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So I've been using Full Tower ATX cases for about a decade now and I think it's time to downsize since I don't run custom water loops or more than one graphics card or anything crazy these days. Now I took a look at cases on newegg in the uATX and mATX flavors and everything I saw that looked...

Ok, so I have a P5E that has been running in AHCI mode since I got the thing. I put a 1tb drive (WD Black) in yesterday that had Win7 on it from another computer and was running some testing with it last night. Today I decided to reinstall Win7 and it got through the part before the first...

Hey all, I'm helping a friend who wants to know nothing about hardware build a computer for playing MMO's and single player RPG's. Now I'm a bit out of the loop myself since I'm still happy with my system and haven't been keeping an eye on what's going on. But I figure for a best bang for...

So I ask this here as I'm sure us SFF people have more experience with 80mm fans than most people out there. I dug through my fan box and pulled out some vintage TT-8025a's in an attempt to get my cpu to run under 75c with the case top on. And sure enough they did it, it's only about 1c hotter...

Hey all, In an effort to get temps under control in my SFF case I'm looking bringing my cpu back to stock speeds and undervolting it. It's currently getting up to 75c which afaik is a tad on the high side. So I'm wondering... Will lowering my multi down to 6 and upping my fsb to 416...

Hey all, I got some fans and unfortunately the product literature didn't say they were thermally controlled. So I'm trying to get them to run at full speed as the thermal control doesn't run them fast enough for my liking. Now if I'm understanding on how they work properly, it's a...

EDIT:: Nevermind, was just getting fustrated a bit too easially >.<

So I'm doing some OCing of a Q9300 in a Gigabyte G45 matx board. And the board seems to be not having issues (besides the lack of Northbridge voltage options)... But I've been using IntelBurnTest v2.3 as I've heard it's probably the best for testing. And it's acting strangely... Sometimes...

Hey guys, I was just putting graphics cards into the systems I'm building and well noticed that the coolers look rather restricted by the sound card. Normally in a full size system I wouldn't worry too much about it as there is a lot more airflow moving around. But I'm not sure if it may...

Hey all, Working up a SFF gaming build for a friend has kind of inspired me to take some of my old parts and put together a system for web browsing and writing papers on while at home so I'm not running my MBP for so many hours every day. What I'm looking for is a Silver Aluminum Shoebox style...

I'm setting up a LGA775 system for a friend and am looking for memory for it. Unfortunately DDR2 is on it's way out and is more expensive than it was just a short time ago... But that's another story. The board claims to support 1066 memory speed through a chipset OC. So what I'm wondering...

Hey all, A friend of mine asked me for some advice with building a new system and unfortunately I don't know a ton about SFF systems so I figured I'd pop on here and get some advice from people who know more. He's looking at using a TT Lanbox / Lanbox Lite. And I find myself wondering if...

Hey guys, I'm helping a friend of mine pick parts for a new gaming computer since he's not very hardware savvy. The budget leaves about $100 for the mobo so I was looking at the 790x boards since newegg has them for $109 after rebate. So the choices are: ASUS M4A79XTD EVO GIGABYTE...

i7 System Sold I also have some other stuff for sale. EVGA GTX260 55nm 216 Core - Bought at the end of March. $125 shipped to the lower 48. Will negotiate on the price. Logitech G5 - It's around 3 years old. Works great. $30 shipped to the lower 48. Will negotiate on the price. Logitech...

Hey all, I'm looking for a new laptop and am trying to find 15" laptops with gaming grade graphics and backlit keyboards. So you guys know of any? The only one I've been able to find is the Alienware M15x. Anyone know of anything else? Thanks! :D

Hey all, I have a TR Ultra 120, not the TRUE the non extreme version with 4 heatpipes instead of 6. Now what I'm wondering is how well would this perform on an i7 setup? It cools a e6300 @ 2.8 with no problem, but that is only about 115w or so total heat output. So an i7 is 15w higher at...

Hey guys, I'm looking to build an i7 system with a 920 processor in it. And I have two questions. 1) What do you guys think of the EVGA E785-TR as far as OCing goes? I'm looking at it cause the price is pretty good, it has all the features I want and people seem to like their boards and...

Hey all, I'm building a system for a friend of mine and AM3 seems like the best choice in keeping a good upgrade path and having $ for a good video card or heck even saving some $. It's looking like the best bet for what I'm doing will be one of the BE chips as they are easy to OC so I...

Hey all, I'm putting together a system for a friend of mine and decided to go with AM3 to save $ over the LGA1366 and keep a nice upgrade path open for the future. So I'm looking at MoBo's and well after looking at the AMD site and whatnot... I'm not seeing any differences between the 770...

Ok... So this has been driving me nuts for a long time but I stopped using my 5.1 headphones for a while and forgot about it. I use an X-Fi card to run a set of Turtle Beach HPA's. In games if something is happening in front of me that my center speaker would handle, it'll sound like someone...

