Recent content by NeonBlackJack

Hey everyone, Just last night I did a clean install of both Vista Ultimate and XP Pro on a new 500 GB HDD. Everything went smoothly with the installs. I did Vista first and made it my primary install, and XP second. However, after installing XP, I can't find a way to access my Vista...

Hey Everyone, Last night I went through the process of making a clean install of Windows Vista, and I sectioned off a 100GB partition on my 500GB RAID 0 array made up of 2 250GB Western Digital harddrives. I then went back to install Windows XP on the smaller partition, and I managed to...

Thank you very much for the warning Tango, however, the rig I ended up ordering had some changes from the one I originally posted, one such change being a switch to a Samsung and an NEC DVD burner. So, thanks again, but I covered it!

I plan on having a RAID 5 array of three 250GB hard-drives in my new build for extra reliability, so I was just wondering what the speed difference is between that and RAID 0?

Wow, that's Hella Expensive for a PSU. I don't plan on upgrading to SLI for a while, so I think I'll just go with the 650 Watt Antec. Plus, I already ordered everything :P

Well, my ultimate plan is to get a second 8800GTX when the price has dropped significantly, that way I'll have a bunch of power with a pretty simple upgrade. The EVGA board seems really nice, depite the glitches some people have, but 3/4 of people have a GREAT experience with it, and a person...

Okay, that sounds good, I'll go ahead and buy another Harddrive so that I can go with the RAID 5 config. Just wanted to make sure I'd see the same performance benefits as I would with RAID 0. One more question, I have been told to go ahead and get a 680i chipset Mobo, so I'm planning on getting...

Thanks for the info. I think RAID 5 sounds like a good idea, but is it as fast as RAID 0? I know RAID 0 is supposed to be the "performance" configuration, and that RAID 1 is for storage safety. Is RAID 5 the best of both worlds? Also, I've done my research with the Monitor and Speakers, the...

This is a MAJOR upgrade for me, as I have had this same Gateway (POS) rig for about 4 1/2 years. I'd really appreciate any comments/advice you guys want to give. Thank a lot!!! Antec Performance I P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $119.99 ASUS P5B...

Thanks a lot. I did upgrade my PSU at the same time I upgraded my GPU. I think it's either 400 or 450 Watts. Is that enough? Or should I look for a bigger one? Thanks again

Hey Everyone, I'm going to be upgrading some hardware components this Christmas, and I'm not totally sure what the complete budget will be, but I have a budget in mind for the individual components I want. First-off: I'm getting a new HardDrive to replace the 60GB one I have now, because...