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:Banane47::Banane47:WOOT!!! I got me 16k vantage too:Banane47::Banane47:

prolly be adding this to my collection. roccat kova cyborg rat 11, hahaha so far i have gotten the: R.A.T 7 mamba orichi deathadder mamba and orichi both failed on me. but deathadder is still running strong and still one of my favs.

Post the song that you are enjoying at the moment Ayreon - ride the comet

I posted this in NBR but I wanted to share the love here as well. It benefited me a lot since I don't have a need for an optical drive and my SSD is only 80 GB. This is the optical bay I bought... SATA Hard Drive Caddy Bay Macbook PRO 13" Unibody A1278 - eBay (item 260760330830 end time May-28-11 02:09:19 PDT) You do not have to buy the same optical HDD caddy but it does have to be 9.5mm in height. Anything bigger will not fit. Do this at your own risk. I take no responsibility for any mishaps you encounter along the way. Before you do this, install your SSD as you would normally, and install windows from the DVD with the optical disc drive still in the M14x. IF NOT THEN YOUR COMPUTER WILL BOOT FROM THE HARD DRIVE YOU HAVE WINDOWS OS ON REGARDLESS WHICH SATA SLOT IT IS IN. Step 1. Optical Bay I Purchase from eBay Step 2. Opening the bottom panel Step 3. This is the DVD optical disc bay that comes in the M14x Step 4. Removal of screws. (GO TO STEP 5 BEFORE REMOVING STRIP) Step 5. Careful removal of the SATA strip Step 6. Optical disc bay vs Optical HDD bay Step 7. How to remove the SATA strip from optical disc bay Step 8. The SATA strip Step 9. Removing the caddy from the optical disc drive Step 10. Attaching the strip on the optical HDD bay exaclty as it was on the optical disc bay. Step 11. The optical HDD bay with strip attached. Step 12. The gap filler provided with the optical bay. It's to fill the space between the HDD and the optical HDD bay. Step 13. What the gap filler looks like with the HDD in the optical HDD bay Step 14. Removal of black panel form optical HDD bay. * must be removed for it to fit inside the M14x * Step 15. Optical HDD bay with black panel removed. Step 16. Placement of optical HDD bay inside M14x Step 17. Drivers automatically installed. Step 18. Computer detecting secondary hard drive Step 19. HWinfo with the both the SSD the HDD in the info (Sata II 3Gb/s) I will fix it up and add any additional pictures if needed as time goes on. If you don't like the guide, please don't criticize. This is for the visual people out there who need help and want to enjoy the additional hard drive. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask

Hi there, looking here and there I found a few mouse models designed specifically for Gamers...This is a short selection from a list i had, I want to share with you, maybe someone is interested CoolerMaster Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse this mouse is really awesome..I want one of those $69.99 on BestBuy You can found a full review about this mouse here Also a video review here ASUS ROG GX900 Gaming Mouse $79.00 on Asus store $69.00 on GenTech ASUS presents the ROG GX900, the gaming input with precision laser sensor technology and the coolest user-interface on a mouse! It’s tailored to gamers looking for high speed action and total reliability in FPS, RTS, online RPGs and other game genres Features: - Precision laser technology up to 4000dpi - Customizable DPI, button functions and macros - Five-way tangle free cable management with sleeve protection - Gold-plated USB connector provides high speed data transfer rates - Weight system - adjust the mouse weight by your preference RAZER DeathAdder Precision Optical Gaming Mouse $44.99 on Newegg The Razer DeathAdder is the weapon of choice for gamers seeking a combination of comfort and unbridled gaming precision. Enjoy extended gaming sessions in comfort with its right-handed ergonomic form factor crafted for the world of competitive gaming; and when the difference between victory and defeat is determined between heartbeats, the 3500dpi Razer Precision 3.5G infrared sensor translates your every movement into frags with pinpoint accuracy. Features: - Ergonomic design - 3500DPI Infrared sensor - 1000HZ Ultrapolling - On-the-fly sensitivity adjustmen - Customizable buttons Logitech G9x $59.99 on Newegg The Logitech G9x gaming mouse is customizable for comfort and function! Select either Wide Load or Precision grip, or choose from a selection of optional grips, for the perfect fit. The G9’s high-performance laser game engine brings unrivaled speed and accuracy to your desktop, and is adjustable from 200-5700dpi Video review

