Recent content by brianj320

i'm looking into building a new desktop PC for gaming mostly with possibly home video editing down the road. i've built several systems over the years but now it's time to upgrade as my current rig is roughly 4 years old. i thought i was settled on my case, an NZXT H440 but i've been reading...

Ideally what I am trying to accomplish is to output HD-DVD/BluRay playback on my computer to my Panasonic HDTV through HDMI. I currently am using a Sapphire Radeon 4870 with a DVI-HDMI adapter on one DVI port for the HDTV and the other DVI port I have my normal 20" Samsung LCD monitor. When I...

curious as to why you have your 1066 RAM running at 800MHz

maybe add some more RAM. or if you are really itching to do something, a sound card perhaps? get the most from your gaming experience.

thanks for that info Summer, be sure to keep us posted.

thanks for all the replies guys, i really appreciate the info. i realized i didnt mention SLI/Crossfire in my original post so to address that there is always the possibility i would get a 2nd card to run Crossfire, considering i stick with the 4870 down the road. so i would like to have that...

this is a new system build and i have done my research on all the parts and compatibility. i am pretty set on the components but am having trouble with the PSU decision. the rig is mainly for gaming but DVD encoding and burning will be done with it as well. as for overclocking, chances are...