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I live about 60 miles between the nearest big cities with broadcast towers, picked up this antenna and get free HDTV
Amazon.com: Mohu Leaf Ultimate Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna: Electronics
Alan, thats going to be a nice build
I live about 60 miles between the nearest big cities with broadcast towers, picked up this antenna and get free HDTV
Amazon.com: Mohu Leaf Ultimate Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna: Electronics
Alan, thats going to be a nice build
Me too actually. In the last 3 months I have spent over $1500 in upgrades on our machines and they are still working great. Must take some photos. The cases are huge and take everything in there easily. I am not feeling that great at the moment, the PAIN has reared its ugly head again and then some.
Last edited by Indianatone; 01 Jan 2014 at 17:34. Reason: TYPO
I forgot I recently spent as much as I spent for my notebook to upgrade its HDD to a SSD and to double the RAM.
Alan, The CPU socket takes up half the board. That thing is really small, but it looks pretty nice. Have you had a chance to bench test it yet? I, for one, would like a report on the pros and cons. It gives me some ideas.
Lady F. I know it may mess up your internal wiring slightly, but they do make internal USB expansions that will add a couple of USB Headers to the board, but the piece also has slots for 2 USB flash drives to be mounted to it internally. Something you aren't going to be changing a lot is what I'm sure they would be used for. Something like maybe a USB TV tuner, maybe. I bought one, but haven't done the build with it yet so can't give you a report. The best part for you though, is it does not use a PCIE lane. It just attaches to a motherboard USB header. If you have any interest, I can find the link fairly easily for you. Maybe Gary could give you some info on it, if I'm not wrong, I think he bought one I gave him the link for. I needed it be cause Asus, in their infinite wisdom, decided that on their most expensive and flagship Z77 board, they would only put 2 USB 2.0 headers on it. So, I ran out just from connecting FP connections, then needed one for the Corsair, link, card reader and a couple of other things. I've said this about dozens of things on here, but I have to wonder if the manufacturers who sell some of these components have ever tried to use them for themselves and install everyday stuff. If they did, people like us wouldn't complain about boards, cases, pcie lanes and stuff quite as much. And, I forgot the part about making them work right, for something real new, different and unusual. I say that as I send off my Maximus V Extreme for RMA for the 5Th time in about 15 months. An almost $400 motherboard that Asus has had more than I have. But, honestly, when it works right, there is not another board like it. It's a crime they can't figure out how to make it work and keep it that way. Jack would agree, I'm sure. [/RANT] back to your issues. Let me know if you would like a link to the USB expansion thing. If you have any interest at all, I think they are pretty cheap, so no big risk if you don't like it. Technically, you only gain 2 USB headers as it gives you 3 but takes 1 to make it work. But, that's a 100% gain for me. LOL
EDIT: OK here it is. It's only about 6" long Amazon.com : NZXT IU01 Internal USB Expansion (Black) : Desktop Computer Usb Port Cards : Electronics
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Steve you're a mind reader, I just PM'ed Jeannie about the USB expander and blamed you for it. I have hooked it up to test it but haven't "installed" it anywhere. It works nicely and takes power from a Molex connector. As a test I booted a flash drive with it and read/wrote some too. Just like having them on the board.
I agree with the rant, I have two mid range ASUS boards that both have 4 USB 2.0 headers, the more expensive Sabertooth has only 3.
The bench tests will be down the road but I hope to test ram, cpu and boot to bios in like two weeks. This little mobo has all the features and overclock of the big boards but for really aggressive oc'g it needs the custom full water block that covers the caps and southbridge.