Recent content by sectoidcommander

Wow! Just in time when I was pondering whether to get a single core Opteron and OC it or just get the X2 3800+, thanks for the heads-up!

Link: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...6&type=product&cmp=++&id=1122653260246

Thank you all guys for your suggestions! the Fortron PSU looks great, and the bottom intake design as Jhhnn pointed out will come very handy, specially for the case I have which lacks ventilation in the CPU area: AOpen HX08 Full Tower Case...

OK, probably a stupid question... I'm planning to upgrade to an OC'ed Opteron 146 system paired with a 7800 GT card, 2GB RAM, 200GB hdd, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM and a sound card. Is my current power supply still able to handle this system?? Specs: http://www.enhanceusa.com/product.php?f=obsolete#61...

Some cheap products get hilarious reviews in Newegg.com: "Gave me incredible frame rates on farcry, can you say 90 fps, with everything turned on full!!! incredible, i can store all my movies on this too, the capacity is incredible!" (product in question was a $19.99 Creative Labs Sound...

Thanks for all your comments! Turns out that maybe I won't need to buy a separate router because our ISP offers Cisco 677 DSL routers :P I'll just need a hub or switch since the 677 only has 1 ethernet port.

Abzstrak: Thanks for replying, could you be more specific about those claims? Have you owned both? How was your experience with them? About judging stuff by its look, I know it can be a bad idea, that's why I ask for comments here What Netgear model would be good? The RP114 seems nice, but why...

The Linksys BEFSR41 looks good, but I'm concerned by the large amount of complains (posted at www.practicallynetworked.com) from customers who had received bad units. The unit exterior seems to be well made (at least on photos), that's why I wonder how it could be an inferior quality product...

According to the RivaTuner utility: "Due to the driver's limitation the texel alignment cannot be adjusted on GeForce3 based boards" I'm using the latest Detonator XP drivers (23.11) for Windows XP and I can also see the option appear on display properties, but changing its value from the...

Has any Geforce3 user found a way to change the "Texel Alignment" (aka "Texel Origin Adjustment") setting from its default value??? Some games like the Need for Speed series and Final Fantasy VII/VIII exhibit blurred fonts if this option is set to any value other than "7" (Texel Origin: Top Left...

Yeah, I know that the fan should actually blow onto the heatsink, but the installation instruction that came with my sk6 has a picture showing the fan installed and aparently sucking air from the heatsink not blowing. The decal of the fan shouldn't be visible after installation, it should be...

If the fan is suposed to blow air down to the heatsink, why on earth does the instruction sheet that came with the HSF have a 'final installation' picture showing the opposite?? After turning the fan upside-down (decal facing the heatsink) my cpu temp dropped a little (like 3 degrees C).

Hi, this might seem stupid, but is it possible to power on a motherboard without actually using the power on switch from the case? I know where the motherboard power on pins are and wondered if I could just short circuit both pins with a jumper to power on or then remove the jumper to power off...

Hi! I´m planning to build the following system: ECS K7S5A Athlon XP 1600+ Crucial 512MB PC2100 DDR RAM (2 x 256MB) (CT3264Z265) I want to overclock the XP without unlocking it (just FSB overclocking). Is this possible with this motherboard?. Which HSF is recommended? Also, should I get a PCI...