Recent content by FirestormX

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    How much would you charge for labor on this system...

    Thanks for the input burnitdwn. And for all you saying not to charge for a friend, I already said I wouldn't but he insists. And this is for assembly, installation of OS, and dumping all my appz/gamez/mp3s/movies...legally of course...yeah...
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    How much would you charge for labor on this system...

    This is the current system I'm looking to build for a friend. The only thing I might want to change is the memory, it's a no name pricewatch brand. If anyone knows better for a similiar price it would be helpful too. ABIT nForce2 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "NF7-S" -RETAIL...
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    Help with New Athlon64FX-51 940 pin and Athlon64FX-53 939 pin technicalities and PCI-E Questions

    Alright so I orginally was going to build the following system: Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP-940 Motherboard Athlon64 FX-51 1024MB of PC3200 Registered DDR OCZ RAM (2X512MB DIMM) ATI Radeon 9800 XT Dual 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Special Edition Western Digital Cavairs on Raid-0 (EIDE) Viewsonic P225f Flat...
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    Hard drive(s) setup

    I tried posting this thread in the general hardware section but nobody seemed to know. So I'm hoping some of you guys could help me out. I have a few questions reguarding hard drives: My new motherboard will have onboard eide/sata raid and I was looking into my options. Currently I have Dual...
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    Questions about Hard Drive Setup

    Alright, anyone know any other answers?
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    Questions about Hard Drive Setup

    I have a few questions reguarding hard drives: My new motherboard will have onboard eide/sata raid and I was looking into my options. Currently I have Dual 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Western Digital EIDE Caviars which is what I plan on starting with. However, neither came with a ATA Ultra card that I...
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    HELP!!! Windows won't update!

    I go to update windows and it won't even try to scan my HDD for updates, it goes from 0-100% in less than a second and says there are none available. I switched the cd key several times and It still doesnt help. Whats wrong?
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    helppppp, unsure of ram speed

    So when i go into the bios and it says FSB Frequency 166mhz, thats correct because its really 333mhz?
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    helppppp, unsure of ram speed

    I just put together my new PC, athlon 2600 XP 333mhz fsb, 512mb ddr pc2700 333mhz, epox nforce 2 mobo with 333fsb. When i start the PC the bios only will let me turn the memory frequency is at 166mhz (DDR333). Now, is that right? Cuz i thought the ram was 333mhz....or is that what it means...