Recent content by Hodgstar

Hi, I am looking to buy Mobo, CPU/ , Memory, on the cheap for my kids computer. budget is up to about £200 I'm thinking about getting the following Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 @ 3.20GHz Gigabyte GA-P43-ES3G Intel P43 Motherboard Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 DDR2 its...

Hi, i am after a new block for my CPU and I am wondering what is concidered the best perfoming block for i7. I currently am using an old swiftech storm with a self made mounting plate but i feel the block is too restrictive.

Been busy recently but i really must tidy up a bit!

Will be putting a water loop in a lian-li PC70 in the very near future and have a few issues with component locations. looking at the case the obvious location for the HE 120.3 Rad I have is internally mounted to the top panel. My imediate concerns with this is that if i have the rad as the...

Right then, I got myself a second hand LAIN-LI PC70 of flea bay and it finally arrived today. I have always fancied one of these and it did not disapoint me when I unpacked it. First thing i want to do is sort this case out and do any cutting or drilling now before I build the system up only to...

Ok, so as some of you know from my "upgrade advice" thread I am planning to upgrade in the near future, however whilst comparing possible components I have noticed a potential problem. To keep things simple I'm opening this new thread to discuss/ have explained to me the potential problem! I am...

my friend is concidering this http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=1 for a gaming rig.Personally I think he would do better getting a core 2 duo, or a core 2 quad. As usual thanks in advance for any advice and suggestions.

Hi all, seems about time I upgraded this old hunk so I after a bit of advice.I am looking at a new mobe, cpu and memory. I don't think i7 or ddr3 will fit my budget (£250 to £350), so I'm thinking core 2 quad, with 4Gb of decent ram not sure about a mobo but i was concidering an ASUS PQ5 but...

hello all, I am in the market for a gaming laptop and wondered if anyone has any sugestions. I have a budget of up to £1000. laptop needs to have Windows Vista good graphics (8600 gt or better) duel core 2Ghz or better (intel core 2 due prefered) = or > 2gb ram = or > 120gb hard drive...

Can anybody recomend me a PC TV card for my kids PC? I am looking for a pci slot internal card that can display freeview and analog. i was cocidering this Wintv Hvr1300 + Haupp Remote...

I am trying to get a higher stable overclock but failing miserably so I'm going to need you guys to help me out. as my sig says I have a opty 175 (toledo) and some mushkin redline 4000 2gb I cant get past 2500Mhz (250 x 10 @ 1.4v ) with the opty and tbh was hoping for a lot more same with...

Ok me and a friend got into a theoretical discussion a while ago about light and sound and speed. We ended up trying to decide what you would see / hear if a tennis ball traveled towards you at a speed faster than the speed of light. I think that as the ball overtakes its own image of the first...

is there FREE program that I can convert an AVI file to a format i can record onto a DVD and play it on my DVD player so i can watch it on the TV????

thinking about my next upgrade and i cant decide between 1) a dual core processor maybe a 175 opty 2) 2 gb of good pc4000 which wuold boost performance most

I've been meaning to change my chipset heatsinks for a while now. Smartguardin was reporting the temp at 51 degrees. here is what It started out like. heatsink removed thought I might as well improve the south bridge as well as i had the mobo out. Note the crappy application of paste by...