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Yep, that's about what it takes. I found the reason why it took so much time to complete the first unit (project 2683) : the CPU was operating at 2GHz instead of 2.8GHz. I didn't verified the frequency in the BIOS when I finished assembling the system. I thought the Gigabyte motherboard with...

Bluetooth mouse. Sometimes, you have to work directly on the server. Not all of the servers are configured remotely. I'm sure there are some people wanting to sync data using a bluetooth device to their server too. It must not be very common, but so are bluetooth devices.

Now I know why the unit takes so much time to complete. It's worth 25403 points alone (project 2681, 2682 and 2683). I'm not even sure I'll be able to complete it within the prefered delay (4 days).

Yes, I am. But the first I've got is quite heavy. Under Centos 5.4, my Core i7 860 (unoverclocked) is taking one hour per frame. That will be 100 hours to complete the unit. I don't know what's the deadline, but if it's three days, I'm toasted. I've checked the system monitoring application...

They are a lot slower than the old X25-E. I re-thought about it and I'll wait before buying.

There's only enough space at the rear for the back plate. No other opening.

The entire system has to fit within a very small enclosure. There's no space for a discrete graphic card, even a low profile one.

Cheap is not that important. Small, tiny even, is more. I'll check my price lists for Matrox external cards (I have several available). I forgot about them. Thanks for bringing the idea.

Found : http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393&Itemid=60 It's a Toshiba controller. Performances look good (on the third page). I think I'll get one.

I just notice that it's the same drive from Kingston that I linked in the previous post. I haven't seen any good review about it yet. Good to know it's tough.

But the Vertex 2 Pro will be even better according to the preview at Anandtech. BTW (I've only browsed the last two hundred posts of this thread), anyone knows which controller uses the new Kingston V+ SSD? The advertised numbers are interesting. It looks a lot like the current OCZ Vertex...

I use a Xigmatek HDT-S1283 with the ACK-I5361 adapter for the LGA1156 (Core i7 860). While it's not silent, the amount of noise is fairly low and it's low frequency so less anoying. Cooling efficiency is excellent and the weight of the heatsink+fan is reasonable. The most silent cooler I've...

I'm pretty sure I can control two different displays with the integrated graphics. What the Dude wrote is my impression too, so I don't expect to be able to send three different video signals. If you can find me a Radeon HD 5X00 that fits inside an enclosure no bigger than the Minibox M350...

I need to find a way to control three small screens with a mini-ITX system. I figure the integrated graphic controller of the Zotac mini-ITX GeForce 9300 motherboard can control two different monitors, but probably not three. Am I right?

Superantispyware and Avira Antivir Free would be great additions too, thinking about it...

One of the things I install that's not present is the Klite Mega Codec Pack. Otherwise, it contains pretty much everything.

Well, if it is of any help, the new Antec NSK4482 now comes with an 80+ Bronze certified power supply. That's an upgrade from the standard 80+ certification from the NSK4480. I noticed that today on a box I had in stock. It should cost you less than 100$. Not cheap, but not bad either for an...

I'm often tempted to do that minus the gentle part on adults. You think it would work? I'm sure they would be dead calm afterward.

OCZ Z550 OCZ Z650 Certifications : http://80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/OCZ_OCZZ550_ECOS1279%201_550W_Report.pdf http://80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/OCZ_OCZZ650_ECOS%201280%201_650W_Report.pdf Both are on sale right now and there are mail-in-rebates from OCZ (for what it's worth) to...

There is an sbarwick at #9, but sdbarwick is indeed #108. I'm #102 there. I still remember my member number from the old database (the one before the MBF).

According to their members list, you're user #35 by post count. User #7 is Future Shock and he posted in 2008. I remember some of Future Shock's posts and it didn't seem to come from a Mercutio. I've seen that Supercaffeinated is still visiting there. I discovered Guatemala coffee thanks to...

Sorry, I was too busy to notice your post. I finished at 2:15am tonight (early Christmas day). I came home with the last check paying the last job from my last customer before my Christmas "break". I take two days off, before restarting the 27th. I have an important project to deliver the...

I don't think they send the shuttle everytime Mooner needs to go from one city to another.

Holidays? WHAT HOLIDAYS? I'm working like a mad man just trying to keep up with the amount of work I have. People are crazy this time of the year and everyone wants everything before Friday. But the suppliers, unlike the customers, are feeling really relax and many among them have stopped...

Then go see him directly and tell him to get fucked. It's so rewarding. If you don't, you're missing something.

