Recent content by breakingthespeedlimit

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    Recommend a gamepad

    I use a p880 too, d-pad, dual sticks, 8 buttons, like they said its a great pad. I also have a Microsoft SideWinder FreeStyle Pro. Its D-pad is only good for driving games, its positioned at an angle, coupled with it's smoothness, it makes it harder to just press right and not right-down...
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    Sound Card

    I suppose you should just turn off the 6-Channel Audio onboard sound on your IC7-G when you install the Audigy 2 ZS. I bought an Audigy 2 ZS last week. Sound quality is awesome, especially EAX advanced in games like counter strike were an enemy's footsteps can be used to position him. Its hard...
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    Cordless mouse question.

    the new mx900 looks good http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/IE/EN,CRID=3,CONTENTID=7110 dammit, i cant believe they released a mx510, when i just bought a mx500, typical pff
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    traviling at the speed of light?

    The faster you go, the greater your mass becomes and the slower time goes. Therefore, at about >99% the speed of light, your mass would be approaching that of a neutron star, and from our point of view at rest, time would be progressing at <1% normal speed for you. And from your point of view...
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    WARNING for those of you interested in WD Raptors

    Go for the 74gb version n7, i read somewhere that it is slightly faster access times and is less noisy, i got one and it is a lot faster that my old 80gb 7200 maxtor drive
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    Fujitsu announces new SCSI lines (147GB 15k)

    Tabb, ballpark figure to the nearest thousand $ for a rig that includes all those great components?
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    Issue with monitor displaying image.. *Solved*

    you have probally already checked, but I'll suggest resitting your gfx card, trying new cables, gfx card and monitor to try and isolate the problem.
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    'Cool' cases?

    i just stood it on its side for an instant tower experience lol Thermaltake Xaser III towers are nice looking, but are expensive + no psu Chieftec Dragon Tower Cases are great, not too fancy, mid-range price, good features and build. I just sold my black Dragon case and was happy with it...
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    'Cool' cases?

    My new desktop case is the Antec Overture: http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/antec/overture/page1.html Excellent case, couldnt be happier.
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    Fujitsu announces new SCSI lines (147GB 15k)

    What new technology is in these new seagate 2.5in SAS drives Emrys? Would it be possible soon to have ram drives, if the price of ram reduces enough? Imagine the performance :)
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    what is Raid

    Are you going to use raid in your pc, Iamnr? I used it in mine without knowing what it is until I opened the motherboard box. The cables are much smaller and easier to manage in the case. It was more expensive, but the extra performance and reliability made it worth it. I dont tell people to...
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    *** Official ASUS K8V/DELUXE (K8T800) Thread ***

    This is my system: Asus K8V DELUXE Mainboard Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Spire CPU-Fan KestrelKing II S754/940 TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL2.5 Western Digital Raptor 74GB S-ATA 10000RPM Sapphire Radeon 9800PRO AIW 128MB DDR Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS Creative Inspire 5300 Sony...