Recent content by hoovie

I can certainly afford it...I already had vista home premium 32bit, so getting 64 bit was a simple matter of ordering a disc from MS for about $10. Is there any point to SLI at this point, or is it still worthwhile for the average user to just stick with one video card for now? Also, I...

One of the things I like about the case I picked, is that it's got a blow hole on top(with fan), vents on the side, and a fan on the rear of the case. Besides, I'm not completely sure about the earthwatts 500w anyway. My other choice is the 520hx, which I realize is a bit more expensive, but I...

If I had told her the touch screens are stupid, I don't think she would have caved on her budget demands I see the wisdom in your harddrive temptation. I think I will go with your recommendation here. I was going to move the optical drives over, but I decided that they were also old, and...

So, my wife and I were in Circuit City today, and we were looking at the fancy all in one, touch screen monitor HP computers they had, and she immediately fell in love with them, which would have been bad, as she was willing to shell out $1600 for one. I managed to keep her convinced that...

To answer the unanswered question, IMO vista 64 bit is the way to go - in addition to being able to fully utilize the 64-bit architecture of your CPU, it will also be able to handle more memory. For example, vista 32 bit home premium can theoretically handle 4gb, but in reality only 'sees'...

While there are inherent downsides to tapes, such as it being an 'exposed' media, and that you must find the data sequentially, when they were introduced, it was the largest storage medium available, AFAIK. I think that a lot of businesses that started out using tape for storage, just continued...

I'm going to agree on the E8400. Unless you are doing something that you would really benefit from 4 cores, the dual core E8400 will more than be sufficient. Not to mention that on air cooling, some people have overclocked it to 4.5Ghz. On a side note, I too am building a system, but sadly...

So even though the E6550 has a higher FSB speed, and twice as much L2 cache, the E4500 would be better for the price, huh? would the E4600 be worth considering, since it seems to be in the middle between the two others price-wise, or is the extra 200Mhz not even worth the trouble? **EDIT**...

Well, the boss(aka wife) dropped a bomb on me today, and I need to take between $100 and $150 off of the price of the computer, which I think I may need some help accomplishing. If you guys wouldn't mind helping me a bit more, I'd appreciate it. I do have a couple of requirements, though -...

I see. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitly go with the lower speed memory, and I think I'll go with that sonata III case as well. Even if I don't get it on sale, it will be the same price as the original case and PSU seperatly cost, so it seems to make more sense that way. The ds3l board...

for the speed of memory I'm going with(PC2 8500), for now, 2GB seems more affordable... G.skill 4GB (2x2GB) goes for $170. I've decided on this speed memory becuase that is the memory standard of the mother board I've selected. I chose this mobo becuase of the touted energy efficency...

my calculations put your list at $1328, before shipping and taxes, if applicable. if you remove the lights, go with an Acer AL1716 17" LCD($169.99), Foxconn 8600GTS-256 OC 700/2200 ($124.99), you could save around $250. If you also make some sacrifices in the CPU area, such as going with Intel...

as far as the hard drive, I'm currently running an 80GB hdd, so stepping up to a 250gb not only is a big step, but will give me plenty of headroom, not to mention that as you stated, hdd's are cheap, and I really could afford one later on down the line, if I needed more space. For the memory...

IE: you want to build her something you can inherit?? JK. as far as worthwhile, if that's all shes going to be using it for, unless there is a lot of money laying around, you really don't NEED to have the higher end hardware, but I will agree that it would be nice. :)

I realize based on other threads posted, that the general consensus is that people are tired of these "build me a computer" posts, but i'm hopeful that I don't get too many flames for this ;) Anyway, I should be getting my tax return in a week or so, and will be building a new computer, with...