Recent content by BigRoc

I pretty much switched my major to computer science this past semester and I have yet to get into the real classes for it. But be prepared for a lot of math. Right now, I'm looking at Calculus 1, 2, and 3 along with differential equations, physics 1 and 2. But if you're going to a cc it...

alright, I got rid of the raid and im only using one stick of ram, I just dont know why it takes so long for it load, it seems like it should take so long. oh well, i hope this works. Update: I tried installing XP instead and this is what I get: A problem has been detected and windows has...

What would you suggest I do? I'm a noob at raid and I thought I set it up right but maybe I didn't.

Okay, so I built a new computer and I'm trying to install Vista Home Prem. It takes a long time even get the Install now option to come up. I set up a raid 0 before trying to install vista, could that be the problem? It just seems to be sitting there "loading". Whats going on with this...

Thanks for the fast replies! As for the HDDs I already have one from my previous build so I went ahead and bought another for RAID 0. With the water cooling, a D-tek Fuzion cpu block, swiftech 120.3 radiator, D5 pump, and black uv Feser 1 fluid. I have yet to buy a reservoir because I want...

Alright so I am getting ready to build a new system with 2 9800gx2's and I am starting to think that the Corsair 750TX is not going to be enough. The system specs: mobo: 790i 2 WD Raptor X qx9650 2gb of ddr3 1 maybe 2 optical drives water cooling setup Thanks for the advice, I was thinking...

I am getting ready to build my first computer and I have an Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe motherboard. My question is will I need a floppy with the BIOS settings on it or can I use the CD it came with? I thought I read somewhere on here that you have to have a floppy disk with the BIOS settings on it...

Well I ran into some money, since it is my birthday today and I need some opinions on what to get. I just recieved all the hardware for my new comp. I was thinking about getting the Ageia PhysX card or some 5.1 surround sound speakers. And my sound card is a X-Fi extreme. Here's the...

Okay, I am going to buy XP Professional when I build my computer in the next month or so. My question is when I buy one that says single pack does it mean I can only use it once and then its no good any more or what? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102069

http://cgi.ebay.com/EVGA-GeForce-7900-GTX-512MB-7900GTX-faster-7800-NEW_W0QQitemZ8789514360QQcategoryZ80192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem but shipping is 25, so what, thats $615. So you could pay 15 extra and get it before everyone else gets the new batch. But whatever floats your boat.

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So 4 gigs wouldn't work with Windows XP Professional x64? I am also planning on gettin Vista whenever that comes out.

Hey guys, I am going to graduate in May and I decided that I wanted a computer for qradutation. Money isn't really an object. I do a lot of gaming and surfing, I am pretty much on the computer every chance I get. Here's all that I had in mine for the build: Case: ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black...