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I am sorry if this is the wrong place for this. However, if anyone has experience with any of the wireless outdoor security cameras and recording systems I would greatly appreciate your comments. I am looking for something for my backyard. Night time performance is a key. Thanks in...

Thanks for the comments. The monitor is for work so the resale option is not so easy. I have seen the 24 inch Samsung and that was fine. I am hoping this will work as well. Regards

I just ordered a new Dell 3007. I heve never used an LCD this large for a monitor before. I am a little nervous about possible eye strain. I can still cancel, though the price was great at $1499 CDN including shipping (Dell days). Any thoughts from those of you with this monitor. Regards

This is what I expected but the people building the computer for me have indicated that any drivers they have are causing the machine to freeze everytime windows is updated. They seem to have traced this to some comaptibility issue. Normally they are very good. I have had them build over a...

I am havoing a computer built right now. The Hauppage 500 tuner card does not seem to have drivers for XP Pro though the documentation says the card supports XP Pro. Has anyone had luck with this card and XP Pro. Regards

Your projector choice is already an older model. It is also only 720p though this is the current standard resolution for midlevel systems. Within a year there will likely be quite a few choices for 1080p projectors at very reasonable prices. The Sony Ruby that Crescent13 suggested has set a...

Thanks everyone, I will take your advice and just keep the stock cooling.

After an unexpected 3 month delay, I am about to purchase a system with an X2 4800+. I have spent quite a bit of time looking for the right parts with the help of people here. One area that I know nothing about is cooling. I thought that I understood that the X2 4800+ had reasonable stock...

It's about $90 CDN above your budget but if you are willing to stretch this is the next step up from the 7800GT. http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?...60&vpn=256-P2-N525-AX&manufacture=eVGA

Thanks Chiller2, I don't want to go that route if that is the case. Regards

By the way, If I went the Opteron route I could look at using this machine as a server.

Thanks again for the help, I am about to throw one more wrench into this. I was just about ready to go when I noticed some interesting things about the Opteron 275/280's on the socket 940 mobos. What caught my attention was the possibility that this option might offer more upgrade...

Thanks everyone, You have convinced me to drop the XMS ram. I am looking at either OCZ or Crucial. I will also go with another SATA II 16MB drive for my boot drive. I was looking at the X-Fi series originally but I wanted the external box. This meant the Elite Pro which is big bucks...

I'll take one more shot at this but focus the question a little. I have been told that for video editing I should go with Intel. Does this advice still hold with today's processors. I really like what I have heard about the AMD's. I have also had good luck with AMD before. I may want to...

Hello everyone, I will apologize in advance for the nature of this post. I am looking to order a custom built system. It will be used for audio and video editing. This will be done to build online/DE mathematics courses. As I am a working mathematician it will also be a research machine...