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  1. JBDan

    Budget build for a buddy.

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for. He watches tons of netflix on his 56inch LCD screen. More or less a "quasi-htpc" here. He's insistent on 1080P as smooth as possible. Quickbooks, youtube, browsing, pandora. 2. What YOUR budget is. < $700 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts...
  2. JBDan

    Toshiba bloatware

    Howdy all. I ordered a new laptop for our church to be used in a worship service running MediaShout (live wallpapers, lyrics, 480 videos, audio etc...) and it arrived today. I'm setting it up as we speak. Just wanted some pro advice on the bloatware. The laptop is very nice and quite fast I'm...
  3. JBDan

    Church Praise and Worship service lappy

    I'm heading up the AV dept (job just inherited) in a section of my church and we've had an HP pavilion dv9000 for the last 6 years....it has served them "just OK" sans vista...... :thumbsdown: The HP video card (nvidia geforce xxx?) bonked. I grabbed the HD's out and hooked them up to my...
  4. JBDan

    HDD move to new SB build with SSD

    Howdy all It's been quite a while since I built a system (2007), but it's that time again. Right now I'm running an Intel 6750 4GB RAM with 2 HDD's.... a raptor 64GB and a WD 320GB split in 2 partitions. The raptor has Vista 64 (I know) and the WD has XP on one partition and the other is used...
  5. JBDan

    Looking to sqeeze out more performance.

    Hello all, I am looking for some solid advice here. Have not posted here in over a year....work has taken me elsewhere. I currently have a 6750 intel cpu stock, WinXP, 4GB ram ddrII 800, and old raptor 64 GB. GFX card is Nvid gts 8800 512. Main interest is editing photos (raw img's)...
  6. JBDan

    Dell E1705 Good deal?

    I know....lot of Dell bashers here, but they have finance options that suit me. Looking at this laptop...never owned one before, but wanting to become more mobile. Feel like I'm in jail sitting here at a desk...so confined. I have a desktop for highend gaming , but I want to be able to game some...
  7. JBDan

    Seasonic M12 500/600/700W

    I know it's new.....seen a review at hardwarelogic...does anyone know where I can get one or when they become 'retail' available? EDIT: maybe should be in gen hrdwr sorry mods ;)
  8. JBDan

    Fixed...Tx :)

    Hola :) Have a customers Compaq Presario 2.4GHz Celeron w/ 1 WD HD/cdRom/floppy. WinXP/640MB RAM (pc2100). Originally she had 128mbRAM :confused:, but I upgraded it to 640mb w/Kingston. Her original problem was the pc cutting on and off randomly w/ in the last week or so. I took it home and...
  9. JBDan

    Silencing the already quiet P180

    I wanted to post a some pics since I have torn apart my rig & reworked it too many times to count lol. I am way obsessed with noise and secondly, cable management. I am still not finished, but I am close. I want a silent pc, not a quiet pc. So with my latest toys I am almost at complete...
  10. JBDan

    OK so I'm sold on waterCooling

    Have been doing a lot of research on water cooling. A thanks ahead of time to those who responed to my PM's ;). I know I can achieve better oc's on my winnie (& possibly my 6800gt) and greatly reduce the temps of both w/ WC'ing. I also believe that DIY is the way to go rather than a complete...
  11. JBDan

    Thermalright's V1 GPU Cooler

    Anyone seen, used, or read about one of these? I read this tonight-->http://systemcooling.com/thermalright_v1-01.html and it looks pretty promising for a good, quiet cooling solution for my oc'd 6800gt. My NV5 just doesn't cut it anymore.
  12. JBDan

    a8v deluxe crappy bios's

    Just wanted to voice my opinion on Asus's latest bios's for the a8v deluxe. One word-->SAD. I cannot believe this large and well respected company can deliver such inexcusable bios updates as 1011/1012 and now 1013 that do not "disable" 2T command rate properly. Was it overlooked? What is the...
  13. JBDan

    ANTEC P180 available ( silver only)

    The well respected SPCR guys have some info for all those (like me) interested in this sweet looking case. Cheers! The limited SPCR black looks pretty good. EDIT* Here it is @ EndPCNoise--> http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/p180.html
  14. JBDan

    ANYONE?

    http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...jsp?ProductCode=238006 Anyone familiar with this lcd panel? If so, advice is appreciated :)
  15. JBDan

    tweakin out my new pc

    I am new to this forum and pc's for that matter and am looking for some kind advice on what I can do to maximize the gaming performance of my home built pc. I have overclocked my processor and my GFX card and my system is very stable, but I feel like one of you could advise me on how to get...