Recent content by cdolphin

Thermoelectric couples are cool, (pun intended) but unless you are looking for a low noise solution (which you will pay for, as your WC loop to cool the TECs will have to be quiet as well), a vapor phase chiller is the best way to go, more efficient, more cooling power, lower temperature, and...

reapply thermal paste, profit :)

Well, when the difference is more on the order of $70 or so, it makes sense.

Probably not worth it.

Any free linux distro will have one built in. Just run the live edition off of a usb drive and you will have full control :) Also, partition magic is okay. Still gparted is the best, in my opinion.

I have had bad experiences with Asus, just a heads up, their RMA can be funky... I was sent back the same broken board three times, it had a retention mechanism glued to the back of the socket....and it was not my original board...Go figure.

Amazon looks to be fumbling this one

time will tell what actually happens, this is just a rumour.

I have the i7 version of this laptop, it is really quite good. The keyboard is cheap and the HDDs are not great, but such is life.

YamahaAlex, this is not needed,wear leveling is incorporated at the firmware level, you will be fine creating a full sized partition.

Definitely one of the funniest supposedly accurate and or substantiated online reports I have ever seen. Using the same browser? Of course it would pay off to use browser history in your search results, you would be silly not to. /thread

Networks need to catch on to how the world works now, generation of revenue is changing. Also, language check, my friends...

+1 Do not worry about it, I have had similar issues in the past. RMA the processor if you are troubled by it.

Almost certainly, an 8800GTS is fairly powerful when compared to a GTX 260! Also, consider the draw backs, if any.

Apparently there is a glitch, I was able to post a thread in the FS/FT without having the requisite number of posts. Just a heads up to admins.