The new Acer Aspire TimelineX 5830TG, 4830TG and 3830TG are distinguished by the wide range of ultra-thin notebooks on the market in several respects: ultra-slim design, graphics and computing power, high-quality audio and connectivity . The appearance of the new Aspire series TimelineX is enhanced by the merger of two colors: cobalt blue aluminum (the cover) and silver profile, clean lines and soft. The palm rest, which includes the touchpad, the same color as the back cover, giving a balanced and minimalist style, while the keyboard is placed on a chiclet silver. The models of the new Aspire series TimelineX are available in three formats: Aspire 3830T with display from 34 cm (13.3 “), Aspire 4830T screen from 35.5 cm (14.0″) and Aspire 5830T with panel 39, 5 cm (15.6 “). All TimelineX Aspire series notebooks are equipped with Acer CineCrystal display with LED backlight, 16:9 aspect ratio and 1366 x 768 pixels HD. These displays provide crisp images with visual effects and breathtaking high-definition experience the thrill of the best movies wherever you are and are equipped with Intel Core i7, i3 and i5 dedicated Nvidia GeForce graphics GT540M (2 GB DDR3). To meet the needs of video and photo enthusiasts, the Aspire TimelineX Series is equipped with hard drives with capacities up to 750GB. Alternatively, the TimelineX new models can be equipped with an SSD. Here you can see a comparison of Acer's new TimelineX Models 13 inch (3830T) / 14 inch (4830T) and 15 inch (5830T) Acer TimelineX 3830T Acer TimelineX 4830T Acer TimelineX 5830T

Today while I was browsing the web I came across a real interesting program. For the longest time I been looking for a way to have an animated desktop, and I have to say the task seems a little daunting. From shoddy sites to programs that promise and they don't deliver. Enter DeskScapes, a program made by WinCustomize(StarDock). This program allows you to install an animated desktop in your machine, and even if is not free (19.99) I believe is might worth it's price. I started testing it on my M18x and I have to say I am pretty impressed with the program, from fully animated desktops that you can download to static ones this program has a lot of potential because the program to make this animated desktops is free. Once the animated desktop is created the program is save in a .dream file and then you can use DeskScape to install as your desktop. Here is the link, enjoy. Note: Some of the animated Desktops are free and some other ask for a buy. Dream Gallery - Your home for Animated Wallpaper

Features / Configuration Intel Core i7 Processor available 2620M (Intel HM65 Express Chipset) ultra-bright LED-backlit 13.3" widescreen display (1366 x 768) AMD Radeon HD 6630M GPU (1GB VRAM) (Hybrid graphics for speed or stamina) 256GB (128GBx2) solid state drive available Up to 500GB (7200rpm) or 750GB (5400rpm) hard drive available Up to 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology Built-in MOTION EYE web camera Backlit QWERTY keyboard HDMI out and VGA out Intel High Definition Audio One 3.0 USB Battery Life Up to 4.5 / 7.5 hours Compact, lightweight and durable Colors: Black or White BUILT-IN BLU-RAY PLAYER (or CD/DVD player/burner) Apparently this laptop can run recent games with good quality graphics. According Notebookcheck.net The AMD Radeon HD 6630M is a middle class graphics card for laptops. It supports DirectX11 and is the successor of the low clocked HD 5650 chips (low power). Compared to the HD 5650 it offers 80 more shader, Eyefinity+ and the new UVD3 video decoder. Pipelines: 480 - unified Core Speed: 485 MHz Shader Speed: 485 MHz Memory Speed: 800 MHz Memory Bus Width: 128 Bit Memory Type: DDR3 Apparently, and as I understand it (I dont have one) this lappy has 2 issues: 1. With heavy use the fan can be noisy (I think there is a bios update that fixes this) 2. With heavy use as games can get hot Some videos Crysis 2 on Very Hight YouTube - ‪2011 Sony Vaio S Sandybridge Unboxing‬‏ (the comments are so fucking funny LMAO) Some Reviews Initial Review from Trustedreviews.com Nice review and nice photos

