Recent content by iandh

Depends on a few variables. If your case has good ventilation, then it won't need to spin the fan up past 30-40% very often when on auto-control, so in that case it is very quiet. In my particular situation, I can not hear it over two 1850rpm scythe gentle typhoons running full speed, they...

AFAIK Verizon requires the blackberry data plan on any blackberry new or used. The good news is that it costs the same as a regular smart phone data plan, so you pretty much pay it either way unless you get one of the "non-smartphone" touchscreens. Also, I know that the Storm has been a...

You can get e-sata PCI slot adapters which will plug into those orage connectors and then provide you an esata port in back to be used with an external enclosure. Pick up an external enclosure which comes with a power brick/wall wart and then your problems are solved.

The extra features found on gaming hardware are a gimmick if you don't use them, and a godsend if you do. No prob. I have never been the type to claim that the latest greatest hardware made me a better gamer, but when I upgraded to this MS sidewinder set I saw my killcounts climb right...

Most definitely not. The keys don't take a lot of force to press, but even after 6 months of heavy FPS use (at least a few hours a night), they still feel nice and springy. Basically when you rest your fingers on them they don't just feel like they are going to collapse, but when you go to press...

Fourth benefit :D Better equalization and sound control. For instance, my X-Fi has a full graphic EQ and a bass boost w/adjustable cutoff, whereas the crappy onboard realtek has horrid sounding "rock, pop, blues" presets that are a kind of "spray and pray" method of tweaking in your sound.

Yes, that is the most logical/effective way to go.

This^ By the time you get done returning it, restocking fee, etc., the "better deal" won't be so great anymore with all of the time/money you've lost.

Honestly I was a gaming keyboard hater for some time, but that changed when I got my Sidewinder X6: Here's a list of reasons why I find this superior to a normal keyboard (for me personally): -The numpad switches to the left side; standard keyboards with right-handed keypads suck...

:rolleyes: Charge more for less, sounds great!

I was just making an unfair jab back at his unfair jab. All I was getting to was that even at its current price, the Phenom II 955 is still a pretty good deal. Also, you don't really need a top of the line board to go with the 955, you can get by just fine with one of the 790X AM3 boards for...

Yes, Q9650 and i7 are much better at wallet-raping, Phenom II can't even come close to intel in $ spent per frame.

Yeah, the price/perf ratio for the 720be in gaming is out of this world, but 955, not so much...

Playable starts at 30, although the closer to 60 the better.

Not usually. The IDE I keep as a backup drive because I've gotten more than one sata DVD burner that wouldn't install windows. It's a somewhat known issue... some sata DVD's won't install windows at all, while they work completely fine otherwise once the OS is installed. You can probably find...