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18. April 2010 @ 00:50 |
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Originally posted by cincyrob:
Originally posted by FredBun:
Mr green, maybe a little help, I'm from near the Philly area, I have mailed some DVD's to Russ in California in the past, they cost around $1.70, just make sure you specify it's an educational CD to a family member, also if you are sending something near the size of a book or books say it's an educational book to a family member, a trick I was tought by friends I had in the post office, you would not believe the savings, it works everytime.
i sent 100 verbs to Russ for 100 TY's via UPS. i cost me $16.70 to send to cali. and it only weighed 5lbs. now ive sent things to GM the same way UPS and the max it cost was $7 and that was for 7 lbs.????its a cali conspiracy. lmao. tbh i didnt even think about how much it cost to ship them to russ as i was just wanting the TY's instead of verbs..lol goes to show people pay just about anything to get what they want...lol
Rob,
It's not a Cali conspiracy at all. UPS costs have risen quite a bit in the last few months. It cost me $14.34 to send you those DVDs, regular UPS. Someone (who shall remain nameless) suggested throwing them away, that it cost more to ship them than they were worth. I don't look at it that way. You got what you wanted and so did I, for less than placing a new order. I'm happy, and I'm pretty sure you are too!
All these shipping companies are all adding surcharges, for some of the silliest things they can think of. Same with the companies that sell them. I was looking for an AC adapter for an older Toshiba Laptop for Will. Came across one for $9.99. By the time the added the Handling Charge, Insurance charge, and everything else you could add, it came to around $27! LOL!!
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18. April 2010 @ 01:30 |
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Ha ha! My 750W Corsair is all hooked up :) And as you'd guess, I'm happy as a fly in $h!T. LOL! Speedfan just loaded highly rapidly. Much faster than it normally loads. I'd say at least 3X as fast. I don't know if all ailments have disappeared, but I'll definitely be vigilant! The Velociraptor has a dedicated Sata power connection, all 7200RPm drives have proper connections, all Optical drives have proper Molex or sata connections. And every sata device has a Gigabyte yellow sata cable :D The only oddball in the case, was a red cable going to my Blu-Ray drive. I replaced it for logical reasons ;)
The power supply is no louder than the 550W. I've honestly never noted the sounds that a PSU can or do put out. Every OTHER fan puts out MORE noise than the PSU. My front HAF932 fan for instance is the most noticeable to me. And then the CPU fan.
I decided to leave the Tuniq towers stock fan in its rightful place. Its not incredibly loud, and it is proper ;)
And as you can see, the 750W is a monster compared to the 550W :D Much more notably then I would have thought.
I find it strange, that Sata power connections require coiling in this fashion. Its almost as though either they designed them using a mirror, or my PSU passed through a Quantum Singularity LOL! My PSU is from an alternate universe LOL! Nah, every PSU i've had has the same design...
And here is my finished work. Cables are slightly messy, but not too bad...
Ok...perhaps it is rather messy! LOL!!!
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18. April 2010 @ 02:29 |
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Oman7,
Strange that the power connectors for the Sata drives appears to be upside down, which is why the need for the loop. My Cooler master has it's Sata power connectors all pointed in the right direction. For the life of me I can't understand why yours are upside down, since I've never seen a Sata anything that had the notch of the little "Ls" pointing up. Strange!
The AC Adapter for the Toshiba Laptop came today, and it just has a broken screen and needs a memory upgrade to 2GB, so now I can order my 955BE! Yay! :) The 630 is going in Oxi-II, so there will be 2 Quads in the house! LOL!!
Happy Computering :0),
Russ
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18. April 2010 @ 02:36 |
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they arnt upside down, its that he is goign from bottom to top rather than the de facto standard top to bottom, with the wiring. if the PSU was installed top of the case they wouldnt be upside down.
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18. April 2010 @ 03:15 |
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Originally posted by shaffaaf:
they arnt upside down, its that he is goign from bottom to top rather than the de facto standard top to bottom, with the wiring. if the PSU was installed top of the case they wouldnt be upside down.
