Posts by Ricowan

1) Do you prefer to build your own PC’s or buy a branded system? a) Prefer to build my own 2) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC? c) 18 months – 2 years 3) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance? a) ...

I'm going to be replacing my old XPS Gen 2 soon, so I've been looking for a new desktop replacement notebook. I like the Sager NP9262, lots of upgrade options. Any opinions out there? Anything other than Dell and Sager I should be...

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It is fact, and it's stated by all reputable external enclosure manufacturers. It's a little bit like running a car's engine without oil. It'll run for a while, but eventually it will fail. The higher rpm drives need more power than a...

Quote: Originally Posted by WilliamG How comes the SATA drives need power when the ATA 7200rpm 2.5 drives don't? Can I just use twin-USB? Thanks! All 7200rpm drives must have extra power, from a second USB...

For everyone complaining that Konfabulator widgets use too much memory... If you're using Task Manager and adding up the memory reported for each widget, then you are over-inflating the memory usage by 50 to 75% or even more. Window's...

I bought the Hitachi from ZipZoomFly last month when this topic came up then, and I couldn't be happier. I put the original 100gb 5400rpm drive into an external enclosure that I bought from ZipZoomFly at the same time and now I have...

Quote: Originally Posted by spudsdude I like Konfabulator as well, I'll see if i can't make up a plugin for it after I get 2.3 released. Quote: Originally Posted by spudsdude I could also just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. K6 Can't you just uncheck all the fan control options and leave it minimized? Then I wouldn't see the temps at all. What's the use of that? Ricowan

Hiyas, First, I'd like to say that I'm currently using i9kfangui and it's a wonderful piece of work. I can't wait for 2.3 to come out! My problem is that i9kfangui is very much overkill for what I need, which is a simple...