Recent content by Walkintarget

I'm still rocking a full tower Chieftec Dragon case purchased from TigerDirect or Compgeeks back in their heyday as my workbench rig. It cost all of $19 at that time, with a greatly reduced shipping rate the more of them were purchased. I think for one shipped it was $28, but we ended up buying...

Dating back to March of last year when I last futzed with my Slimline, I spent some quality time with it, with a 'fix it or toss it' approach to things. I found that one of the RAM slots is causing my problems, and when that slot is not filled it works fine. I pulled the x2 3800+ and put an x2...

It's been set aside as I struggled last weekend with a failing wifi router (only 6 months old !!). After 20+ years of fixing PCs, I am finding that I can only stomach so many issues at one time. Same day my wifi died, my MSI 970 Gaming board got flakey on me. To add to my misery, my WHS server...

Well, I spent 3 hours working on the box last night. I picked up the Sparkle 270w PSU with adapter from Amazon, and while I had it torn down I replaced the OEM 2x1GB RAM with a pair of Crucial 2x2GB DDR2 sticks. After that, I couldn't get the thing to POST, getting a short beep followed by a...

Such a beast, it just oozes testosterone !! Somebody buy it and stuff it into their mITX build and post pics !!

I picked up an s3000n today that seems to have a failed PSU. I've had my hands on three of these things over the years, and each and every time I am secretly hoping that I can talk the customer into buying a newer PC from me so that I can have their Slimline and go to town on it ! Unfortunately...

Love my TP ! That's a good price for the bundle as well. GLWS :)

PM sent !

Wow, there's high end .. and then there's ^ this guy ^ :D

Hyper 212 .... anybody else suggest that yet ?? :D

Oh, I got the info for you, my friend. Check out this post on what those $15 Xeons can accomplish: http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37556796&postcount=88 That destroys my el cheapo build, but the key to that build is finding a cheap X58 board. It's such a cheap freakin' build that...

Joining OP with an AMD build, but mine is the ultimate budget box. See below for hardware specs: AMD FX-6300 - bought used for $70 (includes an Asus mATX AM3 board) MSI 970 Gamer - bought Monday from Frys for $32 AR Powercolor 7970 3GB video card - re-use from existing rig Vertex 4 128GB SSD -...

PM sent. Bump it up !

Another bump for those awesome Dell 2007FPB panels. When our 22" Viewsonic panel at work died, I brought my Dell 2007FPB from home in to replace it. I even added the soundbar that fits underneath the panel to complete the upgrade. What a beautiful panel compared to the inferior TN panels that...

Bump for a local seller (I'm in York). I have a similar rig - X4 940 on an Asus mATX board that I need to get listed.