Recent content by jnolen

I decided not 2 weeks ago to not bother upgrading from my Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.5Ghz and just save for a system conversion to Intel later this summer. Now I'm doubting that decision. Well done guys. Good info too.

Fair enough. Thanks.

I've got a motherboard with a single PCI-Express x16 slot which is occupied by a Geforce 9800GT, 512MB. This card is PCI-Express 2.0 capable. Question: How much (if any) improvement is possible if I upgrade to a motherboard with a PCI-Express 2.0 slot? Logically we are talking about...

Guys, I've got a Seagate hard drive, a 7200.7 I think, at 160GB, on an AsRock N68C-S UCC motherboard with an AMD Phenom II X3 710 and an Nvidia 9800GT. The hard drive has just over 65GB of data out of 148GB of available space. I'm looking to upgrade to an SSD and I have about $200. This...

Here is the story. I got the Windows 7 RC way back but didn't install it till last night. Just wanted to look at it with it, not really a big deal. It obviously starts doing that bi-hourly shut down, what, next week? Here is my dilemna. When installing Windows 7 last night I went...