Recent content by mawst95

Thanks for the recommendations. I checked out hardforums.com and it seems pretty good. AT is my favorite although since I'm building an HTPC, spcr.com has some great silent computing info. What does QFT mean?

Hi- Recently I've been getting into the idea of building my own computer. Being a scientist I like to (obsessively) research my project before moving forward. I found anandtech and it seems like a great source of information. I've also checked out silentpcreview. Can you guys/girls recommend...

I was thinking that, but I wanted the VIVO feature which is only available on 7800 and 6600 boards right now. Maybe they'll add that to 7900 boards eventually. I'm not really a gamer so not sure what advantages the 7900 would offer, but heat (and thus noise) might be reduced with the smaller die...

I was thinking of getting the X2 +4400 toledo because it has the 2X1MB cache and the toledo is supposed to be superior to Manchester from what I read on Tom's Hardware (I think that's where I read it). The Opteron is cheap ($150 cheaper than the X2 +4400), and supposedly uses the highest grade...

Daily bump for today's crowd.

Do you use the stock VGA cooler or an aftermarket one? Here's the one I was thinking of getting: http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=40 Not sure which direction the wider side faces. Sorry for the newbish questions.

If you could elaborate that'd be great. My main concern with the epox board is the vga-cooler and PCI slot spacing. The USB 2.0 issue seems to have been solved with a recent beta bios I think.

Hey, all- I'm going to attempt to build my first computer for use primarily as a HTPC. I've been doing some research over at silentpcreview, avsforum and now here. I've been researching motherboards and I think I have a decent handle on the various choices out there. Let me give you a run...