Good point with Windows, I thought I knew the difference but apparently I'm a sucker for professional lingo.
If you don't trust EVGA who would you choose for a mobo? I might not be buying this rig in time for the discount so it is worth considering other alternatives. Would you go with Asus...
Do you have anything in particular against the EVGA board (or reason to choose the GigaByte instead)? After rebate the EVGA is only $109 ($100 off), so if it's merely a matter of cost I am willing to pay a little more for peace of mind and a few shiny additions.
I just checked my NewEgg...
That standard build thread was really helpful, thanks!
Are there any features in the 7000 series that are worth chipping in for? Or is it more evolutionary in nature? I'm trying not to pay more than $200 for a graphics card if possible.
Do you have any thoughts on ASRock vs EVGA? I've been...
Hi DSF,
Nope, no SLI for me. Come to think of it, I actually have one of these in my closet...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817194003
And one of these in my old rig:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006
So salvaging does seem like a pretty decent idea. Do you...
Thanks for the reply!
That Seasonic actually comes to the same price as the Corsair (after rebate). What do you think the minimum wattage is that I can work with? I have a ton of external devices plugged in as well.
Could you recommend an alternative mobo? I'm not overclocking so my...
Hi guys,
With the impending excitement of new games like Mechwarrior Online, Hawken, D3, etc., I'm thinking it's time for me to build a new rig. My last one was a Q6600 and it served me faithfully, but let it be known that after 5 years is time for one to retire. I'm a designer/developer so I...
I think the course of action we're going to take is to eventually have two of those $100 4-drive enclosures plugged into his tower via an ESATA expansion card. He wants to manually back everything up as he goes (he says for ease of mind, I can understand not trusting automation), and if for some...
Have you used any of these (or heard anything about them)?
http://www.addonics.com/products/Controller_Desktop/
If not, any recommendations for an old G5?
I believe he has about 3 TB of data... so we could realistically start with two 2 TB drives. I'm talking to him right now and he...
Interesting idea with the partially redundant backup... he does have about 3 TB of external drives right now, perhaps the solution would be to have two 2 TB drives mirror each other and a third do nightly backups on the externals. Seems kinda ghetto but those externals do exist and it'd be like...
Oh man... good point. I just opened them up... and... :(
We have 1 primitive looking SATA 1 connector and another SATA 2 on the Athlon 3000+, and nothing on the P4. Unless it's hidden somewhere. So there goes that cost-saving strategy.
I'll ask about money tomorrow... I don't think he'll...
So I really hate to be a pest but I still haven't got an answer to my ESATA size restrictions question so I have to ask it again :( Is there such thing as a size limit to ESATA enclosures, and does that limit have anything to do with the computer connected to it? That G5's an older box and it'll...
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