LOL! I can be such a fool sometimes. Thanks for pointing that out :)
Creaky, I'm face-palming right now LOL!!!
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18. April 2010 @ 03:44 |
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Originally posted by shaffaaf:
they arnt upside down, its that he is goign from bottom to top rather than the de facto standard top to bottom, with the wiring. if the PSU was installed top of the case they wouldnt be upside down.
Shaff,
What do they teach you guys in College these days? ROFL!! Mine are plugged in exactly the same way, with the end Sata Power Plug at the top. No Loops! It wouldn't matter whether his PSU is top or bottom, as long as the wires were long enough. His will still only be straight, without the loops if you put the end plug in the bottom one. Turning the plug doesn't matter. In fact, the mistakes are the lower 2 being upside down, not the single one, because the loop continues to the next one because each plug wire goes from bottom to top in each of the lower plugs!! One of those simple things that Engineers sometimes fail to spot! It's just so simple a thing, no one notices! I've seen, and had to fix, far worse!
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Russ
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18. April 2010 @ 06:49 |
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Omega: Never watched any of the original series, but I'm quite a big fan of the modern Star Trek series, would love to see them in HD as I'm an HD fanatic. However, it's not likely because TNG, DS9 and VOY were shot for the live action on 35mm film, easily converted to HD. However, the special effects were overlayed digitally onto 480i broadcast. The only way you could make the series high def would be to re-render all the special effects. They've done it with the original series because the original series' special effects are so outdated and basic, but for all 21 series of the modern era stuff, that's a monumental effort, I doubt they'll bother :(
As for the PSU, neither the 550VX or 750HX are among the quieter Corsair models so they probably are quite similar. Comparing the 750HX to the 450VX or 520HX you'd probably notice quite a bit of difference, depending on the noise of the rest of the system.
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18. April 2010 @ 07:45 |
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Omega: Never watched any of the original series, but I'm quite a big fan of the modern Star Trek series, would love to see them in HD as I'm an HD fanatic. However, it's not likely because TNG, DS9 and VOY were shot for the live action on 35mm film, easily converted to HD. However, the special effects were overlayed digitally onto 480i broadcast. The only way you could make the series high def would be to re-render all the special effects. They've done it with the original series because the original series' special effects are so outdated and basic, but for all 21 series of the modern era stuff, that's a monumental effort, I doubt they'll bother :(
Never was a fan of Star Trek. I like certain story arcs, but the fiction is too... sterile for me. There's no hardship, main characters RARELY die and even then sometimes not even permanently, and there's no driving motivation to the plot. "Oh no, we're exploring!"
On the converse I LOVED LOVED LOVED the re-imagined(new) Battlestar Galactica!!! Have watched the entire series start to finish several times and I am absolutely enthralled. Luckily the series is very modern so there are already Blu-Rays out! I own the entire series in the DVD box set and am currently "in the process" of acquiring the HD version :D
I mean, wow they use nukes in nearly every battle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS_sAxukU2M&feature=related
Of course I am watching equally for the action and the fiction, so maybe not a "true" Sci-Fi geek's cup of tea. But TBH Star Wars pwns both so badly it's not even funny :P
Also am a huge fan of HD video as well. Nothing quite beats watching a good 1080p rip with 1:1 pixel mapping :)
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18. April 2010 @ 11:28 |
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omegaman7...I think U need a larger CPU Cooler
I've never seen anything like that what is it
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18. April 2010 @ 11:40 |
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BSG was often good for violence (better than ST, no question) but I hear people moan a lot about the storyline. The writing in Star Trek is really what keeps me there, not the ultimately still cheesy SciFi effects. :P
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18. April 2010 @ 11:42 |
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I would like 2 C a new series on The Hulk, with a no budget 4 CGI
Would be very interesting to see it start where the movie left off
Of course theirs no chance in hell of that happening
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18. April 2010 @ 12:26 |
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BSG was often good for violence (better than ST, no question) but I hear people moan a lot about the storyline.
