-> WC> I expect since the Turtle Beach uses the same fonts it'll
-> WC> sound the same but I need to pick up a "wall wart" to power
-> WC> the speakers. No amp on the hardware sound card. 

-> Headphones are probably more useful and usually sound better
-> than most speaker systems sold for computer use. 

I've a nice set of Sony headphones.

-> --8<--cut 

-> ->> I know this is terribly 'geeky' and all that but whats to
-> ->> stop a person from just sitting a HUGE powersupply
-> ->> _outside/alongside_ the tower rather than finding one that
-> ->> fits _inside_ the tower? I remember one of my friends
-> ->> having 3 hard drives sitting on the table with his XT
-> ->> computer with longish ribbon cables connecting them to the
-> ->> machine. It worked. Looked very geeky but it worked. 

-> WC> It's a *very* good idea and one that has occured to me, say
-> WC> an Antec 450 watt? One thing to watch is to use oversize
-> WC> wiring as the error voltage controlling power regulation
-> WC> could be thrown off due to voltage drop from high current
-> WC> draw. 

-> WC> Another is the standard ATX PS differs from the SFX in one
-> WC> pin that can be disasterous if not taken into account on
-> WC> some systems. I believe the SFX drops the -12V while the
-> WC> ATX retains it? 

-> I don't know the answer to that but I would definitely want
-> that answer if/when I tried to use an external power supply. :-) 

Yeah I had looked into it with a google search.  
Forget the specifics but believe the only difference is in 
one PS connector pin. 
In the SFX it's open, in the other IIRC it's -12 DC.

Some typical keywords would be
SFX, pinout, "power supply" computer
ATX, pinout, "power supply" computer
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