Recent content by semisonic9

So...wait. You already have 4GB of memory. Why would you buy another 8GB of memory? Why not just buy another 4GB? I assume you have four RAM slots on your mobo. I'm in a similar boat over here. Stuck on a socket 775 board and mostly bottlenecked by 4GB of DDR2 RAM. I plugged some...

I've got a 4+ year old rig that's starting to suck wind a little bit. I'm looking at some options during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales to kick performance up a notch. I've been reading /r/buildapcsales and am hoping /r/buildapc can help me target bottlenecks and figure out how to...

I actually was looking at getting an A71b, and I might be interested if the terms are right. I went with a newer mid-tower from Lian Li, the PC-7fw, and I'm not particularly pleased. I wish I'd have gone with a full tower. That said, I planned on holding out until the Cooler Master...

I bought a Dell Inspiron 9300 (which at the time was simply an XPS with a different GPU). The only problems I ever had with that laptop were GPU-related. Two of them burned out on me in three years, which seems a bit much. These days I simply don't rely on notebooks for gaming. -S

Thanks for the replies, all. I suspect it's not the video card. The card is powering up fine, and we're not far enough into the POST sequence yet where I'd get video output anyways, according to their tech support. The point about the speakers is well-taken, though. It never occurred...

I've got everything in stock. Only plugged up the 26" to an old P4 rig atm (I'm having post problems on the new rig), but it looked ****ing awesome! The screen definately has sex appeal on it's side, imo. Much testing to go, but I'll get some pics up soon. I need a little time to let that...

Depends on your resolutions. 1600 and under, it really doesn't matter much. The normal gtx 260 and the 4870 512mb can be had for less than $250 these days, with careful shopping. 1900x1200, it's really a toss-up, imo. If you're playing high-texture games, then it really should be "a 4870...

I agree, I too would like to see more companies making ATI cards. It would increase competition and let NV know they really need to step it up for the next round. Plus, I love EVGA so far. The only ATI-based company that comes close is Leadtek, imo. "Can I please get some ATI step-up...

Ok, it's time to call in some big guns on this one. As of now, my new baby rig is DOA. Unfortunately, because everything on the build is new, and there's a dearth of parts for me to swap out, I've got a few problems here I'm struggling to interpret. This is a fairly straightforward build...

I hate Fry's BnM deals.

You got Vista Ultimate for $70? Hush then. -S

If I spit into your mouth for a penny, technically that's a "good value" in terms of water-to-dollar ratio, at today's prices. Anybody want to take me up on that? -S

The obvious question: Why do you care about wifi to a desktop? Beyond that, I'd probably go with the Pro. Watch the 'egg, it can get pretty cheap sometimes too. -S

Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm a big believer in single card, or even the ATI "x2" cards > SLI/Crossfire when possible. And ATI only gets away with "x2" solutions due to the increased efficiency over crossfire, and respectable performance when running on a single GPU + 1gb or vram. Imo...

CM has an ATC case coming out soon. It's basically taking the air-cooling from the HAF model and putting a Lian Li-esque spin on it. http://en.expreview.com/2008/0...-raytheon-chassis.html Pretty slick case, to be honest. If it were out a week ago, I'd have gone with it instead of the...