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I firmly believe that lawyers are our society's worst disease.

Sorry, I thought "erected" was correctly used in that sentence. I'm trying to use a vocabulary larger than 300 words. Because I seldom use english in my day-to-day life, it is probable that I choose inacurate or improper terms at times. My french vocabulary is much wider and specific than the...

I would be curious to see which one would climb l'Alpe d'Huez faster : you on that thing or me on my mountain bike.

One company contacted me today to advertise on Google. They were quite agressive and tried to push their advertisement down my throat for almost 15 minutes. I finally asked the guy for his phone number and told him that I would contact him if/when I'll feel the need for it. The company's...

I completed a Mahjong Titans game (turtle) in 232 seconds. If I ever beat it in under 200 seconds, I want a bronze statue of myself erected in an important place.

You forgot to include the Maximus IV GENE-Z in that 20 boards list, but you listed it in your available boards before. It has a Z68 chipset. If you get a case with front USB 3.0 connectors, it might be worth it (the GigaByte Z68MX-UD2H-B3 has the internal 20 pins connector too). Otherwise...

I forgot to underline it, but we passed the 100 million points mark last Friday :beer:

In that list, those that stand out (for me at least) are the P8P67-M, P8P67 Pro, the Maximus IV GENE-Z and the 5-years-warranty Sabertooth P67. Stick to Kingston RAM if available (much lower return rate). The KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX or KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX would be my choice for that box. They are...

Hmmm, I thought only the 120GB model was subject to the bug. It seems I was wrong. Anyway, it only occurs during a power loss and I've included a decent UPS, so a suddent shut down of the system should not happen. I suppose we could swap the 320 for a 510 series for a small price increase...

LiamC enters the top 1000th contributors! And Bozo stopped contributing :(

You would need IPS displays because you'll have viewing angles issues with TN panels. The two most notorious current IPS panels that come to my mind are the HP ZR24W and the Asus PA246Q. The HP consumes 88W on average (when turned on) while the Asus takes 75W. While trivial, that...

He can't run a quad graphic cards setup because most graphic cards have dual-slot coolers and there's only space for a single slot cooler in the bottom slot. He could, however, put an MSI Big Bang X-Power with 7 AMD FirePro 2460 single slot graphic cards and control 28 displays if he so...

I'm no photography expert, but except for the Madonna (which you took with the sun in your face), I could see these photos in a National Geographic and not be shocked. They are sharp and colors look great, to my eyes at least. You can even see the flower is made of plastic in the girl's hair.

My guess would be : an ATX size motherboard.

I'm sure Merc could send you the phone numbers of a few clueless teen mothers. Might be harder to find one with kids who could plausibly come from you though.

Buy a Lian Li PC-C60 and run it on the side (PSU at the bottom). The only two things you'll be missing from your list are a front Firewire port (use the one on the motherboard back panel) and the support for 160mm and up CPU cooler (buy a Noctua NH-C14). The maximal cooler height must be close...

The Z68 chipset hasn't been recalled and doesn't seem to have any deal-breaking issue. Regarding the H67/P67 chipsets, the R3 revisions have been out for months and I haven't read any report of serious problem with them ever since the R3 version got out. I've used both the P67 and H67 with...

I read reports, a few months ago, that the reliability of the first generation of Samsung SSD was dreadful. I'll pass.

Bozo continues to improve. He's 1228th by daily production, so he should improve his rank for a while (he's ~7000th right now). He's now a tenor on the team.

AFAIK, Newegg doesn't ship to India.

Their prices won't go down. See the i5 6x0 and i7 8x0 for instance. They still sell for pretty much the same amount of money they used to. You want a 2500K, be ready to shed out ~220$, right now or next year, it won't matter. As for the motherboards, same thing. The now obsolete H55-based...

That Lian Li is to computer cases what the Scythe Susanoo is to CPU coolers : too big and inferior to smaller/smarter designs. 70cm tall ; that's even too high for a coffee table. It's only 2-3cm shorter than my desk. What do you tell your guests when they ask you what it is? "Oh, it's to...

Well, at least it's the newer slimmer version, not the older triple-widt variant. In order to be trully representative, it shouldn't be that cheap though.

