I built my PC. But there's always things I either should have researched better or paid more attention to.
1. I have the Zerotherm BTF90 'Butterfly' heatsink for my CPU. It's a nice heatsink, and the fan speed is controlled by APM. Only problem, my motherboard is an ASUS and implements it's own 'off-spec' APM that conflicts with what the fan expects, so I have to disable it complelty and the fan runs at 100% all the time.
2. The video card I have, I found out after I got it that they were having trouble with the Fan controller and so by the time I got around to getting one they had locked the fan speed to 81%. Never goes higher, never goes lower, just 81%.
3. I'm still using Windows XP, because Vista drops support for my beloved Joystick port. Without my joystick port, I can't use my first edition Microsoft Force Feedback Pro, the best force feedback stick ever invented and no longer developed. Without my first edition Microsoft Force Feedback Pro, the best force feedback stick ever invented, I just don't know what I'd do.
4. It's not a quad-core. Yet.
5. Ever since I dropped AVG and started using Avast, I've been having problems with Power Management. Specifically, I had the screensaver set to 10 minutes and for the monitor to power off at 15. The screensaver always comes on as it should, but whether or not the monitor powers off after 15 minutes is hit-and-miss. Would switch back to AVG but the new version won't install as it detects a conflict with 'Roxio Easy CD Creator'. And I hate Nero.
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