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Just a thought but I'd recommend buying something that you can hackintosh. You did say graphic design didn't you? :D You don't want to be the only freshman that looks like this guy, do you? Also, the artist's boxes we have at work have 64GB of RAM. 'nuff said. :pimp:

Sounds like DDR3 prices may actually get a bit cheaper before they get more expensive. I've been thinking about building another server with 40GB+ of RAM ;) Not in terms of power usage. http://camelegg.com/product/N82E16822152245

I think everything should be open source. Code alone is very rarely a full program. The gross tonnage of a modern application is 99% textures/pictures and unexecutable data. Most people can't program, let alone compile the stuff, so they'd still be buying it. A lot of time spent programming...

My batch skills are a bit rusty. GNU tools are so much better :D. This might work if the files are all in the same directory: @echo off for /F "tokens=*" %%P in ('dir /b "*.zip"') do ( call :RENAME %%P ) :RENAME set oldname=%* dir /b "*.txt" | find "%oldname:~0,5%" >...

Cool thread. I use the ADL SDK in my own monitoring tool. Check it out: nVidia - http://developer.nvidia.com/nvapi AMD - http://developer.amd.com/sdks/ADLSDK/Pages/default.aspx

It's EMI from something and some such. It can be a real pain to isolate, and the cramped FP or rear I/O is by no means an EMI-free-zone. Some people might recommend a ferrite bead (sometimes called an EMI suppression core), but not me. Try another set of headphones first. If they work...

I'm checking out frozencpu now. Worst comes to worst, I can always build one :D Too bad I'll have to wait till the HD 7850 stock normalizes. Get off my lawn! :mad: *shakes fist* Errr-- not quite... ;) The low power part was also part of my design for an ultimate HTPC. This thing is...

I doubt it; what with being a server mobo and all. EDIT: Doesn't look like there are any overclocking options except perhaps some configurable turbo mode and speedstep stuff. Hardly the same though :(

I know it looks a bit flimsy but that thing isn't moving. The board would shatter into pieces before the heatsink would budge a fraction of a millimeter. My budget on GPU is pretty much unlimited, but it has to fit into my case (and meet my other requirements). Afterall, this is my...

Getting the drivers installed was a bit trickier than I was expecting. One of the two LAN drivers claimed to be installed but the NIC wasn't responsive. Once I installed all the drivers from supermicro's site there were still two unknown devices in device manager, but fortunately they were...

I've had it in my mind for a while to build a really awesome, low power, ultra quiet, supremely powerful, gamer HTPC, but I just now got around to doing it. I decided to take the road less (maybe never) traveled, and buy a laptop chip. Here's what I have thus far (prices include shipping)...

I'm definitely tempted. This thing looks awesome.

Too cool. :rockout: :respect:

With a laptop that powerful I'd only be concerned about battery life and whether you can use the bottom as a griddle. :D I actually just bought an i7-2670QM for my HTPC.