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Thanks for the advice, Benny. I have decided to adjust my rig slightly (cheaper monitor and PSU) so that I can get a 128gb SSD instead. This seems to be the value sweet-spot in the market right now and should offer me a bit more than just being able to house my OS. I stayed with the Crucial M4...

Thanks for the reply Benny, I was beginning to think nobody would! Anyway, I've been thinking about this and doing more research (:rolleyes:). I came across the Intel 311 Series 20GB SSD which is a SLC-type drive. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-311 It's slightly more...

Hi guys, I suspect the answer to this might be "Well, it depends how much stuff you use!", but I will ask the question anyway... Between a standard SSD/HDD setup (OS & key programs/games on SSD) and an ISRT setup (SSD as 64GB cache for HDD), which will I get most/best performance out of...

Thanks for the tip there. I can save a bit of money by going for the AX650 PSU and get increased stability at higher loads thanks to its Gold certification. I have to say, however, I will be sticking to the Define XL. I love how it looks and nothing from the Lian Li range, that I've seen...

Wow, that's some really cool technology (ISRT)! I think that may have just swung me in the direction of a Gigabyte board, but my new question is - Is it worth shelling out the extra £15 for the UD4 over the UD3 model? Nevermind, answered my own question, again, with a bit of research. It seems...

Do those Gigabyte board have the UEFI Bios that the MSI or Asus boards come with? I was looking forward to that :) Nevermind, I found out that it does. What extra SSD features would I be looking at? I've not had any experience with SSDs to date. I was basically going to use it to house...

Hi guys, Been a while since I posted here, but it's also been a while since I had a desktop. I have been running a Vaio-AW11Z for the past few years and, as much as I love some of the features on it, I have decided it's time for an upgrade! I am moving back to desktop to get back into...

Having some trouble with DPC Latency on my AW11Z/B. These latency spikes were first clearly noticable to me after a fairly severe virus attack (caused by a rogue megavideo site my sister visited). Now, I am pretty computer literate, but I have no idea where to start with figuring out which...

Recently I have not been able to boot my laptop past the 'green bar' loading screen. I have tried system repair and system restore (both with no result). I have arranged for Sony to pick up my laptop for repair, but I have no backup of some personal files on the 2 HDDs. Is there any way I can...

So, in the end I went for This. Same spec from Alienware m15x costs £1000 more. What a joke, Alienware!

Ah, yes! Of course, my bad. I was looking for a laptop to use for gaming as my current desktop is a bit 'past it's best'. I figured a laptop would be the best solution to use for university studies, too. Saves me having to buy 2 computers :) So, I applied for finance TWICE from Alienware...

This sexy beast just went up by £100 (damnitt). I was wondering about equivalent specs from other manufacturers at roughly the same price range (and lower). Or if the M17 is even worth the £1100 price tag?

I recently signed up to a Sky broadband package and they sent me a NETGEAR DG834GT, and I need to share the connection between two PCs. I have set up the broadband connection on one(the first) PC, and both PCs are connected (wired) to the router. I am experiencing a lot of connectivity...

I am currently shopping for a wireless networking kit to network 2 home PCs and our broadband connection. I do a lot of online gaming. My budget is 40-80GBP ($80-160). UK based sellers are preferred.

It was a PSU problem. Bought one of these Thermaltake TR2-500. Works fine now. Thanks for the help :)

I bought a cheap power cable off ebay because my PSU doesnt have the right one on it (6-pin square-shaped). It doesn't push in all the way and fit snug like all the other power cables do.

Bumping this thread. I still experience crashing after about 5 minutes of playing GuildWars. I sucessfully installed the 7.2 drivers without any errors. /annoyed Any help? Here's my full setup. athlon64 3200+ asus A8n-SLI premium x1900xt sapphire radeon 512mb dual maxtor 80gb hdd...

Ok. I found out I didn't have any version of MS .Net Framework installed so I installed version 3.0. This worked fine. I still have this error message when I boot into windows, though...

I ran Drive Cleaner 3. It cleaned. I downloaded the latest drivers from here http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html When I try installing it gives me an error and tells me to try installing a Standard VGA driver. Help?

The ATI site only gives one driver version for my card :s