Recent content by NickS

I know, I know, the third Core 2 Duo rig I've had. :rolleyes: It just goes to show how awesome it is. Had an E6300, went back to AMD in favor of getting an LCD for my PC. Saved up, went C2D again with a Xeon 3060. Sold that rig for a 32" HDTV, and now that I've got a job I've recouped the...

It looks sick, great job guys. :cool::cool: Anything really neat about the new vB? I noticed some other forums have it - takes a bit of getting used to.

My new chill area - the finished part of the basement. Downgraded, well, sold the main rig. Rocking the 2nd rig as the main rig now - X2 3600+ @ 2.1, but with an 8600GTS instead of a 7600GT. 2GB of G.Skill 2GBHK, etc. Ordered the TV Sunday, came Wednesday from CircuitCity.com. Cost $479 +...

24" Westy. MVA panel (no TN anymore!), the whole 9 yards. Component, composite, s-video, HDMI & VGA in. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824255001 Woohoo! Finally stepping up to 1920x1200.

Well, it's about time for a project I suppose. Nothing too OTT for now.. well, no, dual loops is pretty OTT but nothing flashy quite yet. I still gotta save up to get the aftermarket windowed CM690 side panel. Anyway, the details. Case -CoolerMaster CM690 It's a good case tbh. Very very...

My first dual loop setup is about to happen. First though, HOW THE F do I fit dual 220mm sized rads in a CM690? Here's pix of the current setup. Currently my idea is.. putting the radiator (second one) where that red square is, vertically, and mounting two fans on it. Not the most...

Hacked up my CM690 today.. ;) w00t. Me and my Dad took it outside and chopped it up. A little nasty around the edges but it was a quick jigsaw job, and we knew it'd be covered up.

Third times a charm? I've had so many watercooled setups and cases its sad. This is the THIRD loop I've purchased. Twice before I sold EVERYTHING and said it's air from now on. Didn't happen. :shrug: Now, be easy on me. This was with NO MODDING at all to speak of. Well, I removed the...

FINALLY got around to taking some good pix. :)

Finally got rid of the AMD setup as a "main rig" and got rid of the Pentium 4 as a "second rig" and went Core 2 Duo, again.. so I figured I'd post up some pix and info. I just completed my main rig today, and everything is in place. First off, lets start with some random pix. Got these...

Here's my guide guys. I posted it @ XS and I guess it made its way to a few other forums so I figured I'd inform ya'll here as well. FYI this is confirmed working by many @ XS as well as myself on TWO cards. Linky

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=464 Great article :)

Dammit... :p

Update Coming Soon Updated 8/10/2007 @ 8:37PM

The story goes like this.. ..two days ago, my dad brought home a co-workers PC. It's a brown box PC (ya know, the kind you buy from the local PC shop). I figured, hey, it might actually be good for a change. Anyways, the problem was it wouldn't boot XP. The owner said it just kept...