Recent content by macgamesrule

Is this any good? http://www.svc.com/03-l-1341.html Need to know soon, sale is today only! Eventually this system would be used to cool an overclocked quad (probably Intel) and a high end GPU (probably nVidia). Also, if this system is insufficient by itself, could it be expanded without too...

I've been toying with the idea of getting a 360 but I don't have a TV, just LCD monitor... so I'd like to know if something like this would let me use the component output -> DVI monitor? http://www.avdgear.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VCDICMM2

Get em while they're hot! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116202 Home Premium http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116207 Business http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116213 Ultimate No sign of retail versions yet.

A (online) friend of mine is looking to build a new gaming system to replace his old system. He wants to play some modern games under XP, and won't be upgrading to Vista until late '07 at the earliest. He will be overclocking somewhat, but only on air cooling. He already has a case and some...

I've seen some extreme hardware mods but there are some things you just don't do :nono: http://www.flexbeta.net/main/comments.php?id=22354&catid=1 Guess this guy discovered one of those the hard way:rollingla :rollingla :rollingla

Introduction: The following summarizes some of the results of overclocking my system. The objective in this case was simple: determine how high I could overclock my CPU and RAM on the stock AMD heatsink and fan. I set a few restrictions to be on the safe side, as this was my first...

The XP-90 came a few days ago :D, and although I've been gathering information for some time, I'd like to run a few things by y'all to double check. 1. Is it all right to run a 90mm Panaflo off the mobo CPU fan header? It would be the only fan running off the mobo power, the case fans are on...

In the last few weeks my CPU has started to overheat on startup :eek: . Sometimes when I start up it's normal, ~30 C etc., but once in a while, it'll be ~55-58 C as soon as I start up- no programs running, nothing! But as soon as I restart, temps go back to normal :confused: I checked the fans...

Recently my comp has taken to not starting up nicely :( Whenever it is powering on after a software restart, and sometimes when it starts from power off using the power button, the system will hang, usually before getting to the BIOS stage. The monitor comes on (as it goes into a sleep mode...

I went to install the drivers for my Audigy 2 ZS today. I have actually been using the card for awhile, but just for stereo sound and mic input, no surround features. So I put in the CD, installed, restarted, etc. None of the Creative programs (EAX, THX, etc) recognized the card. They wouldn't...

I'm liking my new comp a lot (planning a post on it today, if I have time). However, I have 2 problems with Windows: 1. Similar to another recent poster's problem, whenever I launch a program for the first time after booting the comp, my CPU usage spikes to 100% for a few seconds (like 4-15)...

Hey I'm building my first rig today, and I'll probably have a number of questions as I go. Didn't know where else to post this, but it's an Athlon system, so I put it here. First question: I assume if my motherboard connector coming off the PSU only has 23 wires rather than 24 it's defective...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119075 I need advice again... Is this a good case? I'm going to put another 80mm fan on the side panel, I was looking at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835129028 I'm not planning on modding it at all...

My original plan was to get a GeForce 7600, but those don't come out until March. So I started looking at the 7800GT's... and all the ones listed on Newegg have different core/RAM clocks! I guess not all 7800GT's are created equal!? The only review I could find with mulitple cards was this one...