Another point : a Pentium dual Core E6500 has the same frequency and front-side-bus frequency as the Core 2 Duo E7500, but it cost some 30$ less. That quite expensive for a single MB of additional L2 cache.

BTW, you could have a faster Athlon II 630 (quad core) processor on a reliable and fully stuffed motherboard (Asus M3A78-EM) for less money.

And why 4GB of RAM for an office machine running a 32bit OS?

Why XP Pro instead of 7 Pro with the XP Mode?

I'll try tweaking. The box is opened and the printer is now used (5 pages old), so I have to keep it. There must be a way to "fix" the colors to add some punch. Our old Lexmark C510 is much better in that regard and I thought the Brother would equal it. On the good side, it is fast. A full...

I installed the Brother HL-4040CDN this evening. The text is resonnably sharp, but the colors are awefully soft. Even when I configure it to print in bright colors, everything looks like it came out of a pastel shop. I bought this printer to add punch to my publications and that's its weakest...

The first guy I thought about when I saw your picture was Dr. No's bodygard (the one with the razor hat), on a diet and with glasses. There must be a lot of tourists in Singapore. I'm sure there's quite a lot to see. Are the Petronas towers there of am I confusing their location with...

Someday, I hope I will make the five hours trip, but not for the printer. Right now, working too many hours a week, wasting a day's work to get a used printer, no matter how good it might be, isn't rational. New Hampshire's close enough to Boston so I'm sure a meeting with both you and...

I only take breaks in the evening and during the night. From 9h30 to 18h00, I don't have any leisure time except when I take a short walk or drive to take my lunch. Thinking about it, I should switch my concentration to something else more often during the day. I'll try, starting tomorrow.

And thanks for the feedback. I guess the answer was too obvious so I was looking for the catch 22. If you tell me there isn't, then I would be a moron not to choose the Brother.

The purpose of the printer isn't photography printing. I'll use it to give a profesional look for my invoices and for printing advertisement brochures. Serious business use serious printers. At least, that's the idea...

I've discovered recently that my physical stamina is greater than my mental stamina. I've worked 70-80 hours weeks for the past month and a half and my mind no longer seems to be there. I did 80 hours weeks in physical jobs for much longer stretch without losing the edge. Unless age is...

I have the choice between a Brother HL-4040CDN and an HP LaserJet CP1215. The brother is 10$ dearer than the HP, which is a non-issue. The Brother has several more features than the HP (duplexer, twice the sheet load capacity, prints directs from USB, higher speed and claimed printing...

My favorite FPS game has been Serious Sam, the original. I liked Unreal Tournament, but Quake 3 was too fast for me. Quake 1 and 2 were good too. The last FPS game I've tried was Serious Sam : the Secound Encounter, but I've never ben able to finish the third level (the antigravity chamber...

Sorry, nope it doesn't

For Photoshop, you should be looking at the '90 series from NEC. I don't know if the cheapest of the series fits within 300$ though.

The term "vehicle" implies that it must move. If it is always stationary, it no longer is a vehicle.

DiscWizard does, but Acronis True Image WD Edition couldn't care less about Seagate drives.

I forgot to add that I'm running a 64bit OS too.

Both Seagate's and Western Digital's versions of True Image work fine with my Win 7 Home Premium installation. Both are free too, as long as you have at least one of their hard drives in your system. I haven't searched for a True Image version on HGST's web site, but I suppose they haven't...

I almost went to Drummondville this evening, but my business there was canceled. Very few people speak english there. What are you doing in Québec?

I wouldn't call it an issue since it doesn't happen at stock frequency and voltage. It's an unfortunate limitation, but not one that will affect many. On a side note, both the GigaByte P55-UD3R and Asus P7P55D that I have here use the Foxconn "socket" (LGA). The LGA1156 looks fragile because...

I should stock a few low-end PCI-E graphic cards. If I had one this evening, I could have installed Win7 on a fairly high-end system and run the FAH client on eigh cores for the week-end. Too bad... Now I have to wait until tomorrow to borrow one and install it in the system. P.S. LGA1156...

I'm currently awefully sleep-deprived, but the i7 920 is an LGA1366 and the Gigabyte P55-UD3R (like all P55-based motherboard AFAIK) is an LGA1156. You might have a problem fitting both together. Try the i7 860 instead.

It depends what's the targeted application. Faster for games means something like Ddrueding has. Faster for a transactional server means something like an Asus Z8NA-D6C with two quad-core Nehalem-based Xeon. Faster for Folding@home means anything with a motherboard with four double-space...