Recent content by Funkatron

Hey, guys: I find myself in a little conundrum. I currently have a Viewsonic 19" Widescreen TN monitor and was looking for something bigger to replace it with. I use my computer for a multitude of things: Graphic/web design some Steam games, Blu-ray movies, etc. I'm looking for a decent...

I'm having a bit of trouble with the enclosure I purchased. As suggested, I got theAntec MX-1, but it seems to be acting up. I coupled it with a WD Green 1TB drive.. I've tried two of the same enclosure and I'm having the same problem while trying to use it in eSata mode: it seem s to be very...

Thank you for the answers. Any recomendations on eSATA enclosures or will any do?

Wanted to do some automatic backups on an external drive and I wanted to know which is the prefered interface: external Sata or USB 2.0. Is it better to get an enclosure and drive seperately or do I just get an external drive?

There isn't an option to disable. Its set to automatic, which I'm hoping means it disables when a video card is present

Ok, here is the rundown. I hope someone can help me. I just upgraded my system with a Radeon 360 from Diamond. Here are my specs: CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Motherboard: BIOSTAR TForce 6100 AM2 Memory: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) OS: Windows XP SP2...

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071230-measuring-cpu-usage-during-hd-playback-ati-vs-nvidia.html Nice article. Actually helps me a lot in choosing a vid card for my future media rig.

Thanks for the replies, guys. Another opinion is always helpful. Going for a 400GB drive. Man, I can't wait to fill this sucker up :D

I have a question for you more knowledgable techheads. I'm looking to add more storage to my current Rig. SATA preferable (all my other drives are IDE). I was looking for something in the 400-500GB range. Someone told me that getting a large drive was a bad idea and it would be preferable to...

http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/11438 So in other words, they are going full swing into the intergrated specialized core market. Built in PPU/GPU/AIPU anyone?

Got the 65W 3800+ X2 and love it. Nice and quiet and cool to boot

Man, what a difference. I've had an Athlon XP 1800+ for 4 years now. The jump to an X2 4200+ is such a HUGE difference. Not only is it loads faster, but I can do more stuff at once thanks to the dual cores. Converting a half hour's worth of video took me an hour on my old rig. Here, it...

According to here(on the front page) we're getting new 4000+, 4400+, 4800+ and 5000+ X2 procs next month on the 5th. Any advantage to the current crop? Should we expect comparative prices to the X2's we have now or should we expect to pay a premium. looks like its time for me to hold out some...

My current 17" CRT is about to die a horrible death (picture getting distorted and its making a horrible staticy noise when it power up or down). I work at a RadioShack and we just got 2 Viewsonic Monitors: The 17" VA712B and the 19" widescreen VA1930wm. Wondering if anyone can recomend one over...

ATI just also announced the X1650XT, which blows the pro out of he water: http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=895&cid=2 Plus it has the native Crossfire. I must own this