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Starting today I've had a little weird problem... I'll hear this "tssst" sound and while it's making that noise the computer freezes up. Once it stops making the noise everything is functioning like it regularly does. Also, when I went to save a project I had been doing in Photoshop CS4 I...

For reference, specs are in the signature. Basically, when I watch Live TV it'll work for a couple minutes and then the video/audio will stutter like crazy. If I hit the replay button the video that previously stuttered will play fine and after a couple minutes of watching it'll start...

I know absolutely nothing about laptops besides the fact I want one. What I'm looking for is rather basic me thinks; dual core, 3-4GB of memory, 250gb hard drive and a video card that can do VGA or DVI out with a supported res of 1680x1050. Is it possible to do that (VGA out from laptop to...

So I added a hard drive to my makeshift HTPC and it turns out the PSU doesn't have enough power, no real surprise since it sucks. So rather than just upgrade the PSU I figure I might as well build a decent media center. Here's what I'm thinkin': Case: Sunbeam Acrylic HTPC (because it's cheap...

So I added a fourth hard drive to my makeshift media center and it was fine for a couple days. Today the PC started randomly freezing and the only thing I changed was adding the hard drive. OK, unplug it from the PSU and now everything is fine. It's a cheap PSU that came with the case so it...

My 500gb drive for movies is starting to run out of space... 60gb left and I'm wondering how much space I should leave free? There's no OS on that drive, just folders and files. Thanks in advance, just wondering when it's time to purchase another drive.

Basically I've got 4 computers networked together, 2 desktops (Vista Ultimate x64 and XP Home), 1 laptop (XP Home) and my media center (MCE 2005). What I want to do is share a folder on my media center but only have my desktop be able to access the files and block out the other 2. I've tried...

So I got this OCZ Gold XTC shit on sale thinkin' it was a sweet deal... can't get it stable with 4 sticks. I don't know much about all the fancy bios settings (I'm not so [H]ard lol) but I did as an OCZ dude told me to... manually set the timings to what it says on their page, up the voltage...

Google doesn't show one so I'm assuming no but I thought I'd ask. Since I don't really play games too often I'm thinking about converting the desktop pc in my signature into a HTPC (way overkill), using a laptop for regular surfin' and downloading and giving my current media center to a friend...

Yes I'm finally going to be going HD! Well, not immediately after this thread but soon. First the HTPC... I'll mainly be playing downloaded x264 files and hardware acceleration isn't supported for it, correct? How do these specs look for playing 720p/1080p x264s and possibly blu-ray /...

Problem solved, my bad. Thanks but sorry you clicked the thread, lol.

My old Aspire case came with a 400w PSU and I'm wondering if I'll be able to run the following fine: AMD 3200+ @ 2.2ghz Asus A8N-E 768 MB of memory LG IDE DVDRW Maxtor 250 GB IDE 2xWD 500 GB SATA2 Gigabyte 7200GS PCI-E Hauppauge HVR-1600 2 case fans Right now I don't have the...

Mmmkay so I put it all together today, plugged it in and all the fans (including HSFand the fan on the video card) are spinning and the LED on the mobo is on. I get no beeps and nothing shows up on my monitor. Any help would be appreciated, this is my first time building one myself so I'm...

So I've got the gaming PC done, I've got the HTPC done (minus a couple hard drives) now it's time I go onto some audio (saving the TV for last!). It'll be hooked up to my HTPC so it'll be for music, porn, movies, porn and TV... and porn so I'd like it to be relatively loud. Always wanted to get...

Delete this please... I'm a tool and missed the sticky lol.

The motherboard is an Asus A8N-E, here's a big picture so you can see all the ports. You can only put 2 drives on one IDE connector thing right, master and slave? So I'd be able to go 4 SATA, 3 IDE and an IDE DVD drive? Before you ask, I don't want to run all that RAID business lol. Any help...

Okay so first, this is for SDTV and DVDs not massive HDTV (720p, 1080i, etc.)... I'm having trouble picking a video card. I'm assuming it won't take much power but what I'm curious about is when I take the s-video cable from the video card to the TV will the resolution automatically set to...

So a local store had ordered me an Asus P5K-E, OK that's cool... they call me, it's in, I go get it, get home and realize it's the wrong mobo all together (they had it in the bag already, I peaked in and saw it was Asus so assumed it was right and I came home). Now I'm gonna be heading back...

My speakers / sub are fine but the wired remote is busted so I need a new one. Name your price! I'm in Canada, if that makes a difference. Thanks.

Finally found a 8800 GT available in Canada besides the Asus one. Cost me $280 @ NCIX. Grabbed 2GB o' OCZ memory too. Haven't upgraded in awhile so this is great lol. The whole order came to like $440 shipped.. not bad compared to local prices. Also took everyones advice and I'm buying a Q6600...

About to start ordering parts and I just want to see if there's anything I should change. PC will be used for some gaming (HL2, UT3, GRAW 2, etc... not at crazy high resolutions like you guys though lol)... mainly just mixing / recording audio and graphic design. Case: Antec Nine Hundred...

I don't really understand how this works... first what kind of hardware do I need? I've got an Asus A8N-E s939 mobo, AMD 3200+, 768 MB o' RAM, DVD drive, PSU and a 250 GB hard drive. Could I use this or do I need better or more of something? What else will I need? A capture card and a smaller...

Is the BFG nVidia nForce 680i LT good? I won't be overclocking or anything, system will be Intel E6850, Corsair XMS2 (2 GB) DDR2-800, BFG 8800 GT (whenever I find one) and WD 500 GB SATA II. Also if you could reccomend a PSU to get that'd be great (dunno how many w I'll need). Thanks!

I'm workin' on deciding what parts to get and I'm stuck on the video card now. What I'll be getting is Intel E6850, 2 GB Corsair TWINX and EVGA nForce 680i SLI mobo. The only games I'd really want to play are GRAW2 and UT3. I'd like to keep it under $400 CDN if possible. I was thinking BFG...

I'm sure you get tons of these weekly, even daily, but I need some help! I haven't been caught up with technology for over atleast 3 years (my current CPU is a s939 AMD 3200+... that was considered good lol that should give you an idea). Basically my PC use will be mixing and recording...