Recent content by gbaker200

Yeah, everything reported as fine with the Data Lifeguard, so I'll see if the "twin" to this drive that I bought for my data recovery restoration drive does the same thing when I get it back and installed. I have an exterior enclosure I can use for the backup drive, but I'm curious why a...

Is knocking ever "normal" for a hard drive? I have a new internal HDD (WD Caviar Green) that has passed SMART and disk check, but knocks a couple of times upon waking from sleep. I have another 1 TB of the same model that has never made a sound, so I'm a bit concerned that something might be...

Yes, but will #2 ruin the chance for professional recovery? Every company I've talked to says they get 95-99% recovery from drives with mechanical damage, so that is an option I don't want to take off the table (even if I have to sell a kidney to do it).

Can any of you external drive experts help me answer a couple of questions? I dropped my WD Passport 2TB backup drive on the way to restoring my HDD after a new build. How's that for crap luck? It has a whirring noise that sounds like a stuck spindle/bad liquid bearings (based on web...

My memory modules were back ordered, but I finally got all my new components and put the thing together. Piece of cake! I can't believe I was so apprehensive about it. The only bad part is that I wasn't able to use any of the tricks I'd read about to make the boot drive work in the new...

I'd compare the features you want on a few mATX AMD boards in your price range and run those through the build list for compatibility. For example, this one is compatible. https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-crosshairvformulaz

I'm new to building, but aside from board dimensions, I'd think the only possible issue of compatibility would be number and placement of pre-drilled holes for offsets. I'd be curious to know if that's ever an issue, so hopefully an experienced builder will reply to this thread, too. If that's...

You can check the compatibility of all your system components here: https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

I opted for the i7 4790 on a GA-H97 HD3 with 16 GB Kingston Savage RAM. Should start arriving tomorrow!

Thanks, all! Everything should arrive by Monday, so I'll post results after the build.