Recent content by sjek

Hey guys, Looking at a new build, upgrading from an old e7200/8800GT rig. So far I'm looking at; G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Asus SABERTOOTH P67 R3 P67 Be Quiet Dark Rock Advanced C1 Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor KFA2 GTX 560Ti OC 1GB...

systems been working fine but trying to boot this morning... mobo: xfx 680i LT hangs at xfx logo for 5-10mins then hangs at del/F1 options for 10minutes then it tells me it's in safe mode and to reset system clocks my E7200 was Oc'd but stable for 6months I reset the clocks to stock and...

Premable: This is a ~5 year old laptop, bought off ebay. I'm only posting it because size/price-wise its a great alternative to a netbook. Introduction: As a put-upon law student, I bought an eee 701 at launch for lecture notes. It worked well but I had three problems 1, Battery Life - only a...

hey all, was using a eee 701 for a year, needed something small for lecture. Screen size/res and keyboard got frustrating. Anyway, picked up a Toshiba Portege R100 on ebay. Problem is, it came with a fresh XP install. w/o the oem toshiba utilities software none of the hotkeys work - I've...

Ok, right now I'm booting XP (primarily for games), Ubuntu and Gentoo. I've got everything set up nicely and wasn't considering upgrading to vista but MS have a n offer on with my uni to get Vista Ultimate upgrade for £40. So, is DX10 and the other features worth it? It'd upgrade from xp, so...

Got it today, had really high hopes for it. Read a couple of reviews, all were very positive and frankly it's a let down. The graphics are good, not great but pretty good. The shooting, explosions, all fantastic. But so many flaws. The storyline is utterly pointless. Every mission involves...

A few people in the other thread wanted a run down of the case. I've just built a rig into one, a few days ago, so here's my thoughts. System installed: XFX 680i LT mobo 2x2gb OCZ gold E7200 C2D 2x 3.5" HDD DVD-ROM XFX XXX 8800GT Alpha-Dog Hiper 580w PSU Freezer 7 Pro 2x120mm antex...

Ok, I'm a newbie to the forums and I'd love some advice on a graphics card. I'm building a new system, thats no problem, it'll be the 6th I've built. So far I have; XFX 680I LT edition SLI Socket 775 (used this on a build a month ago for gf, amazing for the price) Intel Core 2 Duo E7200...