the PSU has the PCI-E power connector that that card needs. The 4770 is really a cool running card. It also depends on what motherboard you are going to be using, and what CPU cooler will fit.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Re: Newegg shipping: Hit: Order larger quantity of drives Miss: Order small number of drives

The specs now show 5400RPM, so they seem to be aware of the issue. I'd drop them an e-mail at least. I wouldn't accept having to pay for restocking, but you might get stuck with shipping.

It was running over 3GHz when it was my toy machine, but now it is in the most mission-critical machine in the house. That new s775 motherboard uses DDR3, which I hadn't noticed. Sucks. And the onboard RAID controller doesn't recognize my RAID array from the other motherboard (RAID-0 of 4 2TB...

The Vertex is still my SSD of choice, I haven't gotten any Turbos yet...

Thanks Buck.

While I was at it I got an E8400 and an HD4350...should be snappier than the Q6600 that was in it before for desktop use (2 cores instead of 4, but 3GHz instead of 2.4).

So they are out, but called the same thing and with the same capacity. How will we know the difference?

It does. And a play/pause button, actually.

We've had PCMCIA and USB solutions up til now, and they keep breaking. Having something sticking out the side of a laptop in the field is just asking for it.

The new plans are 5GB/mo and 5 cents/MB after. The old plans were "unlimited", though they reserve the right to cancel your account if you go crazy.

The only specific use I can think of for you would be to combine it with an Eye-fi. It also has built-in GPS, so your pictures could be uploaded and geotagged as you shoot. That would burn through 5GB very quickly...

Simple enough, it is a small box that can get you on the internet any place there is cell reception. It doesn't use my antenna system, it is for the times people need to work in the areas not covered by the antenna system.

That is a lot of big lenses, and a whole lot of bodies. Not high enough resolution for me to identify most of them, but as my wife said "it just screams money".

10 Minutes of Youtubing was 20MB.

Pandora seems to be about 3MB for each song, all transferred as soon as the song starts. So if you don't like the song and choose to skip it, you've already downloaded the whole thing.

Sorry. It is a box about the size of a dozen credit cards stacked on top of each other. It connects to a cellular network and broadcasts as a WiFi hotspot. That way any devices you (or your friends) have in the area can get on-line. It can be password protected, which is a good idea because you...

Bah, probably the wrong forum. Help Handruin?

These are one of the new hot toys, so a figure I'll do a bit of a write-up. I'm in the field testing MiFi 2200s from Sprint and Verizon. Both units appear identical, but the Sprint unit is much easier to get started with; no software to install and no password on the wifi, it takes you to a...

Interesting tool kimberley, thanks. And welcome to the forum! I did find the issue...take a look at the image, and see the power QoS failing...

Nah. I hate apps that say "look what we can do for you! Just spend tons of money, several hours setting it up, and another week learning how to use it!". I'm sure it is good at what it does, but I don't think I want all that.

Right now I'm having some connection issues on some of my T1s. On one of my other screens I have 6 DOS windows open with "ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -t" running to various internet links, monitoring dropped packets and fluctuating latency. Is there a program out there that could do a better job for...

I regularly have systems last 5-7 years, but when a system dies after 3-5 I am not surprised.

Daemon tools offers 2 versions, one paid, one free. During the installation of the free version, you need to deselect the options for their toolbar, changing your homepage, and changing your search engine. If there were actual malware, this would be the first I've heard of it. Nothing is...

I'm perfectly happy with the performance of Atom. I wouldn't mind some more speed, but not with a loss of battery life. With the right other components, it is a fast boot and fast app loading little monster.

Typically I don't bother, but but this one should be an exception. All the other bits had been replaced several times, but the Mobo, CPU and PSU were still originals...perhaps 3 years old?