Hey guys, I'm currently using AVG on my laptop and recently re-installed Vista and used it for a bit before putting the antivirus on and after I put it on the computer feels a fair bit slower. So what are some good programs that are a bit more lightweight? I've heard good things about...

So I'm doing some work on a friends computer, upgrading some things and giving the proc a bit of an OC as it's a lil aging now. And I'm running some games and benches and whatnot to test overall stability and speed and at different times I notice a sometimes really loud and sometimes pretty...

Hey guys, I'm cranking up the clocks on a friends computer as well they have no interest in hardware or tweaking and just want to play the games and all. So well since it's not mine, I don't want to cook the thing or run it at anything overly risky. It's got a TR Ultra 120 on it and is...

Ok... So I'm working on a system, got Windows installed. Go to the creative website and grab the drivers. Install em in and try to do the test to make sure I have the cables plugged in right on the 5.1 headphones so I know it's working right. I got no sound. Check the info program and it...

I had a friend ask me about if it's worth the money to get a pre OCed video card. So I figured I'd see what all of you guys think. To me it seemed that some had too much of a price premium over the stock cards however some seemed to be a decent value. $30 for an extra 100MHz on the core...

Hey all, I recently moved my computer into a smaller case and took out my Q9300 for my E6300 as I don't really use my desktop a ton anymore now that I have the laptop. But I still use it enough to keep it up and running well, ya know? However my TR Ultra-120 is well... Completely...

Hey all, it's about time for my yearly GPU upgrade. So I'm looking for some suggestions as to what would be a decent bit faster than my current card while not breaking the bank? I've been looking around at the cards currently out, and it seems like any of the ATI 4xxx cards would be faster...

I know this question may be a bit silly, but seeing how I've never tried it I just want to make sure my thinking is correct. If I have 4 gig of ram in a system and decide to run 32 bit XP on it, the only problem will be that it just won't recognize more than about 3 gig of the ram, correct...

Hey all, I'm looking to get myself a new monitor. Not that my current one has any problems or anything, but well I'm looking for something with a bit higher resolution and HDMI so I can plug my laptop into it with a digital connection. I need good IQ as I do photo editing and my laptops...

Hey guys, since everything is going digital I need to get me a new TV Tuner. There are two I'm looking at and they both seem extremely similar. The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800 MCE and ATI 650 Chipset cards are what I'm looking at. They both seem to more or less have the same features and...

So I'm looking at getting one of these Thermaltake ST0005U units to use a whole bunch of hard drives in so I don't have to buy an expensive raid card or have a whole bunch of hard drives running all the time that I won't be using all that much. So what I really want to know is if I get one...

Ok, so I did some work on my desktop which I'm turning into a DVR / File Server. And I currently have 5 750gb WD Green drives in it (2794.5 gig according to the array manager). So I set up my array all nice and it just keeps saying Initialize in the status area and no in the bootable area...

Ok, I'm currently looking at 3 cases. The Lain Li PC-60BPLUS2 which has the 120mm fans in it which I like (Though is having that much in positive air flow good as it only has 2 80mm exhaust fans). The Lain Li PC-65B which is a bit less expensive and has a more balanced airflow and is a few...

Ok, so I'm looking to upgrade to a Quad core to speed up my video work. My OC with my E6300 is nice and it's pretty fast, but faster is always better especially with how low the prices on the quads have gotten. I know I'll be able to hit a higher OC with a Q6600 when compared to a Q9300, but...

Ok, I remember a few months back that someone posted a link to an article that said WD was creating some low power desktop hard drives. Since then I haven't seen them for sale anywhere or anything like that, so anyone happen to know if that happened or not? And if it did, where can I get...

Ok, so I'm perhaps looking for a new video card for my HTPC. I currently use a x1600Pro in it which I'm not sure how much energy it uses. I have the computer on 24/7 so I try and make it as energy effecient as possible. I'm looking for something that uses little energy when idle or 2d dvd /...

I figured I'd ask this here before doing a whole bunch of testing in the hopes someone has dones it before. I have an ipod classic and am looking to convert and put a bunch of video on it. Since the screen is so small and all I'm thinking I won't need to use an overly high bitrate for the...

Ok, I'll make this simple. I don't like ATI Overdrive. Doesn't seem to work very well, but I don't feel like getting into that. I'm hoping to find a program that will work with Vista without having to disable driver signing every time I want to use it. As I know I'll forget to turn it off...

Ok, so I did some searching on the forums and didn't see any threads about aftermarket cooling for the 3870. It looks like it has fairly standard mounting holes (Gigabyte is selling one with a Zalman non heatpipe cooler stock so I figure the heatpipe one should fit as well) But since I have...

My current board is wigging out on me unless it's at stock speeds anymore so it's time to upgrade. I decided to go with an X38 due to the fact you can get them and at reasonable prices compared to the NVidia 700 series boards. I'm not interested in crossfire or SLI but the higher fsb & memory...