Recent content by SSNSeawolf

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    Symantec Norton Save & Restore - $6.36 AR

    I use Acronis True Image and like it much better than Norton Ghost. Can't beat that price, though.
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    Can you ruin NiMH batteries by recharging them too often?

    Not so. I play quite a bit of Airsoft with battery-powered guns. Proper chargers for our batteries will always fully discharge a battery before charging it. Otherwise the battery will lose its "memory" over time. Furthermore, (though I'm not sure this applies to Li-Ion), a good charger will...
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    Leave PC on All the Time or Turn off each night

    I would keep it on all the time. Hard drives typically (last I checked), have a 40,000 on/off life. Every time you power her up and power her down that's -1. Same thing with hibernation. I doubt it matters much, but if I turned my computer off every night I'd reach 40,000 spin cycles quite a...
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    need some help on a lga771 woodcrest rig

    Actually, Woodcrests are already available, if you want to go through Dell (check their small business server page). However, Dell, along with other system builders get first dibs. And I am pretty sure (though I could be wrong) that the first shipments of Woodcrests will be eaten up by Dell, HP...
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    need some help on a lga771 woodcrest rig

    I'll be in the same boat in a month or two. ASUS has one board on their site as well, you may want to check it out. To be honest, I doubt if the Supermicro will overclock at all beyond a small "burn-in" setting in the BIOS. And judging frmo what I've seen on some Froogle sites (sketchy...