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[mkprilliman]

Thanks for the compliment. It definitely makes it a bit easier to tolerate working from home.

Generally speaking, I'm pretty happy with the MS keyboard, but there are a couple of things I don't like about it too. My main gripe is that the media buttons don't work with WinAmp. And its overall height won't allow you to use the back feet to increase the keyboard angle and still be able to slide the keyboard shelf under the desktop (I need to lower shelf about an inch, just haven't got around to it yet).

But other than those 2 nitpicks, I think it's great. You can probably find a better price if you shop around online though. Just a cursory search shows the price to be $15 cheaper on Amazon than it is at OfficeMax.

yeah right now i'm using the old microsoft natural keyboard pro.
this thing works great but it's just old so the keys are loud.

but yeah i know what you mean by it being to high when the legs are up.
but it's ok with me since it's big enough already that it sits higher then most keyboards anyways.

i just liked the 4000 because the wrist rest was most comfortable then this one and the keys were quieter.

just a question, where and how much did you get yours for?

Amazon, $45 + shipping (I'm an Amazon Prime member so 2 day shipping was free).

Amazon.com: Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000: Electronics

 

[TheNazgul]

Q6600
4GB OCZ Platinum
NX 7800GTX
500GB Samsung Spinpoint
200GB WD
80GB Samsun Spinpoint

22# Samsung Syncmaster
19# Packard Bell
Razer Diamondback
Logitech Dinovo

 

[Young Baird]

your desk is so tidy. How da flip do you keep it that way! Mine has CDS and cables and everything on it. LOL :D

 

[TheNazgul]

your desk is so tidy. How da flip do you keep it that way! Mine has CDS and cables and everything on it. LOL :D

Lol you havent seen under my desk mate!

i have about 8 plugs comming off one socket! im a health and safety hazzard for sure!

 

[hatehereyes]

your desk is so tidy. How da flip do you keep it that way! Mine has CDS and cables and everything on it. LOL :D

haha he probably spent hours cleaning it before he took that picture.

 

[Young Baird]

so do i only i have it put through like a surge protector and i have another 4 socket extension lead coming out of the surge protector to! i have alot of exernal junk that needs more power.

 

[z3r010]

so do i only i have it put through like a surge protector and i have another 4 socket extension lead coming out of the surge protector to! i have alot of exernal junk that needs more power.

Nope it's not just you, i'm the poster boy for dodgy overloaded wiring, with my system using 11 plug sockets from one extention

 

[Bubba]

your desk is so tidy. How da flip do you keep it that way! Mine has CDS and cables and everything on it. LOL :D

haha he probably spent hours cleaning it before he took that picture.

Naw, his wife needed something on the bottom of the trash heap pile on his desk and when she couldn't find it she went through there like the wrath of God laying waste to everything that displeased her. Thirty seconds after she was done he snapped the picture. 30 minutes after she was done it looked like the rest of our desks again lol.

 

[hatehereyes]

haha yeah that could be a possibility.

hey bubba i just looked at your sig and that is one killer system.

how much did it cost you to put together a system like that?

 

[DeXtmL]

Naw, his wife

...... (Omitted)

30 minutes after she was done it looked like
the rest of our desks again lol.

:D But, not "rest of our desks", you should say "some of our desks". Not everyone throw tons of trash onto the desk, esp. pc desk and writing desk.

 

[sanse]

for a look at my rig have a look at:

Picasa-webalbums - Sanse - The Ultimate ...

 

[Young Baird]

meh ive seen better. i dont see the points of amps

 

[staffspeted]

My newly built rig.
Hi from a newbie Brit too!!!


The case and PSU


The q6600 CPU in place on the Asus board


That should cool it!


Corsair Memory


The BFG OC2 GPU




Fully installed




Now for world domination!!

Heres to a lot of posting!!!
Hope you like my creation

 

[grimreaper]

May I give you a little advice?
Your CPU fan facing below the CPU cooler, should be above the CPU cooler, this way, it sucks up the blowing heat from the PSU.(look for the arrow on the CPU fan should be facing towards the cooler).
Back case fan blows out, side case fan blows out too.

 

[grimreaper]

Here's my final setup, the only thing I'm waiting for is my LG Blu-Ray burner and another 2X500GB HD's-and I'm done...




Taken as of today.

 

[staffspeted]

May I give you a little advice?
Your CPU fan facing below the CPU cooler, should be above the CPU cooler, this way, it sucks up the blowing heat from the PSU.(look for the arrow on the CPU fan should be facing towards the cooler).
Back case fan blows out, side case fan blows out too.

Thanks for the advice..my logic was to face the CPU fan away from the PSU but what you have said makes sense...Am fitting an ARCTIC COOLING ACCELERO XTREME 8800 VGA COOLER this weekend so will move it then.

 

[grimreaper]

Just tryin' to help

 

[sanse]

meh ive seen better. i dont see the points of amps

very comfortable:

one pc with 2 3-way speakers in the livingroom for surfing, mailing, tv-watching, radio-listening, gaming, music-listening, doing taxes, paying bills, receiving money, writing letters, programming, etc, etc.

no more stacks of receivers, tuners, amplifiers, cassette-decks, tape-decks, dvd-players, cd-players, typewriters, harddisk-recorders, enormous amounts of cables, several remote-controls, etc.

just one pc with 2 quality speakers:

Picasa-webalbums - Sanse - The Ultimate ...

 

[grimreaper]

meh ive seen better. i dont see the points of amps

very comfortable:

one pc with 2 3-way speakers in the livingroom for surfing, mailing, tv-watching, radio-listening, gaming, music-listening, doing taxes, paying bills, receiving money, writing letters, programming, etc, etc.

no more stacks of receivers, tuners, amplifiers, cassette-decks, tape-decks, dvd-players, cd-players, typewriters, harddisk-recorders, enormous amounts of cables, several remote-controls, etc.

just one pc with 2 quality speakers:

Picasa-webalbums - Sanse - The Ultimate ...

Who uses cassette/tape decks these days? lol and typewriters?
Anyways, I'll prefer sound coming out of my receiver any day over computers speakers, but that's me.

 

[sanse]

Who uses cassette/tape decks these days? lol and typewriters?
Anyways, I'll prefer sound coming out of my receiver any day over computers speakers, but that's me.

there are 2 sansui es-200 speakers connected to the pc... the amp inside the pc is as good as the amp inside a receiver...