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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Okay, so putting price aside--i.e., don't factor it into the decision--which PSU would everyone choose: the Corsair 1000HX, or the Enermax Revolution85+ 1050? It did bother me a bit that the Enermax--even w/all its hype--only has a 3-yr. warranty, while I notice the Corsair has 5, but again...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Okay, how does everyone feel about the ENERMAX REVOLUTION85+ ERV1050EWT 1050W? (Forget the price for now.) What I am slowly learning about good PSUs seems to be present in this unit: Japanese caps, the new DC-to-DC topology, big quiet fan, big but still shorter than the 1200W PCP&C by almost...
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    i7 and OC'ing--what am I missing?

    If I wasn't planning to OC, or it isn't that big a deal, it sounds like the 920 is the best bang-for-the-buck, yes? It's still a very fast proc, isn't it? That extra $700 (btwn the 920 and 965) could buy a whole lot of the rest of the new rig's components. If I compared the 920 to my...
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    i7 and OC'ing--what am I missing?

    Slowly working towards speccing out a new build. I think I have misunderstood the overclocking capabilities of previous Intel procs, because before the i7, I thought you needed an "Extreme" version to OC (officially, I mean). For example, my current rig has a OX9650, which oddly is still selling...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    I've read thru the stickies, and--tho I probably missed how to do it--how does one exactly calculate the total power draw for a new build, to know how large a PSU to get, while still allowing some headroom? I'm still speccing out my new build, but for example, let's say it will have a Core i7...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Okay... been pondering, and doing some reading/research as time permits. HOOfan mentioned the BFG ES-800--I've done a little reading on this, and it seems like a decent unit. But... I wondered why I didn't see it on Newegg. Look at this: ES-800 deactivated?!? I thought this was a...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Ahh... interesting note on the bribing for good/bad reviews. Would you mind naming two or three of those PSU vendors you mentioned, that have long warranties and MTBF, as well as good customer service? DOn't know if I need ESA--it sounded interesting, and the non-ESA unit required a MIR to...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    I don't disagree that the reviews show the T-C line may not spec miles better or worse than other units--my question is, how long will those other units hold up? If they die during warranty, how hard is it to get help? (Newegg is riddled w/user complaints about other PSU makers.) PCP&C is...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Whoosh! Okay, too many opinions to quote, but I'll try to go thru and reply as best I can. @yh125d: Don't know about "overclocked to hell" ;) but the option would be nice. The idea is to get one PSU now that will last at least 2-3 builds. Not saying the 1200W PCP&C is it, but... don't know...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    If my math is right, a similar setup would be right around 60% of full load on that 1200W PSU, which is a sweet spot for it, efficiency-wise. The reviews I read say that below 10-20% load, it's not very efficient, but gets much better aboove 30% or so. Plus, 60% would keep the fan from running...
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Esp since this particular PSU has a 7-year warranty. Plus, I don't think I've ever seen one on sale before.
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    Is buying a 1200W PCP&P just stupid?

    Slooowly moving into my next build--Core i7--940, or maybe 965 if I get the scratch together and I'm feeling crazy that day; will decide on GPU at the time, but pretty much a guarantee at least one double-wide, maybe two. If buying today, maybe two Radeon 4870X2's--will see what nVidia does...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    Not a bad idea, using XP in a dual-boot. (Never done the dual-boot thing before, but have read about it a lot. Will have to dig back thru some old PC Mag/PC World issues to see how to do it. Or you can suggest the best way... hint, hint. ;) ) Even tho Vista has quite a few warts, it does...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    Yes, I was looking at all the top-selling games on Amazon. Something a lot of the customer reviews said about several of the games troubles me: It seems to relate to copy-protection. One game (Bioshock, I think?) had a reviewer mention that he could not completely uninstall the game--there...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    Whew! This is all good news to hear! I'll take a chill-pill and get to installing the toys. Now all I need is some good games...
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    Reliable clone / image software

    Thanks for elaborating--it helps. You guys are all way beyond me in experience, and I'm no newbie. The reason I stumbled across Clonezilla is recently in my 8-month old system build my 8-month old Seagate SATA drive started showing bad sectors. I found this out when Vista's swell Complete PC...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    Okay, as I said, I'm new to gaming, so bear w/me here a bit... All of the new hardware toys I bought have their own special, gaming-specific drivers. (Even the SteelSeries headsets have a teeny CD driver disk if you want to use the USB connector, which is actually a small sound card.) The...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    Sorry to be a little rude a give this a bump, but I'm getting no replies on this on any forum--doesn't anyone have an idea of what exactly I should do here?
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    Reliable clone / image software