Ok first off I am not being lazy asking these questions and second please ignore the typos as a internet tablet isn't easy to type on. Ok going to tell you all a little bout me and then ask stuff. First I know I should get a desktop but it just wont work. I suffer from a kidney issue so a portable power house is what I am looking for. I will be doing some photoshop, bryce renders, converting dvds I get as gifts and of course gaming. I will be getting the largest HDD I can to hold my movies and tv shows for those times I spend in the hospital. My old machine was well bargin crap but I still tweaked it and got it to do most everything including playing americas army for hours at night. Now I want to get the best bang for my $$$. I can see the ram upgrade would be best done by me. So should I get the second or highest cpu? Sorry can't remember numbers Is there much diff in the wifi 1x2 and 2x2? I have build exp. So taking it apart isn't an issue so should I upgrade the thermal paste? I have read the fan is a little noisy at times, anyone thouht about replacing it with a silent mode fan? I found one that might work but costs about $45 just not sure the power connections are the same. After I get my rg I will check unless someone is willing to snap a pick for me. Any other upgrades suggestions? Money really won't be a limiting factor and I am dead set on alienware and this machine since the size is great and offers a little more then the 11 which I had been set on. I have tried to research the cpus and find reviews but like I said before this 7" tablet doesn't lend well to indepth research. Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions and I can't wait to own my first alienware (as soon as the logging company pays up for making our greyhound bus eat the back end of the logs)

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=ALW_LP_M14X&os=W764&osl=en&catid=&impid= Update at your own risk!

You guys can grab it here: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/20307/1m/www2.ati.com/DrIvErS/hOtFiX/catalyst_11.5_hotfixes/amd_catalyst_11.5a_hotfix_8.85.6rc5_win7_may25.exe

The said thing is.. he is NEVER going to remove the maid stamp from his license now. Even if he does kindergarten cop 2 or 3 the little kids in the movie are going to be like "hey mister are you the guy that pumped that ugly maid?" Who knows... Maybe she was the nicest person in the house and he just had a bad day with the predator and advisers and weirdos and he was just like "it's time for my schnitzel to get pufunkt"

Dont fucking touch Norman please. If you need to quickly get rid of a virus, please use MSSE or Panda, then uninstall the software afterward. This is part of the particular field I work in, and we have done extensive testing on the performance of antivirii and similar softwares. -Ash

It's also nice if you for example sell your SSD after two years and can say it still has 3 years warranty left

it's a vbseo feature mate.

At least for those with an m18x

OK here is some reference images, I have to say i am surprise about the difference in colors, I know that I haven't calibrate the m18x-R1, but I never calibrated the m17x-R1 to begin with. The m17x-R1 is on the left and the m18x-R1 on the right, I decided to do 4 colors. Blue out Blue in Green in Green Out Red in Red out Yellow out I couldn't do Yellow in because I wouldn't Focus correctly. Enjoy

So far RAT 7 is the only mouse big enough to fit my palm and I really like it

thanks guys, i had a better cpu score but the gpu score took a dive so i didn't post it. the 2720 is really surprising me but hopefully xm prices will drop soon so i can pick one up.

Well .. so much for trying to get this done tonight myself. Thanks to CRAPPY USPS SERVICE that says the item was delivered when it certainly wasn't delivered to my house.. .q234!@#$!@#$!@#$@#$%@#$%#$^

I run it for a year now at 1.6V, no problem so far, I also have 3% BIOS oc with +75mV and I am at 3.57 on all 4 cores.

I'm gonna try to hit 2K later today

This is just epic These folks are so funny!

