Recent content by rms

I knew those frog bastards would slap a laser in the MX510 and call it a new mouse. The MX510 has the worst ergonomics of any mouse I have used in 10 years, but Logitech adopted a Form over Function "as long as it looks pretty that's enough" mentality with the entire MX series of mice, that...

It died about 5:30pm today, they ran out maybe? rms

Looks like I slipped through the cracks at the $345 price :) They gave me a tracking #, should be here the 28th. Whew!! rms

Well, I'm in New Mexico, and my order status is still "shipped on 7/21 but no tracking number". Here's hoping it arrives early next week! rms

So....Has anyone who has received the 'your card has been shipped but no tracking number yet' email from provantage, but has not had their order cancelled or raised in price, actually contacted them to see if a few of us slipped through the cracks? Or was their 'order cancellation script' just...

Hi, I want one of the Athlon64 t-shirts that comes with this deal! If anyone has one to sell, please msg me! thx! rms

Well, I ordered on July16 at $345 shipped, and got an email July21 that it had shipped. But there's no tracking number (as of July22), and with this huge price increase announcement I'm very suspicious. Has anyone called provantage to see what is up with someone in my situation? thx! rms

I WANT THE TSHIRT. If anyone wants to sell their t-shirt from this deal, please contact me! rms rsquires@flash.net

I strongly suggest you get a 92mm fan or a 120mm fan with a 120to80mm fan adaptor. You will get more airflow and less noise!! rms

Thanks to Atrac for the $20 pillow link! I've never used one of these so am eager to give it a try!! rms

topic says it all! rms

Please keep in mind that many people have fried their Athlon64s by raising voltages too high. There's a thread on it at xtremesystems as I recall. Be careful! rms

I've heard of many problems with this board. What's worse is that anyone having a poor experience from low-balling on the motherboard usually ends up dissing AMD forever, which is a shame. Spend a few bucks more on a quality board or wait til ECS gets the bugs out. rms

I wonder what type radiator fan we are talking about here. I have 3 low-speed 92mm Sunon fans on mine (a flatpanel type) and its basically inaudible. You don't need much airflow on a mildly overclocked system as you discuss here. As far as sound sources go, your drives will be the loudest...

[/i] False. Both boards have the identical Soundstorm chipset. The Asus has an additional coaxial (I believe) output, I think a 2nd NIC, and a gameport. The Abit has heatsink boltholes, which greatly increases heatsink options, higher voltage options. Both would be fine for running a 2500+...