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I would like to build a rig that will divide my desktop between 3 22" monitors using mid to high-end gfx cards. I just wanted to make sure I had everything right. I'm assuming I can do this with a board that has multiple pci-e x 16 slots using 2 8800 gt 512s. I don't want sli or xfire, I...

Just as the title suggests, the northbridge fan on my in-law's pc is going out. The board is a KN8 Ultra, and it looks like the fan is attached with some plastic pins, and a 3 pin fan header. Having zero experience with northbridge fans and heatsinks, I was wondering what I could replace it...

What I have: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case. This is the side shot from Newegg...

I'm looking at these cases http://www.travla.com/product_d.php?dtype=0&id=0000000012#DETAIL For compatibility, it lists 3 Via mini-itx boards. Does anyone know of any reason why this jetway board wouldn't fit? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153077

I'm upgrading my wife's pc, and I need some input on motherboards. I'm a tech for one of the local IT companies, and I build probably 30-40 PCs a year. I order all the parts, and assemble the machines, and 99% of the time go with Intel boards. That's pretty much the only brand I'm very...

Right now I'm hosting them on youtube, and have them opening up in popups when you click on an icon on the site. but I don't like that they have that slideshow deal at the end of the video that shows other videos. Does anyone know of a free video hosting site? That would be awesome. If...

Trying to locate an x1900 for sale isn't boding well. If I get a regular gfx card, and then a tv tuner card will that esentially get me the same hardware? I have a customer that wants the all in wonder, but it doesn't appear ATI makes them any more, so just trying to find a solution.

I'm looking at a case that has esata, and just wanted to verify what type of connection the motherboard needed to have. Does it just use an open sata port? or does the motherboard need a special esata connector. Thanks

I'm trying to reinstall xp home for someone. I was able to use belarc advisor to get the key it was installed with, but they don't have the discs. What options do I have? It's a home built pc, so I don't have the ability to call up a vendor and get the discs. I tried using an xp home...

I'm using Visual Web Developer to make a website for one of our clients. I'm fairly comfortable with the basics, and this is probably something extremely stupid, but I'm having issues with a panel. I added a panel to my master page that I want to use for navigation. I want to fill this...

My wifes current rig, needs some serious help. We recently got new desks, and they're really nice. You can hide the pc inside the desk, this works great for hers because it's not OC'd or anything. The problem is heat. I had an xp120 lyin around waiting to get put on her computer, I figured...

I got the case dirt cheap a long time ago, figured I'd try again to get a mobo for it. I have a p4 3.0ghz proc 9800 pro and a gig of ram I want to throw in it, but I've never had any luck finding JUST the mobo. I'd like to spend at most around $50, but price is negotiable.

I want to get a new case for my wife's pc. Right now it's some raidmax something or other, and the problem is high temps. She got a new desk, and wants to put the pc inside the desk. I had an xp120 lying around, so I installed it on her pc to help with cooling because of the reduced airflow...

One of our clients is using a Dell Optiplex 745, and the Dell 30" monitor. He's been trying to find a high end workstation GPU to run in this pc, and has been having some issues. My boss helped him get a FireGL V5200 working, but he wanted a better card apparently. The V5200 will run at 2560...

I know it's a good idea to check your CSS code on multiple browers to make sure everything still looks good across different platforms. My question is, is it possible to test how it will look on Opera using Windows XP?

Brand new install of Vista, and I can't get the dang thing to wake up after it goes into hibernate mode. Or I should say, I'm at least not getting any video, because the lights on my 2407 stay orange. Rig: e6400 2gb Gskil ram EVGA 8800GTS with 100.65 driver dell 2407 raptor 150gb hdd...

I'm ready to build a new machine. I pretty much have everything picked out except for the ram. I'll be using an e6300, and I really want to try overclocking this rig based on all the awesome reports I've read here, and other places online. Being a noob to OC'ing, I'm having issues picking out...

Not sure if this is the right place, but it seemed like the best place to post. So I worked on my in-laws pc the other day. It was taking xp forever and a day to boot, which shouldn't because it's a fairly nice system with pretty much nothing on it. I made a list of the programs they used...

I'm cleaning up a friends pc for him. Getting rid of all the useless programs slowing it down, removing the dozen or so trojans. I decided to throw in an xfx 5200 I had lying around. I installed the card, fired up the computer and it worked great except the fact that I no longer have a start...

With the recent purchase of a Nikon D50 camera, I've gone on a shooting craze. I'm wanting to pick up an external hdd to hold all the pictures, but want to get one with a card reader so I don't have to go through my pc to transfer the files to the drive. I'm thinking around 250gb, however if...

