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I'm looking towards purchasing an internal sound card, to use along with my Sennheiser HD 555s (headphones). Currently, I'm using onboard 7.1 surround and I've heard there's a noticeable difference in the quality. When I'm at my PC, I'll usually be listening to music.. or playing CSS or both. So...

Hey guys, with the left over money I get this christmas (merry christmas to all you guys btw :D ) im looking to get some PC Headphones. Mid range, high quality headphones with a budget of < £80. These will be used for music & gaming quite often. I have already done some googling, and found...

With all the recent hype about the PlayStation 3, and also the blu-ray delays and questions. The PS3 will not hit Europe until March 2007. It was originally meant to be released 17 November 2006, but now it's 6 months on from then. Taken from globeandmail.com : Sony delays PS3 European release...

Hello HWF, Im in need of an application which can: Once my CD's are backed up onto my hard disk in MP3 format, and there file names and ID3 tags are like e.g. Track 01 - Artist .. I want to be able to import all the new ID3 tags & file names from a text file. Does anyone know any...

Hi, It's time for me to purchase a new LCD Monitor as my current 15" "Daytek" CRT Monitor from around '97, is starting to limit my graphics card. I hope I have a budget of around £180 GBP (Mum's paying ;)) and have already found 3 monitor's from a retailer near me. Moving on. 19" BenQ FP91GX...

Hello Im just wondering whether I would be ok to go out and buy a Power on/off switch and a 20 > 24-pin PSU Adapter. Here is the power on/off switch. Here is the 20 > 24 pin PSU adapter. The switch has 3-pins (as you can see) what sort of wire would I need to use for connecting it to...

Hi, A while back now (September '05 - yeah long time :x: ) I first started here for building my 'new' PC. And for the last week I have the PC fully assembled with all the components. But, I am having a problem.. When I try turning the PC on, my monitor displays "No Signal" from the...

Im having trouble with one of my pc's (old-old-commodore-from-grandma) trying to set it to boot from CDROM drive to install & tryout IPCop on it. But, I do not see the option to change the boot sequence in BIOS. On this PC it's under "Advanced Options" but not on the commodore. The motherboard...

Hello, Today I am going out to buy some network gear to set my home W/LAN up. But first, I will need some advice on what to buy to get it running. I have 2 PC's, 1 Laptop, and a PSP. (1 PC is incomplete). From my knowledge I need a Router, I've got a NTL Modem and I will need a PCMIA network...

Hello HWF, I have come across a problem with the Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1. Yes, already (they released it yesterday :P). The problem is that when I load firefox and the default toolbars appear, when I try to "customise" and remove the "bookmarks toolbar" it all works well for the time being but...

Hello, I have come across a problem when just logged into my XP account which is: Sygate Personal firewall, and Norton Internet Security, are the last things to load. But, I have Gmail Notifier and MSN Messenger "fail" to login. This is because of my firewall being the thing that loads last. The...

Hey people, A few days ago, My ubuntu disc's came through the post. So I tried out the Live CD and it loaded up all fine, got passed the splash screen where all the components load and then i get a black screen (Blank), and then my monitor displayed a blue background with white text saying...

Hello people of HWF! :P After constructing and maintaining Light-host for a while now, I thought I'd see if it could be sold. I do not have the time to keep up with clients, and updating the prices etc etc. (Please note this is a reseller) Address: http://www.light-host.co.uk --...

Hello guys, it's been a bad day today apart from me getting my Antec 480W PSU for my new pc. Anyways, I think this is how it started.. I left 2 programs running (Spybot S&D and Registry Mechanic). Switched user, So the programs were still running and went out. I came back a few hours later...

Shortly, I am buying some 'junk low budget pc hardware. I am using it to put a Micro PC setup inside of an xbox console. I was wondering if there is any way I could turn the pc on and off from a remote control. I have seen some PC mods which you can buy a 'Car remote' and an IR receiver and it...

WOOT 50TH POST! Anyways, I was just wondering how you would start out tuning cars with Laptops etc. Im not going to do it (yet), but I probably will if know how/can afford to in the future (some years). You see my dads a mechanic and he said to me he's going to treat himself to a laptop...

Hello ppl. This pc needs some new life, It's custom built by my uncle and some parts are from an old old computer. With some left-over money I get for Christmas (After I have built my new pc), Im going to upgrade some of these components so it's not really really old (it needs some new...

Hey again, I've changed my mind and Im going to get the X800 GTO² but I need to know if it is compatible with the Asus A8N-SLi Premium? I would also like to know if the Arctic Cooling ATI 4 (X800 Series) VGA Silencer would be the best bet for keeping the vid. card cool and good for...

I am at a point again, on whether to choose either an Asus A8N-SLi Premium, Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLi or any other good SLi alternative. I have seen the difference in price range between them two where the Asus is £120 and the Abit is £90. I was always going to go with the asus (and still thinking I...

Im on a really tight budget for my new pc and now i have got through all the hardware parts thanks to you guys and now im onto networking. Im currently on 1MB broadband (NTL) and I have a DSL modem supports ethernet and usb. Could you peeps please post what I will be needing? The distance from...