The Thermaltake TMGi1 is an Intel Socket 775 CPU heatsink and cooling fan. The Thermaltake TMGi1 is very quiet but a whole lot bigger than the stock cooling fan that came with your intel 775 chip. If your computer case has one of those intake cooling pipes on the side panel over your CPU, you will need to remove that once you install the TMGi1 on your CPU. It uses the same clip ons that the stock 775 fan from intel uses and they come set in the locked position, all you have to do is tap them in. They also have compound on the bottom of the Heatsink. You do have to remove the fan to install it (You will also have to remove the fan if you want to take the heatsink off). Use a flathead screwdriver to gently remove the fan from the Thermaltake TMGi1. Don’t squeeze it around the ring protecting the fan.

This is the quietest CPU fan I have ever owned. Definitely worth consuming.

Antec makes the best computer cases. The only problem with Antec is which Antec case to use in your next Computer build.

I like the Antec NSK 4400 Black/Silver computer case. Antec gives you a solid computer case for the price (around $80). Antec gives you a good power supply with the NSK 4400, a High-efficiency 380 Watt ATX12V v2.0, the only problem with it is it only has two Sata connectors. I ended up replacing this with a bigger one, the EA-500 also by Antec. Just so I can power four Sata drives. Both are earth friendly power supplies.

The Antec NSK 4400 best feature is it’s a removable hard drive bay with silicone grommets to isolate drive vibrations. This is the same style as the “Sonata” case by Antec without the rails (which I like even more). Antec also gives you an Advanced cooling system with one Rear 120mm TriCool 3-speed fan (which is included), Front mount for optional 80mm fan, and Advanced Chassis Air Guide, with mount for optional 80mm fan. This one is almost as quiet as the last “Sonata” case I put together and it doesn’t have the worthless plastic computer door over the CD Rom area.

With 8 Drive Bays and 7 Expansion Slots there is plenty of room for all the goodies you would want to put into your computer. The NSK 4400 also has two USB 2.0 front bezel ports which aren’t hidden by a worthless plastic door. If you want to spend a little bit more money you can get NSK6500 Super Mid Tower Case which gives you two more drive bays, a beefier 430W ATX12V v2.0 power supply and that rail system of the Sonata but its facing your motherboard instead of outside the case like the Sonata. I like the NSK 4400 a bit more because its removable hard drive bay.

http://www.antec.com/

This has been a rather hellish week for me. I work a lot, I get a lot of personal chores done and I like to have a fair amount of fun. Updating my PC or building a PC is a chore to me. I spent this week working on building a new Computer with Windows Vista Ultimate on it. This is not fun anymore.

Microsoft polished up a few things in the installation process for Windows Vista Ultimate. The installation was a lot smoother than I thought it could be. Everything from there goes downhill.

Cons
1. A lot of programs are not working in Vista.
2. Annoying new security features (which Apple is already making fun of in their TV ads)
3. Driver Hell. This is inexcusable.
4. Its seems Microsoft hid the blue screen of death. Sweeping dirt under the rug isn’t fixing the issue.
5. Seems to run as if its still a Beta Software.
6. Have to switch to classic mode yet again. The menu with a scroll sucks. Everything else looks new and shinny and they put a freaking scroll bar in the menu! I will have to switch back and forth to use goodies in the cool menu. WTF!
7. No Power off Button on the welcome screen. Windows XP has this feature. How come Windows Vista “Ultimate” Doesn’t?

Pros:
1. Install was quick and fairly painless, more so than all previous versions of Windows. The system hang at the end is not cool. They do not warn you about that.
2. Everything looks great except the damn scroll bar they put in the menu.
3. Aero Theme kicks ass.
4. Still more Killer Aps than Apple. Sorry I don’t need Pro Tools Danjel.
5. Forces administration, I have a love/hate feel about this feature.

Now to be fair. When XP first came out I was running Win2K for a year before I switched over. A lot of drivers did not work and I had fewer PCs than I do know. Parts are so cheap now that it doesn’t hurt to build a new box more often now. I remember when I paid 400 for a K7 550 MHz AMD processor and a motherboard. My first 386 home PC was $3000. Now I can get a whole PC for that 400 bucks and its a P4 thats faster than 3 Ghz. So if it takes time to grow into Vista and switch between the two it doesn’t hurt me so much since I can afford having multiple PCs and a KVM switch. Before I only had one rig with a few small drives. Lets see how it works in a year.