Recent content by thelastmccabe

Word to that, I started out knowing only that BIOS was the plural of the abbreviation of biology. Now I can play with technology build my own computer and have a lot of fun doing it--well sort of fun, at least most of the time--and I know what the os part stands for! And I think the b is for...

You can read the original post below. At any rate, the problem was a couple of very silly things: 1. I didn't hook up the 2nd fdd extra power thing to mobo described in the board layout section but not in the sli section 2. The way I was closing my case was catching on the cords and making...

Yeah...about that....thanks for the reply

I'm installing an SATA drive for the first time. I already put it in the machine, and then I got the discwizard utilty off of seagate's website and ran it. Its 'creating and formatting' partitions, but it's been doing this for the last hour or so and the little bar at the bottom has not moved...

I just got a Lian li pc-65 in black for my 2nd build/upgrade, it looks awesome very sleek not flashy appearance, its all aluminum with no plastic in it. And practically everything in it can be removed or taken apart using hand screws, including the mobo tray, which slides out quite smoothly...

I haven't even heard the word distilled water since chemistry in like 10th grade. What kinds of stores sell it? It must be obvious because I couldn't find anyone else who has asked this. Should i just go look at every brand of bottled water at the grocery store until I find one that was...

Ok thanks for these additional posts obviously, as usual with buying computer parts, I need to do my homework pretty thoroughly.

Here's another recommendation for COD, its the first shooter I've even played through and I'm on the expansion pack now. Very cinematic sequences during these games, and there are some real adrenaline pounding moments, and it's a great game despite some of the quirks you get due to the scripted...

I was wondering how sites like anandtech get started. As in, how do you convince makers of pc parts or pc games to start sending you their stuff for free so that you can review it for your website? Because you aren't really a hardware reviewer until you're reviewing hardware, and you can't...

Hmm thanks for the quick reply, I'll look into that. Edit: That is great advice. I looked at a couple benchmarks real fast, and sli'd 6800s perform about as well as a single 7800. I can get about 200 dollars for even my used 6800 gt on ebay and get a new 7800 gt for 300 and maybe get...

I am looking into getting another video card to use my system in SLI, but I wasn't sure what how closely the two video cards need to match. I've got an EVGA 6800 gt 256 mb ram in it, is my best bet to get the exact same card from evga? What if I get the 512 mb ram version, will the extra ram...

I understand cpu overclocking pretty well, what I'm wondering about is video card ocing. I've got a 6800 gt in NF4 lanparty with a athlon 3500+. I don't want to shell out for another 6800 until the prices drop some more and then I'll SLI it, so for now I want something free. I read some...

I picked up call of duty to play on my computer, and it's humming right along nicely with most everything maxed out, until I die. Then when the game reloads, everything is slowed down and the fps is terrible. I have the latest version, anyone have any ideas? Thanks

I want to put some filters on my systems fans. I haven't seen a lot of debris in there yet, but I have a cat and it (the computer) may be on the floor, so I think I'm really going to want filters. What could I buy from home depot or craft stores to do this myself? Any ideas? Thanks...

edit: my post was totally irrelevant, ignore me