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    My Hack Pro Project

    Guess not. Might as well delete the post. I apologize for the inconvenience.
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    My Hack Pro Project

    That's fine. I'm not asking for any OS support. Just an opinion on parts. Thanks for not deleting my post right away on the assumption.
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    My Hack Pro Project

    Can you guys take a look at my newest project? I plan on using it for photo and video editing with some design work. I plan on this being a dual boot apple/windows machine. I'll be using CS6 Master on it with some light gaming. I wanted this to last for a little bit with just expanding if I...
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    software to install first?

    Just got a new laptop and performed a hdd wipe and a fresh install of Win7ultimate. What software would you guys install first if you had to do it all over again? I'm thinking: Avast free malwarebytes free Hijackthis zonealarm firewall free ccleaner defraggler Anything that I'm...
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    wanting to build a nas/streaming media server

    So after doing some thinking and deeper searching I came up with an alternative that I think will save me money in the long run. let me know what you guys think: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM LIAN LI PC-Q08B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 5) Seagate...
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    wanting to build a nas/streaming media server

    lol yeah with my luck I'll mess around a tiny bit in terminal and CRUNCH BANG! think I'm gonna need something a bit more stable ;)
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    Remote Desktop Alternatives

    well there are things like LogMeIn and TeamViewer but I've had a VERY hard time putting my trust into either one since one of my computers was hacked by someone using logmein as a backdoor and exploiting mmc to gain control of the computer.
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    anyone with tv tuner and OTA atsc experience i need help

    I forgot it was there until I was in the attic messing around with the antenna. I put a multimeter across both sides of the filter and didn't get any resistance at all so it was basically an open circuit so I just took the line going to the distibution box and hooked it straight to the antenna...
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    wanting to build a nas/streaming media server

    I'd like to build an linux based server that would serve my 3 htpc(1 living room and 2 bedrooms) along with 2 laptops and my autocad/cs5 workstation. all htpcs and one laptop are win7 home based, the second laptop is vista home, and the workstation is win7 professional. Current...
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    anyone with tv tuner and OTA atsc experience i need help

    ugh god I feel stupid...tracked it down to a bad noise filter...sorry guys
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    anyone with tv tuner and OTA atsc experience i need help

    My antenna has always been in the attic. I used to get all of my local stations from both baltimore and washington dc when I live 30 miles away from both cities. I also used to pick up stations from 60 miles away in a complete different direction. Then one day it was like a light switch and...
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    anyone with tv tuner and OTA atsc experience i need help

    the antenna should be fine. it hasn't moved from the same spot it has been in. is there something else that can go bad that I'm not thinking of?
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    anyone with tv tuner and OTA atsc experience i need help

    Up until a month ago I was receiving 30+ over the air channels with no problem. Now all of the sudden I can only pick up 3 which come from the same station (22.1, 22.2, 22.3) This is also the closest station to me. I have tried a new amplifier and now a new tuner card with the same luck...
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    What would you do with a $1000?

    WTH?!?! How did this post inspire that BS thread???
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    What would you do with a $1000?

    Intel or AMD it doesn't matter to me. If I gotta start from scratch then I'm starting from scratch lol but if I don't have to spend money on something that I don't have to have then why should i?
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    What would you do with a $1000?

    I'm not stuck on the $1000 limit if its better in the long run to go over $100 or $200 then I can do it without an issue so I am open to options
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    What would you do with a $1000?

    Sorry it too so long. Case is an Antec three hundred Power supply is a Corsair
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    What would you do with a $1000?

    Looking to upgrade my current setup. Everything minus monitor, case, power supply, keyboard and mouse. I have a 1000w SLI certified power supply, intel C2D 6600 2.66 cpu, and 2 evga 8600 gts'. I need to be able to run Adobe CS5 Master and Autodesk 2008 and possible solidworks 2010 with some...
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    need to streamline my upgrade

    sounds like a plan thanks! anybody else? I figure I'm already pretty close. I'm not a hard core gamer and speed isn't a HUGE issue for me. I do plan on setting up my hdd's for raid 0+1 more for backup than anything else. I have 2 ext 1tb drives to store important things on.
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    need to streamline my upgrade

    I'm looking to upgrade my current desktop which is currently running: -evga 680i motherboard -c2d 6600 2.60ghz -4gb ddr2 800 ram -2 60gb raptors raid 0 -1 320gb hd -and 2 evga 8600 gts sli'd -ran on XP Pro -1000w psu (sorry I can't remember the spec) -22" lcd dvi monitor What I'm...
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