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Here's the deal: 640 GB mechanical hard drive divided into 3 NTFS partitions: C:\ - > Windows XP (10 GB) - System, Page File, Active, Primary Partition D:\ -> Windows 7 (25 GB) -> Boot, Crash Dump, Primary Partition F:\ -> data storage (560 GB) -> Logical Drive I no longer use Windows XP, the...

I wonder if there is some kind of hack available to make my motherboard work in ACHI mode? :)

actually one of those points is a problem for me, since my motherboard (Gigabyte G31M) does not support AHCI. So no TRIM for me :(

I'm looking for a ~100GB ssd (give or take a few GB) for around $150. What are my best options right now? Is there anything in particular that I should keep in mind? (I've heard that ssds run very fast at first but not so after a while). by the way ... this ssd is for a desktop pc and the OS...

you mean cutting it as in, cutting it in half with a knife and then carefully soldering the internal wires?

This is what's going on: I have a Samsung cell phone that has a proprietary input. I have a cable that converts from this proprietary input to USB Male (so far so good). I also have a portable battery that has a Mini-USB Male plug. I use it to charge my mp3 player, and would like to be able to...

I think the short answer to my question is because my computer sucks, but the virtual machine I use at school is installed on a computer inferior to mine and yet it works a lot faster than the virtual machine on my home computer. The setup at school is a core 2 duo 2.0 ghz or so, 3 GB of RAM or...

Thanks for the help.

so can I do like $150 CPU $75 mb $75 RAM $100 SSD is that even realistic?

like 600watts. i don't have the specs in front of me so please assume that the PSU won't be a problem. The US. ideally before the new year or shortly after. USB 3.0 would be nice, but it's not necessary. SATA 6 GB/s would be nice, too. I'll even say that if it has an IDE port even better...

I already have all of the following: monitor, case, decent PSU, speakers, video card, dvd drive, plenty of hard drive space, etc. I only need help figuring out a good combo of the following items for no more than $400. CPU Motherboard RAM <possibly a hard drive but only if its price justifies a...

probably from simple observation. if I let you hang on to my money for say 2 months, and I don't charge you any interest, then I'm effectively lending you money with zero percent interest rate. or look at it this way: if I had put the money in my back account, I would have earned interest on...

Haste, did you pay an extra amount of money (usually $2 if I am not mistaken) to have the processing of your claim expedited?

one of the ones in the $25 range :)

this is one of the cheapest radeon cards that can be purchased and i noticed a problem that i didn't have with onboard video: sometimes when I open a window or a 'tooltip' appear on the screen, and I move the window, part of those images remain 'burned' on the screen and don't go away until I...