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The G92 based 8800GT cards will outperform the "old" 8800GTS (the 320 and 640MB versions) in most cases. There's the new G92 based GTS cards as well (512MB, 1GB), but the extra performance compared to the price might not make it worthwhile. I get about 5000 for each of the graphics test scores in 3DMark06 with stock speeds on my 8800GT, and it cost about $100 less than the GTS variant.

I was messing around with Samurize some more, and found a great RSS reader plugin called saRSS. I want to add a bit more to my current setup, but it's 3AM. Here's a sneak peek at what I've got so far. 3360x1050 - 1MB I'm also planning on setting up some Samurize server configs so that I can monitor my file server's status... Samurize rules.

Of the products on the pages you listed, this one would be my top pick. It's more expensive than the one you were looking at, but much better otherwise. http://www.hgspot.ba/product.php?productid...0701&page=1

I wouldn't recommend this cooler if you want to do any serious overclocking. It's actually a pretty outdated cooler, and I doubt you'd get much better performance than you would from the stock cooler. Could you give us a list of other coolers that are available to you?

The 7500 is an alright cooler, but there are plenty others out there that do a much better job. The Scythe Ninja or Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme would be much better choices.

And what exactly do you mean by that? People always complain about bloat, but they never bother to take a second and look at what they're getting. Vista offers lots of features that simply don't exist in XP, and third-party replacements just don't cut it. gamehead suggested I use Google Desktop for XP, but I've found that it's slow and tends to be one of those get-into-everything softwares.

Moved to correct forum.

The title is changable within your user profile, by the way. I think that there might be a minimum post requirement to do so, but afterwards, you can change it from "Newbie" to just about anything you like (as long as it's appropriate).

Tomato is built on top of the Thibor codebase (Thibor and tofu merged a while back), but it includes a nice AJAX interface that actually works (unlike some AJAX sites I've seen) as well as many bugfixes on top of Thibor.

Yet another vote for Tomato. I was the one who convinced jcarle and Tarun to make the switch.

I like punto's parts list, but I'd make a few substitutions if it were my system: 1) I'd pick up a Pioneer DVR-212D in place of the Lite-On drive. I've installed several of them in various systems, and they're rock solid stable. The difference between 18x and 20x burning speed is rediculous, and if you want a quality burn, you shouldn't be burning faster than 8x anyways. 2) The Scythe Ninja is a much better heatsink than the CM Hyper 212. It can cool just as well with a much slower fan - meaning your computer will run quiter. 3) Get the Corsair VX450 PSU. It'll be a little bit more expensive than the Thermaltake, but the PSU is one component that you don't want to skimp out on, and Corsair PSUs are very high quality (i.e. worth every penny). 4) If you want to edit video, I'd suggest a video card from the ATI X1000 lineup. They've got built-in hardware encoders, making your video production much faster than without it. You can still find a good X1300 or X1400 for not too expensive. 5) Buy your parts from NewEgg. They generally have better prices and customer support than TigerDirect.

These issues come about because people would often tailor their websites to the broken way that IE6 handled web code. IE7 does a much better job of rendering websites, so if something doesn't work, it's the web-coder's fault, not Microsoft's. The styling and program layout "fits" better with Vista than XP, but that's no reason to reject them from use in XP. I couldn't imagine running any XP system with WMP10 or IE6... it's a step backwards in terms of functionality and security.

Actually, my explaination sums it up perfectly. MSFN does not have the right to redistribute the material under our own name/brand, but we have every right to edit the content of the posts as per the forum rules and registration agreement. Nobody's talking about breaking any laws, and MSFN has not broken any laws regarding this matter. It depends on the law, and on the nature of the contract. In your example, the contract that was signed gives evidence of assisting someone in suicide (that's the view that would be taken in Canada at the least), and the person still living would be persecuted as such.EDIT - As a further note, I'll give an example of something even more pressing that I face every day. I'm currently a master's student at the University of British Columbia. I have been employed in a research lab here on campus, and my employment contract clearly states that any intelectual property that I develop while employed is the property of the research lab, and therefore the university. This is perfectly acceptable under Canadian and American copyright laws, and gives a perfect example of how a contract can be used to transfer the rights of IP.

