I can't wait to hear what my boss has to say when I tell him I need nap time to boost my productivity.

It's an ADD/ADHD medication, often used by HS/College students to help concentration when studying and working long hours on assignments.

IIRC the phantom has built-in holes for cable management, so use them (pretty much everything should immediately go to the back after leaving the power supply). For what must run through the front of the case, tie down as much as possible with zip ties. It may help to pull things apart and re-run everything to…

I think the best trick is probably getting a case that has good features to begin with. I found googling "[case name] cable management" helped me to find good pointers. Some people go as far as cutting holes in their cases when the holes aren't already there, just be sure to smooth the edges after you cut.

Was wondering why the 6870 until I noticed that was re-used. Looks like cable management could use some work (although it could be partially due to lighting). It seems like you should be able to clean up some of that clutter though.

If there's an opening to the far side of the HDD bay, route cables through there to get the unused/extra cables out of the way. Get some cable ties and use them to strap things down to the side of the case. It may help to pull things apart and re-route things as you tie them down. Try to keep the majority of the…

I guess you're less OCD than me. Having the hole there for it but still having the cable coming across the middle of the case would drive me nuts.

Did you try sending the CPU power cable behind the motherboard tray and back out the little hole at the top? Looks like it might be too short, but damn it looks ugly across the front like that (I know there's no side window, but it still doesn't hurt to have it look decent, plus it would probably improve airflow in…

Yeah, I really wish AMD would get it together and pick up the single-threaded performance to really compete with Intel in that respect. Moar cores is great for highly threaded stuff, but most things aren't there yet, although it seems next-gen consoles are going for "moar cores" as well, so perhaps game devs will be…

+1 for the tree of Gondor

Can't let Intel have all the fun. Here's my specs:

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It depends. It's likely a hardware limitation, but it can sometimes be a limitation imposed by the bios as well. I'd check Dell's support website for any bios updates that mention increasing memory capacity (I'm not even certain they'll provide bios updates, but it's worth checking). If there aren't any updates…

If you do go with paying off student loans, be sure it goes to principal, and not future payments. Many times if you just add more to the check you send in the mail they'll just put it toward your next month's payment without actually reducing your principal. This means your interest isn't decreased by the extra you…

This is just the un-official alternative to that method so it's really the same problem.

Like I said, the "hope" is an important component of my OP. The Mint install itself was unbelievably easy, and I was able to find drivers fairly quickly, although I wasn't dealing with multi-monitor. I'd also expect that if devs started providing game support, driver support would come as well.

Oh look, another person who missed the "hope" and "soon." I'm aware that gaming on Linux is currently extremely limited, but I *hope* that it will *soon* expand.

Mint. How long did it take to set up Linux, or gaming? Found drivers easily. Didn't try multiple displays, as I don't use them.

Clearly it doesn't require physical bits on the machine, since you can just use this hack. It isn't new in Win8, the same thing (essentially) was around for Win7. If MS cared, they would have changed it, so clearly it isn't an issue of MS wanting to have verification of the old system on the machine.

I would've needed a warehouse to store my legos like this as a kid. I suppose this provides good organization, but it must take up a ton of wall space.