Recent content by nikko

Hello all. Haven't kept up with hardware developments since I bought my rig in 2011. Just downloaded Battlefield 1 only to discover my video card doesn't meet the minimum specs. After getting that error message the game did load before eventually crashing. Anyway, I'm thinking that in...

Thanks for the replies, folks. If I can get by with my current CPU, then I can up my video card budget. I don't really have any issue running most of my games, but I purchased Rage last week and even at low/medium settings it was tearing like crazy. I can't remember which video setting it...

Hi, all. Hello, all. I've not really kept up with the latest and greatest since I bought my last system. I'm thinking of upgrading, for gaming reasons, and I think my video card and/or CPU are probably the components that would make the biggest difference. I currently have a AMD Radeon HD 6950...

This seems like a simple question but a Google search didn't yield a definitive answer. I'm basically asking on behalf of a friend of mine who wants to be able to use her phone abroad and really likes Verizon. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Let me start by saying, I have pretty much been in computer hibernation for the last three years, so I don't necessarily know what the latest and greatest is. Below is the system I built (but have yet to order) based largely on advice I got here. For the record, I plan on using this system...

The fans do not turn when I power up. That said, when I did the "paper clip test" on my PSU, the fan on it did turn. Does that rule out it being bad?

Thanks for the tip. I said that I want to play BF3 on max settings, but I was being semi tongue in cheek. I just want the best overall gaming rig I can get for that pricepoint. if there's not a ton of difference between spending say, $1200 and $1500, I'd rather pocket the money.

Thanks for the advice guys. I'd rather buy now than later on account of my current computer took a dive and I don't want to put any time or money into replacing parts.

Resolution is 1920 x 1080. As far as max settings go, I just mean I want to turn on all the bells and whistles (anti-aliasting, etc) as high as they can go while still getting 40 FPS or better.

Playing Bad Company 3 on max settings. That's what I hope, anyway :)

The last time I built a system it took me a month to get it up and running, so I'd rather avoid the hassle. I don't need a monitor or keyboard/mouse. Just the box itself. In that vein, I have two main questions: 1. What should I be looking to get in terms of a processor, video card, and...

Ok, so my rig is the one indicated in my signature line. The other day I was trying to hook up my external drive via firewire. Well, in a noob move, I didn't check before putting it in, and it turns out I was actually putting the firewire cable into the ethernet port on my mobo. My computer...

Hi all. I am moving into the basement of home. Wireless internet is included in my rent. I will be using a desktop computer to access the internet. It doesn't have any kind of wireless capability built into it, so I assume I need to buy a wireless adapter. Any recommendations? I'm running...

I'm not quite sure how to do that. Never run a Memtest86 before. Any advice on how to go about doing that would be much appreciated. Also, I don't see anything in the BIOS that references RAID at all. Also, I forgot to mention this, but during post, I got a "system battery voltage is low"...

Hmmm....is there such a thing as a raid external drive enclosure? Am wondering if there's a way to connect them that way to another computer so we can pull the data off. I tried different memory but then I got a "memory read/write" error in the post operation and it wouldn't boot at all.