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Thanks CougTek. I did a bit of research, and considering the 5 scsi drives, and the SCA box, ATI 800XL, two NEC DVD writers, speakers, and anything else I might connect, and the dual xeons, I went with the SeaSonic 600w S12. Yes, it's very expensive, but, I did get the S12 400W in my other box...

Mercutio: ATI's software is pretty sucky. Not totally awful, but pretty bad, don't you think? Minimal install solves that, but I'm not sure customers would be jazzed. That said, the drivers can also suck. Guy telling me my 700XL didn't work, becuase it froze with the windows 64 bit drivers...

Well, the 700XL with 256 mb of vram is pretty impressive. Combined with the 3000+, it flys. Gives my dual Xeons and the 800XL a run for the money. I kind of wonder if for 250, it isn't the value card, overall.

I'm getting to the point where I remove the Internet Explorer Icons from the desktop, and the launch menus, and replace them with Firefox. I will say Firefox is better then it's been, and so far, all of my favorite sites work fine with it, and, I've even been able to download the plug-ins, and...

X5DA8 motherboard. I got rid of the snarling hornet stock xeon fans, but the darn power supply is just too loud. Suggestions for a power supply?

COOL THREAD. THIS SHOULD BE LIKE A POST IT... S

Good thread. I like Mercutio's running from safe mode trick. Why does Firefox avoid the tracking cookies that I do get a few of, in Internet Explorer? The only problem I have with manual cookie handling are websites that try and load graphics, like logos, etc. onto your machine, so you...

You may have a point. I have a CF-51 laptop, and the processor stayed at about 600MHz doing all my regular computer functions, for surfing etc. I had to open every program I use to get the processor to finally kick up to 1.6 ghz. WMP and my DVD player, etc. Now it runs at proper speed, or I...

Great. I need to go to San D to pick up a couple surfboards. After my torn hamstring, and gaining 5 pounds, I have no idea if I'll fit in my wetsuits, or, if I'll even be able to stand up.. Keep in mind, I surfed the North Shore of oahu for 10 years.... s

Actually, I would REALLY like to surf North Point, Margaret River sometime... s

I buy a lot of 19" Sony flats for 80 bucks around here. Bought from dead companies... s

Sad part is they seem to be following Intel's pricing structure, before AMD came into existence. :cry: s

I'm currently planning on building a new box for my girlfriend. The P2 400 mhz has a quantum LM to boot from, 384 mb of ram, P 550 matrox graphic card, and it's silent. I was planning on using the Sonata case, since it's small and sort of bling-bling, and cheap, the P550 should be fine for...

Buck, I should have said, your recommendations were the first ones that I looked at doing this box. Tony also seems to love gigabyte. s

Hi Buck: I looked at your recommendation, but it's a PCI-E board, and I have an ATI 700 XL with AGP8X I wanted to use in this box. Other then that, I think the features are nearly identical, so I have the GA-K8NSCC-939 sitting here, and, it may not have a bad motherboard ATA channel, after...

Haven't figured it all out right now, but, running with an ATI 700XL, it seems to run games as fast, or faster, then the ATI 800XL, on the Xeon dual 2.8ghz. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VIDEO CARD. It must be ATI's drivers for Windows 64 bit that aren't compatible with the Nvidia 3 chipset. Guess...

Thanks. Up and running. So far, looks ok. Apparently the lit keyboard only works out of the back USB ports, which sort of sucks. Running at 1.8 ghz, and it's pretty quick. Can't wait to get cables, and reinstall on cheetahs. XL 700 seems to work fine with 32 bit OS. ATI drivers suck again. s

The ATI card has 256 mb of vram, and, I put two gigs of ram in this thing. It's quiet, and it seriously rocks :excl: :excl: :excl: Thanks for the advice. S

Splash: I would like to say, your advice on the Supermicro, dual Xeon 2.8 ghz, with adaptec 2010s, and the SCA box is just the cat's meow. Everytime I use this thing I'm just amazed. The ATI 800XL I put in it isn't bad, either. :wink: s

OK. I was wondering where the magic number came from. refrig, or freezer? s

93%. Why I love SCSI drives..... s :mrgrn:

75%. Darn, these 160 gig ATA drives take forever to format... s

Well, this cheap computer is turning into a money hole. The GA-K8NSC-939 Gigabyte board came with a dead ATA channel. So, it's going back. In the meantime, I bought a K8nS Ultra "Limited Edition", and put the 3000 processor on that, with the Swifttech heat sink, and vantec fan. 1 gig ram...

