Recent content by shed_performance

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    USB 1.1 PC to USB 3.0 External HDD

    Hi username-taken, I will check the web site for driver downloads, if the drivers aren't pre bundled. Also thank you for the suggestion of the PCMCIA USB controller, if i should want more speed until i make the upgrade.
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    USB 1.1 PC to USB 3.0 External HDD

    Hi Dangi, Thank you for the great information. You mentioned that I must install the new driver in order for it to work. The driver for the External HDD I assume you are referring to, which comes with the HDD? e.g. SES Driver for Western Digital or GoFlex Driver for Seagate.
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    USB 1.1 PC to USB 3.0 External HDD

    Hi, I was wondering if you could help me please. I am looking for a 2.5” External Hard Disk (for Backing up only) my notebook PC Win XP home 32bit around the 500GB to 1 TB or larger, preferably Western Digital or Seagate. My notebook only has USB 1.1 and am not sure if a USB 3 device...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    I think i will be going with the Asus P5B Deluxe $277 just adding up all the other parts e.g Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 $449 etc Will let you know asap... Just working at the moment. Cheers
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    I would like to thankyou for all your help time and advice. Also to everyone else for all there time and effort in helping me build my first machine. Thanks again Cheers
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    tehrobzorz, That would be awesome, greatly appreciated. also are you sure 256mb would be ample? Thanks
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    tehrobzorz, Thanks for all the help you have given me. And video card Brand Model Amount of ram on board mode number etc? Also the amount of RAM and what brand for the 1.8v or what ever suits the board and chip best, model brand amount speed model number etc? And would you go...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    Crashman, Thanks again for the advice, for the video card what brand and model for the passive cooled video card. i'm talking about model numbers etc i dont know what im looking at and how much ram with the card? Also with the ram, Brand and what is CAS3 and CAS4 is that...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    tehrobzorz, Thanks heaps for all your help and advice. Here is a system that i have gathered together based on your and others advice. Please advise me if this combination is recomended and if things could be changed to the better (meaning more stable,cooler,realiable etc)...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    tehrobzorz, Not quite sure what this means, [edit] yeah it is btw its the 680i chupset not p680 p5b deluxe will last you for many years to come. I thought the p5b deluxe came with the Intel® P965 chipset or have i muddled things up here? How about this how would you spend...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    tehrobzorz, i think i understand the vocab, the streaming dosent kill it the apps do. As for the stuff like the video card and motherboard etc you have to spell it out for me. like brand and model speed i'm just that unsure of what i'm buyin. i thought pci xpress would been...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    tehrobzorz, thanks for the advice, so the p965 chipset works well with the E6600, this is what confuised me from the start some say P975x and P680 chipsets. I'm not going to overclock the chip just need rock solid stable purr like a kitten deal all day everyday and night. never...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    CompuTronix, Thanks for the input, as for a video card, well i wont be gaming but the charts must be high res its kinda like CAD or some other drawing program web design in a way im not sure about the performance diffrence the pci x nvidia and the pci x ati how many meg do i...
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    Manmadegod, Thanks for the thread, what a great system. I checked out the prices at www.gamedude.com.au and sadly its way out of my price range or am i shoping at the wrong place? or was the quote in US dollars? Thanks
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    Need Motherboard To Suit CPU

    Hello, I'm building a system to upgrade from, (Current System) Intel P4 2.4Ghz Gigabyte GA-8SLML soc 478 1Gig DDR266 ram and Maxtor 60gig HDD DVD burner using everything else onboard video sound nic etc) I trade the stockmarket whitch means multiple...