toms hardware has a good artical about power consumption. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-radeon-power,2122-6.html It shows 2x4850(512 MB) = 216W It should be safe to assume your 2 Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 1GB PCI express 2.0 gfx cards ~ 260W E8500 = 65W ASUS P5E Deluxe = 30W 4 gigs of r...

Long as you dont need more than 1 HDD and 1 optical drive. The NSK3480 is a great case. Good airflow, and a seperated thermal region for the PSU so the PSU fan doesnt ramp up under load.

If you need more space than that, id go with the Solo.

i spray mine down with a hose, then wipe dry with a towel. then vacume it out with the connector that has all the little brissles. Lastly i'll do a visual check of all nooks just to be certain i didnt miss anything.

Just make sure its completely dry before you put things back in it.

My reading of the situation is that there has to be cache *somewhere*. It can be on the drives. and/or it can be on a proper RAID controller as you have. In principle the OS could use main memory for a write-back cache and reorder the writes. Only when there's no decent-sized cache in the chain doe...

want to know if your SSD will studder before you buy it? its easy, does it have onboard cache? If its an MLC drive with no cache, theres a good chance it will. If it does it likely wont have any issues. The cache sequences random writes so that it doesnt slow down when written to the MLC drive itsel...

I never have been able to succesfully upgrade a motherboard in a system without doing a fresh install of the operating system. I got it to work (sort of) once, but it had many issues and i ultimately had to format and reinstall to fix it. Its just not a good idea. back up your data, upgrade your har...

The availability of low-cost 2.5-inch HDDs is expected to have a negative impact on the promotion of SSDs by companies such as Samsung Electronics, Toshiba and Intel, the sources analyzed. http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081216PD200.html Competition will help force SSD prices lower quicker. It may...

the built in remote desktop works well for me. plus it comes free with the OS.

tehcrazybob wrote:I really feel sorry for the engineers at ThermalTake.

Engineers at TT are called Corperate Spy's to the rest of the world. They dont design any of their own stuff. Just copy other peoples' work.

mail in rebates are hit or miss.

some companies wont actually send you your rebate until you call them and complain that you didnt recieve it yet.

Mention is made of the inability to use these as a boot drive "for now". Will be interesting to see if the forthcoming consumer version can be used as a boot device. Since the price is $3000 for 80 GB, who cares? Of course it can be fixed Who cares about capacity in here? How much does your OS take...

stopped buying seagate drives like 5 years ago. They havnt been producing quiet drives since the baracuda IV.

WD and Samsung are the kings of mass storage right now. And Samsung has a huge leap over WD in their SSD production.

get a case without a window. close your case. There they match. At some point you grow up and realize bragging to your friends about the inside of your computer is a bit childish. It says more about your character flaws than anything else. Like overcompensation for lackings in other area's. (i alway...

i prefer S-Flex for the FDB and thus longer lifespan. But both are equally quiet and perform about the same. If you already have slipstream i wouldnt waist money replacing them with S-Flex's.

adapters to use large fans on smaller vents dont work. they end up creating more noise than what you gain from using a larger/slower fan. The only time i could see an adapter helping is if using a 120mm to 200mm adapter to use a 120mm fan on a 200mm fan mount. Like say you need to replace your 200mm...

Why would i wish to fill the entire screen with a solid color? While this may show you changes in color, its never going to happen in real life. So whats the point? Maybe not a solid color but if an image you whish to edit or correct changes color from top to bottom its not a good enough pannel for...

There are small glimmerings of hope here and there, but overall i think the trend is still moving towards more power. It may have slowed down a bit, or plataued, but i dont really see the big picture trending towards lower power usage yet. The PC industry can't be summed up by pointing to a single ...

No version of the HFX Micro fits a full height expansion card. The mini doesn't either, only the full size original HFX. Uh, yes it does: http://www.nordichardware.com/news,5888.html http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x75eh5_k1-tipps-tricks-61-meedios-media-ce_news/video/x3tq9e_luxurious-hfx-micro-...

godbreath wrote:anyways, if you havnt read, I bought the dell ultrasharp, however, the color is way off. Which calibration software do you guys recommend?

i use the software that came with my viewsonic monitor. worked well for me.

idunno about other companies. i have always bought viewsonic.

nothing else really effects silence. so really a pretty slow year. hopefully 2009 picks it up a bit but i doubt it by the looks of this global recession were in. That's a narrow view, imo. The accelerating trend to lower power PCs and components is huge and it will impact more PC users for noise re...

I really dont know why they sent you the crappy version of this case to review. The stock version of this case is amazing. They sent us one of 2 systems they sell. It was not a case review, but a system review. You should review the original HFX Micro case. The one with a full hight expansion slot ...

Hi, This is getting off-topic, but: the power company only produces as much power as needed. So, if everyone turned off everything, then they stop producing power. They never just produce power for the heck of it -- all the power they produced gets used, essentially. To put it another way, if they ...

worst president in history. this is what happens when you elect a retard to be president. STOP VOTING FOR RETARDS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE CHARISMATIC!!! gore may have been a tree huggin hippie, and kerry may have been a hanoi-hilton/fonda supporter, but at least they were both smart enough to actually...

alleycat wrote:Are any of the in-car units suitable for walking?

Mine has multiple "modes". one is walking, one is for riding a bycicle.

Though i've never had a problem with walking around with it in vehicle mode, long as i was walking down a street.

... Not as weird as celebrating a solstice or equinox on the wrong day. The winter solstace celebration used to be a week long event. Its not "on the wrong day", its merely a specified day within the week long event. They wouldnt be able to claim its the birthday of christ if it was numerous days. ...

Garmin Nuvi 250w. I got mine, refurbished, for $125 w/ shipping. Though i cannot see anything with the package or unit that would suggest it was not brand new. I read a comparison of garmin vs tomtom vs magelin. Garmin was always the fastest of the three, and always put your destination on the right...

Idunno about your monitor, but mine accepts a video signal as input and then OUTPUTS a picture on the screen. Monitors are an output device. An example of an input device would be a keyboard. You do not input anything with a monitor, except maybe if you have a touchscreen. With regards to the compu...

What is definitely not opinion, is that running chips hotter shortens their lifetime. a very subjective terminology. For all we know, running a specific video card at 100c could shorten its lifespan from 10 years to 8 years. Both of which is likely to be more than enough for anyone. A rule of thumb...

Your system is likely right around 400w at load.

Id go with Enermax Modu82+ 625w PSU if you dont want to spend too much money.

Though an Antec Signiture 850w would likely be the quietest option, if you have $260 to spend on it.

If your not using expansion slots you can power the thing with a pico-psu and external brick. Yeah, but if you already have a ATX power supply--that will be cheaper. wow, narcisistic much? the whole world does not revolve around you. i was talking to the OP. i'll quote your text when im speaking to...