Recent content by jkalland

supermicro ftw!

Adobe's is awesome [part of Flash 8 Pro] http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/productinfo/encoder/ SoThink has a good one too

Kingston is retardedly expensive sometimes for no apparent reason. I'm using WinTec and am very pleased...and I doubt you'll beat 2x2GBs for $110 ;) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161178

I think the $2100 is bullshit, myself. You shouldn't be able to buy your way out of a contract like that. If the guy buys in home support, you fix it in his home. Period. End of story. So to Velocity_Micro...way to air your dirty laundry in public and try to make the guy look like a prick...

best IS system money can buy is a tripod ;)

sony renames everything...so they call it super-steady shot...but it's really just CCD-based image stabilization. And digital IS is usually a hack, yes...some cameras offer a "double 1600" ISO, which is 1600 digitally upconverted to 3200...I wouldn't reccomend using such features as selling...

Sony alpha a100 standard 18-70 lense. Aside from making it b/w minor tweaks to the contrast/levels in PS CS3. Wanted it in HDR, but didn't have the tripod on me and it was really windy

built in IS works pretty well, as I have it on my sony alpha....which also has a switch to turn it off [not sure when you'd ever want to] The sony also has a CCD cleaning feature which shakes the mirror like it owes you money and in doing so removes any dust/debris [and uses about 1/4 of your...

HAHAHA. I just read that you have the lifetime upgrade plan to, for cleaning, maintenance, discounted upgrades and tuning.

Guys...give up the "you didn't call until now?" crap. He bought a 3 year warranty. If within those 3 years, he gets busy...that's his perogative. I for one am in college, have a fiance, and work 45-50 hours a week 1 hour from my house and have a mother currently in the hospital. Shit...

the stock XeonHSF's for the active cooling units work pretty well...but I'd reccomend some AS5 instead of the non descript intel goo. Also, I have 4 Scythe 120mm silent fans over mine as well, and that seems to help a good bit

8600 GTS = bare minimum for gaming [I have one...and trust me...it's the bare minimum]

use nLite or vLite [for XP & Vista respectivly] and you can embed text mode drivers [aka: SATA/RAID] into your installation disc ;) And yes..intel boards are rock solid and all but bullet proof. Asus is a close second, altho they tend to suffer from some shady BIOS issues that you won't...

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sounds like you may be entitled to some sort of Lemon Law refund depending on the state your in