Recent content by TJS

Hello, all, it's TJS with the latest FTASM (thats Faster Than A Speeding Mullet ) build. Specs of the machine will be seen below later, suffice it to say the main ingredients are an Intel i5 650, an MSI GD65 (replacing the bonked GD85, which will likely be replaced by a Fuzion or something even...

Alright, I just got done assembling my latest masterpiece yesterday and fired it up... with two notable problems, the larger being that I don't get any connectivity to my displays. Here's a rundown of my system... Intel i5 650 w/Tuniq 120 Extreme HSF MSI GD-85 mobo (P55) Gigabyte HD Radeon...

I know that in XP 32-bit the max limit for HDDs is 2TB, and RAM is 4GB... is this still true for Windows 7 32-bit? I've tried to find info on the ol' internet but every time I look for something all I find is 'system requirements' (drove me crazy after a while). Something tells me its the same...

I brought this up in another thread but forgot to follow up on it, concerning the 'hardware' RAID controller on my mobo vs the Intel Matrix Storage 'RAID' version... will I see better speeds using the 'hardware' version? This gets a bit trickier since the 'hardware' version is used on the two...

Once again I'm going to do a new build from the ground up, but haven't been paying much attention to the pc world lately. I jumped on Newegg to see what they offered but couldn't really form much of an opinion. I'm looking for a good budget cpu in the $200-$300 range, quad core, with...

I'm about to watch a movie when I smell that smell... you know, burnt wires, or like your PSU just took a nose dive. :flames: So I start looking around my pc, the monitors, nothin... all of a sudden I don't smell a thing. Then I grab the DVD and theres that smell again. :eh: I take the DVD...

I have 2x1GB sticks of GSkill DDR2-800 (model -GBNQ) in my computer and got an overclock on my E6600 to 404FSB, was quite pleased. I bought a 1GB stick of GSkill DDR2-800 (model -GBNR), same latency ratings for a second pc, but since abandoned that project, and just bought another gig of the...

THAT'S RIGHT! The new, no-power-needed HSF I have devised will revolutionize the pc industry! (...I need someone to Photoshop a hamster in a spinning cage where the cpu is at, hauling butt; set it against a pc in the background with the side panel removed...) YES! A HAMSTER-POWERED HEATSINK...

I accidentally deleted my 'recycle bin' when I went to delete a file I threw in it. Anyone know how to get it back? Using Windows Vista Home Premium. TJS:iamwithst

Didn't know where else to put this, so I chose this section... RAM IS FALLING FROM THE SKY!! Just kidding, but seriously, what's with the RAM prices for DDR2 dropping like crazy? I bought a G.Skill DDR2-800 1GB stick about 3 months ago for about $115, now the same stick is going for $55?!? And...

This is a question some may call silly or irrelevant, but I want to know if there is a 'standard' temperature that the overclocker community uses when determining a max OC. The thing is, people live in different areas and air temperature (or whatever you want to call it) can differ dramatically...

With the Vigor Monsoon II and Titan Amanda out, is anyone (other than myself) using one? I myself like mine, just wanted to know if anyone else is having better than standard HSF results. TJS PS: @ Kemp... any chance you can do a head-to-head of a top HSF vs Vigor or Titan's TEC HSF? I'd like...

Having had a very good experience with my AW9D, I was wondering if there are any 975X mobos with 'true' dual 16X PCI-E lanes, not the kind that drop down to 8X in SLI. I can't find any, but am notorious for being blind. Does Intel plan on coming out with something new, i.e. 985X, and can I hope...

Don't know if anyone posted this already, but nVidia is giving away SLI components as part of a contest. Starting in December (yes I live in a cave) they're drawing winners every day for a year (that's 365 prizes). You need to have an SLI-ready component in your computer and then upgrade your...

My friend just called me and said he has a problem... He powered down his pc a few days ago and after getting home from work tried to turn it on... no go. LED's on the mobo come on, but nothing else shows signs of life. He switched out his psu for another (a 550W psu from my old Mini Mullet...