Recent content by Cathode0

I'm not sure exactly where it's coming from, but ever since I got my new comp, my computer closet has smelled rich like Ozone (smells like an ionic breeze). What part of my computer could be generating the Ozone? There's a printer in there too, been for a long time, but is not used very...

Title: Radeon HD 4850 stock heat sink hack (msi) Subtitle: Help, my MSI 4850 is idling at 70 degrees! All credits to Alfredo Alejandro For his beautifully written essay on the 4850 stock cooler enhancements which can be found here http://www.alfredoblogspage.blogspot.com/ Abstract...

Not really, but that's my handle here. It's occuring to me now (as I try posting a project with links in it) that I have not yet made an introduction post. This is that post that I haven't made yet. hopefully by the time you read this, it will have been made, if not: that's really wierd --I'm...

What do you guys think about the "Danner PONDMASTER 20 watt UV Sterilizer" (ebay ~£50) for keeping the bios out of an evaporator cooler? I'm really close to building one, but I'm not sure how to keep it clean yet. (The last thing I need is more odors and bad stuff for my house)

At $40, is this thing a good buy from the egg? I'm looking for a replacement case for a prebuilt gateway (gt5438) that my little brother has to put up with back home. Aparently it has a 300w PSU in it and I'm pretty sure it will start causing problems when I upgrade the gfx to a ~4670 (just...

Hey all, I'm about to embark on one of two projects involving the use of outdoor winter air to cool my PC. This is just the rough drafting stage. I hope this solution will prove to: -be cheap -be effective at lowering core temps (with stock coolers) -extend the life of the PSU No time to...

I've been thinking about this for a while. It's really cold where I live during winter (and warm in summer :() and I want to put some of that cold to good use. I was thinking I'd go down to a hardware store and buy some insulated flexible duct (or make some myself out of two sizes of duct...

Hey, I've got a maximus II mobo, and I thought it was absolutely perfect for me, it had legacy PCI x1 for my old sound system, it had old school ram that was better than the (slow or expensive at the time) DDR3 earlier this year. It had over the top marketing, and just looked like a board you...