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I have two 3TB 2.5 inch USB drives, one Toshiba one WD, which I have configured as a mirrored Storage Space. It is formatted with REFS, and I have integrity checking and Bitlocker enabled on the Storage Space. I use the Storage Space with two desktops, both of which use Asus M5A97 R2.0...

Hello, I regularly use different PCs in different locations, so I carry my data on a 3TB WD Passport Ultra. Due to issues with occassional bad sectors and file corruption on a previous USB portable, I decided to format it as ReFS and use integrity checking. It's been great - having the drive...

Hello, So I was meaning to replace my 2007 LG TN panel 22 inch for a while and while my budget has been limited, I finally decided to pull the trigger and grabbed a Samsung S27F350 on Black Friday as it was cheaper than other Canadian deals on IPS/PLS panels and included Freesync. The viewing...

Hello, So for the past five years I have been using a 1.5TB USB drive to transport files between two PCs I have in different locations. Usually this worked pretty well but on a couple occassions I tried to open a file only to find it was corrupt. I never figured out what was causing the...

Hello, Back around 2010 I bought a Silicon Image SIL 3132 based eSata card and four Rosewill eSATA/USB 2.0 enclosures. I've used them along with some WD Green 2TB and 3TB drives for years in order to back up my data. The card is installed in a system that uses an Asus M2N-e motherboard...

So recently I loaded some photos I had edited onto a friends 15 inch Macbook Pro Retina and it was immediately apparent that my brush work, which I thought was pretty good, wasn't, with very obvious edges. It was like the MBPr image had more contrast and that made every error I made in the...

Hello, So I've been looking at the 8TB Seagate Archive drives because I need some big, cheap storage for photos and video, and I was noticing that many reviewers found the write speed would eventually drop to 30MB/s or so during long, sustained file transfers. Can anyone here give me a clear...

Hello, I have a 1.5TB, 2.5 inch, USB3 Seagate Goflex I use to move files between two desktops that are in different locations. I've occasionally copied files to the drive, only to find they are corrupt when I try and read them on the other PC. It's not the only drive I have that sometimes...

Hello, I'm running a Gigabyte GA-P45T-ES3G (V1.3) with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 at stock speeds. I've tried using the following memory, all of which works fine in other systems: 2x2GB G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5V 2x4GB G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5V 2X2GB Mushkin Silverline...

Hello, I've been looking at getting a new notebook and am worried about whether the screen backing on newer notebooks can stand up to being transported in the same laptop backpack as heavy textbooks. Since I take public transit, I've also occasionally ended with my backpack pressed against a...

Starting this fall I'll be alternating between two "home" locations, with separate desktops at each. I'll be working with some large files on these machines and will want to keep everything perfectly in sync. I notice Seagate makes a 1.5TB, USB3 version of their Freeagent Goflex line, which...

Been looking at these since ++++ has the Asus for $230 Canadian and the BenQ for $200 Canadian. As far as I know, the advantages of each option are: BenQ: +actually 8 bit rather than 6bit + FRC +1 inch larger +$30 cheaper and has a DVI port, so I won't need a DVI to HDMI adaptor Asus...

I'm really tired of having to back stuff up to DVD-R and I don't trust a single drive with my data, so I want to build an eSATA system that allows me to backup data to two external drives. Here's what I'm thinking: One Syba dual port eSATA controller (Sil 3132 chipset) One Western Digital...

Hi, A few days back, my dad's Windows XP user account went missing from the login screen of his PC, then returned after he tried rebooting. Then today, I had an eerily similar occurrence on my PC. I only have an admin account on my PC, and while my PC is set normally to go straight to my...

Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone knows whether you can use overscan compensation and Eyefinity at the same time. Seems to me like the technology would work great with three DLP rear projection sets due to the thin bezels.

I'm not normally one to float "pie in the sky" type suggestions that would require the support of nVidia and ATI's driver departments, but to me this idea is too cool not to discuss. One of the things I think is nice about SLI/Crossfire is that it enables you to run most stuff at the sort of...

Here's my thinking: the Q8200 is more than powerful enough for the present, but I plan to run my next machine a few years. Therefore, it might be nice to get another little speed boost out of it. So my idea was to run the CPU at stock for now, then, in a couple years, throw something like a...

As my dad's current gaming rig is closing on the two year mark, we're looking to replace it. I'd preferably like to do this before I go back to University in the fall, since handling transferring data along the hand down chain (our machines tend to stay within the family) tends to take a few...

I have a problem with Firefox. When it started, certain websites, mainly CBC.ca, seemed to cause CPU usage to spike through the roof when I keep them open in tabs for a while. A single website like this could cause Firefox to burn through 40%+ of my CPU in task manager - on a 2GHZ Turion...

