I do need NCQ as its a server, I have tried all the options under the bios and have the latest firmware, its still showing them as IDE.

Hi everyone, just bought a G31M-2SL and put Windows Home Server on it, but for somereason all my drives are showing up under IDE channels and their transfer mode is set to DMA5, not S-ATA, I have tried playing arround with the Bios a bit but nothing seems to fix it (Ive disabled the onboard IDE cont...

I dont have a wattage tester so I cant say for sure but yeah, I was surprised to, my 100W brick gets warm when I draw a high load on my other system (another 4 full size HDD's) but this one isnt getting hot at all.

Heya folks, I recently swapped the brick over on my PSU, I was using a 100w brick but I needed it for another system so I swapped in a 4.15A 12V brick, I was very surprised when it worked, 2 sticks of DDR2 ram, Intel E2160 undervolted to 0.96v (Stock clock), a 2.5" Hitachi 160GB HDD, and a Gigabyte ...

Heya folks, Im making a NAS and I need a CPU/Mobo combo to power it, I was looking at the dual core Atom board coming out from intel soon, but its going to be about $115, and I would have to use a PCI sata controller, My other option is to get a Intel / AMD CPU mobo combo, I can get a Gigabyte board...

Hi folks, this has been on sale for over a month now in Australia but I havent seen any reviews for it http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?group=72&type=61&subtype=78&model_cd=353&ppmi=1170 It promises a 50% power reduction over "most" other 1TB hard drives, and at 5400rpm sho...

Thanks! Ive ordered one for $130 including delivery which im happy with.

Hi folks, Im at a bit of a loss on which HTPC case to buy, Im after something the resembles an audio amplifier found in most Home theatres, Extra points for a volume knob. Id like to spend around $100US or $150AUD, Id like mATX, and very good sound dampening for the hard drives. Ive looked at the Mi...

Yup, Its available in Australia to for about ~$100 AUD

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Could you check to see if the board has under volting, and overclocking abilities in the bios?.

I doubt that Intel would produce a whole series of CPUs just for that market although I’m sure they are happily received by budget over-clockers. Surely it’s just an extension of the Pentium Dual Core range built on the 45nm process! I would agree with this, Same FSB, Same Voltage, the only dif...

Hi folks, looks like Intel has gotten around to upgrading their pentium dual core series, the new E5200 is 2.5Ghz, has 2MB of L2 cache, its still got an 800mhz FSB, and uses 1.162-1.312v (Same as the last generation) Its based off the Wolfdale core and is built under the 45nm architecture.

Im assuming its PCI-E 2.0, Meaning that an x8 slot is the equivilant to an x16 slot, And if you go to the product page they list all the graphics cards it is compatiable with, which is a very big selection.

Hey folks, Im looking at buying the DG45FC Intel Mini ITX Mobo when it comes out, After reading through the manual I noticed that like several other intel boards, It has two headers for Infrared, one for emitting, and one for receiving. After having a look around though, I could only find one device...

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Unfortunately being a mini ITX board im pretty sure it wont have the clearence for that, and the shuriken has gotten some pretty bad reviews, many people saying it dosent even perform as well as the stock cooler. Im hopeing to go fanless since im only using an undervolted E2160, heres a basic diagra...

Its a very small mini ITX mobo, the CPU, North bridge, and south bridge are all in a straight line along the mobo, and theres a intake fan and exhaust fan at either end of the case aiming along the line of the chipsets and CPU, so for optimal cooling it needs to be a vertical cooler.

Hi, I would like a vertical heatsink for a LGA775 socket CPU, It needs to be under 9CM tall from top to bottom, Anyone got any ideas? The Ninja Mini is nice, but almost 20mm to tall.

This is my NAS XD, My laptop is my main computer, the point of this HTPC is to act as storage, and media serving. I currently have 4 500GB drives and cant afford to upgrade to 2 x 1TB drives.

Yeah, seriously considering doing just that, I have a Case I made, but it dosent have any HD space, the reason for getting a real case is to enclose everything away and make it silent, So if I make my own I still have to assemble a 4 HDD silent drive cage

Wow... that sure is bland XD

Theyre a bit bland, No VFD or volume knob.

I have 4 HDD's, I could mod the 5.25" to make a third slot but yes, I really do need at least 3 3.5" bays, And the coolermaster case looks alot like an old VCR XD

Should have pointed out I meant AUD, I really like the HD160 but its $350 here.

Heya all, Im looking for a case for a mATX motherboard and at least 3 3.5" slots that looks like an audio amp as it will be going in with all my other AV equipment, Im hopeing to get it under the $250 mark, I dont really care if it does or dosent have a PSU since if it dosent ill just use my fanless...

Im running the gigabyte DS2R, with the intel pentium duo 2160, 5 3.5" hard drives, a 5.25" Dvd burner, and a 2 120mm fans.

As I said, Slim drive, meaning laptop drive, While yes, their is a hub that acts as the spindle for the disc, a disk spinning at high speed with even a slight wobble to it can destroy the disk, A key example of this is the Xbox 360 and ps2, if you change the angle while its in motion it will make a ...

Thats a slot load instead of a tray load, different mechanics.

Hey all, Im updated my HTPC a bit and I dont really have room for a 5.25" full size dvd burner so im contemplating getting a laptop one, I would like to mount it sideways instead of flat, but im worried about it not working well, Ive seen alot of newer computers mount slot loading drivers sideways b...

4 seagates and a samsung