Recent content by dthyer

The value point right now is with the 2100+. I would take the savings and get a 512MB stick of ram. A great value video card right now is the Radeon 8500LE 64 MB by Sapphire. It is around $76. I think the ram will make a bigger diffence with XP than a faster processor. Also, to save money on...

Hello everyone. Great forum. I'm building a new system and I'm debating which speaker system would be best. I'd like to keep it in the sub$200 range. I will be going with an nForce2 board audio solution (no flames please) and I would like to bypass the onboard DAC and it's electrical noise if...

Thank you everyone for the input! I'm actually starting to lean twords the Abit despite this thread. I haven't seen the advantages yet to the ASUS for what I will be doing. I plan to use S/PDiF out to Yamaha TSS-1B speakers so I don't anticipate having any problems using the reference nVidia...

Thanks guys! I thought there had to be a more simple solution :)

I'm somewhat new at this... I am considering primarily the Asus and Abit. I will be doing some video and photo editing, mild gameplay. I'll use a wireless router, so I don't need duel LAN. I also do not need the analog DD 5.1 out as I plan to use the SPDiF. I would also like to set up a...

I'm a home theater buff, so I'm pretty well versed. Yes, this TV only has a composite input. I thought that I could get a simple cable converter as well, but a guy I talked to said that I had to buy a more elaborate box converter that would recombine the Chom and Lum into the composite...

I'm looking for a good value in a new video card that supports VGA and TV-Out. I was looking at the $72 Radeon 8500LE from sappire. Here's the catch... I can't seem to find an inexpensive card where the TV-Out is composite as opposed to S-Video. Thanks for your help!

I'm looking for a good value in a new video card that supports VGA and TV-Out. I was looking at the $72 Radeon 8500LE from sappire. Here's the catch... I can't seem to find an inexpensive card where the TV-Out is composite as opposed to S-Video. Thanks for your help!

"on the drives the seagates are quiet but the wd 80 gig 8mb cache drives would get my vote" Thanks Wolfsraider. Actually the new seagates look to have 8mb cache like the IBM and WDs. Let's hope this becomes a standard on all new Serial Drives ;)...

I haven't built a computer in years. I've agreed to build a new system for my cousin. This will be good practice as I hope to upgrade myself in a few months. She is looking for a system that will not be obsolete for a while. It should also be upgradeable in the future. They will do a bit of...

I haven't built a computer in years. I've agreed to build a new system for my cousin. This will be good practice as I hope to upgrade myself in a few months. She is looking for a system that will not be obsolete for a while. It should also be upgradeable in the future. They will do a bit of...