Recent content by RAIDeon

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    receipts and tax

    RAIDeon computers... lol, thanks guys. googled a little and I guess nothing official seems necessary. Just needs to show who the money is going to and what it's paying for.
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    receipts and tax

    I'm building a xeon system for a friend who is a freelance artist but the thing is, he needs receipts to write the computer off as a business expense. Would he have to make the purchases himself or could he use the receipts I get from the purchases? Also what would a receipt from using e-bay...
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    WDC 250GB $128 AR @compusa

    dang coupon 2 days only
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    USB soundcards

    after doing some digging, apparently only the creative labs USB soundcards have hardware acceleration.
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    USB soundcards

    I've been wondering how much extra load these things will put on the cpu compared w/ onboard solutions that come on most motherboards. They appear to be hardware controled, but wouldn't there be CPU cycles used up because of the extra load on the USB?
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    Onboard sound and Digital output question

    would the digital out still work if AC'97 is disabled from the BIOS?
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    what did the back of your IC7 MAX 3 look like?

    I just bought an IC7 MAX3 from directron and there was this stuff on the back of the board. Also one of the SATA connector bags had been opened. I'm not sure what to make of this, but something smells. I'm hoping it's not one of these returned board sold as new as this thread haunts me the...
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    DDR Ram Poll!!!!

    cool post. I'm leaning to get 2 sticks of 512 buffalo. ppl seem to like it enough
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    CPU cold plates from Japan

    I went to Japan a while ago and got a few of these pyramid coldplates for a sub 0° peltier system, but ended up going w/ just water cooling. I've got 3 of these things left. Would anyone here even want them? I bought it from this place pyramid coldplate pic 1 pyramid coldplate pic 2 pyramid...
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    benefits of a DUAL-PROCESSOR setup???

    think about the consequences if you do go dual. You will never feel good going back to 1.
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    Dual AMD ??

    seems a lot of stuff goin down this month