Recent content by JMPHOTO

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    HD performance differences on OS/Apps drive

    No I can't. I am just basing it off of seeing a lot of other people on these forums always asking about firmware to fix seagate drives. I am hoping there are no issues since I have a lot of photography images stored on a 1TB Seagate.
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    HD performance differences on OS/Apps drive

    I am curious about the real feel performance difference on HD's for OS and Aps. Do you honestly notice a difference between the different drives? I know something like a velociraptor will make a difference, but difference between drives like a WD Caviar Black or Seagate 7000.11 etc.? I am...
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    New build or Dell outlet

    I need to rebuild a new PC for my daughters old P4 prescott. I am thinking of going E8400 and Asus P5QE, but by the time I add in PS, memory and video card I am close to the cost of getting a decent dell from the outlet store. This is for my daughter for mostly school stuff and some games.
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    CPU upgrade question

    Thanks. I am running Vista 64 bit business with 4g of ram and a couple internal raptor drives. It sounds like the CPU swap might not be worth the hassle. I don't overclock.
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    CPU upgrade question

    I have a Core2 6700 on a P5Bdelux on my photography business PC. I need to do a new build for my daughter and I was thinking of getting a new MB and giving here the 6700 and getting a Quad core for my business/photoshop PC. Forgive my noob question, but if I just swap my core2 duo with a new...
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    HELP new PC build hangs several times?

    I reconfig'd the Bios to cinfigure SATA HDD's as IDE instead of AHCI and reloaded windows Vista 64 and all is fine after 2 days. I also loaded Vista with 2g of ram and did all the updates and then added the other 2g of ram. I read on here somewhere that some people had problems with 4 and...
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    HELP new PC build hangs several times?

    Well I ran the memory test as you said and seven times through no errors. I am going to reinstall vista using IDE instead of AHCI
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    HELP new PC build hangs several times?

    I was just on the phone with Asus. They said I should have set my 2 SATA HDD's as IDE. I set them up as AHCI and installed the ICH8R driver on vista install. They think that might be the problem. What is the correct way. IN the bios when you configure SATA you have 3 options, IDE, RAID or AHCI...
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    HELP new PC build hangs several times?

    Thanks. I am going to run them. Anything to test the SATA HDD's?
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    Vista Bis. 64 hangs/not responding occasionally

    I just installed Vista Bis. 64 last night on a new system with 4G of mem. Core2Duo 6700. I am getting random hangs/not responding for a minute or two. All the hardware seems to be fine so far. I am going to run a memory test later today. What is funny is that when it hangs during a program...
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    HELP new PC build hangs several times?

    I just built a new PC. Core2 duo E6700, Asus P5B delux, 2-74G WD RAptor HDD, 4Gb of Corsair memory, Corsair 620W PSU and Vista 64bit business. The OS hangs from time to time. Its weird because the HD starts to get an excessive amount of activity and then it hangs is not responding. I usually...
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    E6700 processor temp?

    My room temp is about 75-77 right now. I am using the stock fan. I have a lianli pc6070 plus case. It sits in a desk compartment (one that is just to the right of my legs when I sit at the desk) but it should still have plenty of ventilation. What is normal for those C2duos?
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    E6700 processor temp?

    What should be the normal temp of a Core2 duo E6700? When I checked mine in the bios of the motherboard, it was reading about 50-55 C. That seemed hi to me. I am not overclocking and this is a brand new system.
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    LianLi PC6070 plus/case fan upgrade??

    I am rebuilding my PC and I am curious if it would be worth it for me to upgrade my case fans to something more efficient like this:Enermax fans They seem more efficient and also quieter since they are magnetic. Any suggestions?
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    Stock fan & H/S on E6700 or upgrade?

    I have a Core2 duo E6700 o its way. I don't plan on Overclocking or gaming (photoshop/business PC) is the stock heatsink and fan sufficient? Low noise is important too. I have a LianLi 6070 plus case.