I think you're right :-( I've re-seated all the cables and connectors and I still get the behaviour. Not happy... The M/B is under...
Ok - different PSU Tried a new PSU, same behaviour. Older Seasonic 1KW PSU Thinking it's either something in the motherboard connection to the...
I'm having a problem with the power switch on my home build. Sometimes when I press the on switch nothing happens. Occasionally if I wait a few...
Yes, looking for 2 more. I'm now thinking that 3 x 1080 monitors for games and the HP for work is going to be cheaper all round. Had a look around...
I bought an HP LP2475w a few years ago as I use my PC for gaming and office use. I'm now upgrading the PC and I'm interested in getting a...
Thanks folks. Did look at a 3 monitor setup but that doesn't look trouble free yet. Going to stick in a Sandy Bridge CPU. Can't make up my mind to...
I have an older PSU a Seasonic S12-1000. It's about 4 years old and has been rock solid. It was rhe top rated PSU by Custom PC when I bought it....
Just discovered the WD isn't compatable with WHS. Back to the drawing board...
Thanks folks, I think, given the good advice I'll wait till I upgrade the motherboard and the go to an SSD with a fast HDD. I would be messing...
Yeah, found that one out the hard way!
Brilliant, Ta
I'm an engineer, what can I say! No matter how much I want it to, I'm not getting an order of magnitude performance improvement over the HDD....
Thanks guys
Fair point about the 4k blocks. Can you recommend a good benchmark tool to measure it?
It's interesting you say that about requiring a x1 socket. You actually need a x4 socket, it seems to get the throughput. There's something in...
Thanks for the input. The HDD are for my desktop. The home server would be Raid 1 on some eco drives. So, there would be nothing meaningful data...
Hi folks, having recently bought a home server, I was going to shunt all the important data onto that. I've got an ASUS P5B motherboard with...
Hi folks, I've recently bought a second hand Mediasmart server to use to store all my most critical data. I was going to buy a couple of HDD...
Thanks folks. I'll have a look.
Folks, I'm looking to buy a small gaming laptop to take on trips with me. I currently have an HP 311 ION netbook. It's been great, but I...
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