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Hi, i am looking for a SATA/SAS controller with following feature set : - 8 ports minimum - all ports must be directly accessible for the OS - i don't want to run my drives in RAID - 3TB+ support - Linux drivers Right now i use Intel SASUC8I, which has a 2TB drive limitation, thus...

Hi, i want to virtualize few OS installations for development, but i am having issue which one to choose. I want to run virtual computers on remote computer, while having a remote interface (application or web page) for controlling the virtualized computers and some sort of remote access to...

Hi, i'm wondering if someone can offere me an alternative to what i use now. I have a PC running 24/7 (fileserver), this PC has two sound cards (HDMI sound card and the onboard sound). The HDMI sound card is the default, it is used for the XBMC (Movies, TV series, watching TV via DVB-C )...

Hi, i use my Intel SASUC8I only as a simple HBA, with no RAID. My problem is that drives never spin down. Today i installed the Intel RAID Web Console 2 just to find out these configuration settings in "Advanced Software Option" category : Unconfigured good spin down: Disabled Hot spare spin...

So, i'm thinking about developing some apps for iOS, and because of that, there are some prerequisites outside of the $99/year payment to Apple :). First, there is an issue of the development computer itself. We can safely rule out the hackintosh route, so the only real choices are ...

Hi, i have a strange issue with my X-650 - the fan makes strange noises : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11427180/seasonic_noise.wav The issue is that this can be heard only in a very silent room, i was hard time even figuring out it is the PSU itself. The recording was made about 15cm from the...

Hi, for start i want to clear something - the only reason why am i considering replacing my Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 for a Z68 board is because i need a secondary graphical output without the aditional heat (this rules out other internal cards or use of two graphical ports on my GTX570) and want...

Hi, i'm having serious issues overclocking my i7 2600k. What works is 4.3GHz every voltage on auto, every feature turned on, including power saving. Works no problem for whole day without any issue. Move to 4.4GHz or higher, and the whole PC craps out. Well, the PC works - for some time...

Hi, i have a issue with my Fractal Design Define R3 - considering all i have is 1 SSD, i don't need any of the 8 3,5" positions, and would choose instead a better intake airflow (especially as i'm upgrading to Air Penetrators sometime soon). There are 8 rivets securing this drive bay in...

Hi, unfortunately my Patriot Torqx 128GB died after year and half. I'm going to send it to RMA, but here is the issue - Patriot Torqx is EOL, same as the original replacement (Zephyr). So according to Patriot forums, it seems like Patriot is sending out Inferno 120GB as a replacement. Which...

Hi, i have a issue with my LCD TV (LG 42LC3R) and all ATI products - none of the ATI cards detect the display when connected through HDMI (tested with HD5870 in my secondary PC and HD5670 Mobile in my laptop), VGA is running fine. In short : the TV has probably damaged (or somehow...

For the start, my current case is a modded Lian Li PC-A05, but i want to reuse it for other computer plus i have personal issues with the very thing sheets of aluminium used for this case. My requirements are pretty much a space for ATX board, space for graphic card with length of HD5870 or a...

Hi, right now, i use the AT3IONT-I (not the Deluxe variant) motherboard + Adaptec 1430SA controller for a 8 hard drive file server. Performance wise it's ok, but i would like to add 2 more drives + make the boot drive (and the download drive) a SSD i already have (X25-M G1 80GB). I did...

Hi, since i got few spare parts (GTS250, 2pcs of X25-M SSD - one G1, one G2, DVD drive) i decided to build a sort of HTPC/portable gaming rig. First what i have or i did order and cannot be changed : Lan Gear Da Box 100 case (ordered) Zotac GTS250 Eco with Accelero L2 Pro (at home)...

Hi, i'm thinking about building a small rig, but i'm stuck at case selection. I would like to use a standard ATX PSU and there is one catch - i have a graphics card with L2 Pro, which means it is ~2,5 to 3 slots wide because of the fan on it (without fan it would be 2 slot, but of course the...

Hi, bought this card for PhysX/CUDA processing (my main graphics card is HD5870). The card - Zotac GTS250 Eco 512MB : http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=212&category_id=71&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 Card measurements ...

