Recent content by rlim111

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    Massive Amount of Space Being Used Up

    You may re-format your hard drive. Probably, the system has some error while recognize the drive capacity.
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    help me choose ram and HD

    Green is cooler than Black but Black is faster than Green. Seagate drive price is not much different with WDC, it's better to choose WDC.
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    Lookup for a simple backup solution for a family member.

    For 2.5 inch external drive. I always prefer Western Digital elements or WD my passport. I'm use both of them and they work great so far. For automatic backup software, I think there's no 2.5 inch external drive provides it. How about WD my book mirror edition, it is a little thick so harder to...
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    Old WD Raptor 74GB

    The only con of Raptors series is only their capacity. You should keep your old Raptor and use it as your backup data. For a new one choosing Caviar green (good durability) or blue (good performances) is OK since velociRaptor is more expensive.
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    $150 budget?

    I didn't use Hitachi HD yet, that HD doesn't have a good reviews so far. How about WD Caviar Green, it performed well in my CPU :-)
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    FireFox 3.5 is slow and leaky for me

    Some parts are missing on flash site when i used ff 3.5. Doesn't it support in this kind of site?
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    Recommend storage HDD

    I've been used WD so far, black and green. Both of them don't give me any problem. For desktop computer, Barracuda is performing well too.
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    Cannot defrag a HDD

    To run defragmentation effectively, you must leave free disk space at least 15% of total capacity. Altenatively, you can use defragger if you dont have 15% free space.
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    How much CPU power is needed to decode 1080p video?

    Exactly, your e8400 is more than enough.
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    Any way to increase memory without adding ram?

    256MB RAM running on XP??? (O_O), like mpilchfamily say that you can defrag your computer or free more space for your data to breath but it does not help much. I only worry about your laptop, maybe you can replace your laptop with the better one?
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    Help with build, ordering today!

    I dont think Caviar Green is suit for gaming, try using Caviar Black, another option after VelociRaptor.
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    Computer crashing after installing new memory

    I recommended to use Windows Memory Diagnostic to check where's the problem lie in your hardware. I not sure the problem is on the RAM which caused computer crashing after install it. you can download Windows Memory Diagnostic here: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
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    Rate my first gaming pc build!

    nice specs
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    Using a backup harddrive.

    Its better to use new drive to store files since old drive' failure rate higher than the new.
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    WIERD USB Issue

    There's something wrong on your USB port, this is the first time i know this issue. I think short circuit occurred when you try to plug USB device in the port. Maybe you can replace with a new one.