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I guess not...I couldn't complain with a 104% overclock. Well I could, and I probably would; but it would really be bragging, wouldn't it ;)

Good numbers Merc. Were you able to keep it over 4Ghz stable?

This is my workstation ;) I felt that even GbE access to my data was too slow, and having another machine just to host my files too complicated. I have a server; but it only gets turned on to take another backup. 1 copy of all my data is local ;)

I thought it was going to be a $300 MSRP, but I would happily pay $400. Maybe even $450. But now that I can support a large (24+) number of drives; it's not as important to get the largest possible.

Nu jumper (just standard SATA drives) but I hope the 3Ware controller I'm about to hook them up to supports staggered spin-up, then I won't have to get a 1kW PS.

IIRC, the only additional load for a computer is spinning the drives up. 4x running load (20W vs. 5W) is what I remember hearing. My system (see sig) never posts from a cold start (video fails to initialize). All I need to do is power it on, count to 5 (so the drives spin up), then hit the...

When did WMP11 come out? I remember having this same issue almost a year ago? I know I have some clients that have WMP11 (religious about their updates) and at least one of them uses XPs CD-Burning regularly...

It looks like it blows out the bottom? So it's sucking in hot air from the GPU (not a good idea) and trying to blow hot air down (also not a good idea)? I hope I'm wrong interpreting the diagram. Taking cool air in from beneath the chassis and exhausting it out the front would be preferable...

My vague remembrance is is that your vague recollection is correct. Once you stray from 2 sticks it slowed down. But, if you are actually needing 2GB+, it will certainly be faster to have it!

...and weight, and is less convenient if you are going to be swapping out drives and leaving the cables (for backup, etc)

That looks very cool. Thanks for the link

I'll second TrueCrypt. Easy, fast, overkill, and free in all the good ways.

The idea is to have a complete copy of all files at all locations. By using p2p instead of FTP, all the existing users could help bring a new node up to speed.

Sweet. :-D

Nevermind. You need their premium version to transfer more than one file at a time, or to download a file from multiple sources. I'm OK with paying for software, but they are charging monthly for stand-alone software? FTS. Still looking...

I'm looking to set up a small private p2p network. I saw these guys and it looks pretty good. Thoughts?

...and what does it do while flashing? Crash! Of course! Now I have a brick... :(

Lovely. In a BIOS release a year after the original, is an entry titled: "1. Added system stabilization." That gives me confidence...

This has been an incredibly frustrating weekend. Objective: Build a basic Shuttle SFF system. So far I've used: 2 Shuttle SK22G2v2 barebones mobo/PSU (one from newegg, one from Frys) 1 AMD 3800+ 65w from newegg 1 AMD 4200+ 65w known good from my last system 2x Geil DDR2-800 known good from my...

Are you saying that Woot Monkeys have big balls?

This crap is why no-one can have any fun anymore. Any time anything gets interesting, everyone either runs for the lawyers, or is afraid someone else is. If no one is offended than it should be cool; if someone is offended, it should be cool for them to speak up. This is, in essence, the same...

I've had a similar experience as those above; when I actually know something about the category they are comparing, their conclusions seem to miss what is important and come to conclusions that make no sense. This makes it difficult to believe that they know what they are talking about in any...

Do you happen to have any Intel or 3Com NICs lying around? This sounds like a driver issue, and nVidia (bless them) are not known for their driver prowess, particularly on the NIC/MoBo side of things.

I hope to some day route all the I/O through the HTPC running Vista Media Center, but my mother is a technophobe (relatively speaking, my father is a software developer). To start, it will need to support the inputs that they have now (DirecTV, basic cable, non-HD DVD player, VCR) and the HTPC...

My guess is there is no reachable limit. If there were, taking a look at the BIOS updates to see whether it has been increased would make sense.