Is it possible to have specific web pages tied to the open new tab buttons? Here's a photoshop'd pic to explain what I'm asking As much as I use specific web pages, it would be nice to be able to just hit the tab for whatever page I want opened. I know I can choose from my favorites...

My father-in-law informed me today that he wants to buy a flight sim and joystick. I'm not sure how crazy he wants to get, and not sure what all is involved in the joystick, if that's just a joystick, or the throttle control dealie too. He would like wireless, preferable bluetooth, I wasn't...

I'm trying to install an fx5200 card: http://www.newegg.com/product/produ...N82E16814150040 into a pcchips 787cl+ mobo: http://www.newegg.com/product/produ...N82E16814150040 note: the link refers to the v3.0 when the mobo I have is a v1.0 with no agp slot. And onboard graphics. In the...

I'm trying to install an fx5200 card: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814150040 into a pcchips 787cl+ mobo: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814150040 note: the link refers to the v3.0 when the mobo I have is a v1.0 with no agp slot. And onboard...

I've run Spybot, Superantispyware, Avast, and Windows Defender trying to clean up a machine that is running painfully slow for a friend of mine. It's a Dell Dimension 2400 with 256mb of ram, so not exactly speedy, but it still shouldn't take 10 minutes for XP to load. Any help anyone can...

I'm pretty sure this is the name of the offending program. Every so often (I honestly don't know how often, but I'd say maybe half a dozen times a day that I notice) I get a blank program that pops up in the task bar. There's no text at all, just a generic window looking icon. I figured I'd...

Ok here's the deal. I reinstalled xp to clean things up on my system. I made 3 partitions, one for XP, one for the swap file, and one for everything else. The problem is I only made the os partition (c:) 6gb. I figured it would be enough, unfortunately it's not. I've spent hours...

I posted in the for sale/trade forum, but I thought I would post here also in hopes that one of you sff guys might be able to help. I got a case dirt cheap, and want to buy a mobo and psu to put in it. I found the psu's on ebay, but am having trouble finding a mobo for it. Any suggestions on...

I got SS51G case dirt cheap, but that's it, just the case. I would like to buy a psu and mobo that will fit in the case.

I looked on Nvidia's site, and tried googling it, and for the life of me I can not figure out what the difference is between say the 7600GS, and 7600GT. The ONLY differences I can see on the cards is the GTs are clocked slightly faster, and they use DDR3 instead of DDR2. So will the average...

I have spent the last few weeks researching hardware for a gaming rig I want to build this summer (June or July) I want the rig to be as forward compatible as possible, within reason. For gpu's I was thinking 7900GTX's but with DX10 and vista coming out soon, I'm thinking I'll just go with a...

I'm no hardware genius, so maybe I'm missing some important numbers that newegg just isn't posting. Why would I pay $519.99 for a 7800GTX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143036 When I can pay $329.00 for a 7900GT...

Ok, so I want to build myself a new rig this summer, and have a general idea on what I want to do, but could really use some input and suggestions. Right now I have a p4 3ghz, 1gb ram, 9800 pro 128. This was a pretty fast comp 2 years ago when I built it, and basically want something that...

I recently picked up a SS51G for cheap, I have always wanted to build a SFF system, but know very little about the products, especially shuttles. What I think I have figured out is that Shuttles MOBOs are refered to as Flex-atx, and that they are proprietary. So the only way to get a MOBO for...

Ive got a buddy thats runnin a p4 2.something ghz proc, 1gig of ram, 9800 pro 256, listed the hardware just in case somebody asks. Few weeks ago, he starts having issues seeing his drives. Hes got 2 IDE drives, 40gig and 160gig if i remember correctly. Games started crashing on him, and upon...

My in-laws have asked me to build them a system, what fun! This will be my first build completely from scratch. I am hoping to be able to expand my knowledge base here, and use as many new (to me) technologies as possible such as AMD products, and SATA. They don't necessarily want bleeding...

ok, I want to order some of those ram heat spreaders, http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=35-116-002&DEPA=0 but I don't need the heatsinks that come with them . I have a 9800 pro, which to my understanding already has heatsinks on it. I want to use 1 pair per stick of ram...

I want to get a cooldrive 6 so I can move my hdd up to my 5.25" bays. I am still waiting for my Tsunami Dream case to arrive. My question is, with the front door on the case closed, will the hdd cooler get enough air to keep it cool?

I was wanting to custom mold some plastic for an idea I am playing with. I was inspired by crimson's amazing work on that doom3 case. I was thinking of using that plastic sheeting(a link to where I can get some would be great, I know its in the doom3 thread a few times, but i didn't want to...