Recent content by diverkiwi

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    ººººº--§§§§§§§--The Freebies thread--§§§§§§§--ººººº Part Cinq.

    I may have an old K6 450 laying around, I'll look around the house
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    Vista @ Closing CompUSA stores now 50% off...

    Anyone know if the deal is up in the San Marcos, CA area?
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    DVD-A or SACD?

    just to help out a bit on the matter... SACD requires a SACD capable player, most of the newer mid priced DVD players will play them... DVD-A... many of the discs are multi format so you can play on a regular dvd player in either 5.1 or DTS, but to get the full benefit out of it you need a...
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    DIVX discs

    yeah... thats what I mean... as I said i have access to a stack of them... and a good selection too... it would be nice to be able to watch them if i could....
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    DIVX discs

    Hey out there, I have a question you might be able to help me with. A friend of mine just got a stack of the old DIVX dvds... Is there any software on either PC or Mac that will let you play the old DIVX discs? I haven't checked to see if powerdvd plays them yet... but I thought I would ask...
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    Hot or not? AMD XP2400 $140 Fry's

    yeah... i couldn't pass up that deal... and then nope... I bought a coolermaster DP5-6J31C it says approved for AMD 2100+ is that a good fan? and i need to get a new case & PS too... any suggestions?
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    Hot or not? AMD XP2400 $140 Fry's

    well... I walked into Fry's just to look around... they had the AMD 1.6 deal there... but the funny thing is for the same price they had an ECS K7VTA3 w/ a AMD 2.2 for the same price... i asked to get it... the price was marked wrong, but I still got the price cause i got a manager to honor it...
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    Hot or not? AMD XP2400 $140 Fry's

    Hey thanks a lot to everyone who commented, I will end up waiting for another board combo. I am not really planning to overclock, so is the ECS MB good enough for running stock speeds? Thats why I posted this post cause it had the FIC board... I wasn't sure i heard the ECS COULD be a little bit...
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    Hot or not? AMD XP2400 $140 Fry's

    hey guys, is this a good deal? It was in today's paper (good til 11/18) Fry's in San Diego has a Boxed Athlon XP 2400+ w/ fan and a FIC KT748 MB combo for $139.99 I dunno if this is too hot or not? I was thinking about getting it.
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    Add on tv tuner / video capture card

    yeah.. I noticed how busy the forum was w/ these questions AFTER I posted this.. I now have a couple ideas for cards after searching the forum thanks a lot for replying... *thumbs up*
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    Add on tv tuner / video capture card

    Hey out there in techie land... anyone have an answer for this? I am looking to get a TV tuner/ video capture card for my comp... Preferably I would like to get a add on card seperate from the video card... any suggestions? external? internal? brands? I want to hook up my PS2 right now and...
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    Fry's San Marcos (CA) Grand Opening

    It was a madhouse but well organized... I got myself the 60 gig maxtor die another day and 2 50 ct spindles of cds for 5 bucks each oh, and steel or brass cajones play nothing into this mix... it is just patience, I drove in found a parking spot right away and jumped in line... bout 10 min...
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    *Warm* 60GB WD 7200 HDD CompUSA 74.99 AR

    Hi I'm new here, I don't know if this is super warm or hot but I thought I would share. (From the sunday flyer) CompUSA has a 60GB Western Digital 7200rpm HD 74.99 109.99 - 15.00 Instant rebate - 20.00 Mfg rebate --------- 74.99 Can anyone make this hotter? Lata'