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Out of curiosity, what program do you use for backup? (1:1 backup? Or image based?) And what HDD brand/size? As funny as it may sound, but of all the system that I have right now, the tiny and underpowered HP x485 mediaserver is the one that I value the most... It has 10TB of storage space...

The UPS has been working for over a year now, so I think it should be okay. I am just really worried that somehow my PC components (mobo esp.) is capable destroying PSUs :)

Oh, doh, I have already called the RMA department and have already shipped it out :( ( btw, what is the deal with the UPS Store discount? How much is the discount on shipping back anyway?) I should've shipped it to you so we can all find out what's wrong with it :) I should have taken a...

Oh I'd love to see those pics! Esp. after my PSU "poped" on me... I need to see more PSU destructions to make me feel better :P

Heh, I was just about to make a post about the same thing here... My brand new BFG 800W ES just blew last night, it too was on a UPS... I heard a loud pop when I try to power up the computer (it was supposed to be on, but for some reason it has shut off, I am guess that we got a brown out in...

I too have been having scaling issue in 32-bit Vista I have Planar 26" 8800GTX and now also a 9800GX2. For some reason, no matter what I do, the NV control panel thinks that my monitor's native res is 1920 x1080 (as opposed to 1920 x1200) And on the scaling type selection screen, I can't...

Did you create a separate profile for games? How did you do that? I have the Eye One calibrator, but I have only created a profile to load when Vista boots up, I didn't know that you could create separate profile for individual games...

Wow that is an amazing review! Your "short" review had 10x more useful information than a lot of the professional reviews! Great job! And thanks for the review! But now you started a bad trend, we are going to ask you to review more monitors :P What are your thoughts on the Gateway's 30"...

count me in!

ummm, after reading this thread, I have to say that my favorite place for wallpapers is this thread :P

I know I won't win

Glad that you liked the color :rolleyes: Thanks for the info on that ASUS card. But lately I have found that the quality of ASUS product aren't what they used to be, and even though they have 3 yr warranty, getting any sort of response from them is costy in time, patience and money... I will...

Thanks for the thorough review guys! It is too bad that your hardwork is getting turned into flame baits... I for one, definitely appreciate the different take on things here. I am a fan of both AT and the [H], so I don't consider the reviews to be a pissing contest between the two site...

I still would like to know if the panel uses 10 or 12-bit LUT. If the LUT is still 8-bit the wide gamut is going to be just a gimmick for the most part :(

Actually increased color gamut w/o moving to 10-bit or 12-bit LUT would make it less of a great feature. For those of you that have the monitor, does it still use the 8-bit LUT that most monitors use?

Thanks for the great review IanM! I'd love to support companies like Hazro that doesn't cut corners all the time. Now if only they sell the monitors here at the states :(

Great article guys! I have been playing the game since beta and have been going back and forth between DX9 and DX10. DX10 version of the game just tend to cause memory issue little bit more often then the DX9 version :( About your gameplay evaluations. I actually have a setup that better...

1. Overclock it as much as I can on air! 2. Phenom

Oh boy, I wish you will have a better experience with ASUS customer support then I did. To help you along, call the number suggested by haadij404 here good luck!

Ohhhh, that is a good idea, I never thought about feigning ignorance :) I always thought to help out the techie by giving them as much info as possible... I guess I will have to make a exception here.

Damn, looks like they are not as good as I had hoped :( I guess I too will stay away from ASUS for now... I have wasted too much money and time with them already :( And thanks haadij for the phone #. I called their listed number, but I was basically told that because my computer case don't...

Before I get to my boring story, I just want to ask if you guys have the kind of bad experience with the ASUS CS as I did? Boring story: I bought a Blitz Formula weeks ago, and for the life of me I couldn't get it to work even in stock settings. I even bought 2 sets of ram thinking that it is...

thanks for the early preview! This is esp. helpful for people like me who is considering a mobo upgrade soon.

Didn't see a thread about it here, so I figure I might as well share the news: Thermalright HR-03/R600 is finally out for those of us in North America. Both NCIX and Jab-tech have them: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26013&vpn=HR-03%2FR600&manufacture=THERMALRIGHT...

Was going to jump on this deal, but when you add the case to the cart the price shows up as $119. Guess I missed the boat. Thanks OP though!

I am just afraid that the system doesn't even recognize the HDD for some weird reason... So waht strings should I use? Do I just use the standard ones like [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems]...

Yeah I thought about doing that. But the problem is that my active partition won't even show up in the recovery console :( So there is no boot.ini for me to edit. When booting from the CD, I have done the "press F6" to load 3rd party drivers thing. And the first time it worked fine and the...

Hey gang: After being burnt severely by using the onboard sata connectors of my NF4 mobo, I decided to get a promise sata controller. (SataII150/Sata300 TX4) However, I cannot get the system to boot properly after transferring the HDDs to the controller cards. I have already installed the...

That is what I did, I was able to play latest games for hours w/o having it running. Programs that access the HDD more often seems to be the cause of the reboots.

Yeah the crashes and reboots definitely happen when I use Utorrent.... Edit: in fact, any HDD intensive operation will kill the system... Things like virus scan...

Thanks for the reply. I have measured the voltages and amperage of the PSU before and the PSU behaved like a champ. I haven't measured the PSU since the weirdness happened. Honestly, I have been scared (yes scared) to game much :( I have alread lost my whole system because of the random...

Hey guys: It has been over a year now since I built the system in my sig. Since then, I have changed the gfx card to a 7800GTX 512MB, added a BenQ DVD-DL burner, and 1 (soon to be 2) seagate 7200.10 400GB HDD. The system has been running 100% stable at 2.65GHz. But lately I am getting...

Great read, for once I actually read through every single words of the review instead of skipping ahead :) I am tempted to ask (beg) you guys for some videos of gaming goodness with your awesome setup...

Etrom: The Astral Essence http://www.etrom.net/essence/index.php?lang=en This game is just recently released in the states, and it is a magic/tech hack n' slash RPG. The story is quite interesting, and there are many pretty neat stuff that they have in the game, like the big mechs that you...

I don't think it will be that easy. Starforce seem to have this mafia mentality. On CGW they said that they were going to try to track down and prosecute people who started the boycott... In their mind, they don't think they are doing anything wrong. And so long as publishers like Ubisoft...

I expect a lost of sleep :)

you guys are depressing me... My copy won't come until the end of the week at the earliest... I think I will have to cut internet from my life for the next week or someething... :eek:

couplr days of wait isn't going to kill anyone right?:)

This is the UK PC gamer right?

that right there, drove me to use user made mods...