Recent content by Icaros

This is a basic how-much-do-I-need question for my parents home wifi. They have a good 50 mb fiber connection and the household run about 3-5 computers and 3-6 mobile devices at a time, possibly more with time. It's a 1400 square feet single story house and it would be nice to have a nice...

Hello everyone, I'm building a skylake system and I want to do it in the micro atx form factor. I am finding it hard to find good information on micro atx motherboards out there. I need a good, stable board with USB 3.1 and possibly thunderbolt (do I need that though? - I'm mostly...

Hello guys, I've been waiting for Skylake to do a new build that I want to hold on to for a long time. I don't have huge needs, but I like to build something good and stay with the platform - I'm still on my C2D build that got upgraded to a C2Q. OC'ing and longevity First: I'm considering...

@tynopik I know future proofing is not really possible. But as you can see from the fact that I am still running an old processor I'm not that much of a power user. What I want to is to postpone the point where I hit a serious bottleneck as much as possible. I'm not willing to spend...

I build my current rig in 2006, an early C2D and upgraded everything but the mobo, but now it’s getting long in the tooth. I would like my next rig, which will be before Christmas, to last a long time as well. So I want go for something either upgradable or lasting as well into the future...

So you're saying that both GTX 960 and 970 will be good for this? - I assume that there's no workaround for using functions like this from the IGP while having a discreet video card yet, right? So this points to the 960? Will I actually see H. 265 stuff around in the coming years though, or is...

I have a Seasonic 430 w PSU. It was a quality unit back when bought in 2006, with emphasis aI have a Seasonic 430 w PSU. It was a quality unit back when bought in 2006, with emphasis on quiet operation. I’m wary of going to the AMD offerings as they seem much higher power and I generally...

I was planning to wait for the 300 series launch. But that's the only major launch in the coming year, right? - and it's only the top model that's real news, as far as I've read. Would a 970 be overkill? - I'm worrying a little about the 960 driving a 4k display in the winter.

Hi all, I have a C2Q Q9400 with 6 gb memory and a Geforce 8800 GT. (Motherboard is an Asus P5W DH deluxe). I plan to build a new rig around Christmas (I'm waiting for Skylake). I generally like to upgrade and build things when a new technology comes out and hold on to it for a long time (I...

I get a rating of 'good', and that's from across the point. I get much better ping scores on pingtest.net Plus I'd assume that when videos are cached it shouldn't be much of an issue? I'm running the E6600 right now, and the Q9400 should be compatible with my motherboard. My shelf life...

Hello everyone, I keep holding on to my now rather aged rig and I'm happy with it after recent updates. My specs are: Conroe 6600 @2,4 ghz dual-core about to be updated to a used Q9400 @ 2,66 ghz Asus P5w DH deluxe (Intel 975x chipset) 2x4 gb corsair (1333 mhz as far as I remember) and...

I searched around a bit on the web and I'm doubtful if I really need that much memory. I sometimes hit the 'capacity ceiling' on my desktop at 2GB but never at the laptop or work computer at 4 GB, (@32 bit so 3 something). I don't use particularly heavy software but I am a heavy consumer of...

Thanks for your help. I think I'll pick up some used memory and go for a 250 gig ssd. When looking for memory I found that I can also get core 2 quads (q6600s and q9400s) fairly cheaply (at about 50 dollars), might have a look at one of those now I'm at it and see if I can run the same rig for...

Hey all After some debate and reading Ian Cutress piece on an old C2D-rig I decided on holding on to my dear old conroe desktop that's as old as the architecture (I think I got one of the first batches of chips to hit Denmark in august 2006). My setup is: Conroe 6600 @2,4 ghz dual-core...