Recent content by Reynard

Thank you very much! Exactly what I was looking for.

I've blown out the inside of the case rather often since this started - before that, canned air treatments were occasional. It's possible the internal air channels of the card are clogged still... but like I said, I am incredibly wary about mucking with the physical components of my card. I...

Hiya. I think I'm in the market for a new GPU. My computer (built a couple of years ago) has a Radeon HD 4850, and even after jacking the fan speed up to manual at 100%, the thing idles at just under 70C and even trying to play a non-graphics intensive game like Portal 2 has caused it to...

Huh. Windows actually managed to "recover" from the latest kaboom (it still crashed, just a bit more gracefully, I didn't have to press the power buttons), stating that something be up with my Realtek PCI-E thing. I'm not certain whether this is related to me installing the latest drivers for my...

Overview of the problem Leaving my computer on and idle for extended periods of time causes it to croak. Full description of the problem and symptoms When I leave my new computer on overnight or while I'm at work, there's a fair chance (but not always) that at some point while I was away...

I'll let you know if the Xigmathingummy fits when I get my parts and try it. :) One of the reasons I went with a big-ish case. And yes... mobos are definitely the hardest piece for me to understand. I still just eventually had to give up and trust to some recommendations...

Not to portray myself as an expert, but you sound just like me a week ago, so here's the link to what was pretty much my final build topic. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=27&threadid=2200459 That's about $1600, but that includes a $400 monitor and $100 for Vista. Pick your own...

Alrighty. Threw in a couple 18" SATA cables, switched the cooling goo, and even though I'm a very sparing hard drive storage user (I'm working on 40GB right now) I figure I can afford the quality of the WD HD. :) I'll put in the final order tonight... any last minute adjustments from anyone...

Oh, right, and some Arctic Silver 5 stuff. Also, I don't have any spare parts, this being my first build-it-yourself computer... Am I going to be missing any cables for my OEM components?

First off, I'd like to thank Anandtech and their forum-goers for helping me get this far. You guys have been great at helping me survive in the deep end of handware specs. I'll be as brief as I may and just start listing components and related concerns. Please let me know if I'm...

Hmm. Should I make a new topic with this info?

Haha, thank you. I'm a "measure three times, cut a little bit, measure again, make sure the cut looks right, then cut the rest" person, particularly for matters involving a lot of money. I think I'm nearing the end of this little educational experience... Let's see what I've got lined up. If I'm...

See, this is what's frustrating about the experience. You pick a path, run it by someone and it turns out you're facing a dead end. XD At some point I have to stop waiting for the "next big thing" whether it's Intel's new architecture or a slightly better GPU... I think I just have to nail it...

Very well, I'll make the effort to be concise. Budget: More than enough. Goal: Best Bang For the Buck (BBFB) Gaming PC Important decisions CPU: E8400 Core 2 Duo 3Ghz - Not going to overclock right away, maybe later though. GPU: ATI Radeon 4850 - Glad I waited for this thing. Clear...

Well, I certainly hope so. Does my ramble scare people away?