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I am currently rebuilding my HTPC and I thought I would share some experiences. My primary goals in rebuilding my htpc are add more storage to my existing htpc while adding efi bios support for <3tb hdd support, including having usb 3.0 and esata. While simultaneously adding a little cpu...

I am needing to order about 40 hdds for servers that i am building and i need to order Asap. I have be tearing apart the forums looking for a list of drives that are compatible with the Areca 1880 series. I was planning on ordering Samsung HD-HD204UI. I had thought the general consensus was...

I have been reading a lot of reviews on the new Nehalem EP Xeons and i realized that none of the reviews have addressed what i most want to know. Is it possible to run a Nehalem EP in a desktop X58 board? I like the i7 processors but a 130w TDP is too high for my tastes. I see no reason why...

I purchased a Visiontek 4870x2 and I have spend the last few days trying everything I know to get the card to work. I have tried every driver I could lay hands on including the beta drivers. I followed all the steps recommended by people here to make sure it was a clean driver install but to no...

I purchased a Visiontek 4870x2 from NCIXUS.com and the first thing I noticed when I was installing the video card was the pcb was bent at the right hand corner of the card by the 8 pin pci-e power connector. Thinking that it was a manufacturing defect I proceeded to install the card and I have...

This maybe a very noobish question but i am currently building a mini itx system and i was thinking of adding some ventilation to the case how do you secure a window or a mesh vent cover to the hole that has been cut? Case: Mini ITX I was planning on adding some ventilation to the...

I want build a mobile HTPC that is highly portable, capable of decoding HD video and audio, and can used if in a car if need be (not hard wired per say). I would like to take and hook up the computer to a TV for playback of video and audio. I have all the requisite adaptors, i.e., ac...

I got a email from computergeeks saying this http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ZPC-64&cpc=SCH&srm=0 was on sale and at first i thought well it would be nice but i bet the integrated graphics suck. i then read the description and realized that not only does it have a agp 8x slot but it has...

I am building a new fileserver at the end of November and i have some questions on powering this thing. What is the point of having multiple 12v rails? Does it load balance the load between multiple rails? Is it better to have single large rail vs. lower amperage yet multiple rails? On a...

I’m planning on building a new file server at the end of November. I already know what drives and what raid controller i want to use by i am having trouble determining what motherboard and what chipset would be the best pair with this raid adaptor. My budget for both motherboard and cpu cannot...

Now that more and more people are realizing that the dothan on the desktop is looking more and more attractive. Who actually took the plunge and built a dothan rig? I was just wondering how many people other than me are enjoying dothan goodness. I do admit the price is a bit steep at the...

I’m confused as to the differences between pci and pci X what is the difference between 32bit and 64 bit pci and pci X. 32bit 33mhz is 133mbs for the entire bus. 32bit 66mhz is 266mbs for the entire bus. What are the different pci speeds? Is there a difference between 64bit pci and pci X...

When will the new socket 775 celerons be available for purchase? any info on pricing availability and or links would be helpful. it doesn't seem to make much sense to me to have only the p4's be on socket 775. would like a nice 915 board for my fileserver yet I don’t want or need to spend...

if i stick a 66mhz pci card in a 64-bit 66MHz PCI-X slot will it operated at the 266mbs that the hard drive controller says its capable of? the controller is a promise ultra ata 133 tx2 controller. it works fine in a 32bit 33mhz standard slot but promise says i will operate at 66mhz. Is 64bit...

well i manged to pick up a $35 asus p4s8x and i was short a cpu so i picked up a celron 2gig as a temporary chip. I was fiddling around in the bios and decied to try some ocing. to my suprise i am able to get the chip up 3.3 ghz, albeit not into windows at that speed. The limit to the chip...