Recent content by BrianPeach

bought everything yesterday, phantom 630 case. i will post pics when the build is complete later this week. thanks for helping me out so much guys i really appreciate it.

Danny can you recommend a similar PSU from microcenter? im going to try and one stop shop this Monday (im trapped at work all day Sunday). Also, I went to order and the link for the CPU/mobo combo is no longer posted, I missed the boat on that deal :( im still gonna buy but sad about that.

By modular I meant something similar to the cooler master stacker series with a HDD bay that could slide out while plugged in (i have 4 HDD's and am looking to consolidate onto a pair), also the DVD drive is easy to swap out, etc. Do you have any recommendations on an aftermarket heatsink or...

Im flexible on case, would like it to be modular with good cable management. Yes, buying parts online is preferred. I definitely will shop the prices for a deal.

Dan and Tir, given the trending recommendations to get a new PSU, im going to go with buying a new one as well to protect the build. Im gonna just donate the entire old case and increase my budget to a more workable $1200 to offset any additional costs from psu and new case. Thank u guys for...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ2BQ4F7dAM Any thoughts on this layout? It was just posted the other day and includes the new hardware you were describing. Thumbs up or down from my gurus please :D

Haswell mobo will be my goal then, whats special that makes it the go-to board? Expandible options? On-board features? What model would you recommend? Im going to start googling this today to learn more. I do not plan on keeping my external HDD, I was using it as a temporary storage. I want...

Yes, I am near microcenter, tigermart and there is a fry's 20 minutes from me as well. I play skyrim, counter strike source, diablo iii, fallout, battlefield 3 and prefer max settings. I am streaming netflix, I have about 100 gigs of movies on an external HDD but want its reading over a USB...

So i pulled this from the forum sticky, i used to build pc's regularly back in 2001-2008 then fell into my career and lost touch with it. I finally got some time and income and would like to get into pc builds again, please help me get started on my first gaming pc in a long time. I have no idea...

Looking for something very close to $1,100 for my budget, 50in. range. I've seen a few online for that but need help deciding which. I use it for PS3/XBOX 360 so 1080p is a necessity. Ideas? Also, do I need any special hookups to wire my regular cable tv to it? Or will plain digital still...

As far as electronic components are concerned, heat is your #1 enemy. It will depreciate the lifespan of your chipset by causing undue wear on its components. The manufacturer intended for it to dissipate heat in a certain way, and for it to perform on certain levels. Overclocking is great as a...

for security purposes eta: try camcorder, not many other reasons people would need such vast storage

k so NTFS it is. now for protection, what's a high end piece of encryption software to lock this stuff down?

FAT32 or NTFS? Which and why? I just ordered a (1) Terabyte external HDD on a USB 2.0 connection for my laptop, I plan on using it for storing movies, music and photo albums. Also, how do I protect huge amounts of data like this? I need top of the line encryption, preferably something...

Ah, understood. Recommendations? Checked out the laptop and there's HDMI and USB 2.0 ports, no eSATA unfortunately so that limits what I can do.