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I didn't know where to post this. Please move if this is not the right place. I have a mother board that has been acting up for a couple of months. My current set up meets my needs because I only browse the internet and and write emails. My current computer has a quad core Q6700 processor...

I'm wanting to get a new barebones home PC for email/web browsing/MS office/NO GAMING. Coming from a quad core with 8 GB ram. I want to see a performance bump but keep it as cheap as possible. What are your predictions at a $200-250 price point and a $300-350 point? No...

I have a five year old system that I built. Recently I had to do a new IOS install. (win7 64 bit) After getting everything installed programs etc., I had an issue where the computer froze on the BIOS splash screen. The only way to get past this is to unplug the power supply and remove the...

1. What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming, Photoshop (or other intensive programs), Web browsing, strictly HTPC/Playback, etc. (If you have multiple things you want to do with the system, make sure you rank them from most important to least important). 90% of the time is Web Browsing/Email...

Hear is a snapshot of EVEREST Ultimate that shows my HD204UI is their listed as a SATA drive along side my WD Black drives that are running in RAID1 setup. But windows control panel DOESN'T see it! When I first powered up my PC it said it was installing driver from the Samsung F4 but it...

I'm one of those guys that wanted to build his own PC and I did BUT I really don't know hardly anything about these things. Yesterday I was HELPED greatly on this site with getting a new video card. It is in my sig. I don't GAME I just use my PC for email, internet and I do a lot of...

I lost my video card last night didn't have time to break down case to see what I have. I don't play games! I watch a movie or two per year. I do use Adobe CS5. Can some of you point me in the right direction for a cheap replacement. I do know the card I have was bought when the SLI...

I posted this question to the Q-Flash Guide on Tweaktown forums with no replies: Once you have flashed and rebooted back into the BIOS choose Load Optimized defaults and save and apply. This is a required step for the flash process to complete, and for the new BIOS to be properly loaded into...

I have set up my first RAID array. I choose RAID 1and used two new WD Clavier Black 640GB HDD's just finished install everything last night plus all MS updates and everything was fine . This morning I couldn't get the computer out of sleep mode so I pushed the reset button for a soft reboot...

I have a Q6700 but I thought I would ask what is the fastest so in a year or so I might pick up the fastest for my motherboard long after the Core i7 processers drive the market price down a bit...... Thanks for you replies!

I don't have any programs that use large files other than Photoshop Elements and I'm talking less than 3 or 4MB's. So would I see a performance boost with running RAID 0? And currently I don't play games and don't plan too.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache or the Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache Has anyone seen specs on these two: Is one faster than the other? I know about Seagates 7200.11 problems I had to firmware my OS drive and it work great...

I'm a newbie at all of this. I'm tied of losing data to bad HDDs and having to reinstall OS and software everytime. I have a seagate 250gb a seagate 500 that is going bad and hold my OS on it. And I just bought a WD Black 640gb. Should I get another WD 640 and mirror it and put my OS and...

I'm looking for a 750GB to 1.5TB in size. And price I don't want to go over $130. What have you read that is reliable. I have Seagate drives now and they are VERY quiet BUT I don't like what I have been reading lately about their problems. So what do you suggest for a large capacity 3.5"...

Can someone tell me the model # of the seagate HDD that is consided safe. There were alot of returns during nov/dec when pricing got down to $100. I'm whating to put together a external HD case with 1-2 TB of space. And I happen to like seagates drive for their quitiness.

Can I make a external HDD a NAS drive through XP settings?

what is a good NAS drive? I will be using it with 3 laptops and 3 computers just saving music, pictures and MS office documents. I know that might sound like a lot BUT I kmow I only need space between 500GB - 1TB any suggestions?

What is the going rate WHEN LOOKING at a deal for a 2.5" external portable HDD. I'm seeing 320GB for $90 $90 / 320 = 28 cents per GB. Is this as low as they as going?

I got one. Please only serious offers.

