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I don't know, but it was quite funny nonetheless.

Thinking about these for my media boxes. Much slower than even my 2.5" 5400RPM drives, but silent and very low power requirements. Does anyone see a problem using these to launch winamp and media player classic?

Merc, Thanks so much for turning me onto this card. I just spent the last hour standing at my workbench listening to songs instead of working. This machine is destined for my comfortable desk in less than an hour, but I couldn't put the headphones down. Really amazing.

Oh, and this power supply is too bloody loud, so a 120W picoPSU (with P4 adapter) is on order :P

When I read this, I thought "yeah, you're probably right; I don't think there will be an appreciable difference." Still thinking that I'd be able to tell. No. I can't. Not in boot times, not in Firefox, not in Office apps, not in Winamp or RDC or Google SketchUp or Google Earth...wtf? This is...

If you're going to do it, do it right. The last thing we need is the earth in an ER of some sort.

Really, really easy. I reccomend VMWare's products over the others; easier to use, faster VM, just better. Download VMWare Server (free) and set one up, it's really straightforward. If you have any questions, post them here.

If anyone is interested in Titanium rings, I happen to have a catalogue right here. They also have some tungsten carbide rings which look very nice IMO. PM me if you like more info.

I have had issues like this where the culprit was a thermal cutoff either on the mobo or the CPU. I assume all the computers have been cleaned, all fans inspected and possibly HSFs removed and reinstalled?

Santa Barbara?

yep.

The OS does need to be coded for it, but since we all use XP/2003 (the sensible ones, anyway), and both support dual-core, than that's taken care of. Re: Apps. You don't need an app that supports dual-processors (multi-threaded), you just need 2 or more threads. That could be 2 games of...

So that would be an X2 3800+ for $150? I may have just ordered my last single-core processor.

I don't think so. There haven't been any posts on any topic here in days... whats going on? Is there a porn convention or something?

Dunno yet, I'll do a side-by-side comparison when I get the new boxes on Tuesday.

Maybe. But it is quad-core, and I thought I'd read elsewhere that it would be compatible with any of their AM2 chips, so it will be the cheapest way to dual-core/quad-proc we're likely to see. Me? I want a faster core, not more of them.

So, I've sold my nice computer and will be using one of the "cheap" boxes mentioned in another thread until I build another for myself. What should I be waiting for? K8L looks neat, but that's not until next year, right? This new Intel thing? I haven't run an Intel proc since my dual Celerons...

Nah, I was hoping the ceasefire was because the generals on both sides of the conflict were players on the national team! Then they would be hooligans.

A lot is a relative thing. Too much for a hobby? Yep. Too much if there's a profit involved? Perhaps not.

How about this... Before you can have a child you need to have 4 men and 4 women sign that they never will. You need to prove your worthiness among your peers, and will be held accountable. If you fail in your responsabilities, the child will be passed over to another member of the group.

Shame the cold war was so cold, WWIII would have put this problem off another century...

MP3Tag is the easiest and most powerful ID3 tag editor i've ever seen, and it's pretty too. Anyone have suggestions for a MP3 web server app?

They didn't before?

100% agreed. Part of the licence should be a fee of $250,000. That would go quite a ways towards educating the brats. Of course, we first need to keep the alternative legal, then we can start enforcing it.

Looking for a small (6" cube?) CNC machine capable of working with all metals and plastics. Does anyone have suggestions on where to start?

LOL

This might address one of Tannin's complaints.

yay. The day after I buy some 4000+ :(

Everyone must hear the "woot off anthem" or whatever, it's quite funny.

Now I'm really interested. Let me know when you do it so I can fly down there and watch.

Interesting concept. Considering that it's not in my backyard by any streach, and that I have no feelings for the survival of the earth in general or humans in particular beyond my own lifespan; I think it sounds like a neat science expirament!

:mrgrn:

Perhaps. My primary goal is a quiet system, and nothing does that better than a low-powered CPU, a large slow fan, and a laptop hard drive. If quiet is important, a 2.5" HDD is a practical neccesity. And if the PS is too loud, than I will swap it with the very one you linked to; I've had great...

Specs as follows: Shuttle SK21-G1-SV-V1 AMD Socket 754 VIA K8M800 AMD Sempron 3100+ Palermo 1600MHz HT Socket 754 Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 Travelstar 5K100 40GB 5400 RPM Serial ATA150 Notebook Drive BenQ 16x DVD+R DVD Burner Model DW1625 ~$350 I've never before used a...

I was looking at an RX-8 for a while, then decided on an Evo IX, then bought a boat and am looking at motorcycles. I can never make up my mind. Meh, just bought a AuzenTech XPlosion 7.1 to keep the buying urges under control.

16GB would be nice, but I'll take 8GB. I can almost get XP in 1GB; so that leaves 1GB for office/apps, 4GB for games, and 1GB for swap.

Although I have to hide this post from my GF, I think they look cool. Especially in the orange or green. I do like the ability to hose out the car. It's a bit underpowered for my lead-footed driving style, but it should work quite well for you. Contrats on the new purchase ;)

That does suck. How long/how many miles did it have? What type was it?

12ms @ 4200RPM? I don't think so.

Have you tried slower timings?

I like these 7-port hubs from belkin. I have two connected to my machine, one below the desk for all the printers (3), cameras (2), and scanners (2). And one on the desk for all the Keyboards/mice (3), USB Drives (3) and media card reader.

Damn, that looks good. Perhaps my budget can streach a bit...

I've started teaching Agentine Tango. I need a portable speaker system that is as easy to carry as possible, while providing powerful high-quality sound. Oh, and I'd like it to be under $300. Right now I'm using my Klipsch 2.1 system in a duffel. This is a little big, and a lot heavy, but it...

Not that that's likely ;) Damn, look at the time again! All those of the AUS persuasion...enjoy your Monday :P

Nice link, that put a smile on my face ;)

IIRC, some crossfire setups on the high end have their own interconnect, and therefore only require a board with 2 PCI-E x16 slots. On the low end, they require the motherboard to supply the interconnect.

Thanks. I remember volume limitations on the 3Ware cards, good to hear software doesn't have that issue.

Nevermind about the XP install on 1GB either; it "windows updated" itself out of disk space...what a POS

For the record; XviD video on this hardware? Sure!* * @2FPS with choppy audio

I was actually thinking of killing off some of my fileservers as well. With 500GB and 750GB drives readily available, 4TB is less than 6 disks. I just can't remember how big a single JBOD array can be in 32-bit windows server 2003.