Sweet setup, Morgana. I think I have the same Samsung family line, only mine is 42 inch.. or is it 39? We also have a 32 of the same Samsung in our bedroom.Think you love me now??
Here are some pics of my setup...my downstairs setup (no, not porn!)
well...this one isn't my A/V setup...but it's still cool...
Life is good!
Liquid Cooling is only required if you want to go WAY Overboard on your overclocking. The best Air Cooler out there right now is the ThermalRight True, and that will only run you around $45-$50. You can go up 30-40% with an air cooler.
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Well noise a lot of the time can be from the case itself, good silent cases are Antec but you can also go to your local car stereo shop and buy some Dynamat to stiffen up the cheap panels some cases have. As for dust accumulation you can also get cases that have mesh screens to help with that, but you still have to clean them out. Basically if you don't have dust then you don't have air flow which is worse then cleaning dust out. Another thing for noise is bigger fans, they tend to have slower speeds but move more air.
Noise is often the result of bad fans.
You should never use WD-40 for lubricating bearings, its a penetrating oil and a solvent, if anything it will make it wear out even faster. You are better off getting an eye dropper and some vegetable oil from the kitchen that or look for silicon base lubricating oil spray.
Good to know! Thanks!
Although extremely cool (in both sense of the word) and effective, if you don't overclock (or at least not by too much), liquid cooling is not required. Even extra fans are also not required. The default heatsink and air-cooled fan that comes with the core 2s are pretty sufficient. Just put it on top of your desk or somewhere to ensure it can get enough airflow.Liquid Cooling is only required if you want to go WAY Overboard on your overclocking. The best Air Cooler out there right now is the ThermalRight True, and that will only run you around $45-$50. You can go up 30-40% with an air cooler.
Some of the new M/B's with the x58 chipset are coming with built-in water cooling. Those will be good for some serious over-overclockage
). Trust me, they run ALOT hotter than the Intels, requiring turning up the cooling from the server farm's chillers. In fact, when I am in the server farm for too long and it gets really cold, I will run behind the AMD servers and use them as heaters.
I think blood banks have stopped buying blood...Awesome. Thanks for the links, Nok! Time to upgrade my n52te it seems.
I'm off to sell blood.. if they're still buyin'.
Actually I can run KR well on my rig and it's about 5-6 years old.
Very good choices on the core 2 duo and ram (fastest ddr2 out there. ddr3 is faster, but alot more expensive).
Whoops...don't want the post locked, have edited the orig post..... SOOO many ways that joke could go.... Something about free, or maybe something about discounts or...
Nah. I better not, lest I bring down the wrath of a Mod, if even the insinuation of said jokes hasn't already.
A really good board that won't break the bank is the Foxconn X38A.The mobo is the one thing you should not skimp on. It's a pain to swap
I strongly suggest AGAINST Dell. HP, Gateway, E-machine are all upgradeable with other bits and parts. Dells ARE NOT. My niece burnt a hole in her motherboard ... whole system went in the trash can after we opened it and realized you CANNOT just go get another one - stuff is "hardwired" and just flat not compatable. We could not even salvage the hard drive or memory out of it, both of which were perfectly good. I cannot say enough to not go this route for a gaming system that you may wish to upgrade along the way.
Done and Done. Now you have to edit the quote in the post stating what you edited in the quote.. Ok.. I think that makes sense.Pst...Coldren, could you kindly update the quoted part?
Yup, makes perfect sense to meDone and Done. Now you have to edit the quote in the post stating what you edited in the quote.. Ok.. I think that makes sense.
There will always be someone who has a bad experience with a vendor. If your niece's system was still under warranty, Dell would have sent someone to her house or place of business and fixed it for free.
You could use transmission fluid it is a lubricant, just with automotive oils you have to watch out for additives such as detergents and what not, personally I would rather take it all apart and use grease. But they are made to not be taken apart. If it gets really bad just replace the fan or the power supply. Only thing when replacing a fan on a power supply always make sure you unplug the computer then try turning it on a few times to discharge the capacitors.
Yeah...
Oh my friends blond ex gf knew about that also and poured it all over his car at night, well atleast that is the rumour. Either way his car did not look too good in the morning.Yeah...
...I learned this one back in college. I had an old Mazda RX-7...I loved that car...and it had a problem with using brake fluid. So I added some. But I stupidly took the cap off and put on the top of the car. This left a really nice ring with no paint on the top of my car!!
I am not even a blond!!!
That's like 10 kinds of wrong!
LOL I guess, unless you know what he did. But that is another story and not for people on a message board.
As stated, KVM switch might be useful. They can be set up to use the same monitor, keyboard and mouse for multiple computers. If you already have 2 monitors, I believe you could only attach the mouse and keyboard to the KVM switch. On the couple that I have used, you would hit scroll lock twice, I believe, to switch control from one computer to the next.
Just some comments about the Windows 64 bit. You trade compatibility for maximum security. Luckily it seems you know some stuff about computers, but for those that don't it is a sticky proposition.iv posted this on a few sites since most people know me alot of places...
wanting to upgrade my gaming pc, figured this is good as place as any to ask what peeps think is the best..
so far this is what im thinking of getting.. well its where i am starting out..
900-GE2 Intel Gaming Computer - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4GB DDR2-667, 500GB SATA II, NVIDIA 610i Chipset Mobo, DVDRW , 420W, Vista Home Premium (64-bit)
again this is just roundabouts..
if someone was gonna build one right now, what would ya have in it top to bottom?
i dont wanna spend over a grand but iono could spend more..what does everyone recommend? is there a elite but lower priced 1 GB video card out there? quad or dual core? hows vista never had it? any ideas would be appreciated.
thanks
sixer
oh ya these cases are pretty kool too.. im speaking of putting it in one of these cases unless i find something better..
Actually IOGear makes one where you can share 2 monitors... http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS1744/
None of the MCSE test have anything to do with building desktop computers.I don't know if I should be flattered or insulted.
I am a network admin IRL...so yeah, I know what I am talking about. I guess I did "read it somewhere" when I was studying for my MCSE exams
But no, I built my machine myself.
Really? And what security is that? 64 bit is far and away more secure than 32 bit.
I know! Right?
That's true.
Yeah, I would say 'networks and such' considering that 4 of the test are specifically on networking. Design, implementation and architecture.
64-bit Windows makes no difference in terms of security over 32-bit Windows. It does make a difference when building your own system (as compared to buying a prebuilt system) since you will need to make sure your Motherboard, Audio, Video, NIC, etc. all have 64-bit drivers. Not to worry though; I haven't run into any newer devices that didn't include the 64-bit driver in at least 2 years now.
Yeah, I ended up buying the 2 port version.
Yep.
"One reason Windows and applications such as Internet Explorer are the target of more attacks is because for the attacker, they present a much larger attack surface than operating systems and applications that have a much lower market share. Although “security through obscurity” is held in disdain by most security pundits, it does work to the extent that more obscure targets attract statistically fewer attacks. Because 64 bit Windows is much less commonly deployed at this time than its 32 bit cousins, few malware authors have turned their attention to it. Of course, this advantage will fade as the 64 bit operating systems become more widely adopted."
Right, I agree. A few good points as far as the memory and in terms of PC games. I guess my main point is that some people...NOT all of course, like to do what a neighbor of mine said.
As long as the manufacturer of your hardware submits their drivers for validation, and they pass, the device...and the driver by default...are added to the DCL. So you shouldn't have problems...if you know your hardware was certified and that the driver is as well.
