Recent content by MassiveUnit

Getting that Mirror Finish. With a spray can. Yours just isn't good enough.

First of all, a "professional" paint job still isn't as good as an ameture job that is done with a spray can and sandpaper and dedication. Just look at any car finish real close, you will notice that there is a slight rippling in the paint. This is called orange peel. If you sand between...

As long as you are not more than + or - about 5% of your rated voltage (on your 12V line you shouldn't go below 11.4V or above 12.6V) any of your rails you should be fine. Also, the voltage monitors in your BIOS and in Windows can lie, i trust nothing but a digital multimeter, which a lot of...

I use a Swiftech water block MCW462-U and i love it. I run copper piping to a heater core that has ducted A/C going to it. I also have a 120mm sunon on the radiator to assist if needed. I use an Italian water pump that has run non-stop (no more than a couple hours break and then only because...

Not unless you are a wizard :) The tray load DVD drives (and most cd drives for that matter) operate with a gear running on the bottom of the tray to move it in and out. Slot load drives don't eject things out as far, to begin with, and they have to grip the cd without damaging it and then...

The lowest that line should EVER be is 3.201 and the highest it should ever be is 3.399. I suggest that you either find someone with a digital multimeter to check the +3.3 rail on your ATX connector or get one yourself to test it (i never trust anything but a good old digital multimeter). If...

First of all, Munchies, Airsoft guns use CO2 and refrigerants aren't always liquids, they are also gasses and the changing from one state to another is what allows heat to be pumped from one location to another. R-404A is all well and good (with a boiling temp of -51.0F) but it is also more...

Dying your case with vinyl dye will mean that it will scratch just as easily as the plastic that covers your case will. If you let paint dry for about 3 months and are at least somewhat careful during that time, you will have a hard coat of paint that will not scratch easily. I don't know if...

Mine used to do that. If you listen real carefully when you unplug the power cord, you can hear a little noise which almost sounds like capacitors discharging or something of that sort. You could always get into the habbit of turning your surge protector off when your computer goes off and...

I'm old enough to be legally considered an adult...what a crock of @#$%, adult, HA.

Forget Thermaltake. Get a Thermalright SK6 and if you really want a ard core HSF, get a Swiftech MCX 462. I always go with www.sidewindercomputers.com and they haven't done me wrong yet.

quote: "on Athlons, 60c is not as bad as all that." What are you running? Unless you really want your processor to fry as soon as something even marginally jars your heatsink, 60C is outrageous. Get a Thermalright SK6 with a quiet Sunon fan from www.sidewindercomputers.com. Thermaltakes are...

If the unit is meant to be plugged into the lighter plug in a car, it runs off 12V and that's all you need to run it off the yellow and black wires from your power supply. If you are worried about whether or not it will work, take two bare wires from your computer and simply touch the yellow...

First of all, socketman, you can cool below ambient with straight water cooling by using a device called a bong cooler (you need lower humidity and you need to refill the water quite often, but it's quite a bit below ambient if you have both of those). And having a 226W pelt does absolutely...

First of all, I suggest that you become friends with someone who works on TVs because if you try to discharch the caps on your monitor without the right equipment, YOU WILL DIE. (yes, Buz 2b I have read the thread, but it was never emphasized enough). That said, here is an article on how to...