Recent content by mkc842

Believe it or not, my gaming bottleneck is the CPU speed (in late Rhye's / Civ4 games wait time can be a few minutes). So it looks like the Q6600 will be a big improvement on this Pentium D 2800. I don't need extreme graphics. In fact, I know that the 7600gt is sufficient. I am new...

when my friend and i bought this model 4 yrs ago, his immediately had similar problems. one of his ram sticks was bad and replacing it fixed the problem. mine still works fine. i found your post in searching for info on how to quit the fan. any ideas other than cleaning? i wanted to find a...

thanks guys, appreciate that.

ok... still not sure what's indecent about my psu... would appreciate explanation of amperage, etc... i'm hardly brainwashed, as i'm asking for advice... is fire's opinion of DX10 pretty much the concensus...? thank you :)

little more help on that topic plz... "combined +12v rails" = double the amp spec for +12v since my psu has dual 12v rails?? according to the specs on this $140 triple-rail board, the amperage increase with the number of rails (though I don't see how it sums to 40A...) ...

So, I am thinking I want DX10 support and HDMC support. I run my Samsung 226BW (22" LCD) at 1680x1050. I want to keep the cost down to about $150. Best option I can find is http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150229 Any reason not to worry about dx10 or hdmc? Any...

Hi, I want to build a new pc that is fast but reasonably priced? want it to be good for gaming, but no need for ridiculous graphics? here is the system I came up with: EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Model #: 122-CK-NF63-TR Item #: N82E16813188019...