Recent content by specialmias

Ah, now I understand the whole difference between the Raptor and the Caviar 750. Yeah seems more bang for buck on the Caviar. Also on the Panaflo for the Ultima, I've been noticing that they are missing the third connection for the RPM sensor as they come in two versions. I've been trying to...

Ahh sweet. Even though word has it Newegg has phased out their B3 Q6600 if I drop down my ram to DDR2-800 and and buy it off Clubit I save around $74. Thanks to you I might be able to afford purchasing it sometime next week. Any comments on the processing/shipping time from Clubit and jab-tech?

Understand that you must follow the instructions exactly for those or you may brick your router. This is unlikely though. I've been using ddwrt for a year now and it has tons of options. However, it is relatively easy as everything is divided into tabbed menus . I live in a really bad...

I have those CF12SL-UBL case fans. They're a mixed bag really, they're molex only and some people find them loud. Thus if you find them too loud for you keep in mind most fan controllers I've seen are 3 pin so you'll need an adapter. I personally think they sound about as loud as a 80mm fan...

They closed down the one around me a few years back. Even in center city Philadelphia now there're no computer hardware stores now. Unless of course you count the Mac store.... People can't seem to compete with big retail chains and online sellers nowadays.

Like many others I've put off making a new comp for 5 years now. I figured I'll use my winter break to build a new PC since grad school starts soon. I'd like to wait for the new Intel chips in Jan but I won't have time then as my break will end around the 14th. I'm planning on overclocking for...

I had an MSI 655 a loooong time ago. Touted SATA 5 years ago and it lasted for a good 2-3 years. The memory controller died suddenly so I switched it out with a SIS 655 Asus board. Write down your S/N for the Motherboard somewhere so you have tons of copies of it everywhere, keep the expiration...

I had a similar thing happen to me during a storm that overloaded my phone lines. My PSU survived but the ethernet connection that ran from the phone line to my modem fried. Maybe something similar? Or maybe when it fried it knocked out something on the mobo? Does your modem still work? (I'm...