Home Built PC

More HD or more processor
Hi, I am assembling a new PC and have a quick question... Should I put more money buying a quad core processor and 1 HD 500GB or a dual core processor and 2 HD 250GB in raid? I was thinking in the first option, but a friend told me 2 HD working itogether will make the pc faster. I use relatively heavy datab... 9 Apr 2008 20:24

jobs
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need pinout of Compaq laptop slim drive
A recycled Toshiba SR-C8002 slim CD-RW (Compaq spare 257982-001) is waiting for a new usage in a rackmount case... but the slim IDE adapters sold on eBay (50-pin female plug) look incompatible with this one (60-pin female plug requiring a 2x30 board edge). If nobody made an adapter, I could hack one with some 0... 9 Apr 2008 18:45

Looking for a smallish box
I'm considering building a new computer. WAF says it should be in a small box (current one is a Coolermaster Wave, mostly empty...) and black if possible. As far as I can see I'll need space for: - 1 mainboard, which could be micro-ATX - two external 5.25" bays for optical drives - one external 3.5" bay for di... 9 Apr 2008 08:54

New to computer building
I am thinking about building my first computer. Here's what I've come up with. Do you think this combination will be good for gaming and watching movies on my High Def tv ? I'm also hoping to record and playback HD over-the-air TV. Any thoughts ? Is 500w enough for power supply ? Thanks. Sorry the co... 9 Apr 2008 12:58

How to unlock Hard Drive
Hi all, I have this Toshiba 40G Hard Drive from Compaq Laptop and it is DriveLocked, it needs password which I do not have. How can I unlock it. Thanks ... 8 Apr 2008 21:18

Asus website
Has Asus gone bankrupt or something? I've tried to get to the Asus USA website several times today, to see when one of their new motherboards is scheduled for release here. I simply can't get anything to come up, yet I can get anywhere else I want to go. ... 8 Apr 2008 19:42

java virtual machine is big endin processor
After my lecture give a introduction to the java GUI application I goes home and write a program , and I just disassemble it , The program source code is shown in here ... anyway , the java language compiler pushes the line numbers as the debugging symbols into the binary executable .But I redundant my some c... 8 Apr 2008 02:48

hot swappable pci sata add-on card
I am hoping someone can help me with this. I have a Dell XPS pc and added a EZ Swap drive from Vantech. Apparently, my SATA controller on the MB is not hot swappable compatible. So, can I add a SATA pci add on card that would be? If so, any suggestions? Thanks in advance! ... 9 Apr 2008 17:55

Line Activity Detector
Does anybody make a hand-held device to detect data activity on a Cat5 line? Carrying a laptop with a NIC card is not practical for my need. Larry ... 7 Apr 2008 23:08