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    Michelle Malkin comments section

    really? http://www.businessweek.com/th...ay/archives/malkin.jpg
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    Steven Moore, of the Wall Street Journal just wrote a book with .......

    you got the quote wrong ... the real quote is "she comes across as this evangelical dominatrix that wants to spank you with the bible."
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    Real Time /w Bill Maher Hilarious Clips

    These are some clips from the latest episode and they have some absolutely great jokes. Solid material once again this week. 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAzCv1wUQjE 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV6ZYCaCGIo
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    Sean Hannity pwned by Obama communications director Robert Gibbs

    you guys are all missing the point with hannity. he knows what he says should not be said by any rational person. his viewer base is of the low educated and bigot variety, so that's why he acts the way he does. he makes millions of dollars a year by being the cartoon character republican...
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    Ari Melber owns Palin apologist Amanda Carpenter

    Obama should hire Ari Gold from Entourage as one of his surrogates to lay the smackdown on these Republican goofs.
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    logitech g5 scrollwheel problem

    i just bought a new logitech g5 mouse (blue skin). i don't know if all of these mice are like this but mine makes quite a loud noise when using the scrollwheel (especially when scrolling up). also clicking the scrollwheel takes quite a lot of pressure. are all of these g5 list this or is...
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    Impossible Push Pins

    i have the same xigmatek heatsink and an asus p5q pro. i used this mounting bracket and it works great. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835233019
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    core2duo core temperatures

    what i did was put a small line vertical line of MX-2 on the centre of the heatspreader. then i put a small amount of MX-2 to cover the space between the heatpipes and bottom mounting surface. and then 2 small lines on the bottom of the mounting surfacelike shown here...
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    core2duo core temperatures

    yeah .. 1 2 3 4 i did 1 first, then 4, then 2, then 3 ...
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    core2duo core temperatures

    i have a core2duo e8500 running at stock speeds. today i installed a xigmatek 1283 heatsink. i used speedfan & coretemp to check the temperatures after and these were the results SPEEDFAN Core0: 39C Core1: 28C CoreTemp Core0: 44C Core1: 33C these temps are when the comp is...
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    pci express slot

    i have an asus p5q pro motherboard. there are 2 pci-express slots and both are x16. would there be any performance disadvantages by putting the video card in slot 2 instead of slot1? if i put the video card in slot1, it comes pretty close to the harddrive cage on the right side and doesn't...
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    Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 crashing

    i have 64bit vista with the following specs intel e8500 4gb ram radeon 4870 right when i try to start premiere it crashes after the splash screen and i get the following message. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: Adobe Premiere Pro.exe Application...
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    thermal paste for overclocking

    all 4 pushpins are completely in. i'm gonna use the vertical line method of applying thermal paste when i put the 1283 heatsink on.
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    thermal paste for overclocking

    i have a core 2 duo e8500 at stock speeds right now with the stock intel hsf. my temps right now at low load are 52C (core0) and 42C (core1). should there be such a large discrepancy in core temps because 10C seems like a lot. i bought a xigamtek 1283 and it came with some thermal paste...
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    Official ATI 4870 X2 reviews thread.

    i have a asus p5q pro with two x16 pci express slots. if i put two 4870's then they will work at x8. however, if i purchase a 4870x2 will it work at x16 or x8? also what are the approximate performance increase percentage between x8 and x16?
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    Computer momentarily turns off on bootup

    yeah i think that was the reason. although i didn't overclock at all. i had just installed a new tv tuner card and i guess it didn't like that for some reason. everything is working fine now.
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    Computer momentarily turns off on bootup

    i just built a new computer and these are the specs: intel e8500 asus p5q pro visiontek radeon 4870 gskill 4gb ram corsair 750w powersupply when i turn the computer on, the cpufan, gpu fan, case fans, etc. all turn on for about 2 seconds and then they all turn off. after about 3...
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    Please critique my future gaming computer

    the e8500 is only about $15 more than the e8400 and it has a 9.5x multiplier instead of 9x, so it'll probably overclock more & easily get a mounting bracket for the xigmatek cooler go with the asus p5q pro to save $70-$80, unless you really need the features of the deluxe version visiontek...
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    seagate HDD clicking

    i have a 500gb seagate sata harddrive and just recently it has started to make a very distinctive & loud clicking noise at least once every hour. this even happens when the computer is completely idle. i ran the seatools software to check the harddrive and it passed the test. i copied all of...