What's the best way to store your laptop battery? In the machine, out of the machine, while you are using it on the power supply? If it's out of the machine, should the battery be fully charged, or discharged, or. whatever??? Thanks GS

and then you die, and death sucks... s

It's really: Life sucks... s

Mercutio: I want OS X on a pc for one reason, competition. Without that, MSFT goes nuts, and Linux is NOT competition. s

Or does anyone know of a decent ATA PCI card? s

Why me? K8NSC-939 Turns out it has a faulty ATA channel. Why me? ATA and I seem to be allergic. Plus, since it's going to have 64 bit windows, all my scsi cards don't work, so I either buy a new one, or RMA the motherboard. Maybe I can get them to ship a new one, and credit for the old...

Let me know how it works out. David, why 4 gigs of ram in your machine? Thanks Greg

One thing that has REALLY worked to stop virus, and worms, is scsi drives, an SCAbox now, with lots of ram. I have very little noise from my SCA drives during normal operation. If I start seeing unreasonable, unusual, green lights flashing, the spyware, and Trendmicro are run on this machine...

Well, since I've got dual 2.8 ghz Xeon cpus, I will say I love having the horsepower, in particular for video editing, being able to multi-task, and still have processor power to burn. Over my 1.4 ghz Athlon, the dual Xeons were a very big jump. I'll compare the single 64 bit 3000+, with 64...

Anybody tried the new versions from JV. now usable with XP? s

Time: I like that program, Security Task Manager. I don't use this machine much, and, since it's only a P2 400 mhz, keeping unwanted garbage from booting is important. I just found Real Player, and Mac Convervsion in the startup folder, and removed them. No need. Probably blew it with Real...

Porn :?: :lol:

ROFL! "And, the reason for our switch is Performance per Watt" http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2438&p=2 :mrgrn:

I use IE, but, I also run Adaware once in awhile, and, I'm usually clean. Seems like turning off auto cookie handling has stopped most of the cookies, and that's pretty much all I catch, though I do get redirects, sometimes, from questionable sites. However, since going to prompt for third...

Costco has APC 1050's for 89.00 in Concord, and might have them on the web... s

WOW :o They did it!!! Where is AMD's home office? It's going to be fascinating to see how they play this one out... Not to be skeptical, but partnering with Apple hasn't been a good career move for IBM, Motorola, Power Computing, etc. Wonder if Intel is going to have better luck? s

1500 hundred for a motherboard? Yes, you too can do this. Buy a mac. It's funny but making upgrades for macs, at least my G3, doesn't appear to be all that easy. I've already tried the powerlogix 900mhz G3, and it wouldn't boot. The alternative is a Sonnet upgrade board, that costs 500...

Yes, and the Power Computing machines were better then Apple's, often at half the price. I have a G3 333mhz that has half speed ide, 16 mb a sec, and a max pci bus speed of 73 mb/sec., thanks to Apple cost cutting, on a then, top of the line machine, worth 3000 bucks. s

Hi Has anyone actually used windows 64 bit XP, and if so, is it faster on an AMD 64 bit processor then XP 32 bit? Is so, how much so? s

Well, I haven't got that far. I'm waiting for a plate for the Swifttech cooler, and brackets so I can use a 92 mm Vantec Stealth fan for a cooler on the 3000+. I'm waiting to see what scsi card to use with Windows XP 64. Tending towards buying a single channel SCSI LSI 320. I've got a bunch...

I just bought a P160. Paid 129 at Fry's, but, no shipping. Nice case. See how it works... s

Oh plllease guys. Hasn't Jobs shown what a vital idea open source is with Apple, and using the free market so his customers can benefit from the advances in the computer market, driving prices down? Why don't you think he's going to support having non-proprietary software :?: :wink: gs

Wonder if the card shows up as C drive? I think it's a really cool idea, but, a lot of programs require a c drive installation to work, games in particular. Palm Pilot for another. Should be near the perfect place for a scratch disk for PS, and a great place for the pagefile for XP. s

On the otherhand, switching is a very good thing for paripheral parts, and cost. Judging by IBM's pricing, I suspect they aren't going to give apple any parts deals likely to increase market share. From what I got out of that article, they describe the different situations that slow down the...

Well, looks like Apple is stepping into the big leagues. I think what we are going to find is what Apple OS X users have known for a long time, OS X pretty much sucks speedwise, and, the competition is going to make either OS X faster, or MSFT is going to get even faster. I really think this...

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Marsha: You know the great thing about law school is you get to meet some fascinating people. Thanks to Eugene Swan, my Constitutional law professor at JFK Law School, a long time civil rights advocate, and former classmate of Thelton Henderson, at Boalt Hall, I had an hour interview with...