Recent content by sirelk

My motherboard (GA-MA770T-UD3P) only supports SATA 3GB. I'm in the market to get a SSD at an affordable price. I'm looking for an SSD that's between 40 and 64 GB. I would like to max out the capabilities of my onboard SATA, but not so fast where I'm losing 25% of the speed due to my...

Solved problem (for the most part). See top post for the steps to try.

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**SOLVED** Try this if you are having blurry text issues in Windows 7. 1. Click the start button (Microsoft Logo bottom left of screen) 2. Type into the search box: appearance 3. Click on the link that appears near the top ---> Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows 4. Uncheck...

This is a delayed post. I did the HDTune bench and here's what I got with my "old" 74 gig raptor. 74gig Raptor

I just put together the following rig on Friday morning: The Rig CASE FAN|ROSEWILL RFA-120-RL Here MB GIGABYTE | GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD770 Here (Flashed to the very latest bios today) CASE APEX|PC-389-C Here CPU AMD|ATH II X4 620 AM3 Here MEM 2Gx2|OCZ OCZ3G1600LVAM4GK Here PSU...

It comes with a $20 mail-in rebate so $174.99 after that. The Asus 4870 with 1 gig was going for $139.99 (after mail-in rebate) so I splurged $40 bucks on the 4890. And yeah I just read the AT review for the 5850 but I didn't want to wait around for that to hit the market; it looks to be a...

I just wanted to give an update. I considered the advice that everyone shared and finally sealed the deal by purchasing the following today: 2 x ($4.99) CASE FAN|ROSEWILL RFA-120-RL Here 1 x ($79.99) MB GIGABYTE | GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD770 Here 1 x ($29.99) CASE APEX|PC-389-C Here 1 x...

Bah! The personal options tab blended in so well, I never noticed it. Thank you! That fixed it.

I just started logging in again the topics are only showing me threads that have posts within the last 48-72 hours. Nothing in my settings indicates that I set something up like that. Is this a bug? Once I log out, I can see all the posts... so it's something tied to my account. I could...

Well I got close to making the final purchase last night, but something inside me said to hold off. So I lost out on a few timely deals; I'll pull back and go into a holding pattern on this upgrade. When I started out, I wanted to do the upgrade (the article about the Propus 620 got me...

Speaking of open box. I can get an Asus 4870 for $111 + shipping or an Asus 4890 for $147 + shipping. Hrmmm.

Rosewill R223-P-BK Black Computer Case $19 (plus $10 off code) Rosewill Green Series RG530-2 530W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS Certified,Active PFC Rosewill RG530-2 530W "Compatible with Core i7" Power Supply $54.99 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor $99 ASUS...

Rosewill Green Series RG530-2 530W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS Certified,ATX12V v2.3 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready,CrossFire Ready,Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7" Power Supply I think I found a winner.

Which case are you speaking of? The one from the op (with the handle on top) or the one more recently discussed?