[H] Upgrade Dilemma

2006-08-05 Thread Zulfiqar Naushad
Hi guys, I need some help here. I am posting this under Graphics Technology, because I am mainly concerned about graphics, but this question bridges to CPU performance a bit too. Okay, I have a Winchester A64 3000+ Which I can overclock and have overclocked to 2.45Ghz. At that speed it is stable a

RE: [H] Upgrade Dilemma

2006-08-05 Thread Richard Kim
Well, I don't have the exact same setup. What I can tell you is that I had the same AMD chip running at 2.3Ghz on an Asrock ULi board and a P4 Northwood chip (supposedly faster and cooler than the Prescots, no?) running at 3.2Ghz and the AMD runs circles around it on pretty much everything. The 790

[H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread RLS
Just had my Plextor 12X DVD die, each cd/dvd comes out with two small clouds about an inch apart (same spots) after notified of write error. I assume that the laser stops at some point fries that spot, moves on repeats step one, then errors out. SO THE QUESTION IS: I can get a NEC for 1/3 or 1/4 t

Re: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread tmservo
No. I reallu like the liteon myself CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: "RLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:13:27 To:"'The Hardware List'" Subject: [H] Plextor vs $$ Just had my Plextor 12X DVD die, each cd/dvd comes out with two sma

Re: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread FORC5
been using NEC's for awhile after the latest Pioneer turned out to be using NEC chips anyway. LiteON I like also Plextor you are paying for the name and rep like *Sony* oh and aw At 09:15 AM 8/5/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: >No. I reallu like the liteon myself > >CW > >Sent via

RE: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread RLS
Well NEC it is then, I will never, ever buy a Lite-On again. I bought one of their DVD TV/Recorders. It died 5 days after the warranty expired and all I got from them was 'aw too bad but there is nothing we can do about it'. So there is something I can do, and that is avoid their products like a

RE: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread Christopher Klein
I bought a Plextor because it was the only brand making sata. I've had two of them die on me so far. I'm waiting on the replacement from Plextor. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RLS Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 3:45 PM To: 'The Hardwa

Re: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread tmservo
There are new sata drives coming from nec and aopen soon fyi CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: "Christopher Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:00:39 To:"'The Hardware List'" Subject: RE: [H] Plextor vs $$ I bought a Plextor becau

RE: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread FORC5
but you expected them to warranty something after the warranty expires ??? Do you ? Costco is the place to buy anything, no problem on returns. I like liton cd/rw drives and have had a few of their dvd drives. anymore I wonder if they all don't come out of the same box. >:-} fp At 12:45 P

RE: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread Christopher Klein
I would hope so, they are years behind. I don't know what takes them so long. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:14 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Plextor vs $$ There are new sa

Re: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread tmservo
I can't think of the last dvd/dvdrw I had 'die' on me. Hell I've still got some 8x dvdrom liteons and 4x pioneer dvdrom slot loaders that still work Odds are in a settop burner its not the drive that went bad but the capture encoder CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Origina

RE: [H] Plextor vs $$

2006-08-05 Thread RLS
Well in my case it's the drive as I currently have/had 2 Plextor's in this case and the 16X is still putting out CD's/DVD's without issue. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:37 PM To: Th

[H] Best Anti Virus Malware App?

2006-08-05 Thread Steve
I've a friend who's not too computer savvy, but they need better protection then what XP FF offers. As I only use SAV Corp I'm not really familair with what's the best combo for the home user. They recently had their eGold account comprimised by a trojan that displays a fake logon page, so now t