Recent content by Tek-1

I can't wait! F#@* work! I want to go tinker!

heheh, I was thinking about that last night. But the build went into the wee hours of the night and I needed to sleep & didn't get around to it. I think I'd rather keep an eye on the hardware and software in person anyway. For now. I'll probably post again after stress tests with the results...

Cool, good to hear about the paste, and CoreTemp... Yeah will do. Unfortunately I have to sit through a 10 hour work day thinking about all this before I get to test anything. I've read just about every thread regarding new builds, and need to download these programs to help test the system...

Seems like a successful first build. Got all components in, mobo recognizes everything! POST was fine, installed OS. However, I did struggle a little with installing the HSF (CM Hyper 212+). This was not easy to install, and if I had to do it all over again I would not chose an HDT cooler. I...

Hahaha! Thanks everyone for your help, you guys are awesome!

My thoughts exactly. With every component I ordered really. I should have everything by tuesday. I'll be registering everything immediately after opening each package. I'm going to be opening those boxes with the enthusiasm of a 6 year old on Christmas morning lol.:D:D:D:D

Sweet - thanks for the replies.

Nice! I guess I got tossed a little from people saying "It's complete crap" Not the kind of thing I want to read after dropping a huge chunk of change!

I hope this isn't redundant, or against forum rules, but if you all have time check out this other thread here in the Graphics category. I may have made a mistake buying a non reference card. Please help me set my mind at ease! :(

Hey there techies! I have purchased all parts in a first time build (reference thread here) and then made the mistake of checking out 1 more forum on the GPU I selected. I bought a non reference HD 5870 (XFX HD-587X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5870) after being advised it was a great card. But then came...

@ Reincus - awesome feedback. Thanks so much, that clears up a lot actually.. Thanks everyone for posting. Helps more than you know! :D

Let's see if I understood this correctly... Since the i5 750 has 4 cores @ 2.66Ghz (stock), I'm assuming that if I overclock to anything over 3Ghz I'm bottlenecking my GPU? Seemed like the i5 750 + HD 5870 at stock speeds would be great for modern games (BF2BC for instance) If I have that wrong...

Awesome, I'll switch from Seagate to Samsung. (1920 x 1080) Kind of what i was thinking, however I'm sure I'll upgrade monitors in a few years. Perhaps mess with ATI's Eyefinity tech then, along with adding an additional GPU. Generally I'm a penny pincher myself. However after 2 months of...

Please forgive my haste! lol I figured I'd start with one 5870, then add a second in crossfire in a year or two. As I'm building my first PC ever, seems like messing with crossfire will rack my brain even more. Perhaps this is a false assumption, however. Still, I'd think that two 5870's will...

No takers? Did I post incorrectly?