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Do you know specifically which model board you chose and what errors you have been having with it? I've built three systems using the microATX ASUS P7H55-M Pro motherboard, but that uses the H55 chipset instead of the P55 chipset I wish to use but never had a single problem with these ASUS...

Insignia, I understand what you are meaning, but in our situation very little photoshop is used so having a separate scratch disk wouldn't be used too often. The reason I was looking at the entire drive being SSD is to help with system loading times and application loading times. Files are...

Yeah, I'm thinking more along the lines of the quad-core as well, as you can still overclock it to the same speed as the dual-core processor if need be. Right now I'm also planning on putting a 160 GB Intel SSD in these computers to help with speed of bootup, ripping, saving, and more. It...

We are doing some research into new design computers and trying to determine exactly which CPU choice would work best for our situation. Right now the decision is between the dual-core i5 processors at 3.2 Ghz or 3.3 Ghz, or the quad core i5-760 at 2.8 Ghz. Here's the deal. The design...

Clear all your temporary files using the Disk Cleanup Utility. You will be amazed how much space this can free up from old temporary files. When you view the total space used/free on your hard drive normally, it does not always include a lot of the temporary files already on the computer for...

While Kaspersky is a great antivirus program, it is not always a catch-all for everything. It is designed for viruses, but many times fake antivirus applications are actually malware, which your antivirus program will not pick up on. This is the case for most antivirus programs actually. I've...

Instant OS have become pretty popular with a lot of different companies lately, and is usually built as ROM directly on the motherboard of the computer. Dell also has a similar linux-based instant OS, though I have heard from some that it is lacking in even the basic functions that other...

Sounds like a pretty powerful configuration you have there! I also have had good luck with my HP laptop personally, it has been running well for four years and even when I bought it it was just a simple cheaper laptop. I have my own computer repair service in my town and though I have worked...

I agree, this would be my first thought, but you may run into difficulties as the Defense Center program may disable Malwarebytes from detecting it as a threat. Either way, I would recommend using the Add/Remove Wizard to uninstall the Defense Center program and reinstall a more well-known and...

Great computer there! The Envy 17 is a great horespower lappy in a small form and quality construction. I've been looking at the Envy notebooks for some time now, and I'm thrilled to see that HP is offering high build-quality notebooks in their consumer lines now, where this was one of their...

Techman, by your above statements I'm assuming then that you are linking this particular problem to fraudulent entries in the HOST file, at least in part, correct? Yes, it's generally part of a bigger viral/malware attack such as the Smitfraud/Virtumonde variant I described above in the...

I have seen this happen a couple times. One time the person couldn't figure it out and ended up doing a system restore back a ways and ended up solving the issue. The second time the person noticed that there had been several of the links to these redirect sites entered into the HOST file on...

This seems like the most logical explanation if you are having troubles and using IE8. A lot of websites are not displaying properly in this version of Internet Explorer yet. Even beyond the compatibility, I would HIGHLY recommend switching to Firefox or Chrome as suggested above as well...

Looks like a good configuration for you, I'm glad that I could be some help. I think the memory you chose will be a better bargain since it's still the standard DDR3 1333 and same timings. Again the only addition that I might suggest with it would be a Cooler Master Hyper or Cooler Master...

While this kind of design work is placed heavily as a CPU intensive workload, having a more powerful GPU can affect performance in modern software. In CS4 they began using GPU acceleration technology that can use the newer nVidia graphics GPUs to greatly speed up rendering and processing tasks...

The ASUS Evo motherboards have been quite well received, and personally I have had nothing but excellent luck with ASUS brand motherboards. That Evo board is a great selection for the mid price range and even includes integrated graphics which can get you by without a dedicated graphics card...

If you are on a very tight budget, then this should do it at least. It is an entry-level processor compared to most of today's newest systems, but its still going to give you a noticeable bump in performance over your previous single-core processor. The combo uses an ASUS board, at least...

I think it will be more than decent for what you are doing in Photoshop and Illy. I've had absolutely no problems running anything in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, or Premiere CS4.

At least you still have room to upgrade more RAM in the future if you should want to, with an open DIMM slot on your motherboard still, you just have to be much more careful with DDR3 memory about mixing and matching sticks properly or it will cause a lot of instability and headaches. If you do...

While Intel may have the performance crown, you cannot deny that you can get your best bang for your buck with AMD a lot of times. Recently I built a system on the Core i5-650 that impressed me, but for the same price you can have a quad-core AMD Phenom system with the same clock rate which...