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@mfenn: Thanks for explaining that. I got my new Samsung 840 Pro Basic 128 gig SSD and Western Digital 3 TB HDD and have installed them and they work. Something very interesting to note is that time it takes to register the two new drives and the old 1 TB drive in the BIOS is less than 1...

@ Termie: During startup as the BIOS find the attached hardware, SATA0 and SATA1 come back as empty, then it says it's trying to resolve something to do with IDE drives and after that it finds my two SATA connected drives which come up. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I really need...

Hi vailr, Thanks for the update. My cable looks identical to this one here. Is metallic strip the "grip clip" you typed about? Note that my cables are from 2008. What was the issue of the cables without the clip?

Hi all, I have a spoardic issue whereby I boot my computer but I get an error as Windows tries to load. It appears that it never gets as far as loading Windows - with this issue / these issues, I never see the Windows logo screen. Sometimes the error tells me Windows cannot be found - I have...

Everybody, at this stage, I reckon that I'm going to wait for Haswell and the next round of mobos. @ SammichPG / Intel17: Thanks for the SSD advice. I'll go with Crucial or Samsung with a sound backup plan as I'd prefer greater peace of mind. @ ElFenix: Thanks for moving this to the General...

I've been looking up the latest Haswell information and have found this TomsHardware article and am curious as to why there are no 6 and 8 core processors - it it because it is Haswell Ivy Bridge and not Haswel Sandy Bridge? If so, why is there no mention of it at a later date? It says that...

@ dma0991 - you are probably right about the guide - I've had a look at my current mobo manual and it's quite detailed but it never hurts to have something to fall back on : ) @ Cerb - Looks like the other savings for quietness in addition to performance are worth waiting for too. Thanks for...

Howdy Danimal1209. I have done some repair and upgrade work on PCs before but have never actually built one myself. I also have a certain Scott Mueller book from many years ago around somewhere. After reading the above, I would be more inclined to build it with me own hands.The most...

Hi again, Thank you kindly for your insightful responses. Since ye have spent so much time writing responses, I thought I'd aggregate the results. Here's what I've learned dma0991: Wait for Haswell or if not get either a i7 3770K or a i7 3930K processor. Get an SSD, 256 GB or larger. Asus...

Lads, Thanks for all the answers - ye've given me quite a bit to think about. I'll get back to you later tonight or tomorrow. Kind regards, Surfjungle.

@dma0991: that's sound advice. SSD is probably the most performance oriented upgrade for me. I have my eye on an OCZ 512 GB one. I also have my eye on the Asus Xonar as it was an alternative option on one of the 3XS systems from scan.co.uk. I think that's the first time I realised that Asus...

OVERVIEW - I'm looking for a new PC (just the box and everything in it). - Before posting this, I read several of the existing and recent posts regarding PC upgrades and have assimilated this information with regard to below. Because CPUs are a large driver for upgrades, including mobos, I...