Recent content by Lonely Raven

Wow, my first message here in the forums since 2008! Question - sorry if I missed it. How did you mount those SSD drives to the case? I'm modifying an old Cooler Max case that I really like - and I'm looking for clever SSD mounting ideas.

I was right, it was the motherboard. Typically I would have thought Power Supply, but the goofy display on the Diagnostic LCD biased me towards Mobo. My fiance decided to splurge a bit, and we got another high end board. The ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe, with some nice OCZ Platinum memory. So it looks...

So my fiance calls me from work, she was working on her computer and the wall outlet made a snap-pop sound, and now the computer won't POST. It's an ASUS Commando, where the rear diagnostic display doesn't appear to work correctly, and a dual core 2.66. At least, that's what I remember the...

Basic Math...you can't average and have a range of numbers. "our forum members average between two and eight".

I see that point now. Your putting the emphasis on flipping the current hardware before it's near worthless, rather then any video improvement it might give me. It's a good idea. Hell, I could probably put the new hardware on my CC and flip my old hardware over the next month before my...

Thank you, that helps clarify things a bit. But would this new system or Radeon 3xx0 series give me a video quality improvement at 1024X768?

I'm archving Television actually. Especially tracking down TV not available in the US and archiving/sharing with friends. So the space I have is needed, and I don't want to muck with it. So trust that I need 1TB more to get me through the year and lets just leave it at that. Also, I'm...

Well, for budget, I'm trying to spend as little as possible, but get the best image quality possible with the gear I have. If there is nothing for a couple hundred that would really make me go WOW, then I'll just upgrade the power supply and add 1TB and be happy with what I have. If I went...

Ok, I need some thoughts from the more experienced here. Typically I would just upgrade the PC (start fresh and build all new), but I just bought my first house, and money is tight. So I'm trying to be more cautious with my spending... That said, here is my setup, followed by my...

Too bad, I've been having trouble finding good CF memory of "decent" capacity at a good price lately. My favorite has been RiData, but they are sold out pretty much everywhere.

So since nobody has *any* suggestions, I'm thinking about a Matrix Orbital LCD in the front. Maybe some sort of LCD fan controller. Anyone else have any ideas??

I just finished my first full computer build in..cripes, 5 years! I got the new Cosmos 1000 case, Q6600, 8800GTS, bla bla bla. Anywho, I'm looking for some nice front panel bling. A nice information panel, LCD, fan controller...something, anything! What's got a lot of bling factor, is very...

I forgot to add, future upgrades include: LED 120mm for the back, and probably a low profile 92mm fan under the hard drive cage to improve cool air flow through there (a weakness in the design IMHO). I've already added better air filters in the intake in the bottom, and cut out the...

I'm not done tieing off and tucking away all the cabling, as I just received a hard drive I was waiting on, and I'm expecting a second DVD Drive, but here are a couple quick shots I took: Stripped down to do some cleaning, rounding of sharp edges, and cutting a bigger air intake below the...

This is true. Being an old skooler, I remember when Gigabyte was on the same level as BioStar and really was just another budget board maker. So this is a bit of a leap of faith for me...but I've read up, I see what people like and that it works well, and it has features I'll be using. Ok...