My dad has been a gamer for a few years now, so I normally play on his gear, not to mention get his handdowns. I do, after all, build the boxes for him. However, there's a possibility that I may be out of town for a while on an internship starting in January and won't have access to his rig...

http://www.behardware.com/articles/638-1/22-the-new-size-that-will-take-over.html I'm interested in people's thoughts on this section: Films : TN monitors with ISPs are the worst for movies in that they have a strong twinkling effect. It means that they considerably accentuate the...

I actually asked about this in Intel CPUs a couple weeks back, but I only got one reply on it, so I wanted to double check. To start with, I have an uncle who's been thinking of getting an E6600 for his next computer. Now, he's not much of an enthusiast, but I'm thinking he might appreciate...

I was looking at the new Core 2 Duo E4300 chips and noticing that to achieve an overclock of 1.8ghz to 2.4ghz would only require a front side bus boost from 800 to 1066mhz. Since Core 2 Duo mainboards support a 1066 FSB for E6x00 models, would I simply be able to set the motherboard FSB to...

I'm currently loking for a replacement for my Seanix SL226A, which was a decent laptop except for the battery life... until the LCD panel cracked (no signs of exterior damage present, BTW). I still have very little idea what caused the problem, as the screen hasn't taken any hard hits that I'm...

I know someone who's thinking of going LCD with their new machine, and due to the screen size selections, likely something with either a 5:4 or 16:10 aspect ratio. How difficult is it to get games up and running with a non-standard aspect ratio LCD? I'm praticularly interested in what happens...

I'm currently running a Athlon XP2600+ with 512MB of RAM and a 128MB Radeon 9700 Pro as my primary rig (I do have access to my dad's uber box some of the time, but since I'm a student I can't really afford one of my own). Problem is, I've noticed a lot of my games will often freeze for a second...

I want to try putting Vista RC1 on one of my systems, but I want to be able to remove it afterwards if I don't like it as well. Especially after what I've heard about it causing BSODs on some people's XP installs. Now, I do have TrueImage9 backups of my OS partitions, but I'm not quite sure...

Since I mainly use a software firewall for outbound program control, I need a firewall that does this praticularly well. However, in looking at current firewall software, I've noticed it lacks two features that I found incredibly useful in older Zone Alarm versions: 1) The ability to give a...

Today I tried to help a friend install two copies of XP on his new rig (in case one gets corrupted, etc...). He already had XP on his machine but we decided to wipe it out due to problems with the installation. Now initially, he had XP on his D: partition, and messed up when telling me which...

Okay, I've got a bit of an "in theory" question here. Say I had a single high res (1920X1200 or higher) widescreen. Would it be possible to split the screen into two for 2D work, so that programs would take up only half the screen when maximized?

As you may have guessed by my previous thread, I was considering going for a M2N-E for my new rig, but the ram compatability issues I keep hearing about make me leery... the OCZ stuff that everyone is having problems with is one of the few good brands that's cheap in Canada, and I want to be...

I'm planning to get one of these for a new rig when I get out of exams. However, I want to clear up two issues first: 1) Audio: I've heard various things about the CPU utilization of the audio drivers for this board. I seem to remember that Anandtech got some really nice frame rates with...

I know the 4400+ is supposed to have a great stock HSF, but how about the 4200+? I'll be running the thing along with a 7900GT in a Sonata II, if that gives any indication. I don't intend to OC, but I do want something that does a decent job of cooling the gear without sounding like an F-14...

Okay, out of curiousity, I decided to look up Telus' pricing for data plans, since some of their phones now have EVDO support. Am I the only person here who thinks $100 CAD for 250MB a month is an incredibly ripoff in terms of cose per bandwidth? I know these things are hardly designed for...

Okay, I definately can't afford to do this one at the moment, but I just got a crazy idea last night. You know Matrox's double and triplehead to go devices? I'm not a big fan of the fact that you have the monitor bezels cutting into your view with such a setup. But I was just thinking... if...

I'm helping my friend put together a new gaming system. It's not a praticularly expensive config, I'm think of something like an X2 3800+, 2GB of RAM, and a single, albiet high end, video card (X1900 or G7900 series). For now I'm thinking of a single HD and optical drive, though something...

I need to recommend a video card for a friend's new system. The two best deals I've seen locally are a EVGA 7900GT ($330 Canadian) and a Sapphire X1900XT (about $550). Given that he only has a 17inch CRT, I doubt there will be a difference between the two in most games. The exception appears...

I'm currently running a A7N8X deluxe with two 80GB hard disks, a DVD reader, and a DVD burner - basically, I'm out of IDE. Now, I've heard the SATA on the A7N8X wasn't great. Does anyone know why? My dad wants to start backing up his old home video collection on DVD, and given how much...

A friend of mine has just finished specing out his new PC (not to mention getting together the proper documentation for a price matching, we'd like to buy from a specific store if we can). However, there's still some debate as to what PSU he should get. The system is a Athlon 64 3200+ with a...