Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I know technically I need a better power supply, but upgrading to a better PSU on a Shuttle is a pain because nobody really sells one and plus I'll have a spare one for no reason. Also I've read that Shuttle PSU's are equivalent to far greater watt ratings than they state. Please don't flame me...
thanks man.
any other opinions on the PSU, or possible options? My dad is running the same setup except he has a 6800xt and 1 HD however I heard that the 7series GeForce cards are more energy efficient and req. less power. Is this true?
Will be building this as a a dual-booting Windows XP and Ubuntu box. Eventually I'll upgrade to Vista, probably after SP1.
This system will be for the following:
Web surfing, chatting, some web design, lots of photoshopping, some AutoCAD work, downloading 24/7, sending an HDTV signal out to my...