[Amateur] "Silence" - MiniITX (Scratch) [Tons of Pics 56k Death] - Page 3

Thanks for the vote!

I'm in the process of finding a better place to host my images.
My server works, but I contacted the company that hosts it and they only provide a 2meg connection.
...Which is silly and annoying, so I'm moving my pics to a new server.

Thanks! yeah, I was impressed with the result.
Tbh, I wasn't sure how well the paint would work, but I was pleasantly surprised.
It was very interesting that the plastic paint worked the best.
Makes sense if you think about it.
I figure it adheres better to the acrylic and therefore makes a smoother surface.

Thanks for the kind words. I've already watched a few movies on it and it works perfectly. It actually has some OC headroom so I'm anxious to give that a try.

It doesn't collect too much dust unless I move it around a bunch. I also keep a swiffer-duster handy at all times(best things for dusting monitors and other smooth things you need to keep dust free).

Pics have been moved. We'll see if google decides to cut me off.

I'm using Picasa to host them now. They seem to be loading much faster. Let me know if you have any issues.
Edited by Sparhawk - 7/5/10 at 8:37am

Haha, not my first effort. My first however, in competition(sig link to my first build).
I couldn't believe I missed the start of the Mod competition last year, so I made sure I wasn't going to miss this one too.
I really like scratch builds. You get to plan everything yourself. Layout, airflow(a big focus on this build), function and aesthetics.
I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I like having complete control over my builds.
Although I do have an authentic old ammo box that is calling me... as well as some other ideas kicking around in the back of my mind.

Yeah, I was very disappointed that my server host provides such slow access to files.
The thing they advertise is unlimited bandwidth, but unfortunately they only provide 2mb/s connections. Even so, it racked up about 5GB of uploads between the time the log went live and before I changed the host.
I'm hoping picasa will handle it for now, I might have to upgrade or something but they seemed to have the cheapest upgrade path of all the services I've looked at(flickr is silly expensive ).

I edit all my photos before I upload them, and I hate services that will resize or store the photos differently than I saved them originally(main reason I tried my own server first).

I'm always up for a challenge, and I love trying new things, the paint was the part that was the most sketchy(but saved me a ton of money).
I was super impressed with how well it worked out(almost exactly how I was hoping it would).

Cheers,
~Sparhawk

Yeah, I would only use MCC to play HD content because you can choose how it renders content. Haven't tried many other programs. I'm using PowerDVD for blu-ray playback. You might want to try overclocking the chip a little and see if that helps at all.

Yeah, the Stampede is later this year, starts this coming weekend. Always lots to do in Calgary during Stampede, although I'll probably spend most of my time lounging about and letting my fractured metatarsus heal.