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The monitor definitely supports it as I am getting 2560x1600 pn my Lenovo t420 via displayport.

Then why do they advertise that the card can get 2560x1600. Obviously it is not false, but if there are no other connections you are SOL.

I purchased a nec pa301w monitor that can run at 2560x1600. I am able to get this to work on my lenovo laptop via docking station and it is great. However, I hve a msi gt780dx laptop, which I padi 2k more than the lenovo and the best I can get is 1920/1280. It has a 570m card which supports...

Thanks for the feedback. I already have a drive for my OS so I have 3 drives in the raid. How would you deal with the 3 drives now? If I use one for data and one for backup, what about the other? How do I stop using the raid without losing my information? Jim

I do have access to all my data, that is not a concern. If Raid 5 is not safe, which raid setup do you suggest? I only have about 2tb of data, which is why i use raid 5, thought being redundant was a good thing. I really dont want to spend anymore money, so I dont want to setup another...

I built a HTPC with raid 5 setup. I have a boot drive and 3 WD green caviar 1 tb drives in the setup. Every so often the computer hangs at shutdown, running windows 7 64 bit. I have to reboot the computer or shut off as it wont shut down. When I reboot I get a message that the raid is...

I have a htpc that I have a boot os along with a raid 5 setup. I had an unexpected shutdown and now the array is showing as degraded. The drive is brand new so I am assuming it is due to the shutdown. I am in intel matrix storage manager and can see the array, shows degraded and it is...

I built my first HTPC and used a i7 920 processor. I have a cooler mast v8 connected to the i7 920. I was initially concerned as I thought I put too much thermal paste. I did cover the top of the chip but it may be thicker then prescribed. Anyway, when running core temp it is showing each...

Appreciate the feedback. Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. In my research I was looking at components and it said this was a high end htpc. Guess, I was wrong. If I dont need all these components, then I definitely dont want to spend the money. The hard drive is a great suggestion, I appreciate that. So, I will cut the...

I was told that the heatsink that comes with the hd card is not good enough and I should replace it. I saw one by Zelman but was wondering what you would recommend as a heatsink? Jim

I am new to this and have been doing my research. Here is my proposed setup, I would appreciate your feedback. My budget is 1500. I will use this for bluray and dvd playback, light gaming, photos, dvd, etc. Case SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum front panel, 0.8 mm SECC body GD01B-MXR ATX...