Recent content by chris_ah1

Does anyone know what happened to this case? Someone asked me what case they should upgrade to from their current heavy steel antec sonata and I said lian-li PC7 plus II without a moment's thought. It looks ok, has front 120mm, rear 120mm and a 120mm fan over the GPU area....however, it's no...

At first i was rather taken in by the x1900xt but then I started seeing wonderful things being done with the 7900GT - after all it is the next 6800gt. However, most of the fun can only be had if you voltmod the core to 1.6V - if i got a card would i have to follow the guides from forums or...

Initial Conroe benches: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4843 iTunes 6.0.1.3 AMD Athlon FX60 @ 2.8GHz – 102 Seconds Intel Conroe @ 2.67GHz – 87 Seconds Windows Media Video 9 (Advanced Profile) AMD Athlon FX60 @ 2.8GHz – 1 Minute 15 Seconds Intel Conroe @ 2.67GHz – 1 Minute 6...

Right, I just got asked another power usage question at college for someone's comp before they built and I said that they should upgrade their PSU as i doubted it would be powerful enough: x2 4800+ x1900xt 1*raptor, 1*400GB drive snd card - xfi PSU: 420W. mobo: dfi nf4 (no sli). 420W...

I've had enough of hauling big computers to and from uni so no water cooling. What i do want is nice and small, but powerful. Chassis I've seen are the Sugo SG01 microatx towers, lanboy or v800 or v880. Which ones do you like the best? Are there any others that are good? The only problem...

Right, well I now can't afford a nice new rig until probably some time in the summer, but my comp is ok except for bf2 load times so I want 2GB of ram. 2GB of cas3 value corsair is only £117, but 2GB of cas2 PC3200 stuff is £160....is the cas2 worth it? There was a time when I would say hell...

Right, I've never really ever had to ask for tech advice or help in terms of trouble shooting problems but there's a first for everything. I'm utterly stumped. a) I decide its time for a re-install for windows. I create a winlite iso with SP2 slipstreamed and all my drivers. b) I install it...

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34 " Want to cheat in your online game and not get caught? Just buy a Sony BMG copy protected CD. World of Warcraft hackers have confirmed that the hiding capabilities of Sony BMG's content protection software can make tools made for cheating in the online...

Socket 462/A cooler I'm getting quite fed up with my coolermaster Jet 7 (noisy and 52+C when under load at 2.4Ghz) and will get a replacement that will keep me happy until I get a new system in January. Any suggstions? I want a good cooler that will let my mobile athlon be comfortable at...