Recent content by strend

Thanks for posting this, ordered. I was planning on getting an X-Fi to replace my Audigy 2 until I read this review.

The first few missions in the game blew. I think I reinstalled this game at least 3 times before I managed to force myself to really give it a chance. I'm glad I did, the game gets very fun after the first few training missions. Namely after the boat mission.

Here you go OP http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1030245

Grab an Audigy 2 + Z5500 combo for under $300? Everything else in your setup looks nice, no speakers/sound listed though.

Hum. I remember Toms first preview of a A64 put it at the same performance as a same-clocked AXP. That sure turned out to be BS. I read, on this site I believe, that AM2 is not ready and still needs tweaks as it's current performance is no better then current CPUs. Looks spot on then...

That X2 would KILL Toms P4, in anything.

RMA with Leadtek is pretty painless, I had to RMA my 6800GT to them- same issues as you. I mailed it to them on a Wed, they got it on Fri, and I had my new card on Tues of the following week.

That link is from 6 months ago? Also, reading the posts in the thread, this is not an nvidia only issue.

I haven't tried any 16x disks, to expensive for my cheap ass. I think if I where to buy some I would try either Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. Still, at .65/.99 a disk, pft-I'll wait the extra 2 min!!

I have burned hundreds of these disks without a misburn yet. DVD player/PS2/Xbox all work just fine. http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=2687&cata=1&s_cata=88 Your NEC will burn these at 12x as well (fine for data, but 12x causes skipping every once in awile in my DVD player)

Don't pop down money on a new PSU because Corecenter is bitching. Windows based monitoring software, and even the bios, are unreliable at best. Use a multimeter. http://www.driverheaven.net/guides/testingPSU/

It's crap :( Just RMA it and buy Kingmax, Kingston, Corsair, etc. Check your Motherboards memory computability list if you want to be safe.

I used to use Mushkin in all my builds, untill I started getting "Blitz" branded memory from them. I had 10 PCs to build and not one working stick of RAM.......

I've had this issue as well. I owned a 1700+ that would not run stable at stock speeds unless overvolted, right out of the box. But that same voltage took it to 2.4...go figure.

I own 2 of these cases, silver and black, and I love them. Great looks, great quality, easy to work in. My black one has housed 4 different PCs and it's always easy to swap out parts. Finish is great. Many LANs and one quakecon-no scratches yet. Afew nitpicks though: -3x 80mm < 2x...