Recent content by belazeru

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    Need some opinions on some upgrades

    I guess it would be better to wait. Then i could just get rid of my T-Bird rig.
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    Replacing primary hard drive

    Please clairfy. Was your D drive a partition of the hard drive you are RMAing? OR is you D drive an optical drive (CDROM, DVD, ect). Either way it should be compatiable just install the same OS you used before.
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    Few questions before building

    You forgot another step. 11) wipe forehead so sweat does not ruin components. I remeber my first build i was sweating like a fat man walking around the block. DONT FORGET TO DISCHARGE ALL STATIC electricity from your self!
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    Questions about replacing a cpu heatsink/fan

    What kind of proccessor does your computer have
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    Need some opinions on some upgrades

    I was thinking of upgrading my CPU and Video Card. Since the good Video cards are PCI-e that means i would have to replace my AGP only motherboard. Here what i was thinking of upgrading my rig with: ASRock 939SLI320-eSATA2, Opteron 146, and an 7900GT This will cost around $590. Any...
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    New rig specs

    If you are going to overclock you might as well go with an opteron 144 or 146. They also have 1 Mb cache.
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    Looking for a good 939 mobo w/ only 1 16x pci-e

    Check out some of those board and they look like pretty good suggestions. Any more suggestions would be appreaciated, im looking to spend less than $100 but will to go $120. That ASROCK board is pretty sweet any one know if it is reliable?
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    Looking for a good 939 mobo w/ only 1 16x pci-e

    I only need one16x PCI-E slot since i will only be buy one video card. Any one know of any good mobos that fit this discription?
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    power consumption of psu.

    thanks for clearing things up. Bobthelost mention that it used 210W per second which i found to be very high energy usage. That would mean every minute would consume kW.
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    power consumption of psu.

    thanks for the info. I guess i wont be leaving my computer on for long periods to save on the electric bill.
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    power consumption of psu.

    lets say the components in my system is drawing 210 watts from the PSU, does that mean it is consuming 210 watts per hour? thanks
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    power consumption of psu.

    How much watts per hours do power supplies consumes. The reason is that at my house we are very concerned about electricity consumption. For example i have a pcpower and cooling silencer 410 psu in my rig. The question is the wattage rated at a per hours basis or the by watts supplied. If it...
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    How well grounded do you need to be when putting a computer together?

    Yea i just touch the PSU or case once and thats it. Every computer ive built was done on carpet and i havent fried any components yet.
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    Steam is getting me all steamed up! (groan)

    any one know how to run hl2 w/o that stupid steam program?
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    Just got off the phone with BFG tech support...

    I used to run my BFG 6800GT on my KT3 Ultra and its a 4x mobo. Plus i hear that the difference between 4x and 8x is almost non-existance Though i upgraded from a KT3 XP 1800+ and got a NEO2 w/ a 3000+ A64