I thought the 5970s use about 80w or so less power than the 6990s?  At least that's how they're listed at the HW comparison chart.  As far as the top tier HD 7K series, I think I remember reading that we won't see it til late 1Q or early 2Q 2012.

What miner are you using to get 458 MH/s at only 985MHz?  It takes me like 1010MHz to hit that number with the phatk 3% mod.

I think I might get a dual GPU card next and I'm wondering what's better for overall use (mining, gaming, resale): a 5970 or 6990?  I'm looking at the HW comparison chart and it looks like the 5970 has more stream processors... 3200 vs. 3072, so theoretically it would be marginally better for mining.  They're both around the same price, when you can find them.  Resale looks to be about the same too, more or less.  Or should I just wait for the dual GPU HD 7XXX? Help me decide!

I'm not quite that brave when it comes to working on HW.  I think my limit is installing a CPU or memory stick

I don't mind spending a few extra bucks to buy it locally because I get the item immediately w/o having to wait for UPS/FedEx.  Unless there's a REALLY good deal on something online, then yeah I don't mind waiting   In this case, I bought this PSU and to my surprise it was cheaper locally than it was through NewEgg, though I did end up having to pay tax (but I defer to the first sentence in this paragraph about that).  I thought my Thermaltake PSU was nice, but the quality of this Corsair unit is far and away much better at first glance.  The packaging is just awesome.  It felt like I was opening the Lost Ark and I almost had to turn my head away for fear of my face melting off, similar to the feeling of opening Apple products (I hope that made sense).

I've only been putting together my computer for about 4 months but I'm starting to accumulate a lot of spare parts.. mainly those little black screws that came with my mobo, but I also have an extra HD, a CD-ROM drive, and soon (after I RMA this Thermaltake) an extra PSU.  I can only imagine the amount of gear that people who have been doing this for a few years have stockpiled

lol actually I think it was decent advice.  I remember reading about this method to daisy-chain multiple power supplies this way without having to plug them into the mobo. 

Anyway, I'm back from the store and ~$200 later (I bought some other stuff with the new PSU) I have a Corsair AX850 running smoothly and my miners mining away   I guess I'm going to try to RMA this Thermaltake and maybe when I get it back I'll keep it around as a spare.  Ooorrrr maybe build a new system for mining. 

Thanks for all the advice guys

What should I do after that?  Plug in some devices?

Thanks Canary.  I'm going to go to the store and get a new one in a minute.  I'm almost certain it's my PSU that's out since I was running two 5870s and a 5850 (all OC'd to 990-1040MHz) on a Thermaltake 750W.  I think I was probably running that 750 into the ground for the last couple months.

I plays WoW on a laptop   I was hoping I could short some pins on my PSU and then maybe plug in an optical drive and see if it opens/closes the tray.

Ok so I'm sitting here playing WoW and my mining rig (a separate machine) suddenly goes quiet.  I look over and the fans on my video cards are spinning down, so I figured no biggie, Windows update probably just rebooted the machine or something.  Anyway long story short, I think I have a PSU failure.  I'm not really sure though, and I don't know how to test it.  Is there some way I can check to see if it's a PSU issue, or a mobo problem?  I'm not sure what to do.  When I plug the PSU back in and flip the power switch on the computer, there's a blue LED light that flashes momentarily, then it goes dark.  Usually there's 3 or 4 LEDs in a row that stay lit when the thing is up and running.

How do I test for a bad PSU?

1 Ixcoin block = 96 coins
1 I0coin block = 48 coins

Both have the same total coins cap; hence a ratio of 2:1.

I think the bots have already established a rough 2:1 parity between I0coin and Ixcoin, as it should be.  So if Ixcoin goes to 0, then I0coins will be worth 2x that.

Moral of the story: Be careful what you wish for.

Can someone with an acct at Anantech or Heatwire contact the PC Surgeon over there and verify he's the same one as here?

Do you offer any kind of insurance for cold storage BTC?  Like what if there were a fire/flood/earthquake and the storage machine was destroyed?

Awesome!  I always thought it was the actual forum that did that lol

So there's me and Amy, and we're all inseparable, right? Just big time in love. And then four months down the road, the idiot gear kicks in, and I ask about the ex-boyfriend. Which, as we all know, is a really dumb move. But you know how it is: you don't wanna know, but you just have to, right? Stupid guy bullshit. So, anyway, she starts telling me about him... how they fell in love, and how they went out for a couple of years, and how they lived together, her mother likes me better, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... and I'm okay. But then she drops the bomb on me, and the bomb is this: it seems that a couple of times, while they were going out, he brought some people to bed with them. "Menage a trois," I believe it's called. Now this just blows my mind, right? I mean, I am not used to this sort of thing. I mean, I was raised Catholic, for God's sake.
 
So I'm totally weirded out by this, right? And then I just start blasting her. Like... I don't know how to deal with what I'm feeling, so I figure the best way is by calling her a slut, right? And tell her she was used. I'm... I'm out for blood. I really wanna hurt this girl. I'm like, "What the fuck is your problem?", right? And she's just all calmly trying to tell me, like, it was that time and it was that place and she doesn't think she should apologize because she doesn't feel that she's done anything wrong. I'm like, "Oh, really?" That's when I look her straight in the eye, I tell her it's over. I walk.
 
It was a mistake. I didn't hate her. I wasn't disgusted with her. I was afraid. At that moment, I felt small, like... like I'd lacked experience, like I'd never be on her level, like I'd never be enough for her or something like that, you know what I'm saying? But, what I did not get, she didn't care. She wasn't looking for that guy anymore. She was... she was looking for me, for the Bob. But, uh, by the time I figure this all out, it was too late, man. She moved on, and all I had to show for it was some foolish pride, which then gave way to regret. She was the girl, I know that now. But I pushed her away. So, I've spent every day since then chasing Amy... so to speak.

Bitcoin wasn't really "launched" so much as it was rolled out.  There wasn't much fanfare when the first blocks started being mined out, and this was entirely due to lack of awareness of the project.  Both IXCoins and I0Coins suffered from their own set of issues which are discussed in other threads.  And however much I'd like for I0Coins to be valued at 1:1 to Bitcoins, I don't think anybody would want them more than Bitcoins since you can't really do anything with them except trade them in for Bitcoins.

Does anybody else find it weird that the term "Bitcoin" gets a red underline on this board?

You can tell she totally takes it to the limit in bed

Ok, it's common belief that I0Coins are pretty much the same as IXcoins in nature and that their only purpose is for trading on the exchanges.  However, at this time there's one HUGE advantage I0Coins have over IXcoins (and Namecoins for that matter):  An encrypted wallet.dat.  This is going to be a HUGE factor for people who want an additional layer of security for their digital currency.  Got a bunch of BTC sitting on your computer?  Exchange it for I0C and encrypt the wallet!  That, along with other measures of securing your wallet.dat should sufficient to reasonably protect your coins.

Of course the only way people would use I0Coins as a security measure would be if the market price held stable, or at least were tied, in some scale, to the exchange rate of the BTC.  So stop selling your I0Cs for such low prices! k?  Thx.