Tek-Almighty

True that... I've had bad WD drives too, and for a while that's all I used. I laid my opinion on the table about the brand I thought was best for performance/price/capacity. I have a work buddy that uses Seagate exclusively and says their 250 is the best thing since sliced bread. One comment I would make however, is that all this talk about the SATAII (3.0 G interface) and true NCQ is not really relevent. Here's why: 1) Processors, northbridge chipsets, and desktop PCs in general CANNOT saturate that 3G interface...they just cannot put enough data through them...proof of this is in that a linear data read speed (as much data at one time as a system can handle) a true SATAII 3G drive was outperformed by SATAI What really matters is head read rates and the density of the platters. 2) NCQ has proven itself to be a performance gain in SERVER environments only to this point...usually in a RAID 5 or RAID 1. That is where you have multiple operations (requests for data reading and writing) being done and ordered by the logic board on the drive so as to make getting the data a efficient as possible with regards to the data position on the platters. In a gaming environment (unless you are multitasking while playing games with a dualc-core) NCQ will not help at all, until developers take advantage of that ability...Since we are just seeing desktop level drives with that capability (last 1.5 years) developers have not done that...hence NO GAIN from NCQ at this time.

Title says most of it... I've never been a big user of TeamSpeak (only once for MMORPG). Can someone clue me in as to how to use it please? Thanks in advance.

I disagree... If you are running single drive (which I think is mistake...) you should run the Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB In most of the benchmarks I've read, this thing kicks all kinds of backside. In addition, it has a great warrantee. If you don't have the $bucks$, then go with the 250GB version. I've tried all kinds, but WD drives have been my favorite.

We will soon become are a fascist state. Fear will change the minds of the oppressed into compliant little balls of mush. Fear terror... Fear anything different... Fear common sense... Trust US. The ninjas are not real. The pirates are not real. Fear is not real. *ahhhhhhhhh the whole world collapses*

That guy needs to cut his hair and look less like Peter Pan...or Keanu Reaves...I don't remember which.

I'll tell you what it is... cold porcelain, hot cat, cozy spot...? or maybe it is the soap. I had a cat that used to get in our tub and our sink and lick the soap. weird.

...with gruel? mmm... pancakes, bunny bacon, and gruel.

Yeah... I owned a cherry, Impala SS from back in the day...did a lot of work on it. The only time I've ever cursed a storm all the way home was the one that followed me there, pelting me with hail all the way. The worst part is, I couldn't decide if it was better to drive faster to outrun the storm (possible increasing the velocity with which any hail would hit my car...) or to drive more slowly. I opted for fast. I live on the Mississippi..and those storms went just north and just south of us... Tornado sirens all night long.

Just two days ago, some lady sold a positive pregnancy test on Ebay... for coercive purposes....

I would love to do "stuff on my dog." I've tried, but he just eats everything. The closest I've come is putting a bow from a wedding present on him... Bowed!

Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'? Lawrence: No. No, man. poop, no, man. I believe you'd get your donkey kicked sayin' something like that, man. mmmmmmmmmmmm...O.S. /edit what the heck...we can't even curse in the name of fine films!? the outrage!

Yeah, after that memory loss sets in and you can't even remember the fun... Boot and Rally!

Went to alcatraz as kid...that don't count duz it???

When I was younger, I wrote a very controversial kid's book "Strangers have the BEST candy!"

I've always wanted to travel to Canadia, but I hear it is full of commies... ...and syrup ...and moose ...and flannel...

HMmmm Two Teks... like an alternate universe. I started using the name Tekmet when I began playing the MMORPG "Monarchy" (which became evernight) back in 1999... so...just to stymie any confusion. We are not the same...

Apparently it is going to be displayed for all times... Did they stuff it?...I would have encased in wax... odd check the article HERE.

Is that Freddy Mercury???

Only advice I could give: 1) Run your two video cards on separate 12V rails from your power supply... DO NOT share rails with other vid card 2) The heatsink/fan combo that I've found really cools the AMD's is the Zalman CNPS 7700-cu (http://www.xoxide.com/zalman-7700-cu-cpu-cooler.html) That nice big fan will keep your northbridge and mosfets cool too. I have a XP90 as well, and like the CNPS 7700 better.

Don't get me wrong...i'm def. no expert, only been building for 3 years or so...but If you try to run 3 x 1GB sticks of ram, your bios will default to running them in single channel mode, not dual channel. Windows XP cannot recognize more than 2 GB of ram...I suppose that is flaw never fixed cuz microsoft must have thought "who needs that much ram???" Take out 1 stick of ram...make sure on the motherboard, both sticks you have left are in the same colored ram slots...(usually blue and purple or white and blue) Your stickes should be in two matching ram slots (i.e. blue and blue or purple and purple etc...). In your bios (hit the delete key several times while your system POSTS to get to bios screen), make sure your memory is set to run in dual channel mode. With only 2 sticks of 1GB ram this will make things faster. If you do try to run 3 sticks, your system defaults to single channel AND it still only uses 2 GB of memory...which is a waste. Check this pic out http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/...r_1888_11483370 In this case you would have to put both sticks in either the black slots or the blue slots. Then set BIOS to "Dual Channel." Hope that helps...sorry if confusing... If you PM me, I can post some pics of my rig running 2 x 1GB sticks.

teh heh heh heh heh heh heh...

Holy cow...let's see currently: 1 fat-tailed gecko 2 green anoles 1 green tree frog 1 north american toad 1 fire-bellied toad 2 common snapping turtles 2 red-eared sliders 8 koi 1 ball python 1 red-tailed boa 2 chilean rosehair tarantulas 1 dog (lab, wolf, malamute mix) Are there any cakes to take...? That is current list... "Once possessed list" includes: red-tailed boa mexican hog-nosed snake 10ft burmese python tokay geckos veiled chameleon Jackon's chaeleon black rat snake W. fox snake 3 rats 2 mice 6 green and black poison arrow frogs 2 red-eyed tree frogs 6 house geckos 2 harlequin frogs snapping turtle 2 grey tree frogs tokay gecko basilisk lizard tiger salamander corn snake 3 fire-bellied toads E. box turtle leopard tortoise calico cat E. brown bat 2 chinese praying manti inummerable fish fire belly newt and so on... I think this is why I got a dog, settled down, and started to play UT2K4...

heh the cops were there earlier...i think that is his "handcuffed" pose.

That FX-60 is nice... Falcon NW overclocked that cpu to 2.86 ghz...which is pretty dang fast. Of course, it was liquid-cooled.

Shoot, I don't care if thread is year old...I'd never posted, so I thought I'd give it a shot (pun?). Anyways, I did think of one mixed drink we used to make in college to get the party rollin' It's called Black Dahlia; the ingredients are cheap, but tasty: 5-6 oz. of lemon juice 2 liter bottle lemon/lime soda blue, red, green food coloring 1 bottle bacardi 151 dry ice mix all ingredients in large bottle or punch bowl, add food coloring until it is inky black. pour over dry ice to keep super cold... enjoy.