Recent content by LaCabra

Thanks for the advice everyone, it is greatly appreciated!

I guess that would help. :-) Some games, FPS and RPG's mainly. Web surfing, but with a dial up it obviously isn't going to be anything great. I don't plan on watching DVD's on it, I would just like the capability in case they start putting programs on DVDs instead of CD's sometime in the next...

Hey everyone, I'm going to start building my first computer soon and I finally figured out how much I'll be able to spend (~$1000-1200). I already have a monitor, but I need everything else (case, drives, etc.) I plan on buying a P4 2.26 Ghz with 533mhz bus speed and a G4 Ti of some sort...

Hello everyone, I have a few questions. I'm going to start building my first computer soon and I would like some opinions about motherboard/case combos. Mainly, what kind of case will fit the notherboard I buy (i.e. PCI and AGP slots lineup with the ones on the case, etc.)? I'm stationed...

In response to an earlier poster, and this will shed light on how much I know about building my own computer; I don't even know HOW to overclock my CPU. I know what it is and what it does, but NO IDEA how. I don't know if it's as simple as fiddling with some advanced button in 'Properties' or...

The computer will be used for some gaming, word processing, web surfing and CD-burning. I would like to be able to play some of the new games coming out (UT 2003, Warcraft III), but I don't need 300 FPS or anything either, just something that will run the new games and not be outdated in a few...

From what I have been able to gather from the boards here, it sounds like it is easier to put together a computer if I use an Intel processor instead of an AMD one. It also sounds like the computer won't be as noisy because the Intel chips don't run as hot as the AMD ones do (important because...

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. Getting started is the hardest thing, so thanks again!

I know this is probably a common topic, but please bear with me. I'm stationed overseas right now and my internet connection is dial-up so I could probably get the answers I need by searching, but the service we have here is very slow and would take forever. What I would like to do is build my...