Recent content by Fast Fingers

Oh boy...I wonder who he's going to torture...

I cringe when I imagined how this one could have been.

It may not be necessary to know...if he already connects to the onboard, then he's working with 3.5mm connections. Then again, ideally all connections shouldn't have adapters for minimal signal loss. Quick recommendations: 1. Chaintech's AV-710 (the price from Newegg's more expensive after...

I'd just do the 6300 OC to 6400, just keep mind of energy costs and lower overall lifetime that come with the territory. If you seriously want overclocking, I'd recommend getting a 6600, as higher clock speeds + higher cache mean you can easily reach X6800 speeds.

Well, the fact that you'll have a 1/4" connection isn't a big deal, since the headphone will come with an adapter. I don't think you should spend 1/2 the price of your cans in order to just connect them up front. Also, I'm sure the soundcard itself is able to drive your headphones...it's powered...

You can look into splitter/Y cables. Connect it to the Line Out (the green port) and that'll split the signal. Connect the headphones to one part, and the appropriate speaker cable to the other. All you have to do is turn off the speakers using the Z560's physical module when you want to listen...

I'd beg to differ. All you need is a book or, if balanced properly, an uncapped pen to raise the laptop up so the fan can circulate if it's on a desk. Maybe a cleaning is in order. It may just be your processor trying to render the site. And for your sake, assuming you are male, don't put your...

edit: Ah bummer...so it's not physically anywhere near you. Hmm...I checked my Dad's comp, which is a first-gen XPS, and it had DDR PC3200. So, you should be good.

Hmm...seeing as this will be used for gaming, I'd recommend getting a headset over audiophile headphones, since voip is becoming increasingly popular in gaming, to the point that it's a critical gameplay element. Try looking into Sennheiser, Medusa, Steelsound, Logitech or Plantronics (in that...

Yeah, first use compressed air to remove the dust, and try running the card at stock settings to see if this crashing still happens.

(accidental duplicate)

Yeah, most CPU's come with a stock cooler. I'd recommend getting coolers if 1) You want a quieter rig, or 2) You plan on OC'ing. It's fine to wait then. It's called data striping, which distributes data evenly between multiple drives, both using all available disk space and speeding things...

Well, the 2MB cache difference is supposed to improve overall performance by 10%, which is a significant amount. If you want 2MB, just go with the E6300. And I second bamacre's statement about how 2 SLI < 1 Good card. I think it has to do with driver overhead and the inferior bandwidth between...

Yeah, you'd need any byte of RAM to handle the massive loading times. Asus P5N-E SLI $150 (I recommend trying to find an Nvidia 600 series motherboard in general...they really improved OC'ing, or stick with Intel 965 for reliability/price: try reading this) Conroe E6600 $309 2gb DDR800 $232...

Strange. Do you have anything like CCleaner? Maybe it is deleting the wrong stuff. I recommend a clean reinstall of it and seeing if the problem replicates itself. I find it funny that there are guys that instantly suggest Opera. It reminds me of every Windows discussion when someone...