Recent content by Rizban

I've always built my systems, so I feel comfortable with whatever technology is out there. I am thinking more about specific hardware failures such as failure to post, sata ports and others not working, etc. I think every board manufacture out there has people saying "Don't buy anything by...

Like many here, I've been waiting for nforce4 boards to appear before starting a much needed upgrade from my Athlon 1GHz system. I've read lots of stories here and elsewhere of problems with Asus's A8N-SLI where many boards need to be RMAd before a good board is found. I'd really rather not go...

Is there some alternative to buying very high priced RAM for my new Athlon 64 system I am putting together? I would like to experiment with overclocking the system, especially after reading reviews here where great overclocks can be acomplished with the cheaper 90nm Athlon 64 939 CPUs...

I am putting my future system specs together, and I'd like to know what memory I can get away with and still have decent overclocking potential. I've read here on Anandtech that the new 90nm Athlon 64s can be overclocked to as high as 2.6 GHz. Would I be limiting my ability to overclock if I...

Often motherboards with have 2 SATA port on the board with an additioal 2 controlled by a RAID chip. Can four serial ATA drives be hooked up in a non-RAID configuration, or are the additional SATA ports RAID only? TIA

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Can you squeeze a 120mm fan in front of the Evercase 4292 (I need space for 4 hard drives)? Is there a reason people don't recommend the Silverstone SST-TJ04 Gloria? I can see that the grilles are a bit restrictive, but I could nibble them out and replace...

I have been reading the case reviews here and elsewhere and it looks like a case with dual 120mm fans is the best choice for cool and quiet cases. However, it seems almost all of the good cases include a door. For me, doors are inconvenient and often flimsy. The only case I've found that has...