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Yep, that's pretty much it. Most modern OSes (XP and above) will recognize external hard drives.



For transfer it will do just fine, 5400 RPM drives tend to run cooler and quieter which makes...

Use the 800 for better performance. This generation of motherboards are among the first to support 800 MHz FSB CPUs.
I have a similar motherboard (P4i65G) with an overclocked 2.6GHz Northwood...

Hell yes I remember those. My step-sister got scammed by buying an overpriced system with one of these, the onboard VGA was insanely blurry and even paired a Celeron 700 it actually lost when I...

Yes, I guessed from your post that he had a new drive in the laptop, so he can copy the games to it from the external drive and keep it as a backup. Running games directly from an external drive...

It should work, here's a procedure to move Steam game files : https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

Basically, you'll need to install Steam, log in with your son's...

Yeah, Windows 7 is a lot better with finding and handling external monitors and TVs. If you play games, take a look at the Big Picture mode in Steam and grab a wireless Xbox 360 controller for a...

I paid twice that much (around $400) for a cheap entry-level 256GB SSD at the end of 2011, so $200 for a Pro 256GB is not really that costly ;)
It's not that often that a supposedly "cutting-edge"...

If you don't have more IDE devices than two and they are on the same IDE channel, you could try disabling the other one just in case (ex: disable Primary IDE if you only use the secondary).
IIRC...

I checked a few forms on the site you mentioned, and they seem to be interactive PDFs, which means you can directly fill the form using your PDF reader software (ex: Acrobat) on your computer then...

I'm seriously thinking going with powerline networking if I buy a house with a finished basement. The outside-the-walls CAT5 wiring job I did at my house right now is not really aesthetic :P
Glad to...

Because finding that your high speed system runs at less than half its rated speed might just be a bit worrying ? ;)

Is the fan on your ATI videocard spinning correctly, not clogged by dust, etc. ?
Because fact that it suddenly runs very slow and gets hot would make me think of GPU throttling, which might be due...

I'm doing fine with MS Security Essentials for a while now :)

Oops, you posted at the same time as me :P Yeah, not sure if 255W would cut it with a 7900GT.

If you don't intend to do gaming, look for a card that does not have a PCIe power connector (the black...

You need to plug the connector or else the card might refuse to post or run 3D apps. If you don't have such a connector on your power supply (usually referred as PCIe 6 pin connector), there's...

If you're talking about the Windows error checking, then yes you'll need to do all partitions separately as it checks the file system (which is different on each partition, could be NTFS/FAT,...

If you go with the Noctua 80mm they already come with two 3-pin inline adapters to undervolt them (LNA and ULNA, to around 9V and 7V if I remember correctly) and a Molex adapter if you don't want to...

What are the specs of your system, and your budget ? This should help us narrow it down better :)

1. Fanless PSUs are usually niche items so they are mostly expensive. The good news is that if...

There's not that much choice for quiet 80mm fans. Personally I'd go with the Noctua NF-R8, it comes with two inline adapters (LNA and ULNA) to reduce speeds if your motherboard or case lacks fan...

Oops sorry, did not see it was only for the Windows folder... well mine is 23GB so I guess I have bloat as well :D

How much RAM do you have ? I seem to remember that when I installed W7 it allocated a lot of space for the swap file so if you have 8GB RAM or more it can eat up a lot of space. In my case I shrank...

Well, $100 is not that expensive for what you get, especially considering how much I paid mine :(

JonnyGuru really liked the G series as well, also the Platinum Series got a near perfect score.

And AFAIK business models don't have crapware (ex: trial versions of Norton Full 360 Security Whatever) preinstalled than consumer models, at least not as much.

That being said, you usually pay...

I don't think there's such a thing as a "bare-bone" laptop, the closest I can think of are custom Compal or Clevo laptops offered by some manufacturers like AVADirect who build them for you. You...

Honestly with your budget, and considering games take a lot of space and do not benefit that much from an SSD, I'd just go with a standard 500GB HDD or so.
Then I'd put the money saved towards a...