9700 128MB @ 360/310 2x Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM RAID-0 You live and you learn, the argument that SidVic just laid out has some merit. The tech support is usually terrible. I have stayed on the phone for 6 hours just to have a tech rep help me long enough to...

Please help -- System powers up for split second and turns off. Hi All, Thank you for taking the time to read this. I just build a system that is acting pretty strange... when i power up the computer it powers up for a split second then turns off. I...

topic. There is a great article on power consumption over at that I suggest you read at your leisure. I distilled out some highlights to underscore how much power systems really use: [code]Component Best Case Worst Case Power Supply 5-15 W 40-60 W...

which may be a roundabout advantage of DRM is that it comes with built in DVD playback and DVD authoring. Like I mentioned before I use 1 of my PCs primarily for Media Center. The fact that I can just pop in a DVD and it will play without having to have some...

be glad to hear any ideas you guys may have. I just want my system stable, I spent alot of cash for this an its driving me crazy. Thanks for any help in advance.. Well first let me give you my Specs: " Just built" Mobo: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce...

much power and it was a surge. This time after maybe 3 mins the power cut again - and no surge. I'm new to self built so i have no real clue what the problem could be, could anyone help? I mentally ruled out too little power for too big a system because...

XFX 8800 GTS problem. Just built a system this morning, 750 watt thermaltake, Gigabyte GA-960P-DS3, E6600, 2gig xms2 and 8800GTS by XFX. Tried to plug in a view sonic and a sceptre, both report no signal. What might be the problem? the fan spins by the...

and $1200 for the mid range, that means a high end build is only $1,800. Hi End should be close to SOTA (state of the art) and you are not going to build anything close to that, as shown by my component cost list, for $1,800 I just built a system which i...

Brand new built system running and installing very slow? Need help!. Ok so I just built my computer Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI LE Version - 141-BL-E757-TR Power Supply: Zalman 750W ZM750-HP Mpdular SLI Quad +12V CPU: Intel i7 core 920 RAM: 6gb DDR3 @ 1600...

AMD systems that died withen 2 minutes of powering up, with stock fan installed. thermal issue? Can't blame me for not building it correctly. I have built systems that burnt up so fast that by the time I heard beeps it was too late. I used a "antec" HSF....