Recent content by Rhythmdvl

Thanks for the replies. My first step is to see if I can find an old case fan and zip-tie it to the heatsink. Barring that: A quick check of NewEgg shows that the GTX-70 is running +/- $120. I’m a wee bit hesitant to upgrade its performance because it really is a limited-use computer...

The fan on my MSI HD4850 is going. Is there an easy after-market fan solution that I can turn to? I’ve built, but never overclocked a system before so non-stock fans are something new to me. I’m assuming that many modern cards will match or outperform this seven-year-old card. But with the...

Thanks -- that's it! Header plugs Header plugs Header plugs Got it. My wife (and business partner) just laughed at me -- considering cutting the bit myself. She's a graphic designer and has a host of literal cut-and-paste skills that have long gone untapped. In a couple seconds she...

Would someone help me out with the name of this part? I have an older case with a two-wire power LED heading into a 3-pin jumper-like doohickey that plugs into the motherboard?s ?10-1 pin F_Panel? (along with HDD light, switches, etc.). The problem is the pin block on the board doesn?t have room...

Thanks -- I was worried about deterioration, I completely overlooked something like air pockets -- thanks!

This is probably a very simple question, but I?ve never been in this situation before and don?t want to overlook something so basic. After cobbling together a handful of new bits, there was a hardware fault in the motherboard. I pulled the CPU (E2180) and the cooling fan (stock), and they?re...

I?ve built higher-end gaming/productivity machines before (about as high as possible without getting into OCing, hence ?higher-end?, not ?high-end?) and some modest home desktops, but never a dedicated file server and never for Linux. I?m also a complete Linux noob, so am very much out of my...

Thanks for the direction ? especially the encryption reminder. The incident that triggered all this has prompted me to start looking into building a Linux file server (long story), so as I do I?ll be incorporating/adjusting accordingly. The remote location will only have a Winbox in it, so I?ll...

Well, thanks to the wonderful help, advice, and information I?ve received here, I?m proudly staring at a Dell 2408WFP, and I?d like to upgrade the video card. Budget: Somewhere around $200. I can go up to about $250 or so, if it?ll make a substantial difference. Existing hardware: An Asus...

Ok, now I?m nervous?I RTFM and looked on the Asus Web site, and there?s no mention of a PCI-e version. I assume this means it?s 1.0. Will that be a problem with newer cards?

Wow... just wow. I had no idea there was such a rivalry-like schism between the two! I think I had a fairly big misconception about SLI ? and assume the same is basically true for Crossfire. When I was first putting this system together in ?05, I wasn?t going SLI so I didn?t get into too...

Gotcha ? time to upgrade the card! I?m leaning toward sticking with Nvidia to keep the SLI option open ? is the difference between ATIs and GeForces so extreme I?ll regret this? Granted, in the past few years I?ve not added the second card, but keeping the option open might be nice (weight...

I?m eagerly awaiting a new Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP (thanks xtknight!) and am wondering about my video card. Will my single Evga 7800 GTX have an easy time driving, say, HL2 or Bioshock in the display?s native 1920 x 1200 resolution? It does fine now on a CRT at 1024 x 768 with all video...

I hope this is the right forum for this?not sure if it should have gone in Programming or here. Please accept my apology if this is in the wrong place. There are two home offices, located on opposite sides of the country. One has a network attached storage device, the other has a regular...

Thanks for your reply! If I may be so bold as to ask a follow-up... I?ve just been told by the powers that be/accountant/business partner/wife that we can conceivably go up to a grand on this (e.g., the Planar PX2611W 26"). Would doing so put me into a different tier of display, or just...