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They are good to use around the house for anything that needs 5 or 12V. I use one to power my RC battery chargers.

You MAY be able to get away with a Radeon 5670 or a Geforce GTS240 but I would still get a new PSU. Production line PC's are not renowned for there cooling capabilities either so don't plan on anything more than the above cards or you will introduce alot of heat to your little case. I learnt a...

Looks fine to me. ASRock have stepped up the quality over the years. I still would choose an ASUS or Gigabyte board though.

Since you haven't really given us a budget I will recommend the GTX480. This nuclear reactor on a card is the most powerful single GPU card out there and demonstrates just how powerful Fermi can be. Provide it with a well aired case, a high quality 600W PSU with at least 45 Amps on the 12v and...

90 degrees+ is pretty hot for that card. Whats your airflow in your case like? But to answer your question, Arctic Silver 5 is still a great thermal compound along with MX3 and Noctua NT-H1 Pro-Grade.

The second suggestion is to forget about synthetic benchmarks and focus on how the card performs in real life. Benchmarks scores will vary from system to system even if the systems are identical. Unless the score difference is say a 1000 or greater, then there may be a underlying driver, heat or...

Yeah that's true, but none I've come across work as well as Eeebuntu, at least for my Eee anyway. I've lost my interest in Mandriva lately plus the new CEO has kicked up a stink with alot of people plus the sacking of Adam Williamson has left a foul taste in the back of my throat. Perhaps I'll...

Yeah, he'd be running Xandros then I take it?

Hi everyone, I've had an EeePC 900 for a while now and was searching high and low for a distro that would work properly and I came across Eeebuntu. I was using Eeebuntu 1.0 for months and just recently Eeebuntu 2.0 based on Intrepid Ibex was released and I installed that. Windows didn't even...

Hasn't been THAT long has it?

Well OK then. At least the regulars are still around :)

I agree with everyone. Once you hear the clicking, it is certain death of your drive very soon. It's worth noting that, when you are tinkering with a failing HDD, please unplug any other drives that you don't need during the recovery process. I have experienced and read about many occasions when...

BB, This place has lots of specialty keyboards. Or you could get the Logitech diNovo Mini if your after something with a smaller footprint.

I've been back for a week and there has been like 20 new or replied to threads. There used to be 30 or so a day when I was a regular. Where is everyone?

All the above mentioned cards are great IF you are going to upgrade all the other systems components as well. A Pentium D just cannot unlock the potential of any of those cards. I feel something like a HD3850 would be more suitable. While yes, still a very fast card, it balances better with the...

Change the IDE ribbon for a new one. IDE ribbons are prone to failure after being bent back and forth too many times. Your ribbon might be as straight as me on a Friday night and there's the chance that one or more of the wires have severed or are close to being severed. After replacing the...

On board sound is usually disabled through BIOS. Make you follow the sound card's installation instructions to the T because some of them have very weird ways of doing things.

Could be Power supply or video card memory issues. Have you updated Crysis to the latest patch yet? Alot of people seem to be having random artifact problems with this game with no 100% method to cure it. With some it's fixed with a patch, sometimes it's a faulty video card and sometimes it goes...

How long is a piece of string? 802.11G has a theoretical indoor range of 38meters un-obstructed so, if your router has good antennae, you'll be able to go farther than 20 meters and still get at least 20% signal strength. There are so many variables that contribute to what sort of range you'll...

Yeah, I wouldn't mind posting news still. Process pretty much the same? I've gotta read a couple of thousand threads to catch up!