As you suspected it was an outlet/power strip grounding issue. I'm not sure why it didn't manifest itself in my old system but there is no doubt the problem is gone. On a side note - I sent an email to Seasonic's US tech support late Sunday afternoon. I received an email back at 12:30am Monday telli...

Grounded (supposedly) outlet. Voltage was ~35v AC. I'll test the outlet to be sure but I wasn't getting shocked by the previous system plugged into the same outlet.

RMAing it to be on the safe side. Will test for proper grounding when I get back in town.

Do you get shocked handling just the PSU when it's plugged in? :S We use Seasonic X-560s and haven't had any such issues... No, but I have determined why. The black paint on the PSU appears to be non conductive, for obvious reasons. Using a multimeter I am able to see no voltage when contacting the...

I've been building my SB machine and having a problem with shorting out. I was actually getting shocked by the case, which is fairly unusual. After rebuilding the machine from top to bottom three times trying to find the problem I realized that even with everything out of the case except the power s...

I'm planning a system based on a Z68 based mini-ITX motherboard. I'm looking for something that matches these criteria: 1) Large enough to support a quiet cooler capable of keeping a i7-2600k @ 4.8Ghz 24x7 2) No wasted space for thing like discrete video cards, optical drives, 3.5in HDDs, etc... Tha...

I finally got my FT03. The case was damaged so I had to send it back but I took a few hours and built the system to test the mechanics of it. The item that became obvious right away was that with the HR-02 the middle fan in the case had to be removed. In my build this will not be a problem as I was ...

Well after a week of staring at a pile of parts, sans the case, my FT03 finally arrived today... damaged :-( One of the corners on the bottom was bent over at the foot making it a 3 footed case instead of 4. I'm pretty bummed. So I have to return it to Amazon for a replacement which looks like it's ...

Hmm... I didn't notice this in the SPCR review but I'll certainly loo out for it when my case comes.

what is the reason of subpar thermal performance? How come it be cooler in a horizontal position, if the laws of physics - convection - would suggest the opposite? I don't like to be too critical of the SPCR reviews as the testing is good, and we cannot expect every configuration to be tested. Howe...

I'm running 1920x1080. My current machine (C2-6600 with a GTX260) performce great for the applications/games I use. In fact if it wasn't for the noise and the fact that my sons compter died I would just keep what I have. I thought about going with the 2500K. I always built my past machines with OC c...

I have wanted to built a silent PC for some time. It is mainly used for MMO gaming and general purpose apps so I didn't need a monster of a rig and I don't intend to overclock anything. I hate noise with a passion so I was focused more on noise reduction that heat. I might have been a little to ambi...

I've used ASUS board several times over the years for general builds. I used to have a favorable opinion of them. BUt my last build ruined that opinion. I bought the board based on the ASUS listed specs of memory density. I can't remember what I was looking for because it was 3 years ago but the gis...

I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to get at, but as long as you have WDDM 1.1 drivers for each of your video cards it would work fine. Each card would be responsible for the monitor(s) connected to it. If you ran a 3D app on the monitor connected to the integrated Intel video you would get l...

I'm looking out 60 days to my new build and one of the decision points I'm stuck on is P67 vs H67 chipset. As far as I can tell it comes down to FDI support, which means on an H67 based MB I could have DVI/HDMI right on the board. To me this opens up a number of possibilities, such as driving dual m...

BEWARE! Most consumer class motherboards have Marvel NICs on the MB, which are NOT supported by ESXi (or ESX for that matter). CPU is pretty much irrelevant simply because you need at 64-bit enabled CPU with VT to run ESXi 4.x. THe motherboard is far more important. Make sure you know the exact chip...

My motherboard just died in my trusty Core Duo machine I have had since 2007. Time for a new machine! Noise is my #1 concern. Heat is a close second. I run the machine in my home office. I have a number of other machines in the room and when I'm on conference calls I need to limit ambient noise. The...