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I've recently moved from a house to an apartment. In the past, I had my main rig wired into my WRT610n router and ran laptops/iphone/tivo/etc via the wireless. Well, I've recently moved into an apartment and the only logical place to set up my computer is not anywhere near the cable input...

A buddy's looking for a low $ pc... hoping to stick close to $500. Will re-use his existing 19" monitor, keyboard mouse, etc. He games on a console but may want to try a couple pc versions.......but nothing too serious. He knows he won't get a serious gaming rig at this price level...

drive encryption software needed New standards at my company mandate that we ALL have some sort of encryption software on all of our pc's. Since my W7 Ultimate came with Bitlocker, and it's on the list of "allowable encryption programs," my pc is all set. However, I've been asked to put...

I've built several pc's but never a server. I assume it's going to go together just like a home-use pc albeit with different parts. I'm not quite sure what info you geniuses need ( ;) ) so I'll try to include everything. We're going to run MS SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition for small...

Buddy's son's pc "blew." The PS and the mobo are gone - I think/hope the cpu, GPU and RAM are ok. It's mainly a World of Warcraft rig with Ventrilo, some frame rate progs + game recording, basic music playing, surfing, online email and so forth. It is/was: HP a1630n chipset: GeForce...

I've been asked to "upgrade" 3-6 Dell office pc's. I hope to use the stock Dell cases. A couple months ago Danni Bui recommended the parts below which I managed to get into a co-workers e-Machines case so I assume they'll fit into the Dell boxes here in the office. Before I place my...

I realized I was hijacking another thread with my questions so I thought it'd be best to start my own thread. At first, like most n00bs, when I installed my os, downloaded music, movies and so forth, I just let Windows put them where it wanted. After losing a c drive or two, I realized that...

First off, thanks to everyone (well, most of you anyway ) who posted in this forum and in the stickied thread above. I've been battling a Linksys WRK54G POS for far too long and have decided it's got to go. I was going to stick with Linksys based upon my OLD beliefs that D-Link's reputation...

I'm currently using a single Asus EAH3870X2/G/3DHTI/1G (with 4DVI video outs) with 2 monitors. Main monitor: Viewsonic VX2435WM 24" Secondary monitor: POS 17" or 19" (I don't recall for sure) generic el-cheap-o lcd display My beef is that when gaming (COD4 and Left4Dead, for example) at...

Needed: motherboard (must be micro ATX to utilize current case), cpu, psu, ram (onboard graphics are ok for this one......no other parts needed) What I have so far: Option 1 - AMD ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX $79 or GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX...

Nothing too fancy for my first build (i.e. no h2o, no case lighting, etc) but I did my best with routing my cables (for now) -- see my sig for component list. Thanks to all the pic posters before me. I got a lot of ideas from you folks. Mike R. case and parts arrive Case disassembled...

As you'll see in my sig, I have my own system. This one is for a 50yo co-worker who really wants it just to play one game. I'm just not well read or up to speed at all on most of the budget gear out there so any input is appreciated. This build is for a buddy, he'll be hooking the pc up to a...

I originally posted this in the wrong "room" when it should have been here, so please pardon the double post: I'm trying to "fix" a co-workers hd that crashed. It's a 80gig Raptor model #: WD800ADFD-75NLR1 Specs below: Rotational speed 10,000 RPM Average rotational latency 2.99 ms...

I'm trying to "fix" a co-workers hd that crashed. It's a 80gig Raptor model #: WD800ADFD-75NLR1 Specs below: Rotational speed 10,000 RPM Average rotational latency 2.99 ms (nominal) Spin-up time (drive ready) 7.0s average Cache (total) 16MB Seek time (without command overhead...

I'm looking for some ideas here on these devices. I've been using a surge suppressor in my "system" like this one: - just your garden variety suppressor but it doesn't have enough outlets. My pc usage is all personal-use stuff: some gaming (see my sig for psu, gpu and so on), surfing, and...

I use a Dell Latitude D820 for work purposes. For now I just use the laptop but in the near future I'll be using a docking station (port replicator) / second monitor at work and taking the laptop itself home with me in the evenings. I figured I'd buy a second power supply/power cord so I could...

For some reason the concepts of memory speeds just won't sink into my brain.....and I "should" understand it by now but........... I just bot a used Dell Latitude D820. It has 1G of DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) but I need more, preferably 4GB (2 x 2GB sticks). I'm running on Vista 64 Ultimate...

I posted this up in the Asus website forums but have generally found them pretty useless so I thought I'd try here as well. I've had my 3870x2 hooked up via dvi to hdmi to an Viewsonic vx2435 "widescreen" monitor for 6 - 9 months with no problems. I recently added a second monitor, a Vison...

This is the 3870x2 card I ordered: ASUS EAH3870X2/G/HTDI/1G Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB They sent this one to me: EAH3870X2/G/3DHTI/1G -- the one with 2 fans and ddr3 memory. Needless to say, I'm having problems with my system seeing one of the processors. One is fine and working, the...

I'm somewhat embarassed to ask but I don't know the answer myself and after three days of searching I figured it's time to admit temporary defeat and just ask..... I want to be sure I connect the front panel usb/firewire/etc panel correctly. There are 4 usb ports, a firewre port and two...

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I hate to murder you guys because I know there's a ton of information I need to read through in the "ANSWERS" section and elsewhere but I need to get the drive(s) ordered as quickly as possible since everything else is on the way. I also have to confess to a much higher degree of ignorace than...

I'm having one helluva time making a decision so..... maybe someone would like to sway (or just shove) me in one direction. It's time for my first "luxury" case and I can't make my mind up. Any input / pros / cons would be appreciated. Lian Li V1000 (silver or black....window for sure)...

I'm in the process of building a system from the ground up. I've decided to use a 3870x2 as my graphics card but am wondering if I should plan ahead with my motherboard should I ever need CrossfireX The background The monitor I already own is: ViewSonic vx2435wm -- 1920 x 1200 /...

I've done some more thinking and research and I figured it might be best to start a new thread outlining my current goals (Thanks to enginurd for all the help so far). I'm going to go ati crossfire for sure now but think I should also consider nvidia's sli. Hoping to get 2 - 3 years out of...

Hey guys... I'm building my first 'real' pc and would appreciate some suggestions. Here's the part list I've settled on so far, kinda sorta: Motherboard: Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi (Intel X38 chipset) (don't need the WiFi but I can't find the non-wifi boards anywhere). I may hold out for the...