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I have my house pretty much setup for a combined system. With 1 Server, 2 HTPCs which play stored audio and video. However I'm looking for something to play MP3s from the server in a bedroom. Silence is priority 1. I was thinking a via mini sized board with a small case and small LCD...

Has anyone else had problems finding these in stock? I picked up 1 on Monday on Newegg to check out the quality. Since it ecxeeded my expectation I went back to pick up another and they were sold out. I couldn't find it at either zipzoomfly or directron either. Seems like its not in stock at...

I want to listen to 2 PCs through 1 set of speakers(5.1). From what I've read I should be looking for a mixer. Are there any other options such as maybe a bunch of Y splitters?

I was planning on having 2 cards. 1 of which would need to be dual DVI the other could be single(which I have a few of laying around). Most if not all the dual DVI cards at newegg are overkill for my use. Just looking to save a few bucks. Not sure if I'll sell the NF7, Its been with me...

I'm looking to upgrade(replace) my HTPC, NF7-S w/ Athlon 2500. For a MB I was looking at ABIT AN9 32X, although its somewhat overkill but meets the reqs of 6+ sata slots, raid 5 capable, and dual nics. For a CPU I'll be going as cheap as possible. For a tuner I'm leaning toward a...

I run a Linksys WRT54G router on my homenetwork. With 2 XP boxes connected by wire, 1 of them works fine the other constantly has issues. Physically the router and cables are fine because if I switch the cable between PCs the good PC always works. The bad PC can't renew its IP address, it...

They are installing Verizon FIOS in my area, looks like I can get 15Mbps/2Mbps for what $45 a month. Much better than the 5Mbps/386Kbps that road runner gives me. Is there anything hidden or wrong with FIOS that would make it a bad change?

Just curious but since hes going to be playing ROMS, why would you need the quality of DVI. Don't get me wrong I use a DVI-HDMI cable for my setup but thats because I want the quality. If all I was playing was ROMs and wanted something cheap I'd go for S-Video.

I've had my 46" Toshiba connected to my PC(7800gtx), since day 1 with no issues.

I have 3 pci slots on the board and can get an individual card to install on each one. Also I've tested that both cards work. It seems like I have open IRQs.

I'm stumped on this one, although I think it has something to do with memory aloocation or IRQs. My HTPC is built on an abit k8n, and is running winXP SP2. I have 2 hauppage 150s, and can get either to work in the system alone, in either of the 2 pci slots. However whenever I try to...

Can anyone recomend a PCI-E video card for me. It will be outputted to a Toshiba 46" DLP incase that helps. Mainly used for movies and recorded TV.

Not much of an OC, but at 1.36V my 0541RPMW 170 is stable. I actually didn't intend to OC it so soon but I didn't change the BIOS settings when I took out the old CPU. Running 2 instances of Pi the temp leveled out at 41CPU. Cooling is a Scythe Ninja, no fan. Hopefully I'll have time this...

My 170 just arrived... OSA170DAA6CD CCBWE 0541RPMW Not sure how well it will do since the rest of the PC hasn't arrived yet.

Are there any places that currently have the 170 in stock?

Um...I hate to break this to you but 3 day shipping on an item ordered on Sunday, should not of been there on Wednesday. You ordered it on Sunday, but no one actually does business on Sunday. So Newegg would process the order on Monday. Tuesday is day 1 if you wanted it today choose Next Day...

We have an old file server at work. Has a P3 700. OS is on a pair of mirrored drives, storage is on 4 drives in RAID 5 the SCSI card has 256MB of cache. It doesn't get much use now, as we have 3 newer larger capacity file servers. However some users still access it and us techs throw...

Inetl trys to pull these new standards every once in a while. The last time they tryed it was a more condensed and stadardized front panel header, there were a few MB and cases that supportsed it. But it soon faded away.

I saw the projector project some time ago. I'd like to try it but I have no place for one in my house. Also I'm not sure how well the laptop would work since the system is quite limited and not easily upgradable. I'm not inteested in selling it because of the historic value. Currently I...