You're mixing up two very different things here... ownership and copyright are different topics. The post that you make is stored on MSFN servers, paid for by MSFN staff (specifically xper). Therefore, the bits and bytes that comprise a post are the property of MSFN. The content of the post (and whatever intellectual property that it contains) are the property of the poster (as per copyright laws). MSFN reserves the right to edit a post if it conflicts with the Forum Rules (you gave us that right when registering). MSFN also holds the right to edit the forum rules at any time. I'm not sure how much more simple it gets.

Friction, Friction, Friction. It's the problem with everything in the world, and the reason why perpetual motion machines are wonderful mental masturbation, but not much more. Ultimately, this all comes down to the second law of thermodynamics, which some lobbyists tried to remove from the education system a while back.

Depending on your power requirements, the extra 4 pins aren't always required. I've seen plenty of systems run with a 20-pin ATX power cable plugged into a 24-pin socket. The holes themselves should be the exact same size, but the 20-pin connector will be off to one side. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX I'd try running the system without the adaptor. In the worst case, the system won't boot up, but you won't break anything.

It's a research lab at the University of Washington. Network performance loss is negligible. When I run iperf benchmarks on my home network, I'll drop from 990Mbps to about 980Mbps when running R@H on both client and server machines (the two sides of the iperf benchmark).System performance also shouldn't be an issue. The Rosetta@Home clients always run at Low priority (nice=19 on linux systems). I haven't run any specific benchmarks, but I doubt that you'd notice any slowdowns from running the software. The only catch is that you'd need to dedicate about 150-200MB of RAM per CPU core that you allow to run R@H.

Nice guide! Thanks for the input!

A "VGA" cable is a D-Sub cable. D-Sub refers to any plug that you see with the socket-and-pin type connector (VGA, serial, parallel, etc).

Just a big word of warning... you'll have a hard time connecting your DVD drives to a SATA controller card that's designed for use in RAID. I haven't been able to find any SATA RAID controller cards that support ATAPI. That being said, if you really want to keep all 8 DVD drives, buy the DVR-215 model instead of the 115, connect them all onto the motherboard, and use a PCIe controller card for your hard drives (not PCI).

How about something like this? http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

First off - if you want system performance and speed, get yourself two Raptors and run them in RAID0. Your clients will thank you when they all try to use the system at the same time. Secondly - why are you sticking with IDE DVD burners? If you're planning on using all of the burners at the same time you'll run into bandwidth limitations on your PCI bus, and chances are you'll be getting buffer underruns constantly. I doubt that you'll be able to find an IDE card on PCI-E. Another option for the case is the CoolerMaster Stacker 810. It's got room for 11 5.25" drives, and plenty of space for everything else.

Last I checked, there were builds of XBMC that were meant for installation on standard PC hardware. Since generic Linux video drivers work on most hardware, building yourself a standard PC system in an HTPC case should do the trick. You'd want hardware that can handle the HD media (at least Intel E4300 for 1080 suppor)., but otherwise, the rest is up to you. RAM is really not a concern - remember that the original XBMC ran on 64MB of RAM.

I'll add another vote for the Pioneer DVR-212.

If you only want to quote a few lines from the original post, all you need to do is go back and remove the stuff between the "quote" tags. For example, by pressing the "quote" button, I get the following automatically inserted in my reply: [quote name='Kelsenellenelvian' date='Dec 29 2007, 05:00 AM' post='724392'] Please post in the proper foum sections. I moved your 2 posts to where they should go as they have NOTHING to do with WinXP they are general forum questions. [/quote] All I do is edit the stuff between the "quote" tags to remove text, like so. [quote name='Kelsenellenelvian' date='Dec 29 2007, 05:00 AM' post='724392'] Please post in the proper foum sections. [/quote] The above will show something like this: The quote+ buttons allow you to quote multiple posts, from any threads. You can click on the quote+ button on several posts, and then hit the "Add Reply" button at the top or bottom of the page. All of the posts that you've selected will now appear within quote tags. Hope this helps!