    I was just about to post my own question on using Clonezilla disk-to-disk, but you beat me to that! I just recently went thru a minor version of hell trying to clone a Vista C: drive, first using Ghost (whch refused to remake the drive into a C: drive), and ultimately ended up doing a Vista...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    I found this info here: "Usually, Windows will not be able to boot, unless you copy, move or restore NTFS to the same partition which starts at the same sector on the same type of disk having the same BIOS legacy cylinder setting as the original partition and disk had." OMFG. Is it time to...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    I was always taught proper netiquette was not to cross-post. I felt I had already done it twice, trying to get an answer, but coming up empty both times. I felt putting the full text in a third time, when a simple link would pop open the pertinent info, was faster, and would take up less room...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    Previously tried posting this in the OS forum and the Gaming forum, but no replies. Hoping someone here can give me some guidance. Rather than copy-pasting it yet again, here's the link to the post. So what do you think?
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Ahh... got it. Makes sense. As I said, I want to sit down w/the server manual and run thru all of it, but have been having problems getting enough uninterrupted time to do it. Getting closer, tho... Going back to the post at the top of this page (page 2), and my near-disaster when installing...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles for gaming?

    I previously posted a version of this on the OS forum, but didn't get any replies, so I thought I'd try my luck here. Pls take it easy on me--I'm an old hand at computing, but a n00b at gaming. I imagine this has been asked before. I did search before I posted this, both the MS KB, and...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Sorry I took so long to reply--got hung up on another project for the last few days. :frown: Anyway... I did download the new Recovery CD from Microsoft like you suggested, and burned it to CD, so I have that. I'm a bit confused by the rest of your advice (which may be cleared up when I get...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Avast makes one for WHS. Symantec doesn't, or at least I can't find anything about it on their site. I don't know if it gets a bit stickier when the NAS is a prebuilt commercial proprietary product like the HP MediaSmart (as opposed to the DIY one you built). At least Avast specifically mentions...
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    Vista: Hardware profiles?

    I imagine this has been asked before. I did search before I posted this, both the MS KB, and Googled it. MS KB no help at all (big surprise), and the Google results were all 1-2 years old. The best anyone came up w/is going into Vista Services, and individually disabling a Service for a logon...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    You read my mind! That's my next step. I'm just basically concerned about security--the HP MediaSmart comes w/a trial add-on of Macafee (not my favorite net security suite), which I will have to pay for when the trial is over. I use Norton Internet Security 2009 on my other systems--used to...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    I posted the bulk of this as a reply in another thread for someone who was having problems adding a second disk and getting it to boot, albeit under XP. I also thought you guys might like to hear what I ended up doind w/my situation. So here's the screed: Today I went to move my C: (boot)...
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    how to make a disk bootable

    This is topical for me, as just today I went to move my C: (boot) drive w/Vista x64 to a new drive, as the old drive seemed to be failing. (I know you are using XP, but perhaps my experience can serve some purpose.) I purchased Norton Ghost 14 expressly for the purpose of cloning drive-to-drive...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    You sure know how to make a guy feel good--they're "all junk"!?!?!? :D I used to be pretty good about spreading backups around like you said--make one on a second HD, another on a DVD backup set, etc. Norton Ghost 14 just arrived today; new "okay" :laugh: WD RE3 to arrive Wed. It's a 1TB...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    That's pretty much the plan. Once the new drive is up and running, I'll contact Seagate and see what they want to do. If I have to pay $10+ to ship it to them for a replacement (which may not be any better than the one I have), It's probably not worth it. I could probably complain loudly that...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Yes, you are right, I did make both types of backups. It was the WHS one that registered as successful, but the Vista Complete PC backups that kept failing due to bad clusters--which is what got me started on this mission in the first place. And actually, I'm not too sure how good a backup...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Yes, color me stoopid--I have a pair of these Seagate drives, C: and D:. C: is System, apps, data, etc. D: is storage, place for backups, etc. After I posted last night, and got refocused on the issue, I recalled seeing in Vista Computer management/Disk management that my D: drive was drive 0...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Found it! (Did a search on "chkdsk"; the text was inside the log file.) Oddly, on my system, the Source is "Wininit", and the Event ID is 1001. Anyway, it's saying I have "1032 KB in bad sectors". Not sure why it's reporting bad sectors when Seatools said all sectors were good. I continued...
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Found some "Winlogon" entries, but nothing related to chkdsk. How serious is this situation?
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Checked it out, but could not find an entry. Even filtered on just "chkdsk", but nothing. How seriously should I take this situation?
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    Vista chkdsk: where is the log file?

    Been trying to run full disk image backups using the built-in image backup utility in Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Haven't made one since May (which was successful)--I just back up data files as needed. BUt went to make a full disk-image backup last week, and Vista Backup went all the way thru to...
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    New 3870X2: Crossfire a no-show

    Yes this does clear up quite a bit. So bottom line, my X2 is functioning normally? I think I'm pretty tired ATM too, but it's still a bit hazy: is the card actually running in Crossfire mode? I know, w/the 16xAA test, that says it's capable, but is it actually right now running as a Crossfire...
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    New 3870X2: Crossfire a no-show

    I Googled this, but got no results. What is it, and where do I find it?