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Is Gateway still in some form of bankruptcy? Weren't they in trouble for like a decade?

Congrats Chewy, that is quite impressive.

OEM software copies are available, and for about the same as the retailers charge; one way or another it isn't a significant difference. If you like your family and are able to support them, you should build them yourself. If they are too far for house calls, send them to Dell.

Mark brings up another point (I don't mean to derail too much); are there any small system builders in your areas that you would recommend? All the "small shop" machines I run across have PC-Chips motherboards in them or mega-flimsy plastic cases with windows and multi-colored lights.

I recommend Dell a lot. Of all the vomit boxen, I consider them the least vommit-ish. They are particularly nice if you format and re-install the OS only, then get the latest drivers from the website. I do this for all the clients that I don't actually want to support; either they are far away...

Yeah, I liked the looks of it as well. My only concern was how it's size would impede the airflow of the exhaust fans, and the airflow to the GPU. I have a passively cooled 7950GT, and it gets fussy if there is no airflow over it.

Wow, that is ugly. The first thing they need to do is lose the speech impediment when introducing themselves, then hire a design team that is at least headed by a fourth grade graduate.

It's a platform-type downward-firing heatsink big enough for 2 120mm fans. Including the fans it's over 1kg.

This is probably your best bet for keeping the motherboard cool; I'm considering one for my soon-to-be Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3. I can't stay away from the C2D OCing goodness...

...meaning you have it on one machine?

Something that does annoy me. In Vista's "experience index", every component of my system scores a 5.9 (the maximum) except for my 6000+ CPU! (5.4) My old 4200+ scored a 5.0. The only AMD system I have heard of that got a 5.9 was a 4x4 quad-core system. I wonder how Merc's super-overclocked C2D...

....and I actually do like Vista. With a system such as mine, sluggish performance isn't really an issue.

Good catch Coug! The CPU swap was done 2 days ago; I couldn't resist after the prices went down. My old 4200+ 65W will likely end up in a 1U server somewhere, unless someone here is interested...

I thought there was a typo in the original translation; that is actually wasn't clear which standard it was.

Ha! Got you beat. Mine are green camo ;)

From what I vaguely recall, isn't memory timings an anal-retentive thing? Am I right in remembering that the only significant impact was in synthetic benchmarks?

That was actually about my max as well. Strangely, that was when I was in my best shape (age 19). Seriously strong, I was teaching/competing in sailboat racing every day for nearly a year.

I know. I'm actually familiar with the measurement, I just think it is silly and am giving you a hard time. Merc was right, it's less fun after you explain it.

lose. damnit.

Using wonderful Google to convert from rocks to an actual measure of weight; and considering we are the same height, you actually aren't that heavy. I'm 13 stones myself, thought I should probably loose 5lbs and re-allocate 10-20lbs.

One good thing to say about WD Raptors. They still have Molex power connectors on them. It's a good thing since I snapped the SATA power connector off when dropping in my new CPU.

As do I. Computers/Automated systems should have replaced pure, no value-added middlemen long ago. Things like this should help.

I'm consistent on that one. Both running 25m or swimming 25m would have me gasping for air ;)

I appreciate the offer MaxBurn, but this will be kind of a project for me. Just getting a computer in the car is pretty easy; I even have a touch-screen tablet with a 120GB HDD and HD Audio that I could use. But I'm specifically looking into doing and integrated, high-end installation.

I hate sleezy people.

No. They won't.

One of the things I could do is use a small touchscreen tablet with all the extras connected via USB. Thoughts on this? OQO Sony Samsung

My new extended commute has me revisiting this topic. I know I want the following in there, and if anyone has suggestions for features/hardware, feel free to chime in. Touchscreen LCD (7"? Larger? Integrated? Swing-arm?) Mapping GPS MP3/DivX (Winamp/MPC?) Bluetooth interface to phone for...

The greasiest computer I ever worked on was that of a chain-smoker. So nasty.

The only time I had a CPU go bad was when I put a 486 in a socket 7 backwards (motherboard supported 486 & Pentium). And that went bad in a smoky/melting kind of way. Actually, I have destroyed CPUs by having them yanked out of the socket by HSF suction...but both required intervention...

Where did you get the SilenX from?

IT is all about magic. When I'm called in to work on something, they don't know what it is and when I'm done they don't want to know what it was. They provide a possible symptom and say "fix it". That's why we can charge the money we do. Plumbers, mechanics, and doctors don't have it so easy...

Excellent.

I'm using Office 2007 Ultimate. I dislike activation, but honestly it isn't a big deal effort wise; it just takes a tiny part of your soul. I'm with Merc on the new ribbon UI; some people claim it's hard, but unless you survived by memorizing the locations of stuff, it's hard to see why.

Well, if you are giving me room for excuses...I do have a fractured right kneecap (sailing) and most of the cartilage is missing from the left (also sailing). My right hip makes a most annoying clicking sound after the first few miles (rock climbing), and my lower back has a cracked vertebrae as...

I wouldn't have the balls to do it now; the market was much better then (1999-2000).

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I love them; they are the most effective heatsinks I've ever used. The only reason I have a Zalman now is because they didn't have an AM2 version when I got the new motherboard. The Tuniq isn't going to do nearly as well without a fan attached as it's fins are too close together. When the fins...

Because when running a Core 2 Solo (didn't know they made those), it can't dynamically change to a Core 2 Duo when multi threaded apps are run.

The P180 and tower-style heatsinks work great for this. I usually use the Scythe SCNJ-1000, but I have a Zalman with the fan removed and it's working fine as well.

Pradeep, I understand what it aims to accomplish, my question is why is that in the public interest? Why should it be written into a law?

I took a 3 moth vacation once. It was easy. I quit my job, went to Asia, screwed around, came back, and got another job.

Time: What is your thought on a 92mm being better than a 120mm in any application? A 120mm is larger, and therefore able to move more air at a slower speed. A 200mm fan would be even more effective, if the heatsink were designed to use all the moving air...

My thoughts exactly. If the reason they can't run both cores at the faster speed all the time is because of "power/heat requirements" (as he said) than I can take care of those power/heat requirements right here ;)

The Vantec fans are fine. Considering they cost significantly less than my new love; which are in turn cheaper than the Nexus I used before.

Feeling quite old right now. GF&I went for a 6-mile walk yesterday, and today I am too sore to go to class. I just sent her on her own :(

I hate entitlement crap like that. I work, I get paid. I don't work, I don't get paid. What is so special after working at a place for 10 years that you get more vacation? What is the conceivable justification? Why aren't such things left to the employee for negotiation?

I was going to look, but I stopped being a regular there after silent computing became easy. With the S-FLEX @ 7v, and suspended HDDs in a damped enclosure; noise simply isn't an issue anymore.

Nexus are the really expensive orange ones.

Funny. Interesting cut on the shirt, it seems to get broader from the armpits down...