Recent content by Roosti3

Currently messing about with multiple 4TB WD USB passports for home backups of mainly photographs, videos and music. Whats the best way to get this onto a shared NAS that my wife can access and backup through apple and myself through windows and android? I have a couple old desktops but I can...

Thanks for the link mark. There's a 20USD promo code on new egg for the ASUS.

New build ongoing specification and in need some guidance. PC mostly used for general day to day tasks but would like to get into video and image processing and have the option to play games at mid settings if I get the time. Budget is around 1300 USD but flexible. It is 10 years since my...

Thanks Larry, It seems a no-brainer to go with the new build. I'll start the shopping list now and watch out for BF options. Regarding NAS. Yes its also been on the cards for a long time now. The WD's passports are currently external backups duplicating whats on the 3.5" barracuda and...

Been plodding along with my old PC for a while now but new baby has ment it hasn't had much love and attention other that adding more drives to backup baby photos. Wanted to see if i can give it a boost, but it's been a long time since i've looked at benchmarks so wanted your feedback. Will...

Hi all, In need of some advice. After working in the electronics industry with my finger on the pulse of the latest hardware and software developments for 8 years I eventually jumped ship to another industry for more cash. Although cash is good.... it has left with a tech system that is 4-5...

Recently replaced the guts of my 939 with AM3. ASUS M4A87TD EVO, Athlon2 X3 445, Corsair CMD4GX3M2B1600C8 Dominator 2 x 2gb 1600, Seasonic SS-600HT 600WPSU, P180, AMD heatsink and fan with artic silver Been running fine for a few weeks so I had a look at the Asus TurboV Evo software that...

I was also wary about the drive setup. When I first built a MCE2005 machine 4ish years ago the thinking was 1 drive for O/S and 1 for data and page file. However when quering how to upgrade this HTPC the consensis was that the new drives were much faster and just put evreything on one. So when...

thanks blckgrffn So with windows 7 i dont need powerdvd for codecs etc? I was only running a trial on MCE with the intention to buy, but if Win7 doesn't need it I may as well just buy windows. Any idea if my HTPC spec below will be ok with windows7 and if i can run the 64bit version...

Fresh MCE 2005 install with new f3 drive just completed. Installed Power DVD 9 free trial as an possible upgrade from powerdvd5 and windvd(circa2002) which i think were both installed before. However live TV is now stuttering when watching through MCE (Uk freeview - digital tv over on...

Hi everyone...... Current PC running XP sp2 with dual 17ins's Asus A8n-SLI Premium (socket 939, 4xDIMM 184pin DDR400 4GB max) x2 3800+ , 1GB ram xms Radeon X800 GTO (256MB DDR3) Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja heatsink Seasonic ss-600HT (S12) Antec P180 I never got round to...

In the process of planning a HTPC upgrade and wondering what the latest thinking on drive confirguration is. Looking to buy a 7200 sata2 1.5TB Caviar Green. Am I putting everything (OS/page file/data) onto seperate partitions on this drive, or do I want multiple drives? (I have several sata2...

Ok will look into the cleaning and temperature issues to see if that helps. I did read somewhere that a north or south bridge heatsink can help with my motherboard so will look into that. Good to know that my MCE hardware spec isnt out of date yet. (No gaming only TV, video and surfing)

Hi all, I have been away from the PC meddling fold for a few years due to work commitments and as such came to the view point that "if it aint broke dont try and fix it"......... Well anyway its broke now so I am back !!! Built these two back in 2006 PC running XP - Medium use and low...