PC Questions

[AndrewJ]

Morning all,



Right 2 questions I really need to get of my chest right now.



My pc currently has an 80 GB HD in it. I believe this HD to be SATA due to its small lead, which looks much smaller, then an IDE lead, and there is a red lead leading to the motherboard seemingly into a sata connector. The problem is I have an 80 GB IDE 7200rpm HD that I would like to use as a slave. I could fit this into the tower with an extra carriage, due to there being no space right now. The problem is that the HD I wish to put in as a slave is also running Windows XP home, and I need the documents of it. I do not have any other system to boot it up from, so I would like to get it in boot up of my sata HD get what I want off this HD, format it and use it as a slave.



Any help would be amazing with the above question.



My other question I am running a PCI-Express ATi X700 pro 128mb card, and am getting my tft soon, perhaps with DVI. This is because it seemingly important to have on various sites and have been informed the same by people I know. A close up of the back of my card is attached, I have also attached the applicator for a twin monitor setup but I only plan on using one monitor, I just put it on to prevent it getting lost.



While DVI is not important in my search for my tft, of which I plan to purchase on Wednesday night. I need to be sure what I am buying will suit my purposes as it will be used for intense gaming. Along with this, I also plan on some picture editing. I plan on a £160 one from Aria my only bug bear is not being able to know what mine will look like from them, as they tend to mention a lot, that there tftââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s you see here are the display images actual product may/will look different.



All help with my above questions will be great. Reputation marks all green shall be shared to all.

[swoop101]

You should have no problems getting the info off and then using the IDE drive as a slave. Just change the jumper to slave and it should just show the contents when you explore it.

DVI connections give a much sharper image and is better for image work.
Just about all new TFT's are good for gaming nowadays, the old ones used to have too much lag.

You will have to buy a DVI cable separately as they never come with the monitors.

If you get a DELL monitor from www.aria.co.uk (super specials) then you will get the monitor you ordered.

good luck and happy gaming.








These are my views and if I am wrong then sorry

[Paul K]

You can always get an external USB2 drive closure and throw the drive into it, that way you have a backup drive that is also portable
Something like these
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ive_Racks.html

yeah just bung the hdd in as a slave and you will be fine,do you have any room at all ie a spare 5.25 bay as you can get adapters to fit to hdd to make them 5.25 for a couple of quid
Dvi tends not to be on the low price tft models ive seen,17" is imo sharper than 19" as native res is same 1280:1028 so pixels are bigger and ive seen motion blur

[AndrewJ]

Anyone able to recommend me a tft then because this time tommorow its ordering time, I like Dells monitors but I have a limit of £210 I can spend.
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TFT's are confusing lol, with contrast ratios, refresh rates, response time...

[Paul K]

You want a good resolution and refresh rate along with as low a response time as you can get for the money Saw a few on OCuk but the one I liked was a little over your budget
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Hyundai Imagequest L72D+ 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-022-HY)
The Hyundai ImageQuest L72D+ has an industry leading ultra-fast 8ms response time making it perfect for blur-free video and gaming. With it's 700:1 contrast ratio and excellent viewing angle their is no other TFT/LCD that can match the quality and performance of Hyundai's latest L72D+ LCD Monitor.

- 1280x1024 Optimum Resolution
- 700:1 Contrast Ratio
- Viewing Angle 150° horizontal, 135° vertical
- 8ms Response Time
- 300 cd/m2 Brightness
- One Analogue Input
- One DVI-D Input
- Built-in Speaker (2W x 2ch) & Earphone Jack
- 3 Years On-Site Warranty
Price: £179.95 (£211.4 4 Including VAT at 17.5%)

[AndrewJ]

How much so?

[Paul K]

Comes in at £221 inc P&P

DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
Hyundai Imagequest L72D+ 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-022-HY)
£179.95
£179.95 Subtotal
£8.50 Shipping (Amtrak Next Day (Mon-Fri) - UK Mainland)
£32.98 VAT
£221.43 Total

[AndrewJ]

Doubt I could stretch to that shame looks a damn fine monitor but you know what the gf's are like.

[Paul K]

There is another one a bit cheaper on the this weeks special page on OCuk that has the same response time if you are interested.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...k_Only_25.html

[AndrewJ]

Here is one in a local shop near to me, what do you think for its price, new boxed in warranty.

[Paul K]

Part ex on your old CRT and still £179 for a 16ms response? The one in that link I gave you above works out to £201 total including P&P and has a 8ms response.
Plus the LTG doesn't have a DVI input either
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?LG-L1715S

[AndrewJ]

I am not sure my visual card supports DVI.

I am liking the Benq tft you mentioned from OCUK.

Nice Find likely will go with that
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p.s whats OCUK dead pixel policy like.?

[KingPhoenix]

Is it just me, but i dont get why all your threads are about the same thing.......

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=29137

for instance....

Anyways.... i would recommend LG TFTs, ive got an LG1710b (i think) on my old PC, and its a great monitor, had it for about 3, maybe 4 years now... no dead pixels.... i did swap it out once, cos the colour went a bit weird.... but other than that, no probs at all.... Highly recommended

[Paul K]

Think dead pixel support will depend on manufacturers as different manufacturers seem to have differing dead pixel counts before they accept it as a problem.
Could always ring them and ask them
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/contact.htm