Recent content by brooks070

hey all - i know this is old hat now, but I thought I'd just add one more comment - I got the Epox board and a 7800GT vid card - If anyone is planning on doing the same, be aware that any long PCI-express vid card like the 7800GT I got will interfere with a connector in the primary IDE...

thanks everyone for your input - I ended up going with the Epox and a new pci-e video card.... ugh... vid cards are expensive. I do video editing and in the reviews I read, the Epox beat out the DFI for encoding and general video manipulation jobs, like with After Effects. The DFI seemed to be...

woops, forgot to add, I've been reading a bit about the ATI Xpress 200 chipset and mobos like the Sapphire PURE... should I hang out for mobos using that chipset or just buy one with nvidia now? here's the link to the anandtech article: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2481&p=1...

thanks for all the input.. Duvie, looks like you have a dual-core - do you do any video editing and how does it perform? what are your overall impressions? thanks -

hi all - sorry, I slipped the X2 right by you there.... i'm talking dual-core. any recommendations? or are they just not available yet? thanks in advance -

and what motherboard supports this bad-boy? I'll want to overclock, of course. what say you? Thanks -

Hi - I'm trying to get a feel for the best CPU coolers out there - the criteria for "best" solution are: 1. uses sealed-loop (no open bins of coolant). 2. coolant is relatively inexpensive, similar in cost to water+antifreeze mix. (counter-example: "liquid-metal" is very expensive, so it...