Recent content by StompAWOT

Thanks for the heads up. Where did everyone go? This forum used to be hopping in the age before social media. Once again, thanks to all for the feedback and help.

Thanks for the feedback and help from both of you - I need to get my butt back to working and not being distracted by this so I clicked through and ordered. Now I can hopefully find a good deal for a (4k?) monitor at the Microsoft Store (online or retail) since I have about $400 in gift cards...

Thanks, Valantar. It's in my cart (with the larger drives and 6700k) and my *only* concern is that the mobo seems to be some sort of no-name (Pegatron Thimpu from what I can tell). Should I worry about that...

Thanks, Whm. It's there something about the HP system that you see as an issue, are you trying to be more cozy effective, or is it something else? I've been so far removed from PC gaming for almost a decade that I'm really out of date on info.

Don't know how to answer that. Think I used to play at 1680x1050 back in the day. Now I guess I want a roughly 30" monitor and want to play at high resolutions /settings (Battlefield 1 is my go-to console game right now). I also have a Oculus that had been pre-ordered sitting in a box since May...

Ok - on second thought I think I want to upgrade to the 6700k for $50...so $1,549.00...still a good deal compared to most others from what I can tell.

Used to come to Anandtech back in the day for my PC build recommendations, but this time I'm really leaning toward buying and getting it over with for a host of reasons that I won't bore anyone with. The deal that has me interested is the HP Omen 870 Desktop basically as configured...

Instant Gratification FTW! I ended up hitting Microcenter and got the following rig - essentially the same as the Costco one without the monitor, but a slightly larger HD, for $300 less (I didn't really need the new monitor). XPS @ Microcenter Took the money I saved and bought a...

Between the new kids, the housework, and the job I don't have the kind of time I used to. I don't disagree at all that it would be helpful and beneficial, but if you ask me if I want to spend time with our 11 week olds or diagnosing a computer system I can quickly answer. Similarly, if I'll...

Merry Christmas everybody... As can be seen in my signature, my current system is: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ eVGA 133-K8-NF41 -AX eVGA Geforce 7800GT CORSAIR PC3200 XMS 2GB Crucial PC3200 2GB SoundBlaster Audigy 2ZS Platinum Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 300 GB Seagate 500 GB Seagate...

Actually I did try the freezer trick - but just for about 30 minutes. Old Hippie is right - not smart. Condensation (even in a zip lock bag) happened pretty quick. When I plugged it in again it didn't turn on...for a few minutes. Finally did power up, but still had the ticking noise (like a...

My 500GB WD Netcenter HD seems to be busted. It's flashing an amber colored light (not good), and I can here a slight clicking noise (very minor) coming from the unit. It's under warranty, however I recently backed up a number of pictures. I think most of them are redundant to what is on my...

Based on quite a few things I've read on various reviews/posts/comments on the net, WD doesn't appear to be coming out with a Vista driver for its Netcenter any time soon (at least there is no way to tell). Assuming they don't, have they effectively told their existing customers that are...

Don't think so, but I'll check. I don't think it was a MS program.

Two that I'm familar with are BeyondTV and SageTV. Not a heavy user of either, so I"ll defer to others for value-added comments. http://www.sagetv.com/index.html http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/