Search results

  1. T

    sli psu issue; seems like there should be enough power

    You can read the original post below. At any rate, the problem was a couple of very silly things: 1. I didn't hook up the 2nd fdd extra power thing to mobo described in the board layout section but not in the sli section 2. The way I was closing my case was catching on the cords and making...
  2. T

    How long does seagate's discwizard take?

    I'm installing an SATA drive for the first time. I already put it in the machine, and then I got the discwizard utilty off of seagate's website and ran it. Its 'creating and formatting' partitions, but it's been doing this for the last hour or so and the little bar at the bottom has not moved...
  3. T

    where do i buy distilled water?

    I haven't even heard the word distilled water since chemistry in like 10th grade. What kinds of stores sell it? It must be obvious because I couldn't find anyone else who has asked this. Should i just go look at every brand of bottled water at the grocery store until I find one that was...
  4. T

    How do you get into the hardware/games review arena?

    I was wondering how sites like anandtech get started. As in, how do you convince makers of pc parts or pc games to start sending you their stuff for free so that you can review it for your website? Because you aren't really a hardware reviewer until you're reviewing hardware, and you can't...
  5. T

    Identical video cards for sli?

    I am looking into getting another video card to use my system in SLI, but I wasn't sure what how closely the two video cards need to match. I've got an EVGA 6800 gt 256 mb ram in it, is my best bet to get the exact same card from evga? What if I get the 512 mb ram version, will the extra ram...
  6. T

    Some ocing questions

    I understand cpu overclocking pretty well, what I'm wondering about is video card ocing. I've got a 6800 gt in NF4 lanparty with a athlon 3500+. I don't want to shell out for another 6800 until the prices drop some more and then I'll SLI it, so for now I want something free. I read some...
  7. T

    call of duty death causes slowdown

    I picked up call of duty to play on my computer, and it's humming right along nicely with most everything maxed out, until I die. Then when the game reloads, everything is slowed down and the fps is terrible. I have the latest version, anyone have any ideas? Thanks
  8. T

    diy fan filters

    I want to put some filters on my systems fans. I haven't seen a lot of debris in there yet, but I have a cat and it (the computer) may be on the floor, so I think I'm really going to want filters. What could I buy from home depot or craft stores to do this myself? Any ideas? Thanks...
  9. T

    what is a good rts turn based hybrid

    Are there any other games along those lines, where you either get turns and then watch the action or where it is real time but you can pause and give orders? I really liked close combat, and I'm about to try combat mission games. Also, whatever happened to the space flight sim/arcade games...
  10. T

    what is a good realtime/turn based hybrid game

    What it says above--I'm looking for a good realtime-turnbased war/strategy game similar to close combat (where you could pause and give orders) or combat mission series which I am going to try out. Sid Meier's gettysburg was also made along these lines. I only want to play the game one player...
  11. T

    where can i find car reviews/ratings

    I am looking to find a website or info on reliability ratings for pickup trucks made in the last 5 years or so as I am looking to get one most likely used. I would get a honda b/c i really like honda but they don't have any except the new expensive ridgeline one. I want something with numbers...
  12. T

    question about alien one

    I just rewatched alien, and I can't figure out why Ripley tries to stop the self destruct sequence at the end, and I remember not understanding that the first time I saw it either. I don't have the special ultra super edition if that matters. I know this movie isn't totally airtight, but I...
  13. T

    how can i verify my monitor is outputing 6500k

    I want to make sure my monitor is set to studio or tv colors, at 6500k and all that. It's not for me to use on the computer as much as it's because I want to use it to get a perfect white to calibrate my plasma tv with, since I'm trying to do that without buying anything expensive or paying...
  14. T

    can i mount my psu vertically?

    Wondering if I can mount my psu vertically to make room at the top of my case, will this work out ok assuming I get all the fans pointed properly and what not? Any reason psu's have to be horizontal? Thanks
  15. T

    just saw ai

    I just watched the movie AI, and I thought it was very, very good. I had read almost nothing about it, just seemed to remember that some people told me its reviews were so so. The funny thing is that the 20 minute tacked on ending was so obviously out of place and added by Spielberg, that I...
  16. T

    how can i tell if aluminum is anondized

    Well, actually I think I can tell pretty easily. The metal front of the thermaltake is anodized, it's all like hard and pretty looking, and the rest is just straight up aluminum. Don't raelly know about that though. I've been looking into painting this thing, and I'm wondering if I need to...
  17. T

    Edit: positive vs. negative pressure im confused

    I've been modding my case and I tead some threads about cooling and creating negative/positive pressure, and I'm a little confused, i haven't taken a science class in a real long time. First off, as I understand these terms, positive pressure means that the pressure in your case is greater than...
  18. T

    some ?'s about fans and modding my case

    Ok, first question is most important. For some reason I ordered 120 by 38 mm panaflos and ordered just the fans, with no screws or anything else (they do have wires and plugs). I think maybe I was supposed to buy some sort of thing that they are mounted on, like a bracket to hold them, is that...
  19. T

    anyone played sid meier's pirates?

    Wow, civ 4 looks totally amazing, they are fixing so many things that need fixing and getting rid of rioting!!! And that got me wondering if anybody's played sid meier's pirates and if it is a cool game. I've seen some good reviews of it, but I haven't heard much about it.
  20. T

    do the athlon 64 drivers to anything but add cool and quiet

    I haven't put them on, but I'm wondering if the Athlon 64 drivers (from their website) do anything besides add cool and quiet support.....if that's it then I'm not going to put them on. Thanks...
  21. T

    Did anyone see Dwyane Wade tonight?

