Recent content by alfhead

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    20" 2001FP Dell LCD for $639 at Dell Home no rebates

    I don't know what some people are talking about when they say this monitor has a screen door effect -- i don't see anything of that sort. I bought this monitor a week or two ago, when there was that 70$ coupon. It was well worth the 609$ shipped, and I think i would've paid more for it. This...
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    Hot! Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G 802.11g Router $59 AR+tax OD

    can anyone tell me if this router has a problem with locking up during fast bit torrent downloads? i've noticed a lot of routers have a problem with freezing when bit torrent makes too many connections. currently on my netgear mr314 router i don't get this problem, but I have had the problem...
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    Passive water cooling - Zalman Reserator

    that's pretty cool, i wouldn't mind having one of those.. i wonder how well it would perform if it were cooling my vidcard and northbridge as well as the CPU..
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    Check this filthy heatsink out!

    yup, i got the same heatsink and mine's filthy as well.. i haven't cleaned it in awhile and frankly i'm afraid to take a look..
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    Lava HOT - Continuing - US Robotics 802.11g Wireless Turbo PC Card (USR5410 pcmcia) for $22 after $20-mir

    just got mine yesterday. don't have the turbo router yet so can't really say anything about the product, but the service from ecost was quite good. they shipped it out the next day after i ordered it and i received it after just 2 days. although the resellerrating might not be the best, my...
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    Netgear WGT624 802.11g Super G 108mbps router - $37.49 AC/PM

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000C0XS0/qid=1078247555//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl23/002-7177369-7507207?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846
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    How much is this comic book worth?

    actually i do, what are yo looking for?
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    boot problem; just installed promise ultra100 tx2 controller

    i'm booting off of a drive that's on the onboard ide. i'm just putting some extra drives on the card.
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    boot problem; just installed promise ultra100 tx2 controller

    I've recently installed a promise ultra100 tx2 controller card into my system: winxp pro P4 3 ghz (not C) Asus P4PE and was able to install the drivers for it, and when there are not drives attached to it, the system works fine. when i attach a drive and the ultra100 bios gets "installed", my...
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    external firewire HD, use in both PC and Mac, OK?

    Got an external firewire HD, which is just an enclosure and an IDE drive inside. I want to be able to plug it into a mac, take out some files, and transfer them to PC. is this possible?
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    SATA and IDE, boot from SATA only?

    I recently built a computer for a friend and hooked him up with a couple of SATA drives. he wants to transfer his data from his old hard drive, which is IDE to his new comp. This old hard drive has windows on it, and when I hook it up to his system, the computer boots from the IDE drive, not...
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    Are the Asus P4PE IDE channels ATA100/133?

    how do you get the two ide drives in raid?
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    [intel] hyperthreading? RDRAM vs. DDRAM? Granite bay? zuh?

    you are the man. thanks for answering my questions!
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    [intel] hyperthreading? RDRAM vs. DDRAM? Granite bay? zuh?

    a few questions for those who are in the know... is hyperthreading only supported by the 850e chipset? what chipsets do support it? Is it reasonable to go with a DDR solution cus RDRAM is being phased out? what's so great about granite bay? how does this DDR chipset differ from the other...