If it is indeed the vbios is part of the system bios, we can probably have some luck over at the bios-mods.com forums... Look what they were able to do for the folks who had the M17x R2 Alienware M17x-R2 A10 BIOS Unlocked OC Options @svl7 I see you've been there already lol

127 Hours was pretty decent! Keeps you in suspense the whole time, i recommend it!

MX-4 is my favorite so far (can't complain about OCZ freeze either). Have repasted, CPU,GPUs and replaced the pads from the memories with this paste, great temps so far...

CoD Modern Warfare 3 reveal trailer is here: To be honest I really like MW2, especially the multiplayer... even though a lot of people are bitching about it. It is fast paced, I like the maps... it's (or was) fun to play. I'm curious how good this will be, I don't really like BO, except the zombie mode

I'd go with MX-4 over AS 5. It costs more but there's no burn in time and you see the results right away. I repasted my M18x GPUs and saw 10C drops almost immediately. I use liberal amounts of paste going from one end of the die to the other in a straight thin line of paste. Dot method or credit card method simply doesn't work on these mobile GPUs.

dam even the predator looks better then the picture stam posted. wtf was that thing.

T1TJ: I'd recommend going into the windows sound properties and changing the playback from 16 bit (default) to 24 bit 44.1k, it will substantially increase the quality of sound. Also, try configuring the IDT equalizer, it helps a lot with bass.

My wife and I had a $500 limit on our debit cards I didnt know about until I went to buy a tv with it. $700 tv and 3200 in the bank, I thought wtf. I called the bank and found a teller that said I must of asked for it (my wife??) and she pleasantly removed it. Was embarrassing to be in a line with a big ass tv and card gets declined like 5 times. Stepped out of line and was on the phone for all of 5 minutes and got it fixed. So you may want to check on any purchase amount limits.

(in old man voice) What? did someone say camper?? back when I was a boy in ww2 we had had to walk 5 miles in 4 feet of snow up hill both ways to camp. I love smores. I remember smokey the bear when he was a cub... He used to eat his own shit... What time do the damn golden girls come on???...

I think Shriver was the model for predator...

AS5 isn't conductive so it's probably not going to matter, but still it's a cleaner job if you don't mess everything else with the paste (+ why risk it). Another note from Arctic Silver website: Arctic Silver Incorporated - Céramique 2 Important Reminder: Due to the unique shape and sizes of the particles in Arctic Silver 5's conductive matrix, it will take a up to 200 hours and several thermal cycles to achieve maximum particle to particle thermal conduction and for the heatsink to CPU interface to reach maximum conductivity. (This period will be longer in a system without a fan on the heatsink or with a low speed fan on the heatsink.) On systems measuring actual internal core temperatures via the CPU's internal diode, the measured temperature will often drop 2C to 5C over this "break-in" period. This break-in will occur during the normal use of the computer as long as the computer is turned off from time to time and the interface is allowed to cool to room temperature. Once the break-in is complete, the computer can be left on if desired. Btw, just noticed if you e-mail/call them you can buy 1kg container of AS5. lol.....

You will need to enable vsync + triple buffering for directx using radeon pro, like brian mentioned. Also, you should run fraps and use its microstutter measure technique to determine just how bad it is. -Ash

With large fps fluctuations you're bound to see stutter. Does shogun use high resolution textures? Sometimes the HDD has to load those to memory and if you have a mechanical drive, it'll cause stuttering. Lastly, try downloading Radeon Pro and setting a profile for the game with triple buffering and see if that gets rid of it.

My new highscores, finally 14k GPU vantage.

***Warning Large Post*** (Hit the back button if your own a slow connection or 3G wireless) SCREENSHOTS WERE TAKEN PRE-GOG EXECUTABLE FILE FIX! Here is an album of Witcher 2 pics. Game is just so amazing... I just stand and look and take screenshots because it's just awe inspiring. ImageShack Album - 10 images

What huge waste of time.. COD MW2.. can't even spawn without kids and tubes blowing up everywhere. F'that shit right now. un-installed in less than 30 seconds thanks to steam. For those worried about this crap game, 90fps average. Good riddance to this pos. StevenX