Recent content by paperkut

Yeah, I'm not sure what it is. My card should definitely be performing higher than your 4830. Drivers perhaps? I'm using 182.50.

Just ran 3DMark Vantage. 3DMark score: 10998 GPU Score: 9101 CPU Score: 29342 I guess it's around average, but I was hoping that gpu score would be slightly higher at stock.

Hi guys, I just built my rig with the following specs: AMD Phenom II X4 920 (2.8Ghz) XFX GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 4GB DDR2 RAM 500GB Seagate SATA HDD Win 7 64-bit I've got this in a Shuttle XPC so I'm not sure about the motherboard. Anyway, I decided to fire up 3dmark06 and...

I'm using a pair of G.Skill 4GB PC6400 (DDR2-800) RAM but I doubt they're both duds. I guess it's possible. I've tried clearing my CMOS both ways, one being remove the battery for 10 mins and the other by shorting the CMOS pins for a few seconds. I even tried the latter with the battery...

Ok, I reseated the processor and heatsink. I managed to rig up a speaker of sorts by busting out an old headphone and connecting the two wires to the speaker. There's no audible long or short beeps though, I tried listening both with RAM and no RAM. There is a really faint pulsating/repeating...

So I spent the entire day building and debugging this darn PC that just won't work. After spending 4 hours trying to make it work inside the case I decided to rip everything out and test it outside. I laid the board (GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2) on a table and installed the processor (AMD Phenom X4...

Well, I just realized the Ac7 freezer isn't compatible with AM2 sockets. I knew I just had to go mess something up lol

Great, that puts me at ease. I really appreciate your time. Hmm, since I'm only using one HDD then I guess I could use that entire second optical drive area for cables. I've read cabling is a nightmare on this case but since I'm using up every inch of available space then I'm happy...

Oh crap, I certainly hope it'll fit since I just ordered the parts. You said you have 1" left, making 6.5" of space, so it SHOULD fit right? I also hear the space is limited for the optical drive, I bought an LG 22X Burner, do you think it'll fit? I also went with gorobei's suggestion and...

Wow that Lanbox Lite is one deceiving little (or should I say BIG) case. I rather like the NSK3480 though. The Apevia Qpack2 is another popular case and its even smaller than the NSK3480 in terms of volume, but the looks just don't do it for me. I think I'm leaning more towards the NSK3480...

Well after doing some more research it appears that Zalman 7700 WILL fit inside the lanbox :) I really want to keep the option of overclocking open so I think buying a cooler is a good choice. I've done quite a bit of research at this point and I can say with good confidence that everything will...

Oh man, choices choices. I believe the Phenom 920 is the best bang for the buck right now, that $135 deal is a steal. I've also picked out a GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 to go with it. What do you guys think? gorobei, you're right, a freezer pro would never fit in this case, but I was talking to...

Whoops, links are fixed now. AVP, so you'd recommend something like the 4850 then? Would this still be better than the 9800 GTX+? I think I could save quite a bit of money by going with 4850, a Phenom, and AMD motherboard. I'm not sure though, how well do these parts overclock? Also, I...

Well, not the response I was expecting, lol. Why not though? You can get a perfectly good gaming rig with mATX by not having all the bells and whistles. I'm perfectly content with those parts and it seems perfect for a portable gaming rig, not to mention I hardly have any space in this...

Hi guys, So I've decided my XPS m1530 laptop just doesn't cut it for me in gaming anymore and I think I'm going to sell it off to raise money for this PC build (and also maybe a netbook). I've been reading around the forum and it appears you can get a pretty solid gaming PC using a...