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Recent content by lkramer

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    Planning A New System, Need Advice On Components

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc I will be using the computer for development, gaming and to host a Linux VM. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? My budget for the motherboard and processor is CAD$500. But my total budget for the...
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    Project Scorpius

    I replaced the indicator LED in the LG DVD drive after successfully changing the indicator LED in a DVD drive for another project and liking the results. I changed the indicator LED to a red LED to better match the red hard drive activity LED. The LG DVD Drive disassembled. LG DVD Drive...
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    Project Scorpius

    After my last build, I wanted to pay a little more attention to the details, to reduce the risk of scratching parts or potentially having static electricity damage parts. I started opening the boxes for everything a second time. I actually opened the boxes the night I received them to ensure...
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    Project Scorpius

    I made a slight alteration to the parts I got, swapping the 8GB of Crucial DDR3 1333MHz RAM for 4GB of Kingston DDR3 2133MHz, for better memory performance on the current processor and my future upgrade to the FX-8130P processor. I just have the picture of the parts: AMD Phenom II X4 955; ASUS...
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    Project Scorpius

    Case I have been a fan of the Silverstone TJ09 case for some time; however, while that full-tower looks great. I could not find a mid-tower case from Silverstone I liked. After looking at a number of cases, I decided on the Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced. I have seen various development and...
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    Project Scorpius

    Introduction I have built numerous computers over the years for my family and friends but never completely built one for myself. My goal for this computer is to use the best quality components that I can find for a low price, and build a reliable computer. In addition, to that goal, I will be...
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    Project: Lian-Li/i5/WC build

    I have created the schematic for the automatic fan controller. I will be using the PWM control signal from the CPU fan header instead of the MC68HC908JB8 micro controller and the MAX6651 IC. This will greatly simplify the design. The only downside to this new design is the fan controller can't...
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    Project: Lian-Li/i5/WC build

    Thank you.
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    Project: Lian-Li/i5/WC build

    I removed the upper HDD/PSU rack from the case with my father’s help for better access to the inlet and outlet of the radiator and to make it easier to route the tubing. Upper HDD/PSU Rack Removed
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    Project: Lian-Li/i5/WC build

    I got the idea of replacing the green indicator LED in the DVD drive after reading the Electronics sub-forum. I replaced the 3mm green indicator LED in the Pioneer DVD drive with a 5mm red LED to match the HDD case and motherboard HDD indicator LEDs. The 5mm red LED is the same LED I will be...
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    Project: Lian-Li/i5/WC build

    Thanks for checking out this build. The new watercooled system will be used for programming, general use, and gaming. This build is my first time watercooling a system. The components I will be using from my other system (Nine Twenty) are the GTX 285 video card, the DDR3-1600 RAM (using 2...
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    micro center 1156 launch

    I just got back from the Detroit area Microcenter (a 5 hour 30 minute round trip including the border crossing). I picked up an i7-860 for $229.99 (the i5-750 is $179.99), along with the EVGA P55 FTW motherboard for $229.99. They had quite a few i5-750 and i7-860 processors and motherboards in...
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    Project: Nine Twenty

    In the past two months, I have not worked on my PC much. In March, I went to Miami for Winter Music Conference (WMC). In addition, I visited Performance PCs in Palm Bay (about a 2 hour drive north of Miami) while I visited Miami. I purchased a tube of Arctic Cooling MX-2 thermal compound from...
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    Project: Nine Twenty

    The pins for the 3-pin IDC headers and the two additional 3-pin IDC headers arrived today.
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    Project: Nine Twenty

    I found suppliers for the 1/8” expandable nylon sleeving and pins for the 3-pin IDC headers today. I ordered the pins for the 3-pin IDC headers from Digi-Key (electronic components distributer) and they should arrive tomorrow. In addition, I ordered two more 3-pin IDC headers from Digi-Key...
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