I quess it was the photos of all that impressive equipment.
Thanks for clarifying that.

I found it astonishing that a power hungry system running flat out was only drawing 180 watts as the SPCR test system did. Talking to my brother about this, he brought up an observation. He mentioned that the test systems were all hooked up to a regulated source of power. He wonders what affect that...

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll try and get XP sooner rather than later. But maybe I'll try and come up under ME first just to see what happens - an experiment - it'll only kill 30 minutes or so if it fails. I'll get back with the results.

Thanks for the advice. The current system: ABIT KR7A-133R AMD XP 1700+ 2X256mb Crucial PC2100 ATI 8500 64mb Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum ex Maxtor 40g 7200 Yamaha CD burner generic cd drive Teac floppy Linksys ethernet adapter The main upgrades: ABIT AV8 AMD 64 3000+ Depending on how much restraint...

I'm planning on upgrading my system which I built about 3 years ago (my one and only). I'm planning on sticking with the current HDD and OS (ME - I know, but I'll probably go to XP in the near future). My question is: since I'm keeping the hard drive, do I need to reinitialize it or can I just plug ...

There seems to be some misunderstanding, probably on my part, so let me attempt to clarify. The gentleman I talked to at Seasonic said that the 3 PSU's that got the 80 Plus verification were not versions available to the public. Even though they have the same model numbers, the ones that got verific...

Found this site about a week ago and now I'm addicted. Don't know of any other site that's all about running it cooler, quieter, and more efficiently. Anyhow, in checking out the reviews for a PSU for my next system, I came across the Seasonic 400/500/600HT's. Checked out the Plus 80 verification ar...