Recent content by pocketx

Thanks for all the responses, it looks like the 1gb is clearly the better pick for me. Just a quick question, would my power supply be able to handle it? I'm not running anything extra other than three hard drives.

I'm planning on purchasing either of these cards over the holidays and I was wondering if the 1gb is worth it for the $20-30 premium. I'm playing mainly Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft on 1920x1200 resolution. I don't mind overclocking a bit, but nothing extreme. I'm running this atm...

Sweet! Thanks guys, I feel much better now knowing I didn't just make a stupid purchase.

I'm gaming on a 19" monitor at 1280x1024 resolution and just recently bought a XFX 8800GT for about $110. A few days later the 4850 came out and it was priced at around $200. After reading a bunch of reviews it seems the 4850 is very good for its price and I'm starting to wonder if my purchase...

Just wanted to know if anybody had any experience with G.skill's 2x2gb PC2-6400 ram. Can it reach 450mhz easily? Or would I have to get the PC2-8000 one instead to reach that speed?

I'd have to pay $50 more for the E8400, does the cache make a huge difference? I'm also glad to hear that the 9600GT will suffice! Thanks for all the suggestions so far, keep em coming! =D

I read somewhere that the northbridge gets really hot and that a small fan such as that one would alleviate the problem. Is getting that fan overdoing it? Or is it just completely useless?

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Lots of gaming, movie watching and once in a long while, movie encoding. 2. What YOUR budget is. $800-$850 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. Canada, specifically NCIX 4. IF YOU...

Does anyone have any experience with the kingwin rvt-9225? I googled around for reviews and it's performance was pretty average. One site showed that it barely made a difference from the stock intel cooler while another showed that it was on par with the arctic cooling freezer 7 pro. How does it...

Thanks Aisengard! It comforts me a lot knowing that it's not a bad time to upgrade now. I've been thinking about the E8400 and the Q6600 for a long time now and now the Q9300/Q9450 are out. Will the dual core last 3 years or should I go for one of the quads? If I do need to get a quad, is it...

I'm currently running: AMD Athlon X2 3800 1GB PC-3200 Geforce 7600GT I've been planning on upgrading to a penryn this summer for all the new games coming out but with the release of nehalem coming within a year, I'm having a hard time deciding whether I should. I've read lots of comments...

But is it possible that something I did while clearing the CMOS has suddenly made it stop posting?

My motherboard looks fine and it was posting right before I tried clearing the CMOS. I want to fix it so that it posts before I bother with my other problem of freezing/non-detected hard drives. And yeah the battery is the right side up. Here's my specs: Asus A8N-Sli Deluxe Thermaltake...

My computer had been having problems lately, it would not detect my hard drives sometimes when I boot, or when does, it would freeze anytime between a minute to hours of use. When it does freeze and I restart, my computer will not detect my hard drives and I have to reset it several times to get...