Recent content by aoenate

I'd agree - sad to see Samsung HDD's go. They have been my HD manufacture of choice ever since WD let me down a few years ago (and even worse results with Seagate drives).

sliemHm... one CEO makes a salary of 50 veteran-level IT professionals' combined. Really? I think it's quite a bit more than that, veteran-level it professionals don't make 1M a year...

What is their definition of "spam"? Do mass emails and newsletters fall into the "spam" category? If so I'm not surprised that the US is at the top. Most spam i actually receive seems to be in broken English - makes me think it's originating out of the country.

My mom had been using an 800mhz P3 overclocked to 900ish mhz. After about 8 years the computer repeatedly hangs on boot up. once a restart is issued the bios screen is displayed saying the system hung due to an improper CPU settings. Maybe the processor dieing is due to the added strain of the...

I think the warranty has something to do with it as well (the most expensive one has a lifetime warranty) Also, cables included in the box (sata, ide, floppy, etc)

I think DX10 will be around a while before DX11. How long did DX9 last? 5 years? I'm guessing DX10 will be around about the same amount of time DX9 was.

Thanks for the responce kamel I understand that my internet and normal operations won't see any performance boot going with dual lan. Only reason to go teaming lan is for lan parties and file backups. For some reason i'm the file server (BF1942updates + DC + DCfinal) at lan parties. At times i...

Hey guys I'm looking into building a new computer in the near future. the 680i is my favorite by far, yet it costs alo more than the others. The feature i like most about the 680i that the other platforms dont have is the teaming lan. I havent been able to find any teaming lan add-on cards...

Thanks alot guy I'll just leave it at 4.0ghz and not worry about it

Hey Guys. I just upgraded to a Celeron D 365 and overclocked it to 4.0ghz (upgrade serves as a hold over until i build my new computer). It's running with stock cooling and stock voltage 100% stable. My temperatures are staying well in the "safe" range (52degrees C max under full load) but the...