Recent content by wwswimming

i went looking for info on the 965 & found this thread ! i have the 865 micro-ATX board. that one works all right. i like the idea of having much de computer in a small space. i have an Opteron dual 175 in an Aspire X-Q Pack micro-ATX case. the case is a little flimsy - the...

jeez it's like choosing between angelina jolie & jennifer aniston. guess only brad pitt has been in THAT position. info on the 2 boards - http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2465&p=28 DFI & Epox got rated highly in that review about 9 months ago. more on DFI...

i upgraded an Asus P4C from 2 GB to 4 GB. it only recognizes about 3.3 GB. kept a 10% OC. works good ! the 2 GB was 4 x 512 mushkin level 2, 2-2-2-5. the 4 GB is 4 x 1 GB OCZ platinum DDR 2-3-2-5.

1988 working for an electronics company in Silicon Valley, we were still doing drafting on vellum, i felt like i was being left behind. went and got a job with a local consultant who does finite element analysis. very talented person with a big backlog, gave me a program named "Aries" to...

CCBWE 0550UPMW http://www.geocities.com/wwswimming/opty_175.jpg right now running at stock speeds on an MSI mATX motherboard. still feels good though ! system has Mushkin Level 2 which was real stable in an Asus P4C800 system. 4 x 512 @ 2-2-2-5 with 10% OC. looking forward to...

the MSI mobo, or one very similar to it, was reviewed a few years ago http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/07/07/mobo_tsunami/index.html

http://www.nordichardware.com/Reviews/?page=4&skrivelse=478 in that pic, the closeup of the PCI-E graphics shows the CMOS reset jumper on the Asus, right next to the edge card connector. for people that do a fair amount of OC'ing, that seems like a REAL pain in the wazoo. how big a deal...

a year ago the asus P5GD2 was one of the top rated Intel OC'ers. with the 915 chipset. now - i'd want something that recognizes dual core CPU's. P5LD got decent reviews & it's in that price range.

i've tried that. it is fun. i did get electrocuted, with 120 VAC. now i am more cautious. if you do things wrong and the thing smokes when you're not home, your hobby could become mighty expensive mighty quick.

thanks for the info. i wanted to use the samsung 16x DVD. i have a pioneer 8x DVD on a shuttle with a P4 3.06. not stable burning DVD's. i'd like for my next system to have a real good DVD. any chance of finding an ATX power supply that is shorter in the "length" direction - that is...

this is looking better & better. with the asus A8n-VM micro-atx motherboard, a medium power PCI-E video card, good low-latency memory - etc. - i think i can make a real OC-friendly system. i need to be able to carry it on an airplane. but not with that power supply, i wouldn't do OC...

what kind of class - engineering, physics, business ?

once we used a $5000 fan to cool a 1 kW radar amplifier. yes, it did suck. like, don't get too near the intake vent. unless you're a woman & you're wearing a dress (marilyn monroe reference). the fan was 4 inches in diameter. the chief engineer got so pissed off he had me transferred...

did the same thing with an Abit IC7 Max 3 with a 3.0 GHz P4. took me about a half hour to notice the problem. runs OK now but will not OC 10% so i leave it at 3.0.