Recent content by easytimes

If you're planning to become a basic snapshooter with an SLR, almost any camera will work for you. I have been shopping cameras lately, and the feature that captures my eye is batteries. My present cameras take four AA batteries, and I would hate to move to a camera that only uses proprietary...

Below is the compilation of my second build, with the source of purchase, which is on the way to me, right now. It is a complete and exact price list of the whole build. I finished a similar build for my wife back in September. It had the E6400 processor, a 256 meg ATI OEM vid card, and only...

My soon to be replaced computer sits on a homemade 2 1/2" high skid with castors on the bottom, for easy access to the back side panel. Most of my junque is homemade... don't even get me started about my dual printer desktop stand. My wife's new Conroe box, which is my first build, sits on a...

Have you tried saving a shopping cart at Mwave? I just built my wife a computer a little less than that one for $953, with shipping from Mwave. I have a saved cart for myself with almost exactly that level of machine, except I went for the 6600 version of the Core 2 Duo CPU, simply for the 4 meg...

From your comments, I suspect you have already made these purchases, so further discussion is probably moot, but I'll give you a list of my recent build. I'll tell you right now, my purpose for this build is probably very different than yours, but they are fairly similar. CPU: Core2 Duo...

I know this will probably be unpopular, but I just did a build using a Cooler Master 534 black case and used a LG GSA-H10L black faced drive for DVD/CD duties... yes, it has LightScribe. I've done considerable burning of video and data DVD's in this build's short life, but everything seems to...

All of my computers run 24/7, including the Mac Powerbook 17, which might be shut down twice as much as the 2 Win2k desktop 'puters. It does stay folded a lot, to preserve the display. The Powerbook is the baby of the bunch at just under four years old. My Win2k computer was invoiced for...

Okay, I get it. I told you I was detail oriented. However, I just found the ULT31843 for $83... is it good enough to cover the price difference? It was in the first tier of recommendations, and one I didn't check for an 8 pin connector. I figured jonnyGURU mentioned those, first, for a...

Yep, I see what you mean... I'm not crazy about the aesthetics, because I'm a maintenance freak... or at least the prevention of maintenance problems. Comes from 37 years in that industry. I see aesthetics as being like coffee stains in the drop down trays on an airplane. If they don't wipe...

I called myself searching, but never found much. However, I shoulda known. I use Zonealarm and I've had to set cookies to OFF and ad blocking to med, at times... like making multiple orders online, and trying to look at certain details on websites. I'll try to do better, next time. The...

Disregard my last comments... I missed that one at Newegg... the one at SunDial was the one I was thinking about. I've looked at so many specs, my contacts are slipping. THANKS!!!

Nope, not searching at all. I just went to those websites and saw nothing that mentioned an 8 pin connector. It's was my point of reference. I am VERY detail oriented, and if I see two 4 pin connectors, I don't take that as an 8 pin connector. I don't believe I saw anything that said...

I can't seem to change my signature... or add anything to it. Will this change, after I post a few times, or something? I used a form filler when I signed up, and intended to customize... but now I can't. I'm used to phpBB and vBulletin... I'm stumped on this one.

Kinda hard to find one that lists an 8 pin connector of any kind, as I'm finding, now. Lots of PSU's list as EPS12V, but they don't mention such a critter in their repertoire of connections. I must be missing something, here. When I go to put all of this together, I won't have a lot of...

God, I love tech talk, especially when it's not encumbered with all sorts of jargon that freaks out my old and very slow brain, and sends me to a computer-talk glossary in a panic. Being detail oriented as I am, I like knowing the specific differences, in physical terms, too... I thank you so...