    I dunno if anybody watched that Heat v. Pistons game, I watched most of the 2nd half. I figured after that first game that Wade would not do nearly as well against Detriot as he did in the last two playoff series', maybe get like 24 tonight....but he scored 20 in the 4th quarter, 40 in all! He...
  22. T

    what else do i need for internet security/maintenance

    I swear there's a security and maintenance thread somewhere around here, i feel like I've read it, but I can't find it. There's one about spyware and antivirus stuff, but it's what to do if your computer is already fvcked, not prevention. If anyone can link me to it, I'd appreciate it...
  23. T

    what are these thingies for

    These weird little black caliper thingies came with my lanparty and I'm wondering what the heck they are for. Calipesr is the wrong name, they are like black plastic and these metal parts, seems like you should be able to use them like tweezesr but you can't. They seem totally useless, and I...
  24. T

    How much sports do you watch? (poll)

    I watch a lot of sports, so I was curious about this, and if people who do computers really don't watch sports at all.
  25. T

    wo this thing is very loud

    I know that people already know this thing is loud, but I sort of assumed that people were just being anal about noise. But holy canoly I had no idea they would even make a fan THIS loud--I mean, what the heck good is pushing all that air if it sounds like that. It seriously is like a jet...
  26. T

    3d animation--where to start

    I want to use my pc I built for something other than games like 3d animation of some kind. I've got very little experience, the last thing I used was bryce in a hs class I took like 5 or 6 years ago. Yeah, I know, people really seem to hate bryce, but that's the only experience I've got, and I...
  27. T

    Any dolphins/nfl fans?

    I am curious what other people think about this. I didn't really hate ricky for leaving. The team was so pathetically bad that they would have won maybe 2 or 3 more games with his help, if that. I'm sure he saw that o-line and since he had run more than anybody in the league the last two...
  28. T

    what else can i do with my pc

    Can somebody suggest some things I could do with my pc besides games? Like video editing or 3d animation or something? I know of general topics like what I just mentioned but I have no clue where to start. Any ideas?
  29. T

    what should i use with ffdshow?

    I got ffdshow, and I'm totally lost and can't figure out how to make it work (by work i mean postprocssing dvds i play). I don't know hardly anything about playing video on my pc, and the stuff i find by searching assumes way too much prior knowledge (and is inconsistent, makes no sense at...
  30. T

    www.ffdshow.com

    Actually, there's not much else to say, but it cracked me up when I did this. You can't download ffdshow there I don't think.
  31. T

    pc out to plasma tv=horrible headache

    I, just for the heck of it, hooked my computer up to my 50 inch plasma (the panny phd507uy or whatever it's called). It looks pretty good, goes up to 1366 by 768, but looking at it, especially at text is giving me a headache? Why is this and is there anything I can do to fix it? Oh, refresh...
  32. T

    will using computer as dvd player look good

    I have 6800 gt, 3500+ athlon 64, and I'm wondering if I will be able to download some software (not sure what) and then run the video to my 50 inch plasma tv and get better dvd playback than my crappy toshiba sd 3960 dvd player. Just guess if it will work, if everyone says no then I won't haul...
  33. T

    what games are you guys playing

    Before I got world of warcraft, I was just playing hl2, and I haven't payed attention to the pc gaming world in a while. What are you guys playing right now that have great graphics? Throw out a title or two....
  34. T

    what dvd should i watch tonight?

    Just throw out a suggestion, maybe ill have it. Got new plasma tv so ive been watching more movies.
  35. T

    are fan specs reliable?

    I want to get new fans for my cpu heatsink and case, and I'm wondering if the specs on newegg are even reliable. I know from reading some threads that the sound stat is often fudged by the companies; is that also true with the air flow and rpm thing? If so, then that is poop. If the specs...
  36. T

    what is the difference between Ut and regular

    What is the difference between the UT (ultra?) msi lanparty sli board and the non UT one? The UT one is cheaper, which has got me very confused. I'm wondering which kind I should get or if it matters. Thanks!
  37. T

    Looking to upgrade cooling a bit

    Ok, I'm looking to upgrade cooling in my rig, but especially for my cpu (newcastle 3500+) so I can oc more. If you know of a big thread or faq for cooling, then please point me to it (I have looked, but this thing is huge) or answer a question or two. I figure the first thing would be a...
  38. T

    you know what is sweet about atomic clocks?

    Even if you go back in time, your atomic watch will automatically set itself correctly as soon as it gets the signal! God is that awesome or what? You go back in time...and your watch is STILL correct! With most clocks or electronics, if you go back in time on a time machine it's going to...
  39. T

    Switch to dfi lanparty sli from msi k8n sli?

    Originally I planned on doing not much Overclocking, so I didn't pay much attention to whether or not I got a good mobo for ocing. I ended up with the msi board b/c I got a good deal. It is fine, but once I got it I did become real interested in overclocking it, and it seems like it is not the...
  40. T

    How to get more voltage to cpu

    I don't think I need more at this point, but on my mobo (msi k8n sli), the max volts I can send to my newcastle cpu is 1.7. It seems like if I had a little better cooling, I would want more than that. Is that just plain silly, or is there a way to get more?