Home Built PC

Hardware damaged again.
Hello, It seems the hardware of my pc is damaged again. Probably the motherboard. Sometimes the system crashes during a game. I cleaned the pc hoping that it would solve the problem but nope. There are some other symptoms: 1. Memory corruption/crashes. 2. The time runs a few seconds faster and then... 20 Jul 2008 02:16

nVidia vs. ATI
Hey guys. Since I'm getting a mtoherboard based on the X48 chipset, if I wanted to use two graphics cards in parallel, I have to go with ATI. This isn't ideal :( Therefore for my new build, is their an ATI card with similar performance to the nVidia 8800GT (as this seems to be about the right price) that I could... 23 Jul 2008 17:25

is there an acronis activation?
Does True Image 9 phone home? Does it act like XP if I use it on two machines? I need to run it from a 98SE partition another machine and the newer ones do not support it. ... 23 Jul 2008 15:21

"Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote: Most of the negative claims in this thread come from people who have never used a Raptor and some from people who obviously have no idea what they are talking about (like Man-wai Chang ToDie). I wouldn't have asked a question or post... 16 Jul 2008 23:21

Tom's Hardware System Builds
Tom's hardware has several articles where they built gaming machines at various price levels. The lowest price was $800 but people had strong opinions about it and they did another article priced at $500. The $500 gaming machine has a little too much compromise in it for my tastes, so, I hope they do not drop... 16 Jul 2008 16:08

is 10,000 RPM worth the extra money ?
VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote: "John Doe" wrote in <news:Rg31k.6079$mh5.1871(a)nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com>: VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote: Will you leave empty the bays next to the 10K drive so it can dissipate the greater heat output? Do you have data for that claim? My hand. ... 12 Aug 2008 17:19

Vista or XP
I will be building a new machine soon, probably a Quad Core, 2 Gig Ram etc etc. I use my PC mainly for office stuff and Flight Sim, cannot run FSX very well on my old P4 so that is why I am going to eventually upgrade. I just want to know if there would be any advantage using Vista or should I stick with XP? ... 17 Jul 2008 23:01

WD Raptor or WD Caviar in RAID setup?
Hey guys. I'm interested in getting a hard drive aimed towards the performance end of the consumer market. I'm keen to get a WD hard drive as I have had good experiences in the past. To that end, a WD Raptor 10,000rpm 150GB drive for £115 sounds like a good idea. However, I would like more capacity if possible. W... 11 Aug 2008 22:51

Shuttle SK21G - boot problems, will not boot from CD
Can someone please help me with my boot problem on my shuttle. I installed and built my shuttle 2 years ago, then it booted from WinXPpro install cd (and or floppy) and installed without flaws. I now want to re-install WinXPpro and it will not boot from CD. After some experimenting I found that I can boot and insta... 16 Jul 2008 19:14

Converter: USB female -> 2x PS/2 male
Hi all, Can anyone tell me where I can find a unit that has a usb female connection on one side and then splits into 2x PS/2 male connectors? I have a wireless keyboard and mouse that I want to use with my PS/2 4-port KVM. The wireless receiver only has the one (male) usb connection so I can only use a usb t... 15 Jul 2008 14:22