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Thanks for the reply. Turns out one of the sticks of ram went bad. Very weird. Figured it would at least post with bad ram but it turns out it wouldnt (must have been very dead). Anyway, thanks for the help, -Juce

Ok, here's the specs: Q6600 Corsair HX520W PSU 8800GT Gigabyte DSR2 Mobo 2x750 GB WD HDDs (raid 0) Sony DVD drive Computer worked for about two years. Now, it does not even post, but ALL the fans (psu fan, cpu fan, gpu fan) work. This made me believe it was either a cpu or mobo issue...

yup, stock cooler. I think there's room for a smaller aftermarket cooler, but I'm not overclocking so it wasn't necessary.

Hey, I actually just build a SFF with around the budget you mentioned. Here's what I'm using: Case - LIAN LI PC-A01B Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-G33M-DS2R Video Card - 8800GT EVGA Power Supply - Corsair 520HX Hard Drives (I have two of these in a raid 0) - Western Digital 750GB WD7500AAKS...

Any input please? It takes like 4 hours to format these drives so I'd like to do this right so i wont have to do it again. Thanks a bunch, -justin

Thanks. Which driver from the cd should i use?

The list of drivers from the cd are as follows: 1)GIGARAID 2)S13114 BASE DRIVER 3)SI3114 RAID DRIVER 4)VIA 6410 RAID 5)PROMISE 20779 SATA DRIVER 6)PROMISE 20779 SATA RAID DRIVER 7)INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER 32 BIT 8)INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER 64 BIT 9)SI3132 BASE (32 BIT) DRIVER...

Some background: I installed what I thought were the right raid drivers onto the hdds and set up a RAID0. But, after booting the computer, it said one of the hdds had an error. So, i disconnected the other hdd and ran the WD diagnostic check on the hdd. It said it was fine, so I'm assuming i...

thanks man, I'm goin to bed so i'll check the board for more updates later. Oh, WD has a 750GB hdd for 150 which is really attractive. peace.

Building from scratch. I've built 3 pc's all within the year so I know most of the basic stuff, it's just that this build has to have a lot of storage. So I figured I'd try to do a sata raid with two 500gb harddrives (and I've never done anything with raid before). I also want to make this a...

I've done research, but I'm still completely lost about sata raid. Basically, I just want to get two 500gb hdds and combine them using raid (to allow 1gb of storage). Also, I was wondering if anyone could reccomend a microATX board that could achieve this. I'm completely ignorant of how sata...

Yea, really, drop the mobo. Get the cheaper ds3 or the p35 gigabyte offering and spend the extra money towards an 8800GTX. Higher end motherboards offer almost no performance gain (except some overclock better, but you aren't trying to overclock). So, spending 190 on a motherboard is pretty...

Yea. The 620HX and 520HX are also highly reccomended (I own a 620HX). They're good quality psu's with modular cables which are nice. The problem is that they cost more. I tried to make pretty much the cheapest configuration (with decent parts, the gamestream seems pretty highly reccomended...

ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A3T - Retail $19.99 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail $319.99 G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail...

Here are the specs: E6600 Gigabyte DS3 2GB Crucial Ballistix Corsair 620HX 8800GTS 160GB WD 7200RPM The computer was fine earlier today, but when I turned it on at around 5, it wouldn't get past the bios boot screen. If I click delete, it will enter the menu for the bios options, but...