I need to put it to some good use, at least for sentimentle reasons.

Guess I'm just lucky. ;)

Yesterday I wnt to the mall for the first time in 2-3 months, they opened a Circuit City. Good thing to cause the first floor was lacking in electronics stores. Right above it is BestBuy and the basement has CompUSA. I may stop in if the deals are right.

A long time ago I got my first PC, an IBM laptop 600Mhz, 64MB ram. Not all too bad for back in the day, especailly after I threw in another 128 of RAM(my first upgrade). About a year later I upgraded and built my own system. I then gave away the laptop to a fmaily member. Well last week I...

If its just web, email and, ftp stuff you don't need a ton of crunching power, you should focus on storage capabilities. Large RAID arrays and the like. You don't need huge collections of processors unless your going to do some hardcore processing. Rendering, sorting, simulations and some...

My old 17 was an envision, the 15 was...old(very old). I liked the lack of frontal buttons on the 997s. I like the picture frame look. Availability was another issue.

My X800 has a VGA out and a DVI out, used a DVI-AGP adapter and am dual monitors. I've been using a dual setup for almost 3 years now, this is my first matched pair. Going from a 17" and 15" to this is simply amazing. Much crisper than before as well.

I just picked up a pair of Samsung 997DFs for my new desk. I also got these today, but thats another thread.

I used to have the 560s in my dorm room. The first time I cranked them up(75%) was to watch Saving Private Ryan. I had people coming up from the first floor(I was on the third). The beach scene was ridiculous, you could feel all the mortal strikes. I've since grown and only have a...

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Try to find a X800 Pro VIVO then BIOS flash it to an X800XT Platinum.

I don't think there would be a problem with any system protection faults. The video card almost constantly sends data back to the CPU. 1 of the major benefits of PCIE is its fullduplex so more data can move between GPU and the CPU. The problem with coprocessing will be the GPU itself...

SATA has already been released, the only benefit of SATA2 will be the drop in price of SATA. Hard Drives can't even utilize the current bandwidth, doubleing it will have little effect. PCIX is old and obscure. PCIE however will be out sometime in May. How long until theres product on the...

Is it possible to use a digital camera as a webcam. I have no experience in the area but it seems that it should have everything required to be used as one. Also since my POS Olympus digital camera died I'm looking for a replacement. Right now I'm eyeing the Nikon Coolpix 2200/3200. If...

My mouse is very picky about its place in the cradle. I often have to drop it in 2-3 times before it will "take". Make sure the mouse LEd goes off and the green charging light comes on, if not drop it in until it works. My friend has the same problem, and I've heard of others with similar...

Most of the people who have tried submersion have longer standoffs to hold the parts off the bottom. This would allow water to gather at the bottom and not short anything. I'm guessing water would actually stay at the top for the most part. Oil has pretty high surface tension. A small drop...

The fridge idea has 2 main problems. 1 the fridge isnt designed to remove as much heat as a computer produces. Second is condensation. We'll solve the condensation issue first. 1, Seal up the inside, this means making sure the stock seal is perfect, then cover it in duct tape to be...

Looks nice, I'd be interesting in one but I need something a little bigger to fit all my water cooling stuff into. The only thing I don't like is the lack of air over the HDDs.

My current Sonata has a Mag3 and 3 92mmx38mm Deltas (100+ CFM, 56dcb each). First thing I did what to undervolt the fans to 5V. It made the noise go from jet engine to normal computer. I realized alot of the sound comes from the case vibrating. I'd heard of people using a kind of roofing tar...

I'm planning to use MDF for my next case. The main pro is that it dampens sound. Seeing it will contain 2 Mag3s and a beefy blower I'll need all the silencing possible.

I like the idea of a hardware volt display. However I don't like the idea of an exterior pot to control voltage. Fan controls are designed to be easy to change. If you accidently turn a knob on the rheobus that controls CPU voltage you could easily fry your cpu. Or if someone else didn't...