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I got a newly self-built I5 box. The EVGA 8400 GS inserted into the one and only PCIe X16 slot wouldn't work for some reasons. MSI said the power supply was too low (250W). And I had a 20-pin power out from the old power supply instead of the 24-pin ATX required. I have a few extra...

Yeah. That was my major concern too in this approach. With an automobile engine, coolant leak is bad, but it won't cause the engine to explode or spark and then freeze up.

It all sounds nice and dandy. What if/when the water leaks? Water and circuit boards don't mix too well...

I am not so sure if that is a new version. I think I have seen the Illusion design before with the LED fans clearly visible in the front. It may be a split in the product line?

I see. It looks like in 302, they added one more grill - making it 3 grills instead of 2. I don't think they have 3 fans. The fan blowing to the bottom of the motherboard doesn't make sense. The air pressure just blows the air back. Besides, the gap between the motherboard mounting bracket...

????? There are 2 fans that came with the Antec 300 case. One is in the back. And one is actually on the top of the case (if it stands up right). There are 2 additional, smaller fans, which came with the Cooler Master CPU cooler.

I just used a few Antec 300 cases that I picked up at Fry's. (Seems they are now updated the model to 302?) http://www.frys.com/product/6977417?source=googleps&gclid=CJnd9K6Z87sCFUzZQgodhh0Arg You can open the side panels on both sides. Accessing the bottom of your motherboard (to...

Sometimes I felt that the screens blank out at random too, but it was me stepping on the USB cable or something. It could also be a loose USB contact. It can also be the internal wires from the motherboard to the USB plug (if in the front). And of course it can be really random, I don't know.

Yes. I observed that too. Mostly (I think all of the cases) are that the screens blank when you have a new USB device plugged in (e.g. thumb drives, mouse, etc.). And sometimes it even triggers the repositioning of monitor orders or the size (e.g. 1920x1080 became a lower-res size, something...

I use a different make "SIIG" USB-to-VGA Pro adapter. It looks like both Plugable and SIIG both use DisplayLink chipset? SIIG works okay. Plugable seems less expensive. I like them using the DisplayLink driver software, which integrates with Windows' monitor management (other vendors do a...

Dart: Some of these are really "you can't win" comments. Instead of appreciating what one can do, some people cannot see beyond their narrow view of the world. First they will say: why do you have 14 blank screen? What the hell for? Then they will say: you have 14 screens looking at...

Seems to be a no-brainer. If you can get a few NVS 295 for $15 each, just buy 3 and forget about keeping your other video card "that seems to work really well over the years", for trading. I know these things, that they may contain sentimental value. Like "hey I have been driving this old...

Thanks for the link, TJ. The information is a bit above my level to understand. I think that in my case, the sticky point is the laptop BIOS does not suppor booting from USB connection. No such boot option is available. So even if I build a bootable Win7 something on a USB thumb drive, I...

There seems to be something missing here. These gadgets seem to only give you the conversion/connection from a x1 bus to a x16 bus. But if a video card is designed to use a x16 bus, wouldn't it need to take signals from all the other lanes/points? Or the motherboard circuit automatically...

Thank you friend!

Hey guys... Any inexpensive video card that can drive this kind of resolution (2560x1440)?

It doesn't make sense. You buy some monitors on a good sale to save... $100??? and spend $150 to get the mounting brackets...

Different philosophies. I like all mine radiated toward my eyes in a bullet shape (like solar reflectors). :) I am more after the function, not the look. No I don't iron my workout T-shirts. ;)

These days, with digital TV, monitor and TV are one of the same. These days, TV is a monitor + built-in speakers + TV tuner and some adapter circuitry to receive coaxial cable signals, plus some remote control stuff. I think you should shop for a monitor as a computer monitor, not based on...

Yeah. I know. I would use my existent set up until the 4k mons come down to commodity pricing level (like the 52" plasma TV I've gotten 7+ years ago at >$3000, now can be bought at $500?)... We have seen questions on buying monitor this, video card that... we just need to realize that the...