Recent content by nedesto

staples just charges you the same shipping the site does; ~ $20 here. so the shipping is a wash whether you buy from dell or staples.

well, this same site (dell) has the real 950p for 265. PM to staples add $40 coupon = $225. only $20 more for a considerably better monitor.

KK t-shirts *are* worth the price, tho. very light but durable. perfect to wear under dress shirt.

staples pricematch to www.dell.com for $265 + $20 shipping use staples $40 off $200 coupon = 285 - 40 = 245 (not including tax) not quite as hot a deal as back in the salad days when onvia had it for $270 w/ free shipping. only real hitch is that on dell site, you have to fill in shipping info...

can be affected by airflow in your case, particularly if there are any obstructions (e.g. powersupply) near the socket. i have a similar setup to yours in an antec ks282 case (no obstructions) and found that setting the alpha to "suck" was about 4 degrees C cooler than...

mikewarrior2, you sure 3dfxcool uses the old alpha clips? i'm using an alpha from them with no problems on a kt7. also they assured me in email that they use the new socket-a clips. (altho i bought from them more than a month ago; i notice they have a new supplier for their alphas)

you'll want a case with some room tho, b/c this is a BIG heatsink. preferably, you want the powersupply in the case to be completely ABOVE the motherboard, not beside it as it will obstruct airflow.

the ks282 really is a great basic case for the price. only problem i had was that the upper right-most stand-off hole was just a hair (maybe 1-2 mm) off of lining up with corresponding screw hole on the abit kt-7 mobo (i just hit the standoff with a hammer until it lined up). Two different...

32DDR. BTW, it is working under win95B, as some were wondering. (altho only with the 3056 drivers: the included drivers resulted in a windows protection error) Haven't put it to the paces yet tho.