Recent content by imported_tiburon

Well,im running an x1600xt, and from waht i understand the temperatures they run are very similar. Mine idles at 58C and and hits 80C under load. Before i added more case fans it idoled at 68C and hit 101C while gaming. From what ive researched anything under 105C is considered safe.anything...

i just bought the G5, love it, highly reccomended

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The x1600xt is just fine now, with all the new drivers they have made huge performance increases. I think everyone is just used to seeing all of the launch benchies.

well, ive been building my pc for afew months now, and i would say hands down the best 2 places to get your parts from are shoprbc.com bigfoot computers both are excellent for fast shipping,great customer service,will promtly answer any emailed question(especialy rbc) Bigfoot free...

i got a moniter that will get me by for a while

*edit* what is your budget? That is my budget lol, however i will be buying the monitor last thing (in a month or two)cause the rest of it is going to cost enough.

Video editing, gaming,plus all the basic hosehold computer chores, you name it, its going to be doing it

Lian Li PC-65B Mid Tower/ w window no PS Asus P5WD2 955x premium mobo Corsair ddr2 675 CM2X-5400C4PRO (2x512MB) OCZ Powerstream 520w power supply PVR 500 tuner card 74gb raptor Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB Audigy 2zs platinum 1- 7800 gtx or 6800 ultra (undecided) Either 3.73 EE or...

yeah, true enough, but i would to b able to hook up my satwellite with coax, and my ps2 on the composite so i could cature the video if i wanted? thats why i wondered if you could use both

Im looking for a dual tv tuner, which one do you suggest . I am leaning towards the pvr500MCE. Just a couple qestoins about it, can you use a coax input and a composite input on MCE, and does the MCE remote work for this PVR? If anyone else has different suggestions id be glad to hear them...

so to clarify, something like the P5WD2 has a built in controller for sata drives,right, but if you wanted scsi you would have to buy a controller card for that

tack another question on here, if you buy say a new Asus mobo, that supports raid 0,1,5 etc, do you still need a raid controller card or does the mobo take care of this for you?

I think im going with the lian case, the Antec does look very good, but the black brushed aluminum just goes better with all of my components in my house. Ans for power supply i thinkim going with the: OCZ OCZ520ADJ ATX 520W Power Supply 100-120V AC/200-240V AC TUV, UL, CSA, CE, CB, FCC -...