It is a small room, viewing distance would be between 5 and 10 feet. They are coming from a 27" CRT, so it will be big to them. I'm building an HTPC for them, so even if none of their sources were 1080P, I plan on using that resolution for the GUI and other features (games, picture viewing, etc)

This looks like the one to get based on my research so far. SHARP Black 42" LCD HDTV w/ATSC Tuner Model LC42D72U Full 1080P 2x HDMI 2000:1 contrast 4ms response time $1800

If you were to buy a 42" HDTV this week, which one would it be and where would you get it? Which/how many inputs would you be looking for for a basic home theater? My father has finally decided to replace their 27" Mitsubishi CRT with something decent.

Samsung SATA drives appear to be fine...turns out to be an issue with a brand-new Shuttle SFF mobo, thing has been causing me headaches for days :(

That's where I perfected my parallel parking skills. I used to live on Lombard, had to park on the street and I drove a manual transmission ;)

That depends Lunar. Everyone could be up-tight about it, and make a big deal, where people jobs are in jeopardy; or everyone could be laid-back and have a sense of humor about it. That is why I've always loved working for/with small companies; big ones don't have a sense of humor.

Well, if you truly feel that it will be taken well (with humor), than I would suggest sending them images from the monster of cock website. Don't change the rules, just demonstrate your superiority.

How is the HR department at your work? Remember, women are virtually immune to SH prosecution, and you aren't.

Driving around here during rush-"hour" (6:30AM-9AM, 3PM-8PM) is completely impractical. Last night I drove to SF for my father's B-Day dinner; leaving Palo Alto at 4:30PM (GF just got off work). I barely made my 7PM dinner reservation, 25miles/40minutes away.

I agree with JTR's comments about the short work day. My ~100mi/1:15 commute would be much worse if I did an 8-hour shift. As it is I leave around 9AM (when the carpool lane ends) and get home around 3PM (before the carpool lane starts). This combined with how I drive my commute (quite...

I have a pair of Samsung SATA opticals here. I think there is a problem with them, but I'll be doing more testing today. I suspect they are passing corrupted data. I've never heard of the optiarc brand, why are you interested in them?

Well I'm having problems with dynamic arrays above 2TB. Even if I use the GUID method instead of MBR; it still goes offline after a reboot. I settled on creating arrays of 1.5TB (2x 750GB) and distributing the data.

This is an interesting concept...

I didn't see that. I saw an article that doesn't describe how beyond college-age geeks find girlfriends. Considering that was not the objective of the article, I don't find this surprising.

Very cool. Perhaps they know something I don't? I got "skip lunch" 3 times in a row...

It asks what you want to remove, so un-checking the box next to "MS Office" isn't a big deal.

I would connect that hard drive to another system as a secondary disk (not the boot disk) and nuke it there, then reconnect.

For the record; worked flawlessly. As soon as I enabled RAID support for those two drives in the BIOS, the array appeared and booted correctly. And Vista did a remarkably good job getting all the new drivers (chipset and all) with only a single reboot afterwards.

I use Photoshop for screwing around with my own photos; it's unlikely that anyone else ever gets to see what I do, it's just for fun. MS products I use for profit, so I consider paying for them more morally significant.

If you factor in my MSDN and Power Pack subscriptions, I think I'm legit as far as Microsoft is concerned. Now Adobe, that is another story ;) But considering I don't profit from my use of their products, I don't feel as bad.

Nice article. There is still room for improvement (as is argued in the forums by the back-seat, hind-sight drivers), but overall I think it's very well done. I also like the conclusion that as soon as the CFM is enough to match the heat-carrying capacity of the heatsink, additional CFM doesn't...

I agree that solid-state isn't there yet, but I think it's pretty darn close. So close that I would hesitate to design a product that it would practically invalidate. For the uses where solid state is still a ways off (250GB+?) I would still consider 2.5" drives. Even a pair of them are smaller...

I think a straight eSATA enclosure, and a separate eSATA-USB adapter would make more sense. If eSATA is available, it would be the obvious choice, and is the cheapest to produce. For those who need USB instead, a basic adapter could do the trick.

Wouldn't eSATA essentially be a pass-through?

It just sucks for me because I'm about to buy another 5 750GB drives. I'd rather buy 4 1TB drives...