Will an XP mobile processor work in an old Socket-A board like a KT7a or even a newer board (nforce2, etc)? The voltage range seems to be available on most boards, and the benefits for cooling would be really top notch. Otherwise, I have an XP1800+ UT3C KIUHB proc sitting on the desk in front of me,...

They sell acrylic safety coating (plastic) in sheets. An 18x24 in sheet is ~$5. You can cut it with a saw, score it with a razor and make a clean break, or cut it with scissors when it is heated. You can also bend form it or vacuum form it. Just turn your oven to 325 and put the plastic that you wan...

Well, I went out to my local Home Depot and picked up a bunch of flexible tubing (dryer tubing, semi-rigid aluminum, plastic). It turns out that tubes are, in fact, very good at resonating :oops: . Also, as the interiors of flexible tubes are rarely smooth, they create some very turbulent flow. I ma...

I purchased a CNPS-6000Cu for my XP 1800+, and this review just confirms what I found. This heatsink/fan/bracket kit sounds too good to be true because it is . It seems to have all of the right ingredients (copper construction, plenty of mass, etc...), but it just does a pretty poor job of actually ...