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Personally, I've put in over 200 already. I've completed three guilds fully and about a quarter of the main quest. I'm always finding new things to do, too. Admittedly, I have somewhere around four characters that I've really spent time on, along with a few others I abandoned after a few...

Has anyone watched their CPU load while playing Oblivion? I've got an FX-55 and I'm consistently seeing 100% load, and I'm wondering if that's bringing down performance. Especially because areas don't start lagging until I'm being attacked, when the AI kicks in (I assume). It doesn't seem...

Heat buildup? I just installed an extra fan for my X800 XT and it improved quite a bit. My system is similar and I find that running at 1280x1024 with 4x AA in High mode is perfectly fine.

I just bought one and I know how you feel. No review to-date. While I am far from knowlegeable enough to give an in-depth exploration, I can at least note a few interesting things. My stock FX heatsink would not fit without loosening the screws on the mounting bracket. Not a big deal...

Because if I don't then I have awkward spaces that my organizational style just doesn't know how to cope with ;) Creating a sequential list of partitions that use the entire 128 GB suits me best; not finagling them to fit on two 74GB drives.

As long as we are on this topic and lithium's question has been answered, I would also like some information. I have dual Raptors; not a tremendous amount of space. Not only that, but it is a pain not being able to utilize both disks effectively. Raid 0 would be nice but I'm not willing to...

Looks one hell of a lot better than Battlegrounds.

You make things too easy. And for people who want to know; Description of Spread Spectrum Clocking: and And one question that I could not find information for on WD's site; Is there a difference between the Raptors with the jumper information and the ones without? I know they both...

I have a 74GB Raptor, and the sticker on the top details two positions for the jumper on the back; 1: Jumped pins 1 and 2 disables SSC (Spread Spectrum Clocking) - this is currently jumped. 2: Jumped pins 3 and 4 enables PM2 (Power-Up in Standby) What does SSC do and in what cases would...

Soldat is a small, free (unless you feel like registering), fast paced 2d shooter. Pitch from website; Alt-Tab doesn't work so hot but one of the function keys instantly minimizes the program.

I have never been able to get that game to run on XP, and I've tried it on several computers. At least you didn't spend too much.

This is why it surprised me a bit. I had been testing out some fans, plugging and unplugging them in with the power supply still on (no power to harddrives or CD drive) with no problems. Somehow you have to plug it in and get it to spark between the connectors (try slowly).

Depending on how bent they are, a credit card can also work well.

Hobo computer! It would have been cooler if you had cut slots for all of the ports (monitor, serial, PS/2) but it is still an interesting box.

Non-electric, please. You never know what could happen.

I just tested it and the power supply still works, it was just knocked out for a bit. I got lucky. Definitely will not be doing it again.

I wasn't trying to install it. IDE was already plugged in but I had forgotton that I took off the power until I looked into the case. I was surprised and, in a lapse, plugged it back in quickly.

Right. I misstated. So far, everything else is fine, including the CD drive. I still would like to know what that whine was (it came from the power supply). Sounded like a capacitor charging, but that doesn't seem to make sense. And it was louder.

So don't try it unless you want an efficiently fried power supply. I didn't think that plugging in the molex while the system was on would hurt anything but a *ZAP* and a *whine* (not sure what that was) later proved me wrong. I don't feel too bad, though. It's my first mistake, and it was...

Best case on the cheap; Maxtop Case Solid, good cooling, and you get to choose your own power. Nothing special but it gets high marks for only being $30.

24-pin is also standard on PCI-e enabled micro-ATX boards. You can always get an adapter later on if you need it, though I don't know if there are any performance problems going from 20 to 24 pin or the other way around.

Make sure the power button is plugged in and in the correct spot. If you have another chassis, see if it's the power supply. It sounds like the problem is somewhere in the power, not in any of the individual components (except, perhaps, the motherboard).

I'm an RPG fan so; Dungeon Lords (Looks fun, though nobody has heard of it) Dungeon Siege 2 Arx Fatalis 2

I've heard that some shipments of that MSI board have already found their way to end-users. Mine was set to ship the fifth. Anyway, I also found that it doesn't support overclocking of any kind, so I'm dropping it in favor of an Abit AX8 because I'm tired of waiting for nforce4 ultra (waiting...

The MSI boards with the XPRESS 200 chipset? I know they had a USB problem, but I don't know whether or not they were recalled. I'm supposed to have one shipped to me on Tuesday, but it's already been pushed back several weeks. Besides, they have nil overclocking abilities, so I'm definitely...

I've got all the pieces ordered for my new comp, though the motherboard has yet to arrive. I ordered This memory. I decided to go registered because I am going to be running 3d modeling applications and I wanted something solid. But now I read that socket 939 doesn't accept registered...