Recent content by Ciufo19

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    T7K250 vs SP2004C

    I need to purchase a medium-capacity hard drive, and I've narrowed my choices to the Hitachi T7K250 and Samsung SP2004C. It will be a single drive (for now at least, so no RAID). I'm looking for both performance (Hitachi's strong point) and quietness (Samsung's strong point). There aren't too...
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    Audio Line-in trouble

    I forgot to mention, I hooked up a Compaq iPaq and played some music, and had the same issue, so I know it's either a bad port or a bad setting. Edit: I connected the stereo to the microphone port on the front, and the same thing happens. (Which might suggest a bad cable or stereo, but they...
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    Audio Line-in trouble

    No, the stereo is on the line-in port, and regular MP3s are the green output port (routed to the front of an Antec P160). Thank you for the response.
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    Audio Line-in trouble

    For a while, I have been connecting my stereo (a small radio/CD/casette player) to my Logitech Z-340s (2.1) for better radio sound quality. I connected the two with a male-male 1/8" stereo cable, and all was fine. Starting today, I could only hear sound from the left speaker and subwoofer. I...
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    Scratching Head Over Antec P160!

    For the hard drives, use the screws that look like they have washers integrated into them. Take out the tray, place the drive in it and screw the drive in after lining it up with the holes. I have this case, but haven't built the system yet, so I cant help with the USB/Firewire.
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    Antec TruePower 2.0

    I noticed Antec's new line of PSUs was announced about a month ago. Does anybody have information regarding when they will be available, and the specifications (12V amp ratings)? Searching returns nothing but the "Antec raises the bar for PC performance..." press releases. I was going to wait...
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    Gigabyte nForce4 Motherboards

    Since it seems the Asus A8N-E won't be released for a long time (if at all), I looked at other nForce4 (non-SLI) options. The Gigabyte nForce4 Ultra boards look nice (the K8NXP-9 and K8N Ultra-9). A Gigabyte representative told me the only difference between the XP-9 and Ultra-9 is that the XP-9...
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    New Computer for Christmas

    About Windows: I have Windows 98, and was planning on waiting for Longhorn before I upgrade, since XP is 3 years old already. I might get the OEM XP from Newegg, but I have 2 hard drives so I don't mind fooling around with 64. About RAM: I see I can get 2x512 Kingston for about $130 now, so...
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    New Computer for Christmas

    I've been planning on building a new system at the end of the year (waiting for X-Mas/after-X-mas sales). Here are the components I'm considering; I'm hoping you can give me some feedback regarding compatibility/bang for the buck. Next to each item are questions/issues that might come up...