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Rumor is MacBooks, airs and minis are getting refreshed tonight or next week. Although, you could find such rumors every week, these are the first to include the white MacBook.

The iPad one is starting to feel quite slow. It works, but I am getting tired of the experience, to be honest.

I like what I see in osx lion. I am disappointed that it isn't out yet. I am disappointed that they didn't 'one more thing' refresh the MacBook and MacBook air. All around, wwdc keynote was just boring. Half of it was iOS playing catch up with android.

First, unlike a lot of other things, building your own computer is now an accessible activity... I will always encourage people to do it, as they will always come out happier and more knowledgeable. Second, I apologize for not seeing the sub-forum rule. I clicked in from the main page (you...

Well, I liked the article. Thank you. And for all those trying to refute the claim that a power user can _easily_, in their sleep, build a more powerful computer for less than half the cost of a mac desktop... well lets just say, you aren't a power user at all. And that's fine, but don't...

Unless you are upgrading from something pretty old, the component that will give you the biggest performance boost is an ssd. Buying anything new without having budgeted for an ssd is a mistake.

Build one yourself. Buying now? Sandy bridge core i5 2600. Motherboard that has UEFI instead of bios Solid state boot drive. Nvidia 560 or amd 6850. If you are buying in a little, there will be some different choices in a couple months.

I've been reading these forums for a very long time, and this is the first thread that really deserves a 'terrible' ranking. Vote now.

Waiting on mini itx z68. Ssd caching is something I'd use, but would still have a raw ssd for the boot drive.

Sometimes people want to build sff systems for the 'puzzle' aspect of trying to fit more into less. I've done that, and it is certainly fun to do. For that, build 2 is your best choice. However, build 1 is not only easier, but gives you a bit more room to grow. The psu and excellent cooling...

I can't remember if the screws came with the motherboard or the case, but regardless... I have the same case and MB as you and didn't need to buy any extra hardware.

If you are in it partially 'for the build', sg05/06 is by far the more interesting case to mod. You will end up with something small and powerful and pretty darn cool like mihallen's rig. If you want something small, still pretty cool, but a lot easier to put together... then sg07 is the...

Sorry for hijacking your thread a little... but I'm done after this. Thought I'd do some testing to answer my own question. It seems like the CPU fan 'could' be removed from sg07 if speeds were run at stock... but even there, it really doesn't seem to be worth it. I did a few measurements...

Yup, I bought the samuel 17 based on this post (after checking out a few reviews). :) I'm using the sg07 case, though... mostly so I didn't have to worry about the psu. I am using a noctua fan on the cooler, and I'm trying to figure out if the system fan and the cpu fan are now jumbling up...

Alright, thanks for the reassurance. The manual for this thing was pretty sparse, but other then the orientation question, the installation of the heat sink was very easy and fit very well on the gigabyte board.

I have a question... I have the same gigabyte motherboard, and just got the Samuel 17. I just finished installing it, but I put it on differently then the pictures in this thread. My fan is overlapping the motherboard (which is what I want) instead of the memory. All the screw holes...

They are about the same width and height. The sg07 is just longer so that you can fit a full graphics card in. That is probably the deciding factor. If you need a full size card, go sg07, else sg05.

I thought I had a PSU problem as well... There is a switch on the PSU, it was off for me. Inside the case, to the right, in the front... behind the cable. Turn it on, and voila. I don't know if these things normally ship with the switch on, but if not, I can see a lot of people getting...