UPS should burn to the ground and its leaders put in a somalian prison for the rest of their worthless lives. How can a multinational company have such an inexistent customer care? They make public employees look productive, that's strong. I'm pissed at them to no end. I don't know how I'll...

The PC, as we know it, turn 30 today. IBM launched the PC (the 5150) on August 12th 1981. King Quest 1 must be about the same age too. It's the first computer game I remember.

The HEC 89R9 is the easy choice. It's 130$ versus >230$ for the others and except for the Lian Li PC-P80 (310$) and Silverstone TJ11 ("only" 600$), it's the most bland of the bunch. Do I need to comment the Mountain Mods?

I've found the In win Dragon Slayer and BR665 (basicly the same enclosure). The morons who designed the case put a routing USB 3.0 cable for the front port, instead of a an internal 20 pins connector. Just do like Silverstone and do it the proper way. Include a 20 pins to USB 2.0 converter...

Thermalright bewares that the enclosure should be 190mm or more in order to fit the Thermalright Archon, but many 195mm or more cases say they are only compatible with 160-165mm tall heatsinks or less. The Thermalright archon is 170mm. The Silverstone TJ08-E is 210mm wide, but they warn that...

Read thread title, apply today. I'm starting to wish Doug doesn't like Utah too much ;-)

Press release It will use Intel's 25nm MLC NAND chips, be available in 200GB and 400GB capacities, will be in a 2.5" format and connect via SAS interface, will be very fast and even more expensive. The press release mentions 495MB/s reads and 385Mb/s writes. So I expect it to be like an OCZ...

What power supply do you plan to use?

MiniATX isn't a standard. There's miniITX and µATX and the µ stands for "micro", not "mini". There's (obviously) no LGA1366 miniITX board. The only other LGA1366 board I know is the MSI X58M (I used to own one). The MSI X58M is semi-high-end, despite its price tag. It has no SATA 6Gbps...

Ok then, one shot in the morning and another after supper.

BTW, you know you can't use a long power supply in that case unless you forget about using an internal optical drive? And it better be modular or cabling will be a nightmare (and impede air flow).

The i7 980 cost me the same amount as the i7 970, so why opt for the retarded kid brother? I wouldn't put a 300W graphic card in such a small case. A Radeon HD 6950 2GB sips a bit less juice and is still a very powerful graphic card. That's the highest I would climb for that build. And even...

It's better to spend 100$ for an air compressor than focusing on dust filters. They don't do much anyway and you'll have to clean up the interior of your case anyway. Buy an air compressor and use it every three or four months (if you leave your PC in a very dusty environment, have cats/dog -...

From SPCR's review : You have to mod the fan to make it silent. Not that it's noisy, but it's not silent.

i7 2700K? That's original. An overclocked i7 2600K should offer the best bang for the buck, but you can't count on overclocking. Mine, for instance, isn't behaving nicely above its nominal frequency.

I've checked with my supplier and unless the american dollar became the american pesos, I easily beat Newegg on price. In fact, I'd be laughing to sell it at their price.

So it's an underclocked i7 2600 with a locked multiplier and a cheaper price tag. Nice find.

At least you're almost retired.

I don't think Bulldozer will affect Intel's pricing much. OEMs complained that it was underwhelming at the frequency AMD originally planned to ship them so AMD had to tweak them and operate at a higher frequency. That's no good sign. Bulldozer might became an interesting solution for someone...

Makes sense to me.

By mid-september, the temperature in your corner of the world should have dropped enough to allow you to resume your contribution. I'll have a hard time staying in front of a bunch of hexacore Intel CPU. I currently only have one 2600K and one i7 860. The 2600K is barely overclocked.

I lost a game of FreeCell.

SPCR reviewed the Silverstone Temjin TJ08 and liked it more than the FT03. Overall, it's a smaller enclosure too (30.28 liters versus 33 for the FT03), although it occupies more space on a desk. They include a 20pins USB3 to USB2 header in case your retarded motherboard doesn't have an...

You think I'm picking on nut people?

Something horrible just happened...

Without drawing too much attention, Bozo quietly completed the best week of his folding career. Congratulations.

Don't get me wrong ; I am no wuss. But I wouldn't call a 506lbs computer "portable".