Recent content by shathal

Greets all. I've been browsing through the archives in this part (and will continue to do so), but don't seem to have (yet) quite found "the drive(s) for me". What is it I'm after? Drive 1 - the DVD/CD-Writer: - Support as many different CD/DVD-formats as possible. - Noise is mostly...

Any idea how I can find one of these Noisetaker 475's in the UK / Europe? I'm searching my legs off ... can't find the critter. :(

Another addendum: Am contemplating to get one of these: http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1373 They look like a good method for controlling the volume. Has anyone used these? What's the good/bad news? Are there any particular 92 mm / 120 mm fans that this baby works on...

I seem to remember reading ... ... that all Panaflo 120 mm fans are 38 mm thick, not 25. That'd be a problem, as I think the case can only take 25 mm thick fans. (Same as Antec, incidentally). So ... what to do? (he asketh innocently) :D.

Links are provided for reading convenience of others :). I try to name reasons for each decision, Case: After much ho and fro, I've finally decided to go with the AcoustiCase C6607 which can be found here: http://www.acoustiproducts.com/en/acousticase.asp#acc6607 Ultimately, the decision...

FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY Just stumbled across THIS as a silent chassis. Talk about silent, sure, but at WHAT PRICE... http://www.quietpc.com/uk/tnn500a.php <The US mirror doesn't show a price yet, but this is quite painful I'd dare claim :)>

Thanks for the first feedback. The PSU, I've come to realize, is going to be "one of those things", so I'll assume that I'll toss it / give it to a friend who's running LAN's or so. So I've come to realize that I'll not get around "double"-shopping here most likely - ah well. No pain ... :)...

Hello all. (Sheesh - been a while since I've been here... :D). I'm asking around, as I've been searching around the net for a few hours now, and would much rather just get your experience in, as I seem to be having problems finding what I want. Let's start with where I'm heading: "Got": MB...

Yeah ... the way things are going at the moment, Hammer will be competetin with Prestonia (which will have More L2 cache, faster FSB, code optimisations and new u-code instructions AFAIK), rather than "just" Northwood with HT in it. It's a hard call to make. If they DO have product issues...

Urm - minor correction to my post above. What I meant to say is that my CONCERN is that Hammer (again) won't be able to compete with P4 in the "long" run, as P4's clockspeed will just go up & up (not seen signs yet of it stopping). My suspicion is merely that Hammer's performance won't be able...

My 2p on the latter, if I may... What zephyrprime was referring to was not that P4 has a 12-stage pipe (it's got a 20-stage pipe, that's true) - it's hammer that has a 12-stage pipe. Now, while a shorter pipe does allow for technically more IPC (hence, MHz for MHz Athlon is usually better off...

One thing I actually remembered that will be also interesting, in some ways, is how AMD will "live" (I'm sure they'll cope) without Intel's compilers. At the moment, even AMD's benchmarks use Intel's optimized compilers (methinks Intel isn't allowed to put "anti"-AMD stuff into their compilers...

Let's deal with Nehalem, once that's a bit closer at the door. At the moment, Prescott is doing quite nicely - and that has not got 64-bit extensions of any kind that I am aware of (Where'd you heard one, SiGm0 - any sites per chance? :)). Nehalem is a different tin of fish in various ways. 1...

Well - actually, it won't. Otellini said at times now, that Intel will not be doing a 32-bit/64-bit hybrid, as far as I know. Please update me, if I've missed some confirmation by Intel. I've not been informed one way or another that Intel *DO* want to do it, and I'd be quite concerned if such a...

I remember something about 1H '03 somewhere ... ... also, I am certain that Intel will accelerate things, if/when AMD actually manage to get Hammer out in Volume. So I'd be confident that my windmill will last me for another 6 odd months. Gives time enough to save up, eh? :).