Recent content by Sorrows End

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    Upgrading firmware on a new Agility 60g

    Well that would be awesome. How would I go about checking this? Install the drive as a secondary? And look where?
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    Upgrading firmware on a new Agility 60g

    Good Morning, I just received a new 60g Agility SSD from OCZ that I purchased last week during a newegg shellshock sale. Would someone mind directing me on what steps to take to properly update the firmware to the newest 1.5 build? I have 4g usb flash drive I can use. My motherboard...
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    I enjoy researching all my fun gadget and technology purchases. It's nice to learn all about the tools you will be actively working with in the pursuit of enjoyment. I've been talking to my brother and his wife about a new pc build, they think it is for me. I'm getting feedback from him as...
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    Alrighty here is what I've put together so far. I'll be ordering this tommorow (2/19) unless there are any major changes needed. Cpu: i7 920 MB: Asus P6T Ram: OCZ XMP Ready Series 6g 1600 HD: WD Caviar Black 1TB PSU: Corsair CMPSU-620HX modular psu GPU...
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    I see my gaggle of questions has brought all kinds of folks out of the woodwork. Thank you for all the input so far everyone. =)
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    His pc speaker setup is some hideously ancient beast from tandy. Its that rocking beige color with some wonderfully little speakers on it. It's older than probably half the people that read these boards. =)
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    Thank you for the full breakdown of your specs and what kind of results you get. I knew I would need to make something beefy to run WoW at a solid constant frame rate. Do you think an nvidia 285 gtx would have enough power or should I go all out for the 295 dual chip card?
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    As for other games he dabbled with Warhammer online for about 3 weeks. His ancient pc couldn't handle that game at all. The only other games ive heard him mention is Dawn of War 2 and Dragon Age. I got the idea of just biting the bullet and getting a gtx 295 because of DoW2 As for the...
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    Thank you for all the replies and the links to show the different benchmarks. Sorry for the general vaugeness of my build ideas but im not really used to having a budget of 2000 to play with. I'd like to make sure I make some well informed decisions. Hopefully the pc I build will last my...
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    Building a PC just for World of Warcraft

    Hello there everyone! I'll give you all a quick summary of what im attempting to do before going into the full backstory. I am looking to make a pc that will be used almost exclusively to play World of Warcraft. Now I'll explain the why, when, and where. A while back my car was stolen...
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    Upgrading an old Alienware PC

    Hello everyone! My one pc is an older Alienware system that was purchased back in 2004. It is an AMD 64 4000+ 939 socket. 74 gig raptor hard drive. 600w silverstone power supply. Liquid cooling on the cpu. Big ugly alienware atx case. My question today is would it be worthwhile and/or...
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    First time overclocking Amd 4000+

    Good morning everyone, I've been a long time lurker, using this site for years to keep up with new computer technology and to research all purchases/upgrades for myself and my family. As I've gained more knowledge about computers I've attempted to expand my comfort zone in the realms of...