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I am trying to finish the last pieces of my HTPC build (an upgrade from older hardware)
Right now it’s running the following:
Biostar KM800 AM2 motherboard (newest BIOS)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane
1GB RAM (single stick)
ATI Radeon 9600 AIW
Netgear wireless PCI NIC
Pinnacle HD PCTV capture card
500GB SATA HDD
blu-ray/HD-DVD ROM SATA
Antec Overture case with 380W pwr supply
WinXP [...]
Here are a few impressions after one day of use:
- The version I got is a 512mb ram 8gb SSD Linpus Linux version. They sell a 1gb ram 120gb HDD WinXP version which I understand from various forums is slower performance-wise, has a loud fan, and isn’t sold yet in the US.
- If you don’t [...]
Just sold my Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 for $100, so now I’m speaker-less. I loved the Klipsch, but I plan to start recording guitar and vocals, so I’d like to upgrade to something more studio-friendly.
I want the best sound for my budget. Lows, mids, and highs. I will likely get an M-Audio Fast Track Pro or [...]
huge mess, huge post on my blog’ please read it.
FarCry 2 Gameplay Performance – We play FarCry 2 and find the best gaming experience served up by seven video cards from AMD and NVIDIA. A2A testing is done as well with all seven video cards. We spell out what GPU you need to get the FarCry 2 gaming you want. New drivers are [...]
that made me lol!!! :
… it’s smaller in person than it looks in movies.. uhm, er, pictures and youtube videos.
This is the General Hardware FAQ, where we attempt to answer many of the questions that are commonly asked in this forum. While we can’t answer every question or solve every problem you have, this is still a good reference point.
A big thank you to Danny Bui, enginurd, Markyip1, and silent-circuit for their help with [...]
We’ve had many questions regarding why hard drive capacities are always smaller than the amount they are advertised to contain.
New Rule
I’m going to make life easier for everyone. Post pics of your laptops until your eyes bleed. If you want to quote a comment, Either:
A. Quote the post, but delete the images
B. Delete the image tags from your quote so that only links show up
I don’t have the time to go through and edit [...]
As the title says I just ordered my new monitor, I can’t wait! I’ll wright up my impressions at the end of the week.
My real point for this thread though is that for those of you looking for a good 24" LCD but are on a tight budget Newegg just lowered the price of [...]