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Hi, Just wanted to chime in. This doesn't affect Seagate but WD as well. I bought a WD 3TB Elements USB2 since it was cheaper than the bare 3TB drive. Anyways got about 2TB worth of my ripped blu rays on it via USB and then took it out of the enclosure and put it in my PC's SATA port. To my...

Hey guys, Just built a new PC today. Core i7 2700K, asus p8z68-v pro gen3 mobo, Antec High Current Gamer 750w psu, fractal design define r3 case. The problem seems to be with the front panel USB connectors. I have a USB Internet modem that worked perfectly fine on my laptop. I plugged it...

I also thought about that and benchmark reports do suggest that would be the case. However, I'm on a P35 mobo, so running two gfx cards at once means the second PCIe slot runs at 8x speeds, instead of the usual 16x. I guess a 5870 is better than a single 3870 X2 and so will upgrade.

Gaming was great with my two 3870 X2's in CrossFire. Then all of a sudden I got the atikmpag.sys BSOD. Running Win 7 64 bit Home Premium. Checked the cards and the second 3870 X2 was dead :( I tested the cards one by one (without CF). First one was fine. When using only the second card...

I am thinking of going with two small cheapo SSD with RAID 0 just to install Vista and another large 1 TB "normal" HDD for backup, installing games, etc.

Same here. My 3870 X2's run around 80 deg. cel. on full load. No crashes though. Its just the way high end parts run :D

I'm also hearing negative stuff about the GTX 295. Can you tell me exactly what's wrong with it?

I have my gaming PC connected to my 46 inch Sony LCD @ 1920X1080p resolution. But, since my current 2 Sapphire HD 3870 X2 in CrossFire is performing well, I just might hold on till the next wave of gfx card releases.

Thnx. From reading around, I find that a single card solution is the best way to go. GTX 295 is the fastest single card available, but as shansoft pointed out, he's having issues. So, I think I'm gonna hold out until the next wave of card releases (maybe the Radeon 5xxx series), since the 3870...

I'm going to build a new PC soon, with core i7 920 (overclocked of course :)), 6 gigs of RAM and Vista 64 bit. Anyway, I was wondering whether I would get a major performance boost if I ran two Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in CrossFire over a single BFG GTX 295. I've heard that games don't scale...

Thanks for your replies, guys, especially to spaceman. :) I'm looking to spend no much than 300 bucks. And Devon AVR 589 seems too good to be true at the moment.

Hi, I am looking to buy a receiver/amplifier. I have a Auzentech X-fi Prelude sound card and 5.1 Creative speakers. I am looking to set up my Sony Bravia LCD for use as both TV + PC monitor. So, I need a receiver which will work with the TV and PC audio and output it to my 5.1 speakers. Oh...

Same here

Same here. That's coz we both have 4GB RAM and a quad core processor (I have E6850). Vista works great so far in my PC.

well, i used IE 7 and it did crash a lot. now switched to FF3 - light years ahead of IE. FF crashes once a while, but you have the option of restoring your tabs.

Well, I upgraded to Vista just for the cool look and to play Crysis at DX 10. It looks so cool at High settings.

Wow, I got more than what I bargained for. Thanks for all the ideas, keep 'em coming. :D

Hi, This is not in an effort to start flamewars. I've been meaning to write an article about this and just wanted your honest opinion about what you hate about Vista the most and would like to see it fixed in Windows 7. You can also try reading Microsoft, Here’s The Top 17 Ways To Screw Up...

Hi, I'm hoping anyone can help me. I installed Blacksite Area 51 on my Vista PC and everything went okay. I played it to the end of the Iray prologue mission and everything was okay. But then there was a power blackout in my area. After that I started the game. The splash screen is...

Well, I'm running two Sapphire HD 3870 X2's in CrossFire and so far the experience has been great. Awesome review, by the way, cause I didn't know which settings to aim for maximum performance in Crysis. But now I know.

Hi guys, Just got Half Life 2 Episode 2. It's a great game, but I have some graphics corruption problems. To get a better idea, take a look below or click here: As you can see, the graphics is really messed up. I also have the same problem in the main menu where the citadel is...

You guys are so UNLUCK! I've had my 360 for well over 1.5 years, play it a lot and nothing. No RRoD no hiccups, nothing! I've even packed it in a suitcase and travelled abroad, played it there and got back and still works fine.

Hi guys, Just built my new PC. Config as follows: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 ocd to 3.73 GHz GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 in CrossFire Audio: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 HDD: 2 Samsung 80GB in RAID 0 2 WD 400GB in RAID 0 Here's my 3dmark06 score: 3DMark Score 15715...

Just blatantly ignore my previous post. The HD 3870 X2's leave (fortunately) a PCIe slot free! Plus, there is really no need for EAX in Vista

Thanks for all the help guys. In the end, I've decided for the Prelude, largely due to that it's based on Creative's chip (I'm biased towards Creative) and because it has A PCI interface. I plan to run two HD 3870 X2's in CrossFire so all my PCI e slots will be covered. I use Gigabyte's...

I need to choose a sound card. I primarily play games (have a 5.1 surround sound speaker) and listen to music. Plus, I occassionally record stuff over microphone/line-in. My current card is Sound Blaster Live 5.1 and I was considering switching over to Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer. Is it a good...

Hi guys, I was wondering whether I could Crossfire two Sapphire Radeon HD 3870X2 on my Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 mobo?

Hi guys, I have a lot of wallpapers stored on my computer. I was looking for a program that will randomly change the wallpaper on startup. I downloaded some but most don't work as expected in Vista. So, I was wondering whether you had any good suggestions. Paid or free doesn't matter...

Like did Microsoft pay you guys to write this stuff?:D Caus I'm absolutely stroked! I just upgraded to Vista SP1 and plan on running @ ATI 3870s in CrossFire.:cool:

Thanks a lot HardwareGuru! Well, most of the games I play(COD4, Crysis, Oblivion, FEAR, HL2, Stalker, Supreme Commander, The Witcher) are faster in CF!:D Once again, many thanks for the info

@ BO_FOX Well I've a 3GHZ E6850 Core 2 Duo. And I didn't know that games had to be supported by CrossFire to run smoothly!:mad:

Thanks concentric

Hi, Hope you can help a noob here. I want to purchase two 500GB HDD. If I configure them in RAID 0, what is the total amount of space that I can have? Will it be just 500 GB or 1000GB? Thanks in advance.

Thanks HardwareGuru. Will do.;)

Hi guys, I was wondering. Would i get a good performance if I use a single XFX 8800 GTX or TWO Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 in CrossFire? I've seen the benchmarks(http://www.legitreviews.com/article/605/) that TWO Radeon HD 3870 in crossfire beats a single 8800 GTX. My mobo is only crossfire...