Recent content by opmike

Only when they're providing Intel for Sam Fisher. I happen to work in the White House, and I can guarantee that he's an actual government employee. No joke.

What's the story on the wiring (or lack thereof)? I know much can be concealed with some cleverness, but some of the equipment doesn't even have cabling running to their rear connectors :confused:

Here are two of mine. There are many more, but the Candyrat artists don't quite get the recognition they deserve. Spiritual Groove - Antoine Dufour Ebon Coast - Andy McKee

It's a shame we can't all be as clairvoyant as MrMike. The C51 is hardly a "shit motherboard" and it's a shame the Foxconn hasn't released a new BIOS for Phenom support.

If you take some time to ease down on the asinine vitriol, you might have noticed the words written in a vertical fashion on the left side of the graph you just linked to.

My reticence towards picking up a set of M10's comes from gaming and movies being the majority of my audio use (probably 65/35 to music). At the same time, I am not a fan the of the boomy Logitech and Klipsch sets; however the latter has noticeably better sound quality in my experience. I...

Ah crap, what's the deal? Foxconn hasn't released a damn BIOS update for my C51 since March :rolleyes: I do have an M2N-E sitting around that I picked up last year (planned on doing a budget build since the early versions wouldn't overclock worth a damn) but I don't want to do a motherboard...

While I absolutely hate recommending that people stretch a budget they already spent time developing, I would really recommend holding out a bit for the 3850 if at all possible; especially for a gaming build. What other components do you have picked out? You might be able to tweak a few things...

I have to say that rFactor with mods is the best racing simulation I have ever played. It's pretty crude in it's vanilla form, but it had a really strong group of modders over at rfactorcentral.com. Add on any of the mods from their "Hall of Fame" section and you're in for a treat. There's...

I'm not wishing to get too deep in this debate however I will say that Call of Duty 4 is the most "fun" that I have had playing a FPS for some time. It doesn't make any pretenses about being open-ended, and scripted gameplay shouldn't necessarily be a "con". Open ended gameplay is not the...

Sport shooting is my other primary hobby (IDPA, USPSA, 3-Gun, etc.) so I have been spoiled a bit. While video games are nothing like real-life, I still prefer to have my character actually looking down the firearm when I choose to aim. Be it iron sights, an Aimpoint, Eotech, ACOG, doesn't...

I was just curious as I am having the same silly issue with temperature readings. My board's website has several new BIOS's that are rather nebulous in the description but they do make mention of incorrect temperatures. I plan on flashing this afternoon.

What "math" are you doing to figure out your temperature readings?

I personally think it looks like a box of Kleenex with the spotlight, comet, whatever being some tissue. The simple look of the Black Editions are my favorite AMD boxes so far...but I care more about what's inside.

You're not alone on the temperature thing. I am getting the same lower than ambient idle temps too with my 5000+ BE too. This was taken when I was at 3.0 but I am currently at 3.2. I don't presume to be an expert on this, but from reading around, a lot of Brisbane's have an issue with...