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First off, here is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/MrDowntempo/saved/vMhsJx It's functionally complete and up and running right now. But there's still a few minor things to do and one big issue. Cable management isn't done well yet either, but only because I know I'm going to have to...

I just got my 120g Sata III SSD installed and it's running great. I currently have everything installed on it, meaning windows 7 and all my programs. (I've got a BSD NAS system I'm working on to store all my data). 120g though isn't enough room to install all my games, hell it's not enough to...

I have a P6X58D Premium mobo. Love it. I was running off an old HDD and planned to continue doing so until I could get an SATA III SSD. Well the HDD finally crapped out. I'm reinstalled on a small 32gb SSD I had laying around empty, but its nothing fancy and its already basically full of course...

My PC (which uses a 1000watt corsair PSU) and all it's accoutrement is hooked up into a battery backup. Some days everything works fine, some days the backup shuts off the system. (the opposite of what it's supposed to be doing). The backup beeps and the system shuts down and everything else in...

It's awesome how MS left the kinect open for PC modders, we've all seen the bids people have made of it being used to throw virtual fireballs etc. But has anyone nodded it to be useful on the PC yet? Could it make a viable HTPC controller? Can it be used as a standard webcam to make skype calls...

I loved Mafia 2. Story was excellent, and I was able to max out the graphics on my 5870 2gb. I'm gonna be playing through it again for sure and the DLC as well when it comes out. Now I'm thinking about picking up a nvidia GPU for the physx. I bought batman back when it was on sale and haven't...

I have an X-Fi xtremegamer. It has a flexijack which supposedly can act as optical toslink, side channels, and/or a line-in or something else. I want to set it as the side channels with a 7.1 setup. However, even after installing all of creative's extra software, there doesn't appear to be a way...

I measured my desk and it is 4ft 8in long, I'm gonna throw out my almost dead CRT soon and upgrade to some flat panels. 2 or maybe 3. My machine supports ifinity. What size monitor should I be looking at though? I wish there was some sorta online wizard to help my figure out what size monitor I...

I currently have a 2.1 set of speakers I'm happy with. My CRT is dying though, and my vid card supports ifinity. I'm considering getting 3 LCDs, each of which happens to have a stereo pair! That means I'd have a 6 speaker array in front of me. Can I configure my PC to use those laid out...

I've got an HTPC with a 60gb (not even 64gb) SSD with the OS on it. I have a big 1.5tb HDD with all my media. The machine also has a USB card with an internal USB port. Since I have a pretty quick 8gb USB stick laying around, I was wondering if I could use it to speed up and/or free up space on...

Is there a sata III sandforce SSD out yet? I've got a mobo with SATA III and it seems silly to purchase a new SSD for this system and not take advantage of it. It also seems silly to not get a sandforce drive since they seem to offer the best IOPs. Where is my perfect SATA III sandforce drive? I...

Heres the email I got this morning: I got her a laptop for christmas. Now I know how she felt when she bought me a console when I was younger. Anywho.. its a wireless N laptop and thats the only wifi device she owns. She has a big house and a big yard though. So I need a WiFi N router (dual...

I just ordered a new headset cuz I needed one. I need it for gaming, and really nothing else too much. Do I need a sound card to get the most oomph out of this? Does the X-Fi 5.1 virtualization make that big of a difference? Or would I be better off getting a headphone amp? Have you guys seen...

Gonna try to go all out with this build. Starting off with a HAF 922 and a buncha clakity cans. I've got ideas where to take this build, but its all very fluid and I'm gonna remain open minded. First step is painting all the bare metal black... or rather prime it so I can paint it black later...

Just picked up a Corsair H50 at a discount. Gonna put 'er in a HAF 922. I wanna use 2 120mm fans for a push pull setup. I've got the stock fan it came with, and some very quiet enermaxs laying around, but I'd much rather use something more suited to cooling a radiator. What are the best High...

Back in 2001 my parents got me an Alienware machine for me to head off to college with. I've upgraded to new systems a few times since then but the machine is still tickin! Its a socket 423 Pentium 4 with 512mb of rambus and a comparatively new nvidia 6200 in its AGP slot. No onboard sound or...

I like how Catalyst lets you set up multiple profiles. They even have an option to let you automatically launch a program when you activate a profile. I could for instance tweak my settings ideally for Crysis and save it as a profile. Then when I choose my Crysis profile, catalyst will...

I have a 120hz 1080p television. Is it possible to force 120hz out of my 4870 instead of what appears to be the max my card supports for 1920x1080 which is 60hz? I may be upgrading to crossfire down the line too. I have a friend with the same card as me, but who plans on upgrading when the...

I have an early 512mb VisionTech Radeon 4870. It supports audio out via a DVI to HDMI adapter. I'm not sure where the audio is coming from though. The card itself doesn't (appear) to have an SPDIF in port like nvidia cards do. Ideally I want the 4870 to let my x-fi sound card do the audio and...

I've got a visiontek 4870 right now. I'm planning on upgrading to a crossfire setup eventually. I could get another 4870 however then I'd have spent more money than an x2 would have cost me and I'd still only have 512m of memory per chip. Maybe the 4870 prices will drop when the x2 comes out...