Recent content by runninkyle17

This. As I understand it as the die shrinks progress there will be a ceiling for the core clocks. That is regarding silicon. There must be some ongoing research in other materials, but I imagine it is at least 5-10 years away from seeing any consumer processors that are on something other than...

Truer words. Mainstream is for the masses. Enthusiasts want the power for the sheer sake of having that power!

usually the open box boards don't come with anything but the board. I don't know about you, but for $30 I would much rather have all the accessories that come with the board just in case I ever want to sell the mobo. If it was $100 cheaper then that would be different, but for $30 just buy a...

NB, HT link, and ram all at stock. Just wanted to make sure my CPU was stable at 3.8GHz before I push it more. Will probably try to get it to 4.2GHz. Max voltage I want to mess with on air cooling is 1.5v, but my mobo is a budget board and has a little vdrop, so when the Crosshair IV or MSI's...

Thanks for all the information guys. I do want to get into water cooling and I really don't want to upgrade my processor right now. I will take a close look at all those parts listed in Aigo's link. Thanks again.

Yes, the Koolance radiator is aluminum; however, Koolance water blocks are Nickel plated and can be used with aluminum radiators. I understand about the aluminum radiators and stuff. However, I can get the Koolance system for $40, plus I would need to get a CPU water block and then probably a NB...

Why spend over $500 on a whole new motherboard, CPU, and RAM when I can most likely spend around $200 on a watercooling setup I can use indefinitely??? I didn't ask if I should upgrade my setup, I asked about water cooling. Please if you aren't going to talk about water cooling, don't even post.

Well I am thinking about getting into watercooling and have been looking around at prices of all the hardware. There is a Koolance Exos-AL for sale locally on craigslist and I just wanted to get everyone's opinions on it as a beginners WC setup. I will be looking at other waterblocks of...

Just trying to decide if I should pull the trigger. What do you guys think of the MX Revolution???

I would try and reinstall my OS if I could get the computer started!!! The PC doesn't even boot up, it stays on for a couple of seconds and then shuts off. It continues to loop like this and will not post anything on the screen. So yes, it is a hardware issue until proven otherwise. I have...

Okay, so I did something stupid (I guess). After updating vista my computer hung up on the stupid "step 3 of 3 configuring updates" screen for around 5 minutes (it showed 100%). So I held down the power button to turn it off and restart it. When I go to restart it, the PC turns on for a couple...

I appreciate all the comments, but I think I will wait a couple of weeks to see what the prices do with all the new cards coming out. It looks like there is a mad rush to sell all the 8800GTX's and 8800GT's before the prices drop. I imagine the HD3870x2 will be around $375-$400 in about 3 weeks.

thanks for the input. I think I will wait and see what the market does. I don't have much time to game right now anyway. Thanks for the reply.

OK, should I buy an 8800GTX for $300 now or wait to get an HD3870x2 for $400??? Simple question and I need some opinions

seriously anyone out there????