Recent content by ikellensbro

Proud entrant # 3190

Just getting done with finals has kept me in the studying/procrastinating mood enough to figure out a brilliantsolution for those lazy students who need to be chained to study: Stick it in a backpack and wear baggy pants. The idea is pretty sound though. And come college, many schools have...

Mine's been working fine for the last month. Core stays under 80*C load, but you better stick some heatsinks on the ram and vregs and/or stick a fan right next to it. The fan is damn near silent idle and barely gets audible at full speed, so overall still better than the stock cooler.

4850 CrossFire will be faster than a single 4870 1gb, and at this price it's the same or cheaper to go with 4850s. 4870 CrossFire gives more potential down the road and would probably be quieter, but this deal makes the 4850s a much better value today.

In for an SC...trying to stay optimistic about this one. The Buy.com SC listing on ebay still shows $211.49, so chances look a little better for those than SSCs. Awesome deal if it works...

Just got back from my local Fry's :D Call ahead of time to check if they still have them in stock, it's an awesome deal. $135 + tax (no MIR) out the door for E8500 and ECS G31T-M. The mobo got listed separately on the receipt for $40.14, so as long as I get back within 15 days, looks like I'll...

Source looked a bit better than the original, but nothing gameplay wise was changed. HL1 is worth playing again, no matter if it's Source or Quake3 version.

I'm holding out for Fry's for some nice 45nm + mobo deals. They seem to have slightly less violent/crazy shoppers in line early, unlike BBY and CC. I've never heard of their ad getting leaked more than a few hours in advance, which is pretty incredible for them to pull off.

Seeing as ATI just released the 4830 today, I wouldn't be too worried about something new on the red side better than a 4870 1gb anytime soon, except for maybe a 4850X2, which has been in the rumor mill for along time. I'd bet on an Nvidia speed bump for the holiday season, which is easily...

A $20 rebate straight through BFG is as close as you're going to get for a while, new release notwithstanding. You do have until Halloween to decide of course.

Of course first gen Macbooks weren't going to be as fast as later versions, but those have been out for more than 2 years, while later ones haven't. Physically, they haven't had much (any?) change until now, and hardware wise, a 2GHz C2D isn't that much faster - 25% absolute maximum for programs...

I've had one of the original (CD, not even C2D) Macbooks for over 2 very well used years. As a fair warning, yes this is tl;dr, and for a six word summary of my experiences: I call my Macbook a Crapbook. I'm up to 309 cycles on the battery, which now just barely lasts 2 hours, 2.5 if I have the...

Sooo temping for the 260 w/ Trade Up... These deals are out because it's BFG's 6th anniversary, not necessarily because new cards are coming out soon. Otherwise, others would start to mark original 260s down again. Must resist...

Here goes nothing.

The original Thinktank inspired me to get into water and dice cooling, and projects in general that are absurdly over the top and beyond what most sane people will ever attempt. 4 years since you posted the original's awesomeness, and now we get rev 2.0 to drool over too. I know you have a few...