Recent content by dragonsm

sorry about that schmide (and thanks for the heads up) I went ahead and fixed my links up above...(or at least got rid of the https)

Last year, my pc died and in a scramble due to limited funds...I used the transition board from ASRock. I am to the point where the final two "pieces" to my computer are set to be upgraded.....motherboard and video card. A quick run down on "components" in my pc to give you an idea of what I...

Alright- I finally can start to feel good about what is inside of my case as I beging to hit the home stretch of one long upgrade process. Current setup: 4coreDual - Sata2 board (I believe I still have the 1.5 bios that it came with) Q6600 (picked up last night) still at the stock speed...

I went ahead and ran the test and everything checked out great! I've seen a few ram this "cheap" before with 40+ dollar rebates. It's nice to be able to buy ram for that price without having to deal with the rebates!!! Things checked out great on the memtest86+ so that is an added bonus...

Alrighty.....well I got the "ram" issue figured out as a local place here in Minneapolis was selling single sticks of SuperTalent DDR2-800 for 9.99 for the first stick...and 29.99 for the matching stick. (Their stipulation was only one stick per day per person) Easy enough fix....my wife and I...

I really should have upgraded my ram back when the adata was going for a song and a dance, but I didn't.... Anyway, I was on newegg tonight and noticed that they have OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 after rebate for 19.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227139 I did a search in...

With some of the suggestions, it may free up another 100 - 200. One other area of "question" is in regards to the CPU. The E8400 looks to be an impressive CPU. Are there any other choices out there within the 100 - 200 dollar range of the E8400 that would be a better choice? Quad Core CPU better...

I really appreciate the heads up advice! Thanks! Steve

Hey everyone- I sat down this evening with a co-worker of mine and we laid out an initial build setup for him. I did some searching and think we are looking at a decent solid build, however there are a few items that we'd like to get some input on. Located here in the states, he'd like to...

Hey everyone- I purchased this motherboard about a month ago in attempt to give myself a way to upgrade in stages. (and it has been a great motherboard so far without a single hiccup) Right now I sit with a P4 3.0 with a cooler master hyper TX2, 1 gig of DDR2 3200 ram (yep, you read that...

Thanks VChuck..... The ASRock board was the initial one that I was probably leaning towards, however the price of both boards is 79.99 + tax. I have done some looking/searching online and found it cheaper and I also need to check out our local MicroCenter too and hopefully I'll find a...

A friend of mine is giving me a P4 3.0 along with 2 gigs of ram (DDR400). Instead of letting it go to waste, I thought about building up another machine for the wife to check internet and email and maybe a game or two since all I'd have to pick up is a motherboard. They are tough to find, but...

Yet another mobo thread begging for help. After a little research and what a friend of mine told me about his experiences with ASUS, my initial choice for a mobo/cpu combo was the ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 (no sli version) http://www.newegg.com/product/...N82E16813131022...