I found the story riveting and I was glued to my seat for several hours a night for weeks. Really should give the first episode a watch and tell me what you personally think. The series actually has excellent writing and a deep, meaningful story.
Violence, well that's a given. I'm a fan of large scale battles :P
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The writing in Star Trek is really what keeps me there, not the ultimately still cheesy SciFi effects. :P
I think Star Trek is an excellent series, and I'll watch it if it happens to be on. But it's not my favorite Sci-Fi fiction :P
Anyhoo to get it back on topic I finally have my HTPC build together. And will probably be ordering my second 5850 sometime this week.
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18. April 2010 @ 12:32 |
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Been meaning to for a while, will probably do so once I'm done with all of DS9 and Voyager. I have another 72 episodes to go in the former and another 123 episodes of the latter.
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18. April 2010 @ 14:42 |
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18. April 2010 @ 14:43 |
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I'm gonna look at power adapters really differently now. With contention :p Every one of my devices has a proper connection now. I'm experiencing zero lag. My hard drives are behaving exactly as they should. It was not a windows issue. I will still however remain skeptical. For when I think all is well, that's when $h!t hits the fan ;)
Wow sam, you got some serious catching up to do :p I was laughing my butt off yesterday watching voyager episodes. I forgot how excellent it was. Can't believe there aren't more fans. Looks like if I wanted to, I could back up a single episode on a CD, and have the video quality look agreeable for standard definition :D Certainly better than basic satellite stations ;)
Eh, its pretty rob. But I like having my side intake fan :p
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18. April 2010 @ 14:43 |
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Yours looks better, imo. Could never stand CM's custom paint jobs.
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18. April 2010 @ 15:38 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Yours looks better, imo. Could never stand CM's custom paint jobs.
Agreed Sammy... plus the fact that he did the custom work himself.. more PRIDE if you ask me. :)
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19. April 2010 @ 03:16 |
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Well, since this is the build Thread, I'm in the home stretch! LOL!! I ordered the Phenom II 955BE/C3, the 68 CFM, 1200 RPM Scythe and the memory for a laptop laptop I'm repairing, today. My current Athlon2 x4 630 Quad is going in Oxi, and the 955BE will replace it. I also have a 700W PSU coming for mine, as well! Did I say I was having Fun! :0)
Keep on Clockin,
Russ
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19. April 2010 @ 03:32 |
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Rock on Russ! Good luck with the 955!
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19. April 2010 @ 03:41 |
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Thanks, I'm looking forward to it Jeff, I'm very much looking forward to it! I had planned this route since I first built it, but I didn't think it would be quite this soon! :0)!
Clock on,
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19. April 2010 @ 03:53 |
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I may be RMA'ing either a V-raptor or a MOBO here soon. Depends on how a fresh install of windows goes. The curious lag I've been experiencing remains. I thought the PSU upgrade fixed it. That was a premature assumption. I sure hope the Mobo is fine. I don't like the thought that that could be it. I shudder...
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19. April 2010 @ 05:35 |
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Try a linux live cd instead of yet another Windows install. Just boot up a linux live cd, it'll autodetect your internet settings, and just surf for half hour or so, if nothing else it might pinpoint Windows as the culprit (or more likely something installed in Windows).
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19. April 2010 @ 06:07 |
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Seven hundred watts?
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19. April 2010 @ 07:46 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Seven hundred watts?
Sam,
I bought it from Oman7. I couldn't pass on it for the price, as it's a much higher rated PSU than the Cooler Master, with more bells and whistles, and it won't ever be very stressed. :0) Why? Is it a bad idea?
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19. April 2010 @ 07:54 |
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If second hand, makes a little more sense, but I don't see why your existing PSU would be insufficient. It would only be silly if you bought it new.
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