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    WTB: DVI to Dsub Converter

    i was a little surprised. the cost he quoted me was 364 rs. I assume that is an odd figure because of the tax. In case you want to borrow mine to try out, you are most welcome to.
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    WTB: DVI to Dsub Converter

    the dvi connector you have should be a DVI - I or DVI -A - that is analog as well as digital. Visually you can identify it by seeing by four pins - Two below and Two above a long pin which look like a short line at the end of the connector. If it does not have those four pins then a d-sub...
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    WTB: DVI to Dsub Converter

    i assume you have dual dvi - where atleast one is DVI-I otherwise it will not convert to D-Sub, The connector is available at connectronics at lamington road.
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    Vantec eSATA /USB2 SATA HDD case

    Hi, Though the figures for the hdd on eSATA are good, mostly due to the way you have configured your system. I am surprised at the USB 2.0 figures. USB 2.0 is said to have 480 mbps theoretical transfer rates, hence by that logic 480/8 = 60 MB/s - this is the theoretical value, the maximum...
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    WTB: Good to High end Air cooler

    Will a water based cooler do? coolermaster aquagate mini R80? I know you mentioned air cooler, but just thought would ask.
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    CPU/Mobo The AMD Athlon 64x2 3600+ - The new OC champ?

    Thanks for the tip bottle, will be going next week to sg. so will check out. I got the India price, and i suppose that is the price its going to be in India. Still at 7.5K it seems workable for now. As we have seen all these years, AMD india prices are always at a premium, seems like they...
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    CPU/Mobo The AMD Athlon 64x2 3600+ - The new OC champ?

    Hi Guys, The new processor on the block and which i predict is going to rock us is the AMD x2 3600 +. Its a low voltage 65 watt processor, running at 2.0 GHz on AM2 socket. What's interesting? It runs at 1.25V, so tremendous potential to run it at higher clocks. It is supposed to go to 2.6G -...
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    Best city for Gaming Cafe

    Some more info, there are 3 igames cafe in chennai and one in hyderabad. none in mumbai or blr. so the chennai crowd is more aware?
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    Lan Party at SKOAR 06 , Bangalore

    hey, i will be in blr tomorrow for a day. and since i don't know any thing about blr, can anybody guide me to skoar. from the airport, and what would be the best way to get there in a taxi? Also how much would it cost? is ther a prepaid taxi thing? Any help would be welcome.
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    Best city for Gaming Cafe

    Hi, need some help from the TE clan :) which city in India has the most cybercafe's for gaming. not for internet browsing. In mumbai, here, the reliance Web world's more or less are used agressively for lan parties. I wonder if that is true for other cities. Looking at gaming enthusiast's where...
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    PC Peripherals tv tuner- cost and availablity

    From the Tuners. The three most popular brands available here (Mumbai) 1. Pinnacle Series. the 50i, 110i and 100e. 2. The Aver series 3. some of the leadtek tuners The Hauppauge PVR-150MCE also is available and i am using it in one of the systems. Experinmenting with the pinnacle 110i...
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    Query and Help: Which AMD Processor will give my highest clock - on OC

    Thanks DL, I think your reply was to the point and exactly what i wanted. Anish, On the K8N-dl with 265 i have only managed to go upto 1.90 Ghz. That is around 5% - First the memory is an issue. Its ECC and hence difficult to OC, but when we drop the memory speeds also, the Processor refuses...
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    Query and Help: Which AMD Processor will give my highest clock - on OC

    Bump!! Any dual processor users here..I need to know on any success with any dual processor board. It would help. Every where people on the net are saying you don't need to OC dual processor opteron's. I disagree. Any TE guys out there, who have any info?
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    Query and Help: Which AMD Processor will give my highest clock - on OC

    Thanks. nikhil, have been travelling a lot, and places where there is no Internet. :-) , but still manage to browse TE for daily, weekly or whenever possible. So 165 seems to be a good choice for the clock..If i can get 2.8 on 165, then the X2 loses. But my own personal experience is that the...
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    Query and Help: Which AMD Processor will give my highest clock - on OC

    Hi Guys, need some help from you. Wanted to know which processor on AMD (intel guys- please excuse) will give me the fastest OC. It has to be dual core ideally. Many moons back i did a SD 3700 and 0517 3000, but days have changed. Correct me if i am wrong but at the moment for highest clock the...
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    PC Peripherals New !!! BENQ DW1650

    Just to update you guys, the Benq 1650 is now available in mumbai. I picked up mine on tuesday. Can't give you guys a review, and strangely not body across the world seems to have reviewed it. Everybody is talking about the 1655 which is the light scribe drive. Price is the same as the 1640 and...
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    Calling All LOTR Fans

    Well all you need is the extended edition dvd set. It has 50 minutes of extra footage, which was not there in the movie. In fact if you have seen the three parts in india you have already missed around 15 to 20 minutes of footage from each part which is there in the original movie. The Return of...
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    Calling All LOTR Fans

    Agree with tracer - that the silimarilion has depth and to understand the lotr, its important to read the silmarillion.. I know i am a little off topic, but i don't know why people are not mentioning the hobbit. Thats the book which is the prelude to the lotr, an imediate prelude. The...
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    How to upgrade firmware on nokia phone?

    Hi Rahul, You need to go to a nokia care center in your city to flash the phone. I stay in mumbai and the closest to me was phoenix. The charges are around 600rs. My phone was in warranty, hence no charge, but a friend of mine had a 6230 and he was charged 600 Rs. All you need is the official...
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    PC Peripherals TV tuner

    i am using the 303p aver media. seems to be working fine..though haven't got too much time to check. The quality is exceptional.