Introduction In part 1 of this series on my build of a Hyper-V Server Home Lab using a GA-Z77X-UD5H in a Lian-Li PC-K9WX case I had concluded that the “Z77X-UD5H with the i7-3770 is a great board with the only glitch that I encountered, and it’s a big glitch, is the lack of official [...]
XBOX E3 hardware/compatibility updates, more server Issues, Windows on a laptop Mike gives us his experience. Thunderbolt comes to PC hardware, Cheap butt kicking HTPC, Server 12 first impressions. Another info packed show on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Windows 8 – The Struggle Within Mike install win8 on his laptop and had a few issues. [...]
Ever since the initial release of the Windows 8 beta, I have been both excited and confused. It was clear to me this would be revolutionary on a tablet or touch screen, but I have always been a bit confused about the desktop implementation. Now that we are on the Release Preview, I was hoping [...]
Big Show this week. As if Windows 8 release Preview wasn’t enough. A budget case, low end HTPC, SSDs. Server upgrade and customer service that really works? All this on The BYOB Podcast. Source Code – A cheap case that isn’t cheap! Michael bought the NZXT Source 210 case for a budget build I was [...]
Introduction Since last fall I had been thinking of building a Hyper-V Server Home Lab to teach myself about various operating systems & software packages and hopefully learn how they interacted. I wanted to build something that had growth potential to power anything I tried to throw at it over the next 3 to [...]
Short show this week, but we pack it full of hardware info. PCs on a Stick, AMD Trinity update, nVidia releases the GTX 670 Kepler GPU, Dirt cheap hi-res monitors? Server issues all around, Mike & Mike talk about their hard drive server issues on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Is That A PC In Your [...]
By: John Stutsman I had been thinking of the possibility for some time to upgrade my the 320GB WD Blue drive that was stock with my Acer 1810T but had been waiting for the right price or the right deal. Some time ago I had checked Crucial’s web site – while there they recommended their [...]
Z77, Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 talk, SplashTop, and Cloud Drives. Tonight we have some in depth discussions on the new Ivy Bridge CPU’s and the Z77 chipsets. We also hash out some differences on the various cloud drives such as Dropbox, SkyDrive, and G Drive and talk about the pros and cons of each. We discuss [...]
We have a special guest, Michael Ross, filling in for Tim this week. Mr. Ross has some really impressive systems. We’ll also discuss his thoughts on media and cutting the cord. Its an All Mike episode on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Office PC My old P5B lasted me nearly 6 years with a minor upgrade [...]
nVida GTX680, AMD Opteron, and a whole bunch off SSD talk on this weeks BYOB Podcast Cheap Server CPU – Yes Please! AMD has introduced a new line of CPU products aimed more at the business server crowd but still worth looking at for those of us wanting mini-me business systems at home. The Opteron [...]
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