Recent content by solarfuse

Great feedback guys. Much appreciated. @Marc About the case, I have a P180 and I like it, but wanted to try something new. It's kind of a toss up between the 182, 900 or 1200 for me. Antec 1200 is ~$160 elsewhere (still expensive, but less than newegg). Thanks for the info on the...

I'm fairly clueless when it comes to selecting MB/CPU/memory combos - so I selected all the component based on the sticky thread in this section. http://secure.newegg.com/WishL...47&WishListTitle=jun08 My main fear with this build is overclocking. I've never done it and have no idea how...

Correction, it's decreasing under load now that I have the case on! Ambient: 39 GPU: 59

Amazing.... well I did two things. I took off the fan on the CPU and cleaned out a shitload of dust I didn't even know was there. I also did my best to take off the shroud on the video card (but two screws would not budge). I cleaned out as much as I could in there as well. Then, I...

Hi guys, sorry it took so long to reply. Here's a pic of the internals: http://i28.tinypic.com/t5nlop.jpg I didn't really take much care in the wiring and the P180 kind of makes it really crowded near the bottom. But considering I only have 1 CD drive, 1 video card, and 1 sound card in...

Hi all, I recently got back into gaming. I noticed recently that at times my FPS would drop mid game. After looking into it, I found out my video card was reaching 120C (the max threshold) and then slowing down. This is actually my 2nd evga card. The first was replaced by RMA because of the...

One of my current projects requires a system ideal for accessing a large database (1TB+) with a low amount of concurrent connections (1-10 simultaneous). We will be using an Oracle database with a license for a two processor machine. It was recommended to us that we use a Sun Ultra 40 M2...