Recent content by hotarri

I decided to go with the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3. It seems like a quality board and the price was reasonable at 140. Now I've ordered everything, just need to wait for them to ship. The processor is supposedly on back order even though it still shows up as "in stock". Will see how long this...

I ended up going a little nuts and built a new system with an SB processor and a 7970. The Phenom II 965 system with the bad video card is going to be a dedicated media server. Here's what I ordered: i5 2500k Visiontek 7970 Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 16GB Corsair Vengeance PC12800 128GB Crucial M4...

I decided to build up a new system to go with a new 7970 come Monday. I'm going to use the 0% financing option from Tiger Direct so I'm limited to the options they have available. Here are the options I was considering: ASUS P8Z68-V LX : 129.99 (119.99AR) Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 : 134.99...

Thanks for the info on third party apps that will help the GPU break a sweat. This PC will end up living next to a TV, so it's going to be stuck at 1080p. I'm not really interested in buying anymore Intel products (not a fanboy, but I work with both companies professionally and based on my...

Fortunately it is not the only gaming PC in the house. Just the one hooked up to the big screen. I've got a healthy 5850 with an i5-750, but some games just don't feel right sitting at a desk (I'll have Dirt 3 withdrawls).

Thanks for all the input :) The Guru3D link was particularly helpful. What I gather from the data in their test is that in the games where the frame rates actually drop below 60FPS at 1920x1200 are GPU limited and there is very little difference between the CPUs. In the cases where there...

The GTX 460 on my HTPC is starting to exhibit artifacts and I've done all I could to fix it (various driver versions and underclocking), I decided now to replace the card and upgrade. The AMD 7970 results look really promising, but I'm not concerned with my CPU bottlenecking it. I have a...

How is this one http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-E5150GH? Anyone have any experience with "Enhance"?

My old PSU just failed and I'm looking to replace it. I am running an Athlon X2 4200+ with a PNY 8800GTS 320MB, 2GB RAM, and two SATA HDDs. The video card recommends a PSU with >27A available at 12V, I haven't seen too many PSUs that have a 12V rating of >27A. Is this requirement referring...

Probably not going to over clock, but I may at some point. I think I'll go ahead and stick with the stock HSF that came with my 2400+ and get some decent thermal paste for now and keep on the look out for a better HSF at a decent price.

I just ordered an OEM Athlon 64 X2 4200+ socket 939 from newegg as a drop in upgrade to my Athlon 64 2400+. I was originally thinking that I would use the heatsink that originally came with the retail version of my 2400+. Is this still a viable option or is a significantly better solution in the...

Yep it was definitly set to the correct voltage and the PSU itself was switched on. I used the button on the front panel of the case and the power on switch on the MB (EPOX Nforce 4 Ultra) neither worked. I also pulled off a "ghetto ground" by running a wire from the ground plug to the kitchen...

I picked up an Antec Smartpower 500 watt PSU to replace the crappy no-name 480 watt one that came with my case. However when I install it and hit the power nothing really happens. The only thing that happens is that the optical sensor on the mouse turns on. Before I RMA it I wanted to see if...

Excellent, now just gotta wait for the UPS man to come today :)

Good to hear, I also had another noob question relating to the memory on this MB. Why is it that on the official epox website product page for the EP-9NPA+ Ultra they state that the board "Supports single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-333/400 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in...