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Hi, I have been having atrouble watching dvd movies since a few months ago, and now its getting worse. The software (winDVD 3, or other...) starts reading the DVD, sometimes reads the FBI warning, and then either shows a black screen or some image with garbled colored squares, and plays the...

That type of fan is being used in the Noisecontrol Silverado (check Tomshardware cooler comparison). Its very silent and very effective, but very expensive and hard to find...

I have the Swiftech MC370 with a Thermaltake 60 mm fan (got it at sidewindercomputers) and it's working very well and more silent than I ever expected!

The best bang for the buck is by far the ECS K7S5A, but its overclocking capabilities are rather limited. But it's supposed to be one of the fastest, very relyable mobo. And for ~$65 nobody can beat that. If you want overclocking most people have suggested the Epox 8k7a (or 8k7a+ if you want...

Get one with force-feedback. They are much more fun for racing games! I've had my Microsoft FF Wheel for abou t2 years now and its been a lot of fun. There might be better stuff around, though... If you don't have the money right now, just wait until you have it, it's worth the wait!

If you are behind firewalls you can forget netmeeting. Try CUSeeMe, it's much better than netmeeting.

Newegg has a generic enclosure for $95 + $6. This should do fine. It is very easy to install, just like the internal but you don't have to fool around inside a case. It has just an ide cable connected to the electronics, and a firewire port on the back where you plug the cable that connects to...

What I did for my father's laptop was to buy an external firewire case and put a plextor 12x10x32x in it. It ended up a better deal than any other external drive that I could find - a little more than the USB drives, which are slow and ridiculously expensive.

I have the logitech Quickcam 3000 pro and it's great. Much better than the ones I tried before (had a quickcam pro for a while, pretty good, but not as good as this one). It has software to setup livecams, but I never used it. Seems easy, thou...

Boy! That was fast!!! It was sold out at lunch time, got in stock w/ free shipping in the afternoon, is sold out now!!!

By the way: newegg has the Tbird 1.4 AYHJA for $123 w/ free shipping. Just thought you might like to know...

Right now I am waiting for the Swiftech mcx370 + thermaltake 60mm fan. Should be a good combo for about that range of price, and supposedly not very loud. I'll tell you as soon as I get it.

Thank you for your input. I'll go for the Swiftech with the thermaltake fan - it'll end up at about $40.

What do you guys think of a Swiftech MCX370 + thermaltake 60mm? Seems to be a pretty quiet fan with an acceptable 31CFM...

Yes, I've looked at those but I prefer a quiet pc not so overclocked to a small airplane taking off in my room...