Recent content by Highbuzz

If you read down though, you would of read that he went back to Intel. :P

I think his parents want to buy as much computer stuff as they can at one time and just not do it again for a bit. :P I fear if he got a lower end card and he tried to step up for another one and ask for a 9800, his parents would just say, "I thought you got a new computer?". And I think he's...

I decided to go with the higher GPU (The wolfdales look incredible though) and here's the build I got, feel free to criticze. (If he wants new ram, he can always add that on at a later time or decide to splurge 50 more) CPU - 83 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819116052 OR...

He can build it, but he's not very cordinate on what should take priority over what, and neither am I at this point. I am kind of guiding him along...

Yea, I realized that now. And I was took, but it looked reliable. Just because it doesn't have a fancy LED light on it doesn't mean it's horrible. :P But I don't know, should I lower that card? Or is it a good card? Should I go AMD or Intel? Just kind of at a crossroad...

Well he decided to go Intel, BUT we can now go 725ish. (Max probably 750ish) He picked out this card and since I got the impression that VGU > CPU in a gaming rig, I supported. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130082 200 for a card and it looks good, but now what? Should I...

Well my friend is convinced AMD rules, and for the price of this processor, could it be? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103191 All the benchmarks on Tom's Hardware, this thing wipes them off the map by a pretty good amount, and even if you could overclock it, you could...

So if a new card is good, whats a good card that is better than my GeForce 7800 GT OC? ~100 dollars

I was thinking about a new video card, also. If I wait and hold out for a new rig though, is there anything I should look forward to? (A new core or something?) And sorry if I was breaking a rule, just wanted a vague estimate if someone ever sold anything similar on eBay or something. I...

Having put together a moderately powerful machine for a friend around 600 dollars made me look upon my machine. Built 2 years ago, it was pretty kick ass. Now, it's still very good, but new wouldn't hurt. What I have currently... AMD Antlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2Ghz Socket 939 ASUS A8N-SLI...

Yea, looking nice is great, but how does it function? Does it do well under heavy P2P traffic??

Some gaming most likely, I don't all of what my friend does, but he wants a new computer to play Supreme Commander well and with that, some other games probably. I like your build. And I see you picked an ATi card, I thought nVidia had the upperhand in the DX10 battle, or did ATi's new core pull...

Hello, some of you might remember my topic asking about what CPU is currently better. Well my friend agreed with Intel after I showed him that topic at school, but since I saw (and others pointed out) that deal for 100 bucks on that AM2 processor, I couldn't resist making a build with that too...

Now you guys talk about overclocking, I've tried to get into that myself at points in time but kind of lost interest. (At the time, my rig could handle any game thrown at it.. Now, eh :P) He is not the super-technical nor the type to overclock I think. And we are looking at the 125 dollar range...

Thanks, I'll show him your posts and if I can find good enough comparisons at Tom's Hardware, those too. Out of curiousity though, is there an element of a CPU that makes it superior? Or the combination of many elements?