Recent content by MajorKong

Yes, it doesn't have to run RAID. You can run one or two non-raided disks.

I just set up a new machine today with the P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 3.0E, and a Serial ATA boot disk. I first set ip up with just the SATA disk on the ICHR5 SATA #1 channel, plus an optical drive as master on IDE #2. I installed XP Pro without a hitch onto the SATA drive. Boots great - no...

Hmmmm. You would think that all these people who pay out the wazoo for terribly over-spec'd memory would have some idea of what they were buying in terms of performance gains. Then again, most people are lemmings.

I'll be building a system around an Asus PC4800-E Deluxe motherboard and P4 3.0 with 1 GB of RAM. I'm not going to be overclocking the system at all. Stability of the system is one of my chief goals, though I'd like it to be fast enough that I won't worry about upgrading for maybe 1 1/2 to 2...

I'm debating which card to get for a new workstation. Probably 90% of what I will do on the machine will be programming in Windows 2000 or XP Pro, but it would be nice to have a card that can also run today's games. I've been considering the ATI 9600 Pro, but am wondering if there are any good...

Yep. I did the same in my Antec case. Went from four case fans (two in front and two in the rear) to just the two in the rear. Also changed to a slower, quieter fan on the CPU. Much nicer. This server won't be in the same room as anyone, though, and I could give a damn if it sounds like a...

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll pick up the smaller Chieftec/Antec 1040 and get the additional drive bay fan. I'd actually prefer a case without the front USB and firewire ports, so might have to search a bit for the Chieftec, since all the Antecs now appear to have them. I considered...

In the classic Chieftec/Antec case that has pretty much become ubiquitous, there are two removable 3 1/2" drive bays. The bottom one has a clip-out fan mounting bracket, while the upper one does not. This is because two of the upper drive mounts line up with the two external 3 1/2" drive...

I wouldn't call ours an "enterprise" situation. We're a company of less than 20 people. I'm talking about building five or six machines and Dell offers us very little, if any, cost andvantage over building them ourselves. We've still got a few Dell's in our office from about two or three...

Thanks. Why the IC7, or are you recommending 875 boards in general? What do the 875 based boards offer over the 865's other than ECC? I'll take a good look at the Asus offerings. I've always had good luck with Asus boards. JJ

A couple of questions: I'm looking to build a number of new systems for programmers and graphics designers here at our web design company. I'm seriously considering the IS7-G for the job. Generally speaking, we like to build several identical systems to ease the maintenance down the line, so...

I did a search on E7205 motherboards across all forums and came up with _very_ few posts. And only one Anandtech article, with a review of a handful of early release boards. Are there better chipsets out there for high performance P4 systtems? Or are there problems with the E7205 chipset...

Anyone ever see a VRM installed on a motherboard along with a PIII TualatinS processor? I haven't seen removable VRMs since the old Pentium Pro days. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2046351838 The seller says these CPU are pulls from Dell 2550's, so could it just be...

How exactly should I hook up my Lite-On DVD player into my SoundBlaster Live card? I want to be able to watch DVD movies as well as listen to CD audio. So, I use a 4-pin MPC to MPC into the SB's CD audio connector, but I don't get DVD sound. Do I need to also connect a digital audio (2 pin...

Does setting the numlock state in the Epox 8k7a BIOS not work? I set it to "on" in the BIOS but the system always boots with the numlock state "off". K