Hi, i'm thinking about getting the EVGA P55 SLI motherboard (the one above the LE version, with code 132-LF-E655-KR), but i'm have one question to anyone who can check this one out for me. Because of my graphics card cooling (HD5870+MK-13+2 fans), i will have to use the top PCI-E x1...

Hi, i'm considering switching my current case (Lian Li PC-V1110A) for something else. First the reasons : This case is HUGE. Especially right now after i will get rid of the hard drive i had running alongside the SSD and have pretty much nothing to have the 5,25" and 3,5" bays for. I...

Hi, because i got a request from my family to build a PC and i could select better motherboard for my fileserver, i was looking at AM3 motherboard selection. And to be honest, the offerings are crap :(. My current board in fileserver is Gigabyte GA-M85M-US2H. What would be my requirements...

Just a heads up for people looking for aftermarket coolers - T-Rad2 fits without any problems. Here are some pictures what to cool and how it looks (side note - the stock RAM and VRM coolers were used before, so i ordered a HR-03 GTX285/260 Heatsink Pack, which gave me all heatsinks you see...

Hi, i'm having problems what PSU to use/buy for my low power system. Configuration is this : Gigabyte GA-M85M-US2H (GeForce 8200 chipset) AMD Sempron 140 2GB DDR2-800 RAM 4xWD10EADS (1TB), 1xSamsung HD154UI (1,5TB) Corsair HX520 Now the question is what PSU to use ? The idle power...

Hi, just note to everyone experiencing the common bugs : 1) the big cursor - http://techreport.com/discussions.x/17819 2) driver crashes when playing Full HD videos 3) some others I solved these problems, and funny enough, the problem was not in graphics card or Catalyst drivers. It's in the...

Hi, i'm thinking about moving to SSD for 2 use cases : 1) my Toshiba notebook (M800), for which 60GB drive would be enough (Windows 7, Eclipse, OpenOffice and other basic stuff) 2) my main desktop, which would probably require 120GB drive (Windows 7, Eclipse, OpenOffice, Steam with many...

Hi, i have a hard time deciding what to do with my hard drives. Currently i have 5 drives in RAID5 (+2 out of RAID) in my main PC, but the problem is that all those drives make some noise even in a such high quality case like my PC-V1110A. I'm considering how to make it better in terms of...

http://www.expreview.com/news/hard/2008-09-17/1221626358d10029.html It weights 3kg. As a owner of TRUE 120 Black owner i say - this is too crazy even for me :D.

Hi, i'm going to buy/replace my intake/outtake 12cm fans, and i can't choose which one should i get. PC 1: PC-A17, 12cm outtake, 2x12cm intake which will pull air through meshed front cover and push through 2+2 disks (imagine 3 drive 5.25 inch positions, place 2 disks in top and bottom...

Hi, i'm going to upgrade my gaming desktop because i'm planing to move from single HD4850 to HD4850 Crossfire. Right now i have P5K-E/WIFI-AP, which is good considering features, but absolutely unusable for OC (it says OC failed even when i just increase FSB by few MHz and lower CPU...

Hi, i bought a Yate Loon D14SL-12 fan, supposedly 140x140x25mm fan. What was my surprise, when i tried to install it - it didn't fit. Then i measured it, and actually it is 135x135x25mm fan. What is a bigger problem, mounting holes are not 125mm but 120mm away from each other. In other words...

Hi, i hope this belongs to cases & case modding thread (as it deals with improving look of my next case). Last few days i was searching for black SATA cables with nonstandard length (i mean around 20cm and around 75-100cm). Now this sounds pretty easy, no ? I though so too. But after...

Hi, i already own the motherboard and they heatsink, and i'm planing to buy the PC-V1000B Plus II case. Now, looking at pictures of how heatsink looks on my motherboard, it looks possible to mount it into V1000. The only thing which is questionable is the fan mount system. What do you think...

I'm planing to buy P182 as a replacement for my Antec Solo, and the main question is if the 8-pin cable is long enough for auxiliary CPU power connector placed on top of motherboard (Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP). Did anyone tried this (or similar) setup ? If not, can anyone measure how long must be that...