Recent content by JBalls335

Hi gang, Speccing a new build for my bro-in-law who needs a new PC for some photoshop & autocad use, in addition to normal web surfing and light gaming. The budget is $900 USD and ill be building it for him. Parts needed: Case, CPU, motherboard, RAM (8 or 16GB), SSD (256GB), Video card, PSU...

Thanks for your input! When you mention needing knowledge about Windows networking, are you referring to port forwarding and things like that?

Hello all, Basically, I'm running out of storage space on my laptop, and expanding storage locally is not an option, so i'm looking at essentially two options: 1: Add a USB drive to a USB share port on a new wireless router* 2: Get a NAS storage system and add that to my existing...

Hi guys, im in the market for a new wireless router, I'd like to get an 802.11ac model with the following specific requirements: - At least one USB 3.0 port - NTFS file system support for connected usb devices I've had a look online and it's been difficult finding. Any suggestions? Thanks...

Thanks for the tip in the x-25, blastingcap. However, I'm leaning towards a 256gb sized drive so it may not be enough. I think I'll bite the bullet and go with an 830, the future proofing and reliability factor seems appealing now. Good advice all around, thanks all.

Hi guys, I'm looking to give my Mid-2009 15" Macbook Pro a performance boost, and i know replacing my 7200RPM HDD with an SSD is just about the best way to do it. Thing is, it runs on the SATA1 standard. I've done some research and read great things about drives like the Crucial M4 and Samsung...