Recent content by stevok

Thanks for the replies. FYI I have two machines hard wired and a laptop that's WIFI. If I understand it correctly, I can get a 5 port gigbit switch for less than $80 and that's all I need to add to my setup.???. Do I put the switch before or after the wireless router? The terastation get...

I'm adding a terastation 1Tb NAS to my home network because my digital photo files are getting out of hand. My home network currently consists of 3 computers, a wireless router and a cable modem. Is there any advantage to adding a gigabit hub into the network to speed up fiel transfers...

I know I need to lock these things before OC'ing, but I can't find any reference to them in the BIOS for my mobo (ASUS A8V-Deluxe). I am using all 4 SATA ports on my system - I know that you can workaround by only using ports 3&4, but I do have 4 SATA drives in the system. There doesn't seem...

Thanks for the welcome, loads of info here - I spend most of my time at DPreview or Fred Miranda. I hope you get some more replies to the OP - I'm curious to see how other configs handle it. Cheers.

I was actually running at 100% memory allocation for the test -probably not fair. As I understand it, I can't add more RAM unless I go to XPpro, right? Or wait for Vista... At any rate, I am really ready to pull the trigger on a CPU upgrade and based on the buzz, I'm thinking about an Opteron...

Alright, I'll humor you, Athlon 64 FX-53 2Gb Corsair 3200 C2 Windows on 40Gb Raptor Programs on 250Gb SATA RAID 0 (also scratch disk) XP Home Total time: 2:25 Any suggestions for speeding this up are appreciated, I'm considering a new CPU, Athlon X2 or Opteron. Stevo