1. Do most people here have their OS in one partition or HD? And install ALL their programs in another partition or HD? If this can be done. I would like to use different HD's 2. Now if this can be done what happens if you change OS's (XP to Windows 7). Will the install of ALL my...

Need help this weekend while surfing the web I had firefox give a fatal error messeage I haven't ever seen before. Had to do a hard reboot and windows would not stay stable. Finally I did a image restore from Acronis Home 2009. It too wouldn't stay stable. So I decide to reinstall XP and I have...

I don't want to miss out on any xmas internet deals! And I know you guys/gals would know where to send me... It's for my GF and see doesn't play games! just browses the internet/shop but she has been exposed to my Gateway HD2400 so it needs to be a decsent monitor. I would like to be...

How much temp drop did you see when you switched to a Antec 900? How long does you mobo power connector have to be to reach the connection BUT still be hidden?

Do people still use spacers? I got a new EP45-UD3P and going to use a S1283 cooler with the backplate bracket. Did know if I should use spacers. Any thoughts?

I have read so many much info trying to decide on my next mobo that i have gone brain dead! I have decided on the EP45-UD3P. What I'm looking for is the BEST know cpu fan that WILL FIT WITHOUT ANY MODS! What is important is first TEMPS second NOISE and third COST. Thanks to all that reply!

I'm going to wait till the X58/i7 combo has had a chance to level out in price and get the bugs worked out. I need input on what I can get that is reliable for a Q6700 and would like to stay DDR2 800 since I have 6GB of it. So a 8GB mobo would be nice for when I go to Vista Ultimate 64. I...

I'm looking into putting 4gb of ram in a (2 x 2) config. I'm looking for 1.8-2.1volt with heat sinks and 4-4-4-12. What do you believe prices will be by xmas?

These seem to be the leading mobo's at this moment. I'm reading what I can on these 2 butif you where asked to say why you would pick one over the other. What would that point be?

Is this the most current technology? And what would be a good price to spend? Thanks!

I'm looking /reading about the heatsinks out today and was wonder where is the best reviews comparing the new products for AIR cooling? What have you read?

I'm asking these questions because honestly I'm overwhelmed with all there is too learn about the technology that is out there today! I bought what I did (look at sig) because my 8 yr old P4 pooped out and I got sucked into the hype I was reading about the Nivida SLI system. Without reading...

I got burned on the Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 memory! I'm no tech so I'm fishing for your experience/knowledge of what to replace it with! You can see in my sig that I have a 680i LT Nivida Mobo and a soon to be replaced 8600 GT Nivida video card. I don't think that I'll be running SLI cards...

Does any one else have the Nivida set I have, the 680i LT and a Nivida video card? I'm wanting to do a LOW/SAFER overclock to just get my feet wet. Would using nTune from Nivida be the safest way and if so what were your settings? I'm sorry, I have read the newbie user guides to OC but at...

will the ECS NFORCE6M-A motherboard and Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ except a XFX nForce 8600GT video card? The board and chip is on sale at Fry's for $70 the card is a PCI Express right? I don't know I need your input PLEASE! Thanks in ADVANCE!!!!!:D

What do you predict will be the price points of the 8xxx series cards? What will become the "best bang for you buck" card? I'm questioning it because I'm not a gamer at the moment. But would like to get a few games down the road and would probably what to beable to play D10 games in the...

I just built a computer nForce 680i Ultra Socket 775, Intel Q6700 2.66GHz OEM, 250GB SATA HD, 4GB DDR2 PC6400, ATX Mid-Tower Case, 750 Watt Power Supply, Ultra X-Wind / Socket 775 / Copper / CPU Cooling Fan to 3.8ghz, XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card - 256MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready...

I built a new system with 2 SATA drive NO IDE or SCSI drive just the SATA's I loaded XP PRO SP2 on one. installed all the updates and when I went into "My Computer" XP didn't see the other drive. The BIOS saw it but not XP. To make a long story shorter I loaded XP on the other drive and now...