Recent content by Snake Guy

If "Hard drives normally run at 100-150MB/s" then my figures look normal, ? That is my question. Do my figures look normal? geez louise...I'm smart but maybe focused somewhere off this target audience!

Yes, I thought I was asking a question, "Are these acceptable figures?"

I have been battling with an external drive connect/disconnect issue, USB 3.0 components. An internet search reveals many similar issues, with one surefire solution. The enclosure works fine when plugged into a powered USB hub. (Mine is USB 2 but it works...30+ MB/s speeds) But, it does not...

Wow! after lots of searching and tinkering, this worked for me! wow! I only have a USB 2 powered hub, but it's not disconnecting anymore!

I was cleaning dust out of an old laptop and decided to re-do the thermal paste as well. It had never been done and machine was running hot. Toshiba satellite A25-S307, yes, old. I ran the computer and cleaned up files, ran defrag, shut down. Pulled the fan, and the heat sink released without...

I am wondering if the disk image created through the Windows 7 file recovery process will include my entire software configuration or just the operating system? I am not backing up the data, just using "create a system image" which points at the system reserved partition and the C: drive. Thanks!

Thanks again! I found qualified vendor lists for the mobo but they are apparently not always reliable. Gives an idea though. Here: http://support.asus.com/QVL.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=1&s=45&m=H87M-E&os=&hashedid=khjfbKhrFHrDQ3NW That Antec looks good, but I would probably go with this...

Thanks! I am looking at that Asus H87M-E, and thinking about a mini tower solution using uATX mobo. Got a wheeled computer enclosure that matches desk and it will be cramped for mid-tower case. Tower could hang out the back tho, so I'm not ruling it out. Might be better to use the big box...

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1FSIx CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus H87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg) Storage...

[/quotemsg] i5 would probably be overkill but doesn't hurt to have the latest tech if your willing to pay for it. You can also go a bit cheaper on the motherboard because you do not need that high end of a board. You are correct, HDDs do not benefit from SATA 3, but LGA1150 motherboards mostly...

Got some ideas from that quad core suggestion, now I'm thinking Haswell. PCPartPicker part list: CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($135.99 @ NCIX US) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866...

My brother asked me to shop Dells for his home office. I just built a PC for myself, and to be honest, it was pretty easy. For the $800 he would spend at Dell, I am thinking I should convince him to let me assemble one. One problem he has with his current XP box is storage. Not sure if he...