Recent content by gfredsen1

Coca Cola or Pepsi makes an exceptional battery terminal cleaner. I also use it on the metal areas below the batteries of my old cars. I am not kidding. Splash it on with a quart bottle and then rinse it off with water.

c. 1978 homebrew Altec speakers driven by 300B parafeed SET amps, Redwine Transit USB DAC. I like to play older pop music from the 60s, 70s and 80s for people not into this stuff. There is a whole bunch of harmonizing, guitar riffs, etc. in there that they never heard over their crummy radios...

Another vote for Biostar

I have been to AVS, Anantech and a few others to look for forum discussions that pertain more to monitor use for general purpose and movies. I don't seem to find any. Most of the talk here is games and I play zero games. This is still the best display forum I have found, but can anyone recommend...

"Hook it up. Impress the ladies with your sound!" Oh sure, the old "take 'em home and show 'em your equipment ploy.

Exactly how important is it to have a high Hyper Transport for a cpu to be used in a HTPC MB? I read the Wiki entry, but it still leaves me in the dark. I notice many of the Phenoms have a 3600 HT. Are there other reasons to prefer a Phenom over an Athlon for HTPC?

My Biostar TF8200 plays all 1080P I have tried. Cool, quiet, problem free. I would opt for the Toliman x3 as it has the 3600 Hyper Transport and is only $99 at the egg. It should be less by the time you build. As someone else mentioned go for 2x2 memory as memory is pretty cheap. HDHomerun...

I have had a number of Abit boards, but the last ones seem to have components flake out on them, like the LAN. I will never buy ECS again. I have never owned an Asus. I hear a number of bad things about Asus, but I would like to buy their G45 and find out for myself. I don't like...

the 4670 is out and idles at about four watts, so they will come out with passive versions but it might take three or four or five weeks. They also have a 4650 coming. These cards have fans, but for about $25 you can install this: http://www.xpcgear.com/acceles1v2.html Otherwise get a ASUS...

I bought a twenty inch Sceptre about 18 months ago from Newegg for $180 delivered AR. It was certainly worth it at that time. It is what it is. It is good for surfing. No dead pixels. You can certainly buy a better monitor for more money. Mine doesn't hurt my eyes, and believe me, I would...

I too liked the Gateway when I looked at it, but my local CC told me 15% to restock. The salesman that I spoke to told me their policy is six dead pixels. I don't remember that from CC! I wasn't sure about that salesman as he didn't seem to know about 1:1. I might go back and speak with...

ABIT AB9 Pro Intel P965 ICH8(R) socket 775 motherboard $49.99 After Rebate ($40). "EMCADCHBB" Free Shipping code for Newegg newsletter subscribers.

Would you want the 64 bit if all you do is HTPC and surf, etc. and no gaming?

Why would I, or should I, want 64 bit? Will my HTPC stuff and internet surfing benefit?

Thank you for your reply.