Recent content by IronGeek

Wow, this all sounds like really good advice; thanks, all of you! I'm going to reconsider the "zero tolerance" approach & look at at least one large fan for the case. At work now, but will look over the components you've all recommended when I get a few minutes. L8r- -IG

My desktop is ancient! Q660, nFofrce 680i mobo, Quadro FX1500 It did the job for a long time. In fact, I'm not *that* much of a gamer, (I do mostly coding & CAD) so it actually still handles the load pretty well. It's really just the *fan-noise* that's bothering me at this point. Not even...

That looks promising- reading...

Unfortunately, budget *is* an issue; I'm married! ;O) Will be taking a look nonetheless, thanks!

Ah, I hadn't learned much about them aside from the fact that they can run Mantle. Point taken; I'll probably opt for something less power-hungry. I guess the passive Palit 750Ti isn't even on the mrket yet, is it? -IG

It's time to upgrade my system. I've decided the thing bugging me most about my current box is all the fans, so it's time to go fanless! I've heard rumors of "coil whine" and would like to avoid that as well. What I've been thinking thus far is a fanless mobo with an AMD Kaveri APU, (as...

Use Flash. It's saturated, and the user retains control over privacy.

I would venture to say that unless you're piping the image into an old, analog television, text clarity won't be an issue. Also, your eleven-year-old *will* be concerned about games, so you probably want to rely on onboard video, if limiting them is your intent.

theplaidfad, what ram did you get? How did it work out? As an aside, any 680i-owners buying the corsair ram you mentioned above, should make note of the following commentary by a fellow eVGA 680i user: Btw, I'm shopping for 8MB for my rig, (eVGA 680i, Q6600,) & would welcome any...

Okay, I'm not a newbie, but I've had dismal luck in building my own systems in the past. What I'm looking for is a decent system for Flash Dev, 3D rendering, & realtime OpenGL projects, HTPC, & of course a few cool games. I won't be going above 1024x768 but NEED component out (DLP projector)...

My market research for a wireless desktop set has revealed the Microsoft & Logitech packages as well. I believe I *must* go the Bluetooth route as my workspace is at least 20 ft from my computer. I seem to find that the Logitech DiNovo system won't work that far away, and the Microsoft...