Search results

I've got tendonitis in both wrists and after playing with a tablet, I've been considering a multi-touch display for my Windows 7 machine. My girlfriend is an artist and she uses her Wacom Cintiq (LCD with digitizer pen input) for mousing due to similar problems with her right arm. My main...

I've got all my new parts for my new 2500k build ordered, except the mobo which is out-of-stock, backordered, or just overpriced at locations that have it. The ASRock Z68 Extreme4 is available, but as expensive or more as the P8Z68-V Pro. What am I losing if I go with that, or the cheaper and...

I have a Radeon 4830 and a Westinghouse L2410NM. The video card has both DVI and HDMI out, but the display only has HDMI for digital input. When using a DVI->HDMI cable, everything is fine. When I use a straight HDMI cable, however, the text is a bit fuzzy and images have jagged edges. I'm...

So a few things have happened recently that led me here to ask for advice. 1.) I got a new 24" display that I like to run at 1920x1200 2.) My 7600GT died 3.) I had thought it was my PSU, so I got a new Corsair 650TX. I'm not a heavy gamer (only WoW right now), but I realize I'm running a...

Trying to find a decent AGP card to replace a 9800XT that bit the dust. I'm okay going lower performance, but something comparable. Shooting for the $30-$40 shipped range. I'd like to get it here (SoCal) by the 2nd if I can.

After doing a fair amount of programming in VIm, I'm at the point where I'm dealing with projects big enough to warrant the productivity gain of an IDE. I'm looking for something that has good support for web languages ((X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript at bare minimum, PHP and Ruby on Rails would be...

I just popped on a Cooler Master Hyper TX on my E4300, but things are not much cooler! In fact, idle temps are higher than before (but I know not to put much stock in idle temps, and focus on load). Things I've ruled out: Applying Ceramique correctly. Have reseated and my old application...

After replacing my stock Intel CPU HSF with a Hyper TX, I found out that my system was still loud. It turns out the culprit is that northbridge fan that MSI included with the mobo I'm not exactly keen on ripping off the NB heatsink, as that means taking off that whole heatpipe cooling thing on...

I've been able to use Wake-on-LAN to wake up my Windows desktop out of standby with no troubles until I decided to bridge two of my connections. I now can't seem to get the Magic Packet to do anything. I've tried using the MAC address of the Network Bridge rather than the original adapter, but...

This is mainly to feel around and check for feasibility before I start getting into the AIM protocol and writing something up. Currently, my desktop is also my server. That is, it runs my mail, web, torrents, fileserver stuff, etc. along with being my normal desktop and even gaming rig...

Not really computer cooling per se, but we all know how much ambient temps affect our comp temps. I'm looking for a good electrically reversible window fan that's not horribly loud, but I don't know what's good as I've never shopped for these before. Anybody have recommendations on good...

Are there any significant differences between the two? The comparison page on Cooler Master's site shows the following: Hyper TX | Hyper TX 2 Long life sleeve bearing | Long life bearing 4 pin | 3 pin 650 ~ 1800 R.P.M. | 1800 R.P.M. Aluminum Fin/ 3 heat pipes | Aluminum Fin/ 3 heat...

Whenever I need a fan, I notice that I end up wanting to buy just the fan and nothing else. As a result, shipping tends to cost more than the fan itself. Does anybody know any Brick & Mortar stores that sell good brand case fans?

Is it just me, or is my Centurion 5 going to need a little modding before I can properly hide wires? I recently decided to put together a new rig and do all the wire management a little better, but this case is giving me trouble. There doesn't seem to be a good way to get behind the mobo tray...

Using Arctic Silver's instructions from their site, Ceramique is applied to the heatsink and then rubbed off without any liquids to fill in all the gaps in the HS. Then there's the normal grain of rice/line method (depending on chip), and everything is happy. My question is, what parts should...

Trying to find a cooler that's not going to break the bank, and these two seem to make the most sense so far. Since the E4300 only costs ~$115, spending a lot on a cooler just seems wasteful (as in, I could've just bought a faster processor and gotten a higher stock clock instead). I was...

I just upgraded to the rig in my sig and gave my old comp to my sister. The old rig is a P4 2.8C in an Asus P4P800 mobo. Since I kept my PSU for this rig, I put in the 350W that came with my CoolerMaster Centurion 5 case. It's got 18A on the 12V rail. Ideally I'd want to crank out more speed...

After playing with my new E4300, I've found the temps, while safe, to be a bit hotter than I'd like. At 2.5 GHz, I'm getting close to 63 C (Core Temp 0.95) with Orthos running for awhile (stock cooling and voltages). Idle is about 40-42 C. The problem with the good coolers is that they seem...

I've been getting a weird issue lately, and I'm wondering if it's due to my OC or due to something else. I've got a fresh install of Windows on a new rig. It's got an E4300 OCed to 2.5 GHz on stock fan, using MSI P6N SLI Platinum. It runs ORTHOS for hours just fine, so it seems odd to be a...

I've decided on a new rig for my system, but my new MSI P6N SLI Platinum mobo seems to be disagreeing with my Promise FastTrak TX2000. At first, I'd get stuck at the Promise card's BIOS, and sometimes get text corruption. I figured I'd try flashing the mobo to the most recent BIOS on MSI's...

I'm upgrading my system, and the PSU seems to be the last piece of the puzzle. Here's what I'm going to purchase so far: Processor Intel E4300 RAM OCZ2P800R22GK GPU EVGA Geforce 7600GT Motherboard MSI P6N Platinum Drives that are going in: 2xIDE HDDs on PCI RAID card 1xSATA HDD 2xIDE...

The variety of motherboards out right now is making my head swim. I'm looking for a mobo for my upgrade that still has support for at least 2 PATA devices, and preferably onboard firewire. It would also be nice if it would work with my extra front firewire, USB, and audio ports on my Centurion...

Especially now with the price cuts (that deal on the E6600 is looking pretty nice), the debate is whether to upgrade now or wait on DDR3 and DDR3-capable motherboards to get mainstream. I'm already at the point where an upgrade would mean a total overhaul (want C2D, need new mobo for it, which...

I managed to get my hands on a 400GB Western Digital My Book Essential edition external HDD on a Black Friday deal. In truth, this drive would be more useful to me as an internal one. My intent is to remove the drive inside and swap it with a smaller one I have in my case. Ideally, I wish to...

After looking around for a good budget case, I came across the Centurion line and Antec's SLK3000-B. Just to let everybody know, I was smart about this and did do my own research before coming here to post. I just wanted to know other's opinions. Here's the issues I found: The whole...