Recent content by Azrael

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    Shipping a computer with heatsink on board?

    Thanks for the resonse, that's pretty much what I expected. I guess it would be a gamble to ship with any cooler atached. Joshua S.
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    Shipping a computer with heatsink on board?

    I recently bought an Aopen EZ18 SFF barebones. The first time they shipped it with the heatsink on the socket. However this heatsink is heavy, definitly over 500gr and probably over 600gr. Sometime during shipping it had been knocked around hard enough to break the cpu socket, I had to RMA it...
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    Heatsink/Fan for Athlon XP2500

    How about Thermaltake Silentboost? Never used it but looks cool and quiet. http://www.newegg.com/app/view...p;CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r -Joshua S.
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    Building New Computer

    Looks like a pretty good setup, I'm getting the same Lite-on combo drive for my computer (based on an AOpen EZ18 SFF from Newegg). You might be able to find slightly cheaper ram if you went with one stick of 1GB, but the difference is only a few bucks. You could find a cheaper case, especially...
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    To all audiophiles

    For a little more money ($550) you could get the Magnepan MMG http://www.magnepan.com/ not worth it unless you have a decent amp though. A better solution that's also cheaper and require less power would be to make your own speakers using Fostex full range driver, check them out here...
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    Epox EP-8RGM2+ where to buy?

    Epox is also supposed to be a really good overclocker, but I'm still trying to find it for sale anyplace. Thanks, Joshua
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    Chaintech 7NIF2 vs. Gigabyte GA-8TRS350MT?

    I'm planning on building myself a budget computer with a micro-atx board, but I also want to play some games so a board with ATI 9100 or nforce2 igp is preffered. I also would like to be able to connect it to a tv without having to buy an extra card so an svideo out is also preffered. I've found...