Recent content by DancingBear

I don't think that you can really go wrong with either an Athlon XP or a socket 754 at this point. You can spend significanly less right now and then upgrade both yoru MB and processor in the future, or spend a lot more now and have an upgrade path available (it will definitely be available for...

You need to hire a professional. Your problems are most likely Windows issues, not Sonicwall. I frequently recommend SonicWall to customer because of their ease of use for basic functions. Loggging into a Windows domain remotely is not a simple function. By tinkering, you are jeopardizing...

SVC ought the product from an OEM. My guess is that company either discontinued the line or folded. Those Speeze coolers seem very, very similar.

This probably will not be a popular solution, but for ease of use I would take a hard look at MS Small Business Server 2003. The OS cost is only $495 and I believe that it will enable your VPN requirement. For cheap boxes, check out Dell.

My current Soltek SL-75FRN2-RL has 3. My old Abit KT7-RAID had 4. Boards that have more than 2 are marketing as "RAID", but I always buy them tfor extra IDE ports. there are tons on the market.

Spend $10 on a better HSF. Try this. My temp lowered by more than 10 degrees with a similar processor.

If you are not going to overclock, try this.A great bargain and an effective HSF. If you care about noise, pick up a silent 80mm fan and you are in business.

http://www.antec-inc.com/us/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=15130

Thanks for the pics. I now understand. Your case looks like mine before a changed cables. The diference is that you have the front fan installed to pull air in. Without it, I think that your results would have been similar to mine.

Three Votes in order: 1) Budget Athlon64 boards. The 3000+ has me thinking hard about an Athlon64 system. 2) The new dual channel Via boards for both P4 and AthlonXP. 3) Ati 9100 IGP. I haven't seen a decent review of production boards anywhere yet.

How do you run your cables? The way I had mine jammed up the space between the harddrives.

I agree that it wouldn't make a big difference if you are running fans at full speed with one HDD. If you are trying to silence the box and use undervolted slow running fans, then the airflow is not good to start with. Mattyboy90 has 3 HDD and a 9600 Pro AIW. Those 3 HDD block the air intake...

Round Cables! That is the best piece of advice that I could give any potential Sonata owner. The case has horrible airflow normally, so once you add IDE cables and quieter, slower fans, temps just shoot up. Once I switched to round cables I lost more than 10c of case temp.

FWIW, this is last year's model. Current Samsung models start with TXN.... Beware as there are significat differences.

Canons are typically faster and cheaper to use. I think that Epson has better photo print quality. There are new Epsons that use individual ink carts, so they should be close in terms of cost. They are faster than they used to be also. Whatever you do, don't worry too much about the cost of...