Recent content by Terrax

Has anyone heard of using regular alcohol ( 70% ) to fill the resevoir? The cooling properties may be more efficient. Plus, a leak may not damage the components. The only concern would be the tubing.

I am very unfamiliar with memory timings and am looking for a good resource to help me understand what is being talked about in the memory reviews. As an example, when the article talks about 2-2-2 vs 2-2-3 vs 2-3-3, etc... What does all this mean. I don't want someone to take a bunch of time...

Has anyone seen any mobo companies offering (or say when they will offer ) boards with PCX (PCI-Express) for the video slot? I would like to start building a system but want to wait until the mobos come out. I know ATI is trying to have it's PCX vid cards out in June (...

I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the AMD chips run 2D applications better than the equivalent processor from Intel. Now I believe that is applications such as Office. I think when it comes to the hardcore functions like ripping and decoding, Intel has the edge. It...

Does anyone make, or is planning to make, a motherboard with SATA RAID-5? I am leary of using a card for the RAID-5 because of the current bus limitations of the PCI interface. Until PCI-X comes around, I am guessing a four HDD SATA RAID-5 using the new WD Raptors would crush the current bus speed.

Does anyone make, or is planning to make, a motherboard with SATA RAID-5? I am leary of using a card for the RAID-5 because of the current bus limitations of the PCI interface. Until PCI-X comes around, I am guessing a four HDD SATA RAID-5 using the